Directions: Four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. There are some obvious ways that odors affect of what we do and how we feel. A. And the smell of baking breads can make our mouths water in anticipation. B. The stink of rotten eggs makes us flinch. C. While the aroma of a pine forest is pleasing. D. Yet odors have a subtle influence on human behaviour.
2. It is known that smell plays a role in sexual altercation in animals.

Directions: Four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements. A. The combination of facilities of video-conferencing, VSAT phone and fax, and data transmission through e-mail, eliminates the dimensions of distance and time, opening new vistas in development of communication. B. This has enabled the State Administration to have a two-way flow of information for speedy and informed decision - making and delivery of services. C. Online connectivity through this dedicated network promotes interaction between the Government and the people through IT enabled services. D. Maharashtra is proud of its VSAT network, connecting district and divisional headquarters to the Mantralaya and the linking of the talukas to the district headquarters through dedicated VHF network.

Directions: Four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. In effect, Proton cars are versions of Mitsubishi models and incorporate parts imported from Japan. B. This is an alliance between the Mitsubishi Motor Corp. and Hicom, a Malaysian entity making the Proton brand of cars. C. The most interesting of the joint ventures is ironically one that claims to be Malaysia's indigenous national car producer.
D. The fortunes of Proton have been decidedly mixed but sometimes fraught joint venture demonstrated on East Asian nation could build a car-making industry from scratch (hitherto, there had been only auto assembly in Malaysia) and do so at great speed.

Directions: An assertion is a point of view. An argument is a statement meant to convince another about a certain point of view. A counter-argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these, classify the four sentences given below.

(A) Concluding assertion (B) Supporting reason (C) Statement irrelevant to the argument (D) Counter-argument

1. Journalism is a profession for writers.
2. Arundhati Roy could have been a good journalist.
3. Most of todays newspapers have forgotten the moral codes for printing.
4. The Asian Age, a daily newspaper had recently printed certain political remarks which were not verified beforehand.

Directions: Four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements. A. Even in the depths of Japan's late 1990's recession, the country was still home to industrial world leaders and to some of the most respected brands in the global market. B. They may have done well so as a consequence of government bullying, to ensure that resources were poured into research and development but the results speak for themselves. C. The Japanese economic lift-off did not come when companies were busy trying to make cheaper cars and heaper electronic goods but when they started making products that were better than anything else in the market. D. Japanese companies and the larger Korean companies are much more like Western organizations in terms of the resources they devote to business development.

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible illustrations of its meaning. Choose the one which is the most suitable illustration.

PROTEAN

Directions: An assertion is a point of view. An argument is a statement meant to convince another about a certain point of view. A counter-argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these, classify the four sentences given below.

(A) Concluding assertion (B) Supporting reason
(C) Statement irrelevant to the argument (D) Counter-argument

1. Pure leather material goods are durable and long lasting.
   
2. In the age of corruption, the available products are not pure.
3. Most of the present market conditions are against any new launches.
4. The old leather purses are still in workable condition due to their purity

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible illustrations of its meaning. Choose the one which is the most suitable illustration.

ANOMALY

Directions: An assertion is a point of view. An argument is a statement meant to convince another about a certain point of view. A counter-argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these, classify the four sentences given below.

(A) Concluding assertion (B) Supporting reason
(C) Statement irrelevant to the argument (D) Counter-argument

1. Launching a new brand is a highly competitive and systematic process.
2. The ad world is highly competitive and cut-throat.
   
3. A complacent attitude has started creeping in the ad-world.
4. To gain an edge over your competitors in advertising, always go for the best.

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible usages. Choose the one which is the most unsuitable usage.

ORACLE

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible illustrations of its meaning. Choose the one which is the most suitable illustration.

ADJUDICATION

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible usages. Choose the one which is the most unsuitable usage. PALM

Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by four possible usages. Choose the one which is the most unsuitable usage.

ALIEN

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

The subject of the vanishing job has special ________ when considering General Electric, partly because GE jobs were so ________ in another era and partly because the company has earned record profits while eliminating them.

Directions: Choose the option that best replaces the underlined portion.

Enough of your carelessness! I have been asking you to mend your manners but you would not listen. This is a list of jobs you are expected to perform daily ' just give it a double O and get off your bum'.

Directions: Choose the option that best replaces the underlined portion.

As a mother, I know that parents are supposed to temper their love with wisdom, discipline and patience.

Directions: Choose the option that best replaces the underlined portion.

Annoyed as he was, he stalked off when I finished, leaving his remonstrance behind in the form of several cratches on my hands and wrists.

Directions: Choose the option that best replaces the underlined portion.

He was fired from the job being saddled with over weeningness and rank insubordination to boot.

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

When listening to a medieval Gregorian chant, the listener does not encounter the composer's individual personality, _____, the chant merely _____ both the musical and religious rules of the period.

Directions: Choose the option that best replaces the underlined portion.

He decided to light out for the country, unsure of what had instigated his departure, knowing only that he needed to escape civilization for a time.

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

Shakespeare's ________ of Richard III is so ________ that it is difficult to imagine that the ruler had been dead for more than a century before the Bard cast him as the central character in one of his plays.

Directions: Four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. They are taking control of their compensation and performance reviews. A. They do this by benchmarking their careers and performance against those of male colleagues. B. The researcher finds it more proactive and powerful than simply saying: But I think I do work that is as good as so-and-so. C. Many respondents told the researcher that they get around the silent double standard on these two matters. D. They enter performance and pay review sessions armed with evidence, the researcher notes.
2. They (women) are building alliances.

Directions: Four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. A great deal about your personality can be read from your handwriting. A. Each persons handwriting contains characteristic strokes. B. Graphologists consider hand writing a kind of brain writing. C. They reveal the personality traits of the writer. D. That is, a direct expression of mental impulses transmitted through a writer's hand.
2. Graphology has yet to prove its scientific validity.

Directions: Four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. To begin with, in many social marketing situations, the target community opposes the change being advocated. A. Consider the issue of family planning in Bangladesh. B. Social change often involves attacking people's core attitudes and beliefs as a prelude to changing their behaviour. C. With the help of foreign aid, the government launched a massive campaign to curb population growth. D. In the Late 1970s, government officials determined that the small country would soon outgrow its limited economic resources if it did not control its population growth rate.
2. Contraceptives for men were given out free at clinics and social workers urged men to practice family planning.

Directions: Four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. Most of the postures we adopt and the movements we make have been made by us thousands of times before. A. In many cases, they are so familiar, so much taken for granted that we do not even know how we do them. B. For example, when people interlock their fingers, one thumb rests on top of the other. C. Most of them are performed unconsciously, spontaneously and without self-analysis. D. For each person, there is a dominant thumb in this action and whenever left and right hand interlock, the same thumb rests uppermost.
2. Yet, hardly anyone can guess which is their dominant thumb.