Q16 to 20: Arrange sentences A, B, C, D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.
16.
1.Buddhism is a way to salvation.
A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical.
B. In the Christian tradition there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.
C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals.
D. Not only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
(a) ABDC
(b) CBAD
(c) BDAC
(d) ABCD
17.
1.The problem of improving Indian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one.
A. It also appears that there is a direct relationship between the size of a state and development.
B. The issues of Indian development, and the problem of India’s agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the next century.
C. Without improving Indian agriculture, no liberalization and delicensing will be able to help India.
D. At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural India.
6. When it starts marching, India will fly.
(a) DABC
(b) CDBA
(c) ACDB
(d) ABCD
18.
1. Good literary magazines have always been good because of their editors.
A. Furthermore, to edit by committee, as it were, would prevent any magazine from finding its own identity.
B. The more quirky and idiosyncratic they have been, the better the magazine is, at least as a general rule.
C. But the number of editors one can have for a magazine should also be determined by the number of contributions to it.
D. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions, it is a bit silly to start with.
6. However, in spite of this anomaly, the magazine does acquire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today.
(a) ABCD
(b) BCDA
(c) ABDC
(d) CBAD
19.
1. It is the success story of the Indian expatriate in the US which today hogs much of the media coverage in India.
A. East and West, the twain have met quite comfortably in their person, thank you.
B. Especially in its more recent romancing-the-NRI phase.
C. Seldom does the price of getting there – more like not getting there – or what’s going on behind those sunny smiles get so much media hype.
D. Well groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidence which comes from having arrived.
6. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of Indian descent being screened this fortnight, goes a long way in filling those gaps.
(a) ACBD
(b) DABC
(c) BDAC
(d) ABCD
20.
1. A market for Indian art has existed ever since the international art scene sprang to life.
A. But interest in architectural conceits is an unanticipated fallout of the Festivals of India of the ‘80s, which were designed to increase exports of Indian crafts.
B. Simultaneously, the Indian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and kitsch plastic furniture and a market came into being.
C. Western dealers, unhappy in a market afflicted by violent price fluctuations and unpredictable profit margins, began to look East, and found cheap antiques with irresistible appeal.
D. The fortunes of the Delhi supremos, the Jew Town dealers in Cochin and myriad others around the country were made.
6. A chain of command was established, from the local contacts to the provincial dealers and up to the big boys, who entertain the Italians and the French, cutting deals worth lakhs in warehouses worth crores.
(a) ABCD
(b) DCAB
(c) CBAD
(d) CABD
Answers:
| 16 | (b) |
| 17 | (d) |
| 18 | (b) |
| 19 | (c) |
| 20 | (c) |
16. C. states a fact about salvation, B. states the Christian belief in that regard, A. opposes it to Buddhism, by using ‘but’, D. elaborates the fact.
17. A. states the relationship between size of a state and development, B. states that the problems of agricultural sector will remain with us in the next century, C. emphasizes the need to improve agriculture, D. states that rural India has to start moving, an idea that is continued in 6.
18. B. shows the relationship between a magazine and its editor, C. states that the number of editors should be determined by the contributions it gets, D. continues with this fact, A. follows by using ‘furthermore’.
19. B. follows 1. by using ‘specially’, D. explains the “NRI phase’, A. states that the east and the west meet in the NRIs. C. states a fact that has been overlooked and 6. tells us that the Festival of feature films and documentaries is trying to fill this gap.
20. C. gives a reason for a market for Indian art coming into being, B. states what simultaneously happened in India, A. states what happened as a fallout of the festivals of India, D. elaborates on it and leads to 6.
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