Para Jumbles

Directions: In the following question, 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 a slightly different form, it might be said to come to birth along with reason, at the moment when the latter begins to control our instincts. B. At the risk of repetition, let us state again that the primary incentive for every being to act is the satisfaction of its own instincts.
C. In the higher forms of life, ethics are born at the moment when living things are faced with a choice between two alternatives.
D. In the case of man, this is more or less controlled by the prospect of any inconvenience, displeasure or pain that may arise their - form.

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

1. Aggression and violence not known in any other species of the animal kingdom seem to be an unfortunate characteristic of mankind. A. The victor does not pursue the vanquished and destroys it. B. Obeying their natural instincts, most carnivorous animals kill their prey only when they are hungry. C. In all animals, including the primates, there are no instances where an animal kills another from hatred or for pleasure. D. When they fight amongst themselves for supremacy in the group, the vanquished animal runs away.
2. Humans alone seem to be capable of unwonted aggression and violence and are the only beings that kill their own kind.

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

1. Reminiscences are the best conversation in the world since they warm the heart and excite the brain like wine.

A. But the third man is all the more conscious of being out in the cold, because these names and events are meaningless to him.

B. He smiles mechanically as the other laugh with dreamy eyes over incidents that convey all the fun of youth.

C. Conversation in a group of three persons where two are childhood friends and the third is a newer acquaintance is a classic case.

D. A conversation of this kind is bad indeed because it condemns the third man to the torture of compulsory silence.

1. Thus, the two old friends may end up antagonizing the third person.

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

1. Several attempts were made during the 16^th and the 17^th centuries to classify plants into some ordered system.

A. Since it is estimated that there are now about 350000 different types of plants, the need for a universal system is obvious.

B. Today, although Latin is a dead language, it is still used to name plants.

C. In the 18^th century, a Swedish botanist began a system of naming plants, which has continued in use to this day.

D. When the Swedish botanist began to name and classify plants, it was natural for him to use Latin, for it was the universal language of the learned of his time.

1. Any new plant found or bred on earth, therefore, it spontaneously earns a Latin name.

Directions: In the following question, 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 Charaka observes that how these edible and potable substances can be rendered harmless. A. He stated that the way in which they are combined with other foods also matters a lot. B. Also, the way they are cooked affects the quality. C. He arrived at his conclusions after a careful study of the facts. D. Hence, care must be taken before mixing them. 6 Further, the mental state in which they are consumed is not insignificant.

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

1. India's experience of industrialisation is characteristic of the difficulties faced by a newly independent developing country. A. In 1947, India was undoubtedly an under-developed country with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. B. Indian industrialisation was the result of a conscious deliberate policy of growth by an indigenous political elite. C. Today, India ranks fifth in the international community of nations if measured in terms of purchasing power. D. Even today, however, the benefits of Indian industrialisation since independence have not reached the masses.
2. Industrialisation in India has thus been a limited success, one more example of growth without development.

Directions: In the following question, 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 The idea of the institution of public sector is not wrong. A. For instance, we want industries to come up in the distant and backward areas. B. Secondly, we must be aware that all private industries have not proved to be successful. C. Private Sector is basically profit-oriented, it may not undertake less profitable ventures. D. But private sector would be more likely to concentrate in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.

1. The problem is to make both private and public sectors to work efficiently.

Directions: In the following question, 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. The new Economic Policy comprises the various policy measures and changes introduced since July 1991. A. There is a common thread running through all these measures. B. The objective is simple - to improve the efficiency of the system. C. The regulatory mechanism involving multitude of controls has fragmented the capacity and reduced competition even in the private sector. D. The thrust of the new policy is towards creating a more competitive environment as a means to improve the productivity and efficiency of the economy.
2. This is to be achieved by removing the barriers and restrictions on the entry and growth of firms.

Directions: In the following question, 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. The necessity for regional integration in South Asia is underlined by the very history of the last 45 years since the liquidation of the British Empire in this part of the world. A. After the partition of the Indian sub-continent, Pakistan was formed in that very area which the imperial powers had always marked out as the potential base for operations against the Russian power in Central Asia. B. Because of the disunity and ill-will among the South Asian neighbours, particularly India and Pakistan great powers from outside the area could meddle into their affairs and thereby keep neighbours apart. C. It needs to be added that it was the bountiful supply of sophisticated arms that emboldened Pakistan to go for warlike bellicosity towards India. D. As part of the cold war strategy of the US, Pakistan was sucked into Washingtons military alliance spreading over the years.
2. Internally too, it was the massive induction of American arms into Pakistan which empowered the military junta of the country to snuff out the civilian government and destroy democracy in Pakistan.

Directions: In the following question, 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. It is significant that one of the most common objections to competitions is that it is blind. A. This is important because in a system of free enterprise based on private property, chances are not equal and there is indeed a strong case for reducing that inequality of opportunity. B. Rather it is a choice between a system where it is the will of a few persons that decides who is to get what and one where it depends at least partly, on the ability and the enterprise of the people concerned C. Although competition and justice may have little in common, it is as much a commendation of competition as of justice that it is no respecter of persons. D. The choice today is not between a system in which everybody will get what he deserves according to some universal standard and one where individual shares are determined by chance or goodwill.
2. The fact that the opportunities open to the poor in a competitive society are much more restricted than those open to the rich, does not make it less true that in such a society the poor are more free than a person commanding much greater material comfort in a different society.

Directions: In the following question, 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 new Hinduism, which is being currently propagated by the parishads (like Vishwa Hindu Parishad), sanghs (like Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh), and samajs (like Bhartiya Samaj), is an attempt to restructure the indigenous religion as a monolithic uniform religion. B. This seems to be a fundamental departure from the essentials of what may be called the indigenous Hindu religion. C. In recent years, the discussion and movement on Hinduism has come to be largely galvanized for political ends. D. As such, a rather different focus has been provided to Hinduism.

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. Every problem is likely to be unique and is likely to have individualistic traits which may differentiate it from other problems.
B. As already stated, though every social problem is caused by multiple factors, yet it is always possible to find out the chief factor, the cooperative factors and the minor that aggravates in the origin and development of the problem.
C. This happens when a social problem is occasioned by natural factors like droughts or floods or when the conflict of social interests blocks the application of curative programmes, or a revolution is needed to change the existing political or economic systems. D. The solving of a social problem depends upon finding out the causes of troublesome social conditions which create the problem. E. Many a time, the nature of the social problem is such that the control becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Directions: In the following question, 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. From the Han Dynasty onwards, the Chinese emperors took the lead in codifying the ceremonial music played in the imperial court. B. Peace, as the goal of life, the goal of a political regime and political career, has been ingrained in Chinese thinking. C. The literary text of this music is known as yuefu (literally 'music office'). D. One Chinese ruler who was very diligent in scripting the court songs was the reigning empress Wu Zetian (624-705), who had the unique distinction to be the only woman who sat in the chair of the 'Son of Heaven' (emperor) in Chinese history.

Directions: In the following question, 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. We feel that a very concrete help can come to us from the experience and work of Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekanada. B. A transition to be made from the state of extreme fragmentation in which we live today to a future possibility of re-creating life is on the basis of a concrete experience of 'wholeness'. C. There is a possibility to change from our present status of 'mental' beings to a status of beings poised in the Spirit. D. From 'within' to 'without' is the innate movement of the spiritual consciousness till, in its own unfolding, it reaches a point where the 'without' ceases to be, for all are contained in one whole.