Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. A serious power crisis is certain to envelop the country if the government does not sort out the issues concerning coal supply to power plants.P. While this may help to tide over some difficulties of the moment, there is a huge uncertainty looming if any cancellation takes place, considering the fact that power is a commodity that is perpetually in deficit. Q. Things can be set right through re-bidding but that will take time and will not leave any scope for compensating the companies that have invested in developing the blocks they had been allocated, adding to the problems of a sector that is highly debt-laden. R. On its part, the government has done a sensible thing by requesting the Supreme Court not to cancel the allocation of 46 blocks that have started production or are about to do so. S. In a meeting with private power producers recently, Piyush Goyal, who is in charge of both the power and coal ministries, assured them that he would sort out the coal problem.
2. The idea of giving a single minister these two portfolios was to bring about synergy between the two.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has refreshed his call for jihad against India and announced the formation of a new wing of his group in the subcontinent. P. In a 55-minute video posted online, he described this development as glad tidings for Muslims in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat, Ahmedabad and Kashmir. Q. They reckon that this is a publicity exercise meant to remind the world — and potential recruits — that Al Qaeda is still alive and kicking. R. Zawahiri also said this was a message that Al Qaeda had not forgotten its brothers in India. S. The video has evoked interest among experts on terrorism.
2. Al Qaeda’s capacities have been significantly degraded over the years and its appeal has waned after the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. Here is a novel way of keeping the wheels of governance moving. P. The inventiveness of the political brain is to be admired when it comes to fashioning reasons to go abroad at the taxpayers’ expense. Q. This, we would assume, is a priority in the impoverished state wracked by crimes against women and bouts of communal violence. R. It has ranged from studying sanitation conditions to wine-making, the more exotic the locale the better. S. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is on a tour of Holland to study, among other things, how to encourage cycling in UP.
2. On their return, we have yet to hear of any worthwhile study report being submitted.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. Cuba is an impoverished island that remains largely cut off from the world and lies about 4,500 miles from the West African nations where Ebola is spreading at an alarming rate. P. It still remains unclear how it would treat and evacuate Cubans who become sick. Q. Transporting quarantined patients requires sophisticated teams and specially configured aircraft. R. Yet, having pledged to deploy hundreds of medical professionals to the front lines of the pandemic, Cuba stands to play the most robust role among the nations seeking to contain the virus. S. The Cuban health care workers will be among the most exposed foreigners, and some could very well contract the virus. The World Health Organization will be directing the team of Cuban doctors.
2. As a matter of good sense and compassion, the American military, which now has about 550 troops in West Africa, should commit to giving any sick Cuban access to the treatment center the Pentagon built in Monrovia and to assisting with evacuation.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. One of the proudest moments of President Obama’s presidency took place on his second day in office. P. Unfortunately, the White House is considering the proposal. Q. The issue has come up because the United States is required to appear in Geneva next month before the United Nations committee that monitors compliance with the global Convention Against Torture, adopted in 1984 and ratified by the United States 10 years later.
   R. He signed an executive order that day that banned torture and cruel treatment in the interrogation of terror suspects, but apparently some of his subordinates didn’t get the message. S. Some military and intelligence lawyers in the administration are pressuring the White House to adopt a Bush-era position that there is no bar against the use of torture by the United States outside American borders.
2. A clear position in Geneva would send a strong message that humane treatment isn’t just an Obama administration policy, but rather permanent national and international law.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. The Irish government decided last week to get rid of a tax loophole that has helped big multinational companies like Apple and Google avoid paying billions in taxes to any government at all. P. These tax policies create a dangerous race to the bottom, with each nation trying to outdo the others in tax giveaways. Q. If left unchecked, this could make it impossible for any nation to tax profits from a fast-growing part of the economy. R. Ireland is not alone in trying to lure tech companies with very low tax rates as since last year Britain has been phasing in what it calls the Patent Box. S. But, Ireland will replace one problematic tax policy with another, leaving aggressive tax avoidance pretty much intact.
2. Governments, of course, must still pay for public services, so they will have to levy higher taxes on individuals, which will fall most heavily on the middle class and the poor.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. A group of employees was working in a software company. P. The management decided to teach the employees about finding real solution to the problems. Q. The team was called to play a game in a banquet hall. R. It was a team of 30 employees. S. This was a young, energetic and dynamic team with keen enthusiasm and desire to learn and grow.
2. The group was quite surprised as they were called for playing a game.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. The Obama administration has proposed much-needed improvements in federal rules that are supposed to protect service members from predatory loans that trap them in debt and, in certain circumstances, can end their military careers. P. Millions of civilians are also exposed to ruinously priced loans. Q. However, the administration and Congress should not stop there. R. The changes would repair glaring weaknesses in the rules used to carry out the Military Lending Act of 2007. S. Poor and working-class people across the country are being driven into poverty and default by deceptively packaged, usuriously priced loans.
2. The obvious solution is a national standard for consumer lending.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. India's food chain is heavily contaminated is well known. P. The report claims that Indians are developing resistance to antibiotics and so falling prey to a host of otherwise curable ailments. Q. This indiscriminate use of antibiotics, leading to resistance, has happened because the country has no regulation on controlling antibiotic use in the poultry industry, or to control sales of antibiotics to the industry. R. And some of this resistance, the study adds, might be due to large-scale unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry industry. S. Even then, the latest studies say that the discriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry is frightening.
2. In India, the government has no data on the use of antibiotics in the country, let alone on antibiotic resistance.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. Gaza’s horror continues. P. His government must know that a violent subjugation of civilian populations works rarely and is no guarantor of peace and stability. Q. It is not clear what Israel’s endgame is, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a prolonged campaign. R. The ceasefire attempts to stall the violence that has ravaged homes and lives of Palestinian civilians do not last long. S. Such State-sponsored campaigns will have a toxic effect on its society and worsen Israel’s isolation.
2. Accusations of war crimes too will not go away easily.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Chose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. For writers and serious readers, George Saunders is anything but a newcomer. P. On that day, The New York Times published an article with the title, “George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year,” a pretty bold declaration given that 2013 still had 359 days to go. Q. Over the years, he has gained the reputation of being a “writer’s writer”. R. But despite his literary accomplishments he never quite became a household name until January 6 of this year. S. He published his first short story with The New Yorker back in 1992, and his new stories have regularly debuted in the magazine’s Fiction section ever since.
2. Since then, Saunders has found himself in the limelight talking about Tenth of December, his newly-published collection of short stories.

Directions: In the question below, the 1^st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

1. The Prime Minister could not have been more correct when he likened the problem of lack of banking services to a significant number of Indians to that of “untouchability”. P: The sorry plight of thousands of small savers allegedly duped by a deposit-collecting firm in West Bengal last year is still fresh in public memory. Q: These, along with the absence of regulatory oversight, play the perfect foil for deals and schemes to thrive outside the financial system. R: At the root of all these duping are two primary attributes that continue to characterise the Indian economy, despite the recent rapid strides - a bustling cash economy and lack of access to basic conventional banking services. S: In many ways, the malaise of “financial untouchability” is as discriminatory as caste biases.
2. The authorities are further hoodwinked by creating a web of transactions to obscure the sources of slush funds.