Para Jumbles

Directions: In the following question, five 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. An Indian professor (Amartya Sen, now settled in the USA and working in Harvard University) in a prestigious JRD Tata Memorial lecture in Delhi, in August 1995, on “Population Stabilization Programme” favoured 'cooperation' approach and denounced the use of coercion to bring down the lines of two famous theories of Condorcet (of France) and Malthus (of Britain).
B. Condorcet believed that female education would lead people to choose voluntarily smaller families and lower fertility rates. C. An important question has been raised now by some thinkers pertaining to population policy - that of cooperation vs coercion, or incentives vs disincentives, or Kerala model vs Chinese model. D. There are some thinkers who support cooperation while there are others who support coercion. E. He supported Condorcet's approach to the problem of population which talked of the emergence of new norms of small family size based on 'the progress of reason'.

Directions: In the following question, five 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 figures given are based only on estimates. B. Registration with the employment exchange being voluntary, not all the unemployed register their names in the exchanges. C. Though it is often repeated that there has been an alarming rise in unemployment in our country since independence, the exact number of unemployed persons is not yet known, as no survey has been undertaken either by the Planning Commission or by the National Simple Survey (NSS), or the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) or the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). D. The estimates only take into consideration the number of persons registered in the employment exchanges and these employment exchanges cover mainly the urban areas. E. Further, some of the registered persons are already employed but register again to seek better employment.

Directions: In the following question, five 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 2 years, the war of Jenkins Ear was to fade into insignificance in the face of the war of the Austrian succession in Europe. B. Britain was jubilant when Walpole was forced to give way over the issue of war with Spain. C. The Admiral was dispatched to the Caribbean where he duly sacked the town and destroyed its fortifications, barely a month after war had been declared. D. One of the loudest of the voices clamoring for war was that of Admiral Vernon who declared that he could capture Porto Bello, the important Spanish trading post on the Isthmus of Panama with just six men-of-war. E. Vernon became a national hero but his subsequent exploits were a failure.

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: 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: 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.