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01. A. She opted for Akshay Kumar instead of SRK for the lead role.
B. Now Sallu is Farah’s close buddy.
C. Now priorities have changed and Farah Khan thinks SKK with whom she worked in 'Main Hoonn Na' and 'Om Shanti Om'
won't be suitable for her new flick, 'Tees Maar Khan’.
D. Gone are the days when Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan used to be think buddies.
E. The story doesn't end here, Farah Khan is now friend with the man whom King Khan dislikes the most.                                                 
A. BADCE  B. DACEB 
C. AEBDC D. DCAEB 
E. BCADE

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DCAEB 

Explanation:
Comparison of B, D and A yields D as the best starter. Going on from there it is easy to discover the best sequence as option 4. Also, sentence B cannot be anywhere else other than at the end.

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02. A. She said, it was an unexpected turning point when she realized she had the courage to face various aspects of her past.
B. She smiled, "I felt so relieved! I said to myself, ’ Nice to meet you’!”
C. As always, she spoke transparently about various issues, but mainly she spoke about herself.
D. And come to terms with them without wincing
A. ACBD  B. ADBC 
C. CABD  D. CDBA 
E. CADB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: CADB

Explanation:
Answer Between C and A, CA is far better than AC because 'she said’ in A is properly understood when it is preceded by “As always she spoke…” Then it goes on naturally to D placing D at the end.

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03. A. There is a growing popular tendency to define all conditions as genetically determined.
B. Genetic tests, if properly administered, can save lives, but they also tend to create a feeling that the responsibility for your health rests with you, the individual patient.
C. And that means that public-health measures are likely to be neglected in favour of individual genetic scans or personalized genetic-testing services.
D. Major advances like the Human Genome Project have certainly geneticized medicine.
A. ABCD B. DACB
C. ACBD D. CDABE 
E. ADBC

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DACB

Explanation:

The tendency to 'define all conditions as genetically. . .' is result of the 'certainly geneticised medicine’ in D-hence DA is logical. If the paragraph is started with A, the placement of D is problematic in every other option. AC is mandatory; also B has to be after C because of the 'genetic-testing services’ (C) and 'genetic tests if properly administered’ (D)

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04. A. They are the lowest-paid garment workers in the world, earning $25 a month.
B. Most of the two million people working in Bangladesh’s garment industry are women.
C. Their leaders make the point that, at current pay levels, workers cannot feed themselves or their families.
D. But they are demanding that their monthly wage be almost tripled, to $70.
A. BACD  B. ADBC 
C. DABC  D. ABCD 
E. BADC

Answer and Explanation

Answer: BADC

Explanation:
B introduces the paragraph. A and D are illogical in comparison to B, BA is continuous, Ad is continuous and DC is continuous.

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05. A. Is the international scholarly pecking order about to be overturned?
B. They have been unsurpassed since World War Il in the sheer volume and excellence of the scholarship and innovation that they generate.
C. They are building new universities, improving existing ones, competing hard for the best students, and recruiting US-trained PhDs to return home to work in university and industry labs.
D. For decades, research universities in the United States have been universally acknowledged as the world’s leaders in science and engineering.
E. But there are growing signs that the rest of the world is gaining ground fast.
A. BECAD  B. DACBE 
C. DBECA D. ADCBE 
E. AECDB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DBECA

Explanation:
A and D become contenders for the starter AE gets eliminated in comparison and ADC gets eliminated when you continue it with B. DA gets eliminated in comparison to DB-DBECA is the best choice.

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06. A. Mines in Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia are the obvious choice.
B. So, companies are rapidly tying up affordable long-term coal supply.
C. Coal is the cheapest fuel for power plants and steel factories, and also their single-biggest recurring cost. `
D. It's almost a truism now that if we want more electricity and build more cities and infrastructure, the country needs to shop overseas for quality coal.
E. Demand is growing 10% each year.
A. DCEBA        B. DCABE      
C. CDEBA       D. ABCDE      
E. CDABE

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DCEBA       

Explanation:
D and C may be considered for the start compared to A. DCA eliminates option 2. Option 5 is eliminated when it comes to BE, Option l comparatively offers the most logical paragraph.

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07. A. The hyena-like animal, Palaeonictis wingi, evolved from the size of a bear to the size of a coyote during a 200,000-year period.
B. Extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago, according to a new University of Florida study.
C. Following this global warming event, Earth's temperature cooled and the animal evolved to a larger size.
D. Earth's average temperature in this period increased about 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
E. The study describes a new species that evolved to half the size of its ancestors during this period of global warming.
A. DCAEB      B. ADCBE   
C. DCBEA    D. BEADC  
E. EADCB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: BEADC  

Explanation:
B introduces the paragraph and the study. E continues the details of the study A provides the example with the justification in D and C to conclude the paragraph.

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08. A. An unusually complex magnetic eruption on the Sun has flung a large cloud of electrically charged particles towards our planet, scientists have warned.
B. The explosion was aimed directly towards Earth, which then sent a "solar tsunami” racing 93 million miles across space.
C. Several satellites, including NASA's new Solar Dynamics Observatory, recorded a small solar flare erupting above sunspot 1092, me size of the Earth.
D. The Earth could be hit by a "solar tsunami" anytime now.
E. The satellites also recorded a large filament of cool gas stretching across the Sun's northern hemisphere also exploded into space.
A. CEBDA      B. DABCE     
C. EBDAC      D. EDABC     
E. DACEB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DACEB

Explanation:
D introduces the news item. A gives the reason why a statement is made. C and E are mandatory and state the evidence. B concludes the paragraph.

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09. A. Carbon fiber is an expensive alternative to making things in steel or aluminium, but besides being extremely strong it is also very light.
B. When his Formula l car cart wheeled in a spectacular 306lC. But if work by Germany's BMW proves successful, it could also become the material of choice to mass-produce electric cars.
D. It is found in high-performance parts, like aircraft wings, bits of supercars and the frames of pricey mountain bikes.
E. Mark Webber has a lot to thank tiny strands of carbon for.
A. BEADC      B. AEBDC 
C. EBADC  D. ABDCE 
E. EDBAC

Answer and Explanation

Answer: EBADC 

Explanation:
AE and AB can be very easily eliminated. lf E and b are compared for the starter B can be eliminated. EDB is inferior to EBA._ Hence option 3.

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10. A. One powerful force is the use of language to tell stories,
B. But there is no Darwinian payoff to sacrificing our resources to anonymous strangers, particularly those in faraway lands.
C. These can motivate us to think of distant people as if they were friends and family
D. There is an adaptive logic to being kind to those with whom we continually interact; we scratch their backs, they scratch ours.
E. The explanation for our expanded morality comes from intelligence, imagination, and culture.                                                          
A. DCABE      B. DBEAC   
C. ABECD  D. ACBDE
E. EACBD

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DBEAC   

Explanation:
DB is a mandatory pair. B does not make sense after any other sentence. Though A can be confused for the starter, none of the options beginning with A have the mandatory DB.

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11. A. The US, as the most powerful member of the international system, tends to prefer ad hoc approaches to global governance.
B. With its vast resources and alliances, ad hoc solutions allow the US to advance its interests effectively without the entanglements of more enduring rules, customs, and structures.
C. Europeans prefer a more systematic reliance on the rule of law, and also on what has come to be known as the global public-goods paradigm.
D. Adherents of this view point first and foremost to the existence of certain vital global public goods, climate being the most obvious example.
E. By definition, public goods mean a collective-action problem.
F. The global public-goods paradigm also implies some commensurability, if not uniformity in the way we respond to various global collective-action challenges.                                                                                                                                                                                  
A. FDBACE    B. DBACEF   
C. ABCDEF    D. DEFACB 
E. EFDCAB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: ABCDEF   

Explanation:
By comparing the option it can be seen that the original order itself is the best.

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12. A. On a worldwide scale, nuclear energy is thus only a small component of the global energy mix, and its share, contrary to widespread belief, is not on the rise.
B. Yet that renaissance never seems to come.
C. In July 2010, there was a total of 439 nuclear power plants with a net installed capacity of 373.038 GW(e), about 1.2 GW(e) more than at the beginning of 2006.
D. Nuclear fission’s contribution to total electric energy has decreased from about 18% more than ten years ago to about 14% in 2008,
E. Repeatedly in recent years, there have been calls for a revival of civilian nuclear power.
F. Indeed, of the more than 200 countries in the world, only 30 use nuclear power.                                                            
A. ACEFDB    B. EBFCDA    
C. DAFCEB      D. EFCABD    
E. CDAEBF

Answer and Explanation

Answer: EBFCDA    

Explanation:
'Renaissance' in E ls the revival in 'B’-hence they are a mandatory pair. A is eliminated for the starter because of the ‘thus’ in it-best in a concluding line. ln comparison, D and C also can be eliminated for the starter. ln comparison, the best sequence is to be found in option 2.

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13. A. Then, in the twentieth century, airplanes moved us even faster.
B. To be modern is to be mobile.
C. ln the modern world, we cherish our freedom and individuality.
D. Our economy depends on the free and rapid circulation of people and goods, and we have invented transportation technologies to suit our needs.
E. And, as automobile advertisers have long understood, few experiences make us feel more liberated than a fast ride with the top down.
F. First, the railroads moved people and goods at previously unimaginable speeds, while steamships circled the globe.
A. BDFAEC  B. BDFACE 
C. CEBAFD  D. CDBAFE  
E. CEBDFA

Answer and Explanation

Answer: CEBDFA

Explanation:
B and C seem to be equally good for the start. However, after BDFA the paragraphs do not seem to make sense. Working with options beginning with C, it becomes easy to notice the scoring option as 5.

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14. A. The past twelve months was the hottest 12-month period since measurements began.
B. Satellite data have this March the hottest March on record, with April ranking second- hottest; the surface data have it the other way round, with March the second-hottest and April the hottest.
C. But if you prefer satellite data, the picture is similar.
D. This April was the hottest April on record, globally for at least l30 years, according to the worldwide temperature records maintained by NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
E. That is what the data from weather stations and ships show.                                                                                                                               
A. DAECB     B. ECBDA 
C. AECDB  D. AECBD 
E. DAEBC

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DAECB    

Explanation:
Since D has details about both the sources of data used to reach the conclusion it starts the paragraph best. The choice between options l and 5 can be made after DAE (or by evaluating CB vs BC) in favour of option 1.

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15. A. The authors also assert that the world's past did not unfold of its own accord, but that "we create history by our observation, rather than history creating us."
B. The main novelty in “The Grand Design" is the authors' application of a Way of interpreting quantum mechanics, derived from the ideas of the late Richard Feynman, to the universe as a whole.
C. They say that these surprising ideas have passed every experimental test to which they have been put, but that is misleading in a way that is unfortunately typical of the authors.
D. According to this way of thinking, “the universe does not have just a single existence or history but rather every possible version of the universe exists simultaneously."                                                                                                                                       
A. BADC     B. BDAC 
C. BCAD      D. ACDB      
E. ACBD

Answer and Explanation

Answer: BDAC 

Explanation:
‘application . .... to the universe as a whole’ continues logically in statement D making them a better pair man any other. This is then continued with 'the authors also assert...’ in A; hence DA would also go together.

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16. A. Game theory studies interactive situations.
B. Situations, in which the outcome of an agent's action depends on the actions of all the other agents involved, are called interactive.
C. Its fundamental idea is that an agent in an interactive decision should and does take into account the deliberations of her opponents, who, in turn, take into account her deliberations.
D. Two people playing chess is the archetypical example of an interactive situation, but so are elections, wage bargaining, market transactions, the arms race, international negotiations, and many more.                                                                                    
A. ABCD  B. ABDC 
C. BDAC  D. BADC 
E. DACB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: BDAC 

Explanation:
If you had selected option 1 you fell for the trickster. Look a little more carefully AC is a mandatory pair. "tts fundamental idea ..." is best placed after A and there is no sequence beginning with AC. BC ( option 1) does not make much sense with 'its' begging the Question, Compare all the options; you will see that 3 is the best sequence.

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17. A. Modern physics and cosmology suggest that basic truths about how nature operates, and how our universe arose, are visible only to those who can see events that occur faster than the time it takes for light to cross a proton, and whose vision can resolve sub-nuclear distances.
B. By smashing protons together with unprecedented energy, monitoring the many particles that emerge from the collisions, and reconstructing the primary events that produced them, physicists will in effect have constructed the fastest, highest- resolution microscope ever, with each proton taking a snapshot of the other’s interior.
C. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) rises to the opportunity
D. Fortunately, that does not rule out humans, for we can augment the eyes we were born with.                                                                       
A. ADBC  B. ADCB 
C. ABDC  D. BCAD      
E. CBAD

Answer and Explanation

Answer: ADCB 

Explanation:
In comparison, A is the best starter. A states "visible only to those..." this makes "Fortunately that does not rule out humans..." a logical pair with D. since B explains what happens in the LHC, C need to be before it.

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18. A. It makes eminent sense; I grew up with Malthus's ideas brought up-to-date in apocalyptic books like The Population Bomb.
B. It was not that long ago that experts were predicting that our skyrocketing human population would outstrip its food supply leading directly to mass famine.
C. It was the old doom-and-gloom mathematics of Thomas Malthus at work: population shoots up geometrically while food production lags behind.
D. By now, millions were supposed to be perishing from hunger every year.
A. BCAD  B. BDCA 
C. BACD  D. ADCB    
E. CADB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: BDCA 

Explanation:
Between B, A and C for the starter B definitely scores in comparison. BA can be ruled out in comparison to BD and BC. Since D cannot be placed at the end, (in comparison with BDCA) BDCA scores. Besides, "experts were predicting" in B is best followed by " by now millions were supposed to perish"-the prediction itself.

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19. A. That business is not just about profit and the interests of shareholders, and that the wishes of executives cannot be placed above those of all other stakeholders.
B. In today's business climate, organizations need well-rounded executives with strong leadership skills and the ability to integrate ethical, sustainable and stakeholder thinking into their management decisions.
C. Nowhere was this more apparent than the BP oil spill where the suspicion was that protecting the dividend and shareholder value was placed above public interest.
D. For the MBA to remain relevant, there needs to be an acknowledgement of this fact. 
A. ADBC  B. BDCA 
C. ACBD  D. BDAC 
E. DACB

Answer and Explanation

Answer: DACB

Explanation:
'this fact’ in D is specified in A making DA a mandatory pair. ”nowhere was this more apparent’ in C refers to the fact highlighted in A, hence DAC. B concludes the paragraph.

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Direction to solve :
 From the five choices, select the sentence, which can go into the blank to make the paragraph logically coherent.

20. Students are full of energy and enthusiasm. They have a natural predilection for justice and for fair play. (     ) Students have spearheaded many national movements and have brought about radical changes'.
A. They have enough time to do whatever they like.  B. They have no responsibility and have nothing to loose.
C. No one will question their right to fight D. Their young minds can purify the politics of our country of all dross and stench
E. Certain vested interests are trying to exploit students and using them to achieve their personal gains

Answer and Explanation

Answer: Their young minds can purify the politics of our country of all dross and stench

Explanation:
Predilection for justice makes it possible for the students to purify our politics. 

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21. There was no pollution of air and water in the past. The din and noise, smoke and fumes emitted by motor vehicles or railway trains was not there. (       ) Now pollution has snatched away even the Ganga from us.
A. The river water was pure and health giving. B. All citizens cared to bury the wastage under soil.
C. Cleaning was done regularly. D. Vehicles used to be checked regularly.
E. People used to care for the environment.

Answer and Explanation

Answer: The river water was pure and health giving.

Explanation:
The tone of the passage is nostalgic. The reference to Ganga makes 1 the right answer. 

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