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1 A .The inner self provides us with a touchstone to evaluate our interface in nature. B. There is hierarchy of consciousness C. Stones, Planets, fish and human beings represent consecutively higher levels of consciousness. . !nterface with nature, which leads to the growth of higher consciousness, is desirable. a" ABC b" BCA c" BCA d" ABC # A. Senior $anagement is usually overwhelmed by the comple%ity of budget setting. B. They are rather bored by the budget process C. !t is a misconception that the budget is set by the senior management . Senior managers &ump at a chance to accept a budget analysis recommendation for budget changes A" C AB B" CAB C"AB C " ABC ' A. (is) stemming from fluctuation in e%change rate loans hover constantly on the hori*on of foreign investment B. !n view of higher ris), a firm contemplating foreign investment would naturally e%pect a higher rate of return C. A multinational company may be accused of profiteering, even when it may simply be following the sound financial practice of as)ing a high rate of return commensurate with ris)s charactering the pro&ect . !n addition, foreign investment is sub&ect to discriminatory treatment and selection control in various forms A" A BC B" C BA C" ACB " BAC

+ 1. ,innah initially tried to win British support for a seat in the -ouse of Commons but failed. A. -e finally accepted fervent appeals from $uslim friends to return home and help them to revitali*e the demorali*ed leaderless $uslim league. B. -e was reelected to the e%panded national assembly, which met for the first time in elhi in ,anuary 1.#+. C. The )hilafat movement launched by /andhi in 1.#0 had by then collapsed and so had the final phase of Satyagraha in /u&arat. . $ost congress leaders remained in prison cells, while ,innah reorgani*ed his $uslim league as its president, and won the respect of ram say $ac onald 1. ,innah advised $ac onald as soon as he became prime minister to draft a constitution for what ,innah still hoped would emerge as a single nation2state of independent !ndia, with safeguards and separate electorates for its $uslims and other minorities a" A CB b"BC A c" BAC d"ABC 3 1. vertical solutions are customi*ed to the needs of a particular customer A. cross industry solutions can be customi*ed to the industry, and then to the customer that they are installed 1

with B. it can be said that this set of procedures and the data structures that are maintained by them became the bac) bone of the business C. once either of these is in place, they literally define the way the business will be operated .data relationship must be maintained 1.processes for updating the data need to be rigorously adhered to. a"ABC b" BAC c"AC B d"B AC 415 1. The free mar)et often seems better at recogni*ing and promoting leaders than large organi*ations. A. most of the &ob growth in the 6S this decade has come from small companies, according to cognetics, a research organi*ation. B. Bill gates and -oward Schlit* stand out as heroes at a time when blue chips seem to be losing ground to entrepreneurial companies. C. e%ecutives of some large corporations, trying to recapture some of that dynamism, )now that their staffs must become more entrepreneurial so that future leader can be spotted early and supported . a theory called emergent leadership, which introduces some of the dynamics of the free mar)et system to corporate management, may help 1.it tries to eliminate the office politics and an uneven power distribution that can distort corporate operation. a"C AB b"ABC c" BAC d"BAC 7 A. A good budget is one which ma)es a sincere attempt to change the policy environment. B. /overnment finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable fiscal deficits C. There are big gaps in perception and capability of managers . !ndustry too is not ready to deliver growth, should even the government pursue the right policies. 8. The current reforms pace is too slow. 9. The fiscal deficit has deteriorated A"ABC 89 B"BA C89 C"98 CBA "8ABC 9

8 A. (eporting is all about bac) brea)ing wor), long and very irregular hours and wor) pressure. B. $ost reporters &oin the profession with a dream of changing the world. C. The truth is that reporters are usually passionate about their wor) and get their )ic)s from . almost non2 stop e%citement and, of course, seeing their names in print. . A few years later may seem to resign to the fact to the fact that reporting is unli)ely to do that. 8. Adding to that fact threat &ournalist the world over complains of being poorly paid in comparison to other professional 9. and you wonder, why: A" ACB 89 B" AB 89C C" B A89C " BA C89 . #

1. The world population ay has come and gone, accompanied by the usual hysteria and $althusian prophesies5 A billion strong and so little to go around. A. True, many !ndians are barred by circumstances of birth and socio2 economic position from reali*ing their full potential. B. ;et, the lament about the lac) of resources is patently specious. C. 9act is, !ndia has abundant resources5 it is the s)ewed distribution system which has caused ine<ualities. . As our population has grown, so has our productivity and, today, we are in a position to e%port food to other countries. 1. But for every !ndian who performs below par, there is another who ma)es up, it is on the strength of !ndia=s millions that we lay claim to being a great world power in the ma)ing. >1" BAC >#" CBA >'" B CA >+" ACB 10 1. ?il spills that contaminate the soil around petrol stations could soon be cleaned up more easily using sound waves. A. (esearchers have been trying out sound waves to brea) up the droplets containing these heavier fractions so they can be washed out. B. The longer, heavier hydrocarbons often stay trapped in large droplets between the grains of the soil C. Techni<ues that clean the soil in situ tend to remove only the shorter hydrocarbon chains which are more soluble in ground water . At the moment, the dirty soil must be dug up and replaced. 1. !nitial results show that this may provide an effective solution to the problem

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i )new we were right, @eil Simon thought to himself as the steward brought him a glass of Cardhu single malt. A. Simon, the irector in charge of international franchise operations at Smith A (obin, a BC2billion mar<uee garment retailer, had arrived in !ndia e%actly seven days bac) with mi%ed feelings. B. The whis)ey felt good after a wee) when he was allowed to drin) nothing but champagne by his hosts in !ndia. C. Simon signaled to the steward that heDd li)e a refill E he planned to ta)e his time over the second one E and thought about the wee) that had been. . Ah, but then they had had a reason to celebrate. 8. -eDd been at S A ( less than eight months E he had been hired when the company decided to abandon its twenty2year2old strategy of e%panding geographically through owned outlets as against franchised ones E but he )new the !ndia trip was one of those things that could ma)e or brea) his career. 1F ABC 8 #F C A8B 'F 8CB A +F B CA8

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GhatDs a &arwal: B. The &arwal stared at her malevolentlyH saliva dripping from its gaping &aws, ma)ing its fearsome teeth glistens in the harsh winter sunlight. C. ! donDt )now. . A bit li)e in Alien, only more li)e the maggot. 8. Something fierce and nasty. 9. A huge maggot2li)e beastie with a ferocious temper and huge teeth. 1F AC8B 9 #F A8CB 8 #F BAC8 9 +F BAC89

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They soon learnt the sad inade<uacy of bow and arrow and e%amples of successful resistance are rare. B. They were too close to the main communications between @orth and South C. ?ver the centuries the fringes of tribal territory have steadily receded. . ?n their western e%tremities in $aharashtra and (a&asthan the Bhil people still occasionally waylay travelers though they are now largely settled and -induised. 8. The sensitive, good2natured and gentle tribals were no match for the crusading incursions of (a&puts, $uslims and $arathas. 1" CA8B #" C8A B '" CA8 B +" CB 8A

1+ A" And this because it doesnDt want to be dubbed a spoilsport in the region. >B" !f you stop griming and bearing it, you would be declared a loser,I says a source, throwing up his hands in absolute e%asperation. >C" There are many ta)ers for this line of argument. > " But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political class that lambastes Pa)istan for sponsoring terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act. >8" !t is li)e being in a popularity contest. >1" CA8B >#" A A8B >'" CBA 8 >+" 8BC A 15 A" $alignancies were diagnosed in three family members on the basis of this abnormality and then surgically removed. B" !t appears to be the first instance in which this specific abnormality 2 in this case an e%change of material between the chromosomes number three and eight in all cells of the person=s body 2 has been traced from generation to generation and thus permitted identification of cancer patients before they had any symptoms. C" An inherited genetic abnormality has been lin)ed to a specific type of )idney cancer in a family in which ten members were affected over three generations. " The discovery by scientists at Beth !srael -ospital in Boston, 6SA, provides a potentially important clue to the origin of at least some cancers. 1" CAB #" CB A '" ABC +" ABC 16 +

1. The human society is plagued with environmental crisis. A. over population, depleting o*one layer, global warming, deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of non2 renewable energy sources etc. are the issues haunting our minds. B. The plunder of environment since times immemorial is fast reaching a point of no return. C. it is an irony that human being as soon as he appeared on the earth, too) everything including the nature for granted. . The list of ecological mishaps is growing longer each day. 1. The prestigious world watch institute had forewarned in 1..# that, we have only four decades to gain control over the ma&or environmental problems to arrest the irreversible changes. >1"ABC >#" ACB >'" CBA >+" BA C 17 A curved titanium plate with five tiny screws would hold the bone in place and help reform the damaged margin of the eye. B. eftly, he replaced the wedge of bone in Tenneh=s face. C. !ntravenous antibiotics would ta)e care of any lingering infection. . Ghen he=d eliminated most of the diseased tissue, he stopped. 1" ABC #" CAB '" CBA +" ACB 1C 1. -e came finally to a road from which he could see in the distance dar) and agitated bodies of troops, smo)e2fringed. A. The wounded men were cursing, groaning, and wailing in the air, always was a mighty swell of sound that it seemed could sway the earth. B. Gith the courageous words of the artillery and the spiteful sentences of the mus)etry mingled red cheers. C. And from this region of noises came the steady current of the maimedH one of the wounded men had a shoeful of blood. . There was a blood2stained crowd streaming to the rear. 1. -e hopped li)e a schoolboy in a gameH he was laughing hysterically. 1F A BC #FCB A 'F ABC +F ABC 1. A !t is not with pessimism that one confronts man with the truth of this suffering B. Buddhism is however a reminder that even when all the suffering that is rooted in social malad&ustment has been done away with, man will still be confronted with the problem of his destiny, of decay and death, and of the evanescence of everything that he tries to change desperately C. The smile on the Buddha=s face indeed carries the promise that if man strives hard enough, he can even con<uer this suffering . There is much suffering in the world which is socially conditioned and which demands social cures 1" BAC #" BAC '" C BA '" ABC #0 A. A.This fact was established in the 17'0s by 9rench survey e%penditions to 8<uador near the 8<uator and Japland in the Arctic, which found that around the middle of the earth the arc was about a )ilometer shorter. B. ?ne of the unsettled scientific <uestions in the late 1Cth century was that e%act nature of the shape of the earth. 3

C. The length of one2degree arc would be less near the e<uatorial latitudes than at the poles. . ?ne way of doing that is to determine the length of the arc along a chosen longitude or $eridian at one degree latitude separation. 8. Ghile it was generally )nown that the earth was not a sphere but an =oblate spheroid=, more curved at the e<uator and flatter at the poles, the <uestion of =how much more= was yet to be established. a. B8CA b. B8 CA c. 8 ACB d. 8B CA #1 A. As officials, their vision of a country shouldn=t run too far beyond that of the local people with whom they have to deal. B. Ambassadors have to choose their words. C. To say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they )now. . So, with ambassadors as with other e%patriates in blac) Africa, there appears at a first $eeting a )ind of ambivalence. 8. They do a speciali*ed &ob and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives. a.BC8 A b.B8 AC c.B8A C d.BC 8A ## A. most people, wal)ing for pleasure, contemplate for three minutesH when B. a couple will stand there tal)ing for half an hour on a fine afternoon C. some one is always loo)ing into the river near Gaterloo Bridge . having compared the occasion with other occasions, or made some sentence, they pass on 1"AB C #"CA B '"BCA +"CBA #' 1. 1.The advice from the others on $r. SternDs team is &ust as diverse A. $r. Stern does not say B. @ot all the money managers he wanted to see wanted to see him. C -ow many of the nine have beaten S A P 300 over, say, the past #0 years and by how much e%actly: . But which of them is the most successful: 1. And he rewards those who granted him an interview with uncritical acclaim 1"CBA #" CAB '"C AB '" BCA #+ 1. After eight miserable years during which she had written nothing that satisfied her, she soon established the pattern of her day. A. -ere she revised her early novels and wrote the later ones. B. 8mma, $ansfield Par) and Persuasion C. By now she )new the reality of being a poor relation, of the little snubs and disappointments that went with life as a spinster. . (ising early to practice the piano and prepare brea)fast, she then settled down to write in the ground2 floor parlour. 1. ;et she did not lose her sense of comedy while continuing to satiri*e the social ine<ualities she observed. 1" ACB #" CBA '"B AC +" ABC 1

#3 A. So if determination were true, we would be trapped by the past and free will would be an illusion. B. Gouldn=t our choices &ust be one more outcome determined by the past: C. $any philosophers hold that determinism is at odds with free will. . According to determinism, we can=t &ust decide to disobey the immutable laws that govern the universe. 8. After all, if everything that happens is completely determined by the past, how can our choices be free: 1. CB A8 #. C8B A '. 8BCA +. AC8B #1 A. Therefore, the second one aims at undercutting the strength factors in the first. B. ?r it might stem simply from the overconfidence of being a leader. C. Ghite offensive principle one emphasi*es on the strength of the leader=s position, which ma)es it a leader. . ?ffensive principle two is about finding the wea)ness in the strength of the leader. 8 .The wea)ness of the leader may lie in a point which is overloo)ed as unimportant. 1" CA B8 #" C B8A '" CA 8B +" C A8B #7 1. Buybac)s are a more ta%2efficient form of cash distribution to the firm than dividends A. -owever, there are some concerns that need to be addressed in the currently uncertain economic climate in !ndia B. 9urthermore, they create value through changes in capital structure. C. And will the ta% shield be fully utili*ed: . Ta%able income in !ndia can be highly cyclical if the economy continues to nose2dive 1. !n the absence of clear answers, a case for increased valuation due to changes in capital structure on account of buybac)s remains tenuous. a. AB C b. BA C c. BAC d.BC A

28 1. Some business e%ecutives have adapted a =wait and see= attitude. A. Ji)e a driver changing a tyre in the middle o f the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hit them before their wor) is done. B. iscussions with several e%ecutives in both situations show that they recogni*e the danger is not applying them to understanding the shape of future. C. ?thers are too busy bailing themselves out of troubles already caused by the changes that have ta)en place around them to have any time to reflect on the future. . Ji)e deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming truc), they ris) being turn over. 1. Traditional ways of forecasting and strategic planning are not effective any longer. a. CAB b.A CB c. ABC d.AC B #. . 1. People today are indifferent to the aesthetic products of the past. A. And it has no value for the human species at large. 7

B That is the position of both the industrial magnate, trade unionist or communist. C. They are suspicious of themH decline to receive them, until thay have been disinfected in (ussia. . !n 8ngland, still the abode of private enterprises, indifference predominates. 1. As a rule ! am afraid to bore them with it lest ! lose their ac<uaintance. 1. AB C #. ABC '. BC A +. CA B '0 A. This will ensure that $BA graduates will be more socially committed. B. Aspirants have to humane, sensitive and caring. C. @ow it ta)es more than business sense to secure admission to -arvard Business School. . The idea is to reshape the $BA e%perience from admission to &ob finding. 1. C AB #. CB A '. ACB +. BAC '1 . A. This is obvious with respect to the bul) of the relevant problems and disappointingly small predictive and controlling power of the available theories. B. Some of the accident shortcomings of the scientific method are of particular importance at present. C There is little doubt that in contrast to the relatively mature state of physics, chemistry and astronomy, the scientific method has yielded, so far comparatively poor results in the social sciences and humanities. The lag in the sciences is apparent from the largely controversial state of e%pert opinion. 1. CAB #. BC A '. ABC +. ABC '# A. $oreover, as software is often built on the achievements of others, writing code could become a legal hurdle race. B. Critics claim that such intellectual monopolies hinder innovation, because software giants can use them to attac) fledgling competitors. C. By analogy, if -aydn had patented the symphony form, $o*art would have been in trouble. . The of patents for software and business methods has been causing a stir in America ever since the Patents and Trademar) ?ffice started issuing patents on internet methods in 1..C, most famously that for one2clic) shopping. 8. Proponents argue that these patents provide the necessary incentive to innovate at a time when more inventions are computer related. >1" BCA8 >#" 8BAC >'" 8CBA >+" B8AC '' A. @ow she has started a hunger stri)e, according to the American government, which slapped strict sanctions on $yanmar, in protest at such repression. B. 9or military2ruled $yanmar, it is either the best of times or the worst of times, depending on whom you believe. C

C. They even have a KmapD to ta)e the country there, but they have not yet made clear whether they will allow $iss Suu Lyi along for the ride, nor how long the trip will ta)e. . The generals, however, say that $iss Suu Lyi is fine, and that $yanmar will soon be on the road to democracy. 8. The State Peace and evelopment Council >SP C", as the countryDs &unta styles itself, has detained Aung San Suu Lyi, the countryDs most prominent dissident and a winner of the @obel peace pri*e, at a secret location for over three months. >1" 8 ACB >#" B8 CA >'" 8BAC >+" B8A C '+ A. America spends more on defence than the ne%t do*en countries combined. B. The country is e%ceptional in more profound ways E it is more strongly individualistic than 8urope, more patriotic, more religious and culturally more conservative. C. $ilitary might is only a symptom of what ma)es America itself unusual. . The best indication of American e%ceptionalism is military power. 8. The @ational Security Strategy of #00# says America must ensure that its current military dominance E often described as thegreatest since (omeDs E is not even challenged, let alone surpassed. >1" A8CB >#" ACB8 >'" 8A CB >+" CA8 B '3 A.Ghen bids for an item are based on estimates of the itemDs value, the winner is the bidder who overestimates this value the most. B. !ntuitively, most people bid more aggressively when faced with more bidders, but more aggressive bidding increases the chances that a bidder will fall victim to the winnerDs curse C. The mathematical e%planation for the winnerDs curse, first observed in bidding for oil fields, reveals the subtle intricacies of this apparently simple game. . The classroom e%periment demonstrating the winnerDs curse illustrates the comple% relationship between game theory, human intuition, and optimal decision ma)ing. 8. As more bidders enter the auction, the range of estimates increasesMwhich in turn increases the li)elihood that the highest bid will e%ceed the true value. 1. B CA8 #.CB 8A '. CA8B +.C AB8

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use it applies to products of the mind and =property= because the products belong to the person whose mental efforts created them B"Ghat e%actly is intellectual property: C"Control over access to certain types of )nowledge Ninformation is referred to as intellectual property "Lnowledge is free but its flow is restricted 8"The #0th century could be summed up as the age of information revlution 1"ABC 8 #"BC 8A '" CBA8+"8 CBA '7 A"while -JJ scours high and low &ust to turn a positive topline ,Amway schorches ever upward2in another five years,Amway could even be the country=s second largest 9$C/ player,rec)ons Amway=s former country chief Sudershan baner&ee B"yet,business is about growth,and the contrast in pace is di**ing C"not that one is eating the other=s lunchHtheir mar)ets do not overlap much,and !ndia offers enormous potential "but Gilliam Pic)ney,the $ and C8?,Amway !ndia gets to sleep a lot easier than Jever chief $S Banga. 8"in absolute terms,thats not even as large as the ad budget of hindustan lever ltd>-JJ". 1"8 CBA #"A8 BC '"8A BC +"AB8 C 'C 1. 9ine, -yderabad has an efficient administration and is the capital of a state that has a laptop toting power point friendly Chief $inister, but for a long time, barring an odd $icrosoft or two, that was all it had. >A" ?racle, for instance, is ac<uiring 7.3 acres of land to build its largest campus outside the 6SEan official at the state !T department says the C,00,000 s< ft centre will dwarf the companyDs #,30,000 s< ft one in Bangalore. >B" @ow, circa #00', the city may finally be able to live up to the hype that was built around it. >C" @ow, thereDs tal) of Boeing and Bombardier e%ploring options of touching down in erstwhile -yderabadH ?racle and ell are hitting the city soonH and -yderabad has emerged a favorite destination of !T2enabled services companies. > " !n ,anuary this year, !nfosys opened a '02acre facility, >',11,000 s<uare ft of built up space in the city. 1. And ellDs !Tes operations will soon start in -yderabadDs -iTec city. OThere are some other big names,I says Col $. Pi&ay Lumar, the -yderabad irector of the Software Technology Par)s of !ndia, displaying a reticence that is uncharacteristic of the city. >1" B AC >#" BC A >'" CBA >+" CB A '. >A" But over the years, as clients turned the screws on their advertising budgets, e%pecting an ever2 increasing bang from their ad buc), the person who is helping put the most effective advertising together is the researcher. >B" And when screw2ups happen, itDs usually because the consumer has not been researched ade<uately. >C" 9or instance, at her employer GPP $edia Gorld Gide, where Byfield heads consumer insight, thereDs more than B11 billion >(s.71,+1+ crore" of advertising spend at sta)e each year. > " Says, Byfield 5 OGe have enough of data, but sometimes we may be lac)ing in, insights.I >8" Ghen Sheila Byfield began researching media 1# years ago, it was a &ob that got the smallest and the remotest cabin in the offices of ma&or advertising agencies. 10

>1" 8ACB >#" 8ACB >'" 8CAB >+" A8CB +0 AThey are particularly furious because they believe the sanctionsEwhich they blame on another 6S2led warE have ruined their lives, and their future. >B" OThey stopped us from thin)ing and dreaming li)e others do.I >C" OThe sanctions were economic, intellectual, scientific, and even in sport,I said one young man who attended the rally. > " 8ver since the 1#th anniversary of the 1..1 war against !ra< on ,anuary 17, #00', groups of !ra<is had e%pressed their anger in government2sanctioned protestsEdenouncing the 6@ inspectors or the 6S for planning war against them. >8" ?n the night of the anniversary, it was students and youth. >1" 8ACB >#" A8CB >'" 8 ACB >+" 8A CB 36 4 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 +1 AO;ou are the crucial component in the transformation of the 6S2!ndia relationship,I said ambassador Blac)will. >B" $ani summed it up5 O!f we can sustain the cohesion reflected here and successfully act on our collective vision as alumni of a world class institution we will become a Ktour de forceD in enhancing !ndiaDs well2 being and engagement with the 6S and the rest of the world.I >C" The 6S2!ndia trade relationship, which he describes as Oflat as a chapati,I needs a leavening agent. > " Ghat better than the !!Ts and their alumni : >8" @ow that the !!T alumni have defined their charter it is up to them to step up to the plate and deliver on the promise. >1" 8BAC >#" 8BAC >'" B 8AC >+" B8AC +# 1.But to achieve C per cent economic growth, !ndia needs to power2lift its e%ports from B+1 billion now to about B100 billion. >A" J.$ansingh, feels that the industrial cluster towns with e%ports potential li)e Tiruppur >hosiery" Panipat >woollen blan)ets" and Judhiana >woollen )nitwear", which have efficient assembly2line production facilities, only need to be promoted and their infrastructure upgraded to transform them into e%port *ones. >B" 8ven then, weDd do less than what China does now. >C" But $ansingh, director2general for foreign trade is optimistic, even as he ac)nowledges that the new S8Q scheme may not have a significant impact on trade or economy or offset the high transaction cost problem that plagues our e%ports. > " A&anta Cloc)s, for instance, saw drastic cut in production cycle from one month in !ndia to two days when it went to China. 1. !tDs hard uphill road ahead if !ndia wants to increase its share in world trade from the present 0.13 per cent. >1" CBA >#" ABC >'" A CB >+" A BC 11

+' (A" Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity,its impact is all the greater when the lower2caste families also happen to be poor. >B" Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes. >C" !t is the interactive presence of these two )inds of deprivation 2 being low class and being female.2 that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes. > " A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely. . >8" /ender is certainly a contributor to societal ine<uality, but it does not act independently of class. 1. 8AB C #. 8B CA '. A8BC +. B8C A ++ >A" This is now orthodo%y to which ! subscribe 2 up to a point. >B" !t emerged from the mathematics of chance and statistics. >C" Therefore the ris) is measurable and manageable. > " The fundamental concept5 Prices are not predictable, but the mathematical laws of chance can describe their fluctuations. >8" This is how what business schools now call modem finance was born. 1. A CB8 #. 8B CA '. AB C8 +. CB8A +3 A. Passivity is not, of course, universal. B. !n areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier *ones where all men go armed, the attitude of the peasantry may well be different. C. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive. . -owever, for most of the soil2bound peasants the problem is not whether to be normally passive or active, but when to pass from one state to another. > a" B AC >b" C AB> c" BAC > d" ABC 41 4 42 4 43 2 44 4 45 a +1 A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infre<uent to find a large number of people sitting here together and doing nothing. B. ?nce in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment. C. Ghile wor)ing, one is struc) by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes. Procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lac) of consideration for others. . 8ven those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual. 1#

8. Gor) is not intrinsically valued in !ndia. 9. 4uite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours . > a" 8CA B9 > b" 8A C9B > c" 8A B9C > d" AB9CB8 +7 A. The situations in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial !rismanDs <uestion5 K!s this a private fight or can anyone &oin in:D B. So the actual ris) to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable. C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules. . -owever, binding the obligation to )ill, members or feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is )illed. > a" ABC > b" AC B > c" CBA > d" BAC +C 1. Buddhism is a way to salvation. A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical. B. !n 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 networ) of individuals. C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals. . @ot only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a steam of events. 1. !n modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist. R1F ABC R#F CBA R'F B ACR+F ABC +. 1. The problem of improving !ndian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one. A. !t also appears that there is a direct relationship between the si*e of a state and development. B. The issues of !ndian development, and the problems of !ndia=s agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the ne%t century. C. Githout improving !ndian agriculture, no liberalisation and delicensing will be able to help !ndia. . At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural !ndia. 1. Ghen it starts marching, !ndia will fly. R1F ABC R#F C BA R'F AC B R+F ABC 30 1. /ood literary maga*ines have always been good because of their editors. A. 9urthermore, to edit by committee, as it were, would prevent any maga*ine from finding its own identity. B. The more <uir)y and idiosyncratic they have been, the better the maga*ine is, at least as a general rule. C. But the number of editors one can have for a maga*ine should also be determined by the number of contributions to it. 1'

. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions is a bit silly to start with. 1. -owever, in spite of this anomaly, the maga*ine does ac<uire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the !ndian literary scene as it is today. R1F ABC R#F BC A R'F AB C R+F CBA +1 a +7 b +C # +. + 30 # 31 1. !t=s the success story of the !ndian e%patriate in the 6S which today hogs much of the media coverage in !ndia. A. 8ast and Gest, the twain have met <uite comfortably in their person, than) you. B. 8specially in its more recent romancing2the2@(! phase. C. Seldom does the price of getting there 2 more li)e not getting there 2 or what=s going on behind those sunny smiles get so much media hype. . Gell groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidence which comes from having arrived. 1. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of !ndian descent being screened this fortnight goes a long way in filling those gaps. R1F ACB R#F ABC R'F B AC R+F ABC 3# 1. The wind had savage allies. A. !f it had not been for my closely fitted helmet, the e%plosions might have shattered my eardrums. B. The first clap of thunder came as a deafening e%plosion that literally shoo) my teeth. C. ! didn=t hear the thunderH ! actually felt it 22 an almost unbearable physical e%perience. . ! saw lightning all around me in every shape imaginable. 1. Ghen very close, it began raining so torrentially that I thought I would drown in mid-air. R1F BCA R#F CA B R'F CB A R+F AC B 3' A"!nvestment ban)ing income 22 primarily fees from putting together initial public offerings and other deals 22 is very volatile. B"Ji)e many financial2services companies, $errill has long wrestled with the cyclical nature of revenues. C"?ne reason, says Gharton finance professor ,eremy Siegal , Sis the fact that the large bro)erage firms have not done well. Anyone who ob&ectively loo)s at them sees that very few have done well. The fees are high and the performance is e%tremely mediocre.S "Trading on the firm=s own account creates gains in some years, losses in others. Commission revenue depends on investors= eagerness to trade, which varies as the mar)et goes up or down. 8"The specialists, such as free2standing mutual fund companies li)e 9idelity and Panguard, have done far better at attracting fund investors than the multi2function firms li)e $errill, which has actually suffered net 1+

reductions in fund assets since the late 1..0s. A"AB C8 B"8B CA C"BA 8C "8CB A 3+ A.The decision comes two days after Larnata)a agreed to release 1#00 cusecs of cavery water daily to the mettur reservoir in T@ till the end of february. B.The Larnata)a government has decided to release +300 cusecs of Cavery water daily to T@ for a wee). C.SGe have decided to release +300 cusecs for a wee).Ghat purpose would it have served if we release the water later.Ge want to save the standing crops.SState Jaw and Parliamentary affairs minister B Chandre /owda said. . ?n $onday,Larnata)a Chief $inister S $ Lrishna had agreed to release 1#00 cusecs on a daily basis after the centre had as)ed both Larnata)a and T@ to wor) out the possibility of enhancing the <uantum of release in the ne%t two wee)s. 1 BAC # CB A ' CBA + BCA 33 AThe avian flu that is steadily ma)ing its way around the globe will develop into a pandemic that will )ill tens of millions, create chaos in companies and send the world economy into a tailspin. B"?r will it fi**le out: C"That uncertainty represents a huge challenge for governments, corporations and citi*ens worldwide5 @o one )nows what will happen to the avian influen*a virus in the coming months and years. Gill it mutate into a strain that will allow people to readily infect others and sic)en untold numbers: "@onetheless, many people are ta)ing into account scenarios ranging from mild to severe in order to plan for what could turn out to be a calamity. 8"?r it won=t. 1"A8CB #"ABC8 '" A8CB +" CBA8 51 3 52 1 53 c 54 4 55 1 31 A"Clarity had its limits, though. B"Still, /reenspan was very careful to )eep financial mar)ets informed, telegraphing every 9ed move. C"Ghen a senator said that he understood the chairman=s comment, /reenspan famously replied5 S!f you understood what ! said, ! must have misspo)e.S "The policy of Sno surprisesS was a ma&or factor in )eeping financial mar)ets smooth. 8"Almost never did the 9?$C surprise the mar)ets. 1"ABC8 #"8 ACB '"ACB8 +" 8CBA 37 A"@ow architects are starting to use the ubi<uitous rectangular shipping units to build elegant, relatively ine%pensive, <uic)ly constructed, and surprisingly sturdy homes. 13

B"?r that their house had been to China and bac): C"Aluminum or steel shipping containers 22 used by the global freight business since the 1.'0s to transport goods 22 have been adapted by leading architects and designers >such as ,apan=s Shigeru Ban" in concept or museum pro&ects for some years. "-ow many people can say the previous occupiers of their home were #0,000 toy dolls, 1,000 pairs of snea)ers, or 300 computer monitors: 1" AC B #" BCA '"AC B +"ACB 3C A" JulaDs strategists realise this, and the administration has begun to ma)e e%plicit overtures to the countryDs poor ma&ority, where JulaDs support is the strongest. B" Among the bottom half of the countryDs population, the poor, approval for Jula and his administration is high. C" Among the wealthier segments of the population, support for the PT administration drops off. "But what is different about the current scenario is that now, unli)e a year ago, sympathies for Jula have become more polarised. 8"The partyDs support in congress is the wea)est since its election, and internal discussions within the PT have once again returned to reassessing its policy of broad alliances with centrist parties. 1"8BCA #" ABC8 '" BCA8 +"ABC8 3. A.6sing the tragedies that too) place in -andwara to attac) the dialogue process is at best disingenuous T and at worst plain dishonest. B @ot a word of regret was voiced by $irwai* 9aroo< over the recent assassination of State 8ducation $inister /.@. Jone T conduct which was of a piece with the stoic silence he has long maintained on the murder of civilians li)e Tasleen. C. Sadly, the AP-C=s moral compass has long pointed in the direction of the e%pedient. . !ndeed, it is probable that the AP-C will accept an invitation for further dialogue with r. Singh as long as its political adversaries are not also at the table. 8. Although protected by guards provided by the ,ammu and Lashmir /overnment, the AP-C chairman and his colleagues have never summoned the courage to spea) out against the carnage. 1. 8ACB #. ACB8 '. C 8AB +. BAC8 10 1.the !@dian states biggest failure has been in building human capabilitiesHas a result of which +0U!nidans remain illiterate. A"Simultaneously,there is a growing,impatient deand for these goods from below. B"!t is primarily because of grass root pressures from below as social democracy has created upward mobility among the lower castes. C"!ndian literacy has already risen by 10U in the past 1 years. "Ge have now realised that primary education and primary healthcare are the two most powerful ways to eradicate poverty. 1.The push for liberal econimic reforms combined with investment in human capabilities will ensure that millions of indians lift themselves from poverty within a generation. 11

1" ACB #"ABC '" CAB +"ACB 56 3 57 2 58 2 59 2 60 1 11 1.!t is undisputed that roads bring multifacetd benfits to villagers , the most important of which is poverty alleviation. A"(oad connectivity stimulates the rural economy and its effects are transmitted to the entire economic structure of rural society and it will reduce the pressure on the urban areas. B"The impact is palpalable in the villager=s social life, be it better medical care, increased attendance in schools or higher levels of interaction. C"(ural roads also change life patterns by bringing in awareness about modern means of living li)e coo)ing dressing and recreation. "!ncrease in agricultural production, better prices for the produce , creation of new employment opportunities are only some of the economic benifits. 1. (ural connectivity triggering a reverse immigration from urban to rural areas is a distinct possibility. 1"ABC #"B AC '"CBA +" BCA 1# A"@ow, more than ever, we need to understand the past before trying to shape the future. B"So far as we )now, humans are uni<ue among 8arth=s creatures in being able to interpret and learn from their past. C" The ma)ing of the chipped stones, the crude tool of our earliest ancestors, represent the beginning of technology. " -umans, from the very beginning, were thin)ers and ma)ers at the same time. 1" ABC #" BCA '" BA C +" C AB. 1' >a" And hide the hearts of one people from these of another >b" Be recogni*ed in international affairs >c" !f may be long before the law of love will >d" The machineries of government stand between. >a". ABC >b". CBA >c"CB A >d". BC A 1+" >a" To forgive is not to forget >b" There is no merit in loving an enemy >c" The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid )nowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend. >d" Ghen you forget him for a friend >a". ABC >b". ACB >c" CBA >d". BC A 17

13" >a" $y religion is based on >b" Truth and non violence >c " Truth is my god >d" @on violence is the means of reali*ing him >a". CBA >b". BCA >c" CBA >d". ABC 61 4 62 3 63 c 64 b 65 d 11 1. The only virtue ! want to claim is truth and non violence >a" ! lay no claim to superhuman powers >b" $y services have many limitations >c " ! want non ! wear the same corruptible flesh that the wea)est of my >d" 9ollow being wear and on these fore is liable to err as any. #. but god has up to now blessed them in spite of in perfection >a". AC B >b". ABC >c"A CB >d". CBA 17 >a" methods even to serve the noblest of causes >b" ! am an uncompromising opponent of violent. >c " Admire worthy motives. >d" -owever much ! may sympathies with and >a". ABC >b". CBA >c" BCA >d". BC A 1C >a" @onviolence is not <uality to be evolved >b" or e%pressed to order. !t is an >c" 6pon intense individual effort >d" inward growth depending for sustenance >a". ABC >b". ACB >c"AB C >d". C BA 1. >a" disposal of man)ind it is mightier >b" then the mightiest weapon of >c" non violence is the greatest force at the >d" destruction devised by the in genuity of man >a". CAB >b". ABC >c" CBA >d". ABC 70 >a" Jove lived on island. ?ne day >b" -appiness, Sadness, )nowledge and >c" The !sland began to sin) so all 1C

>d" The felling prepared the boats to leave >a". BA C >b". AB C >c" BA C >d". BAC 66 a 67 b 68 c 69 a 70 b 71 >a" Panity said O you are all wet and will damage my beautiful boatI >b" for help O ! canDt help youI >c" beautiful vessel she cried out >d" The love saw vanity in a >a". CBA >b". CAB >c" ABC >d". ACB 7# >a" Sadness declined, saying he needed to be alone. This, love saw >b" happiness love carried out O -appiness, please ta)e me with youI >c" @e%t love pleaded with Sadness O please let me go with you O but >d" But happiness was so over&oyed that he didnDt hear love calling to him >a". CA B >b". CAB >c" ACB >d". AC B 7' >a" Jove began to cry. Then, she heard a voice O Come leave, >b" ! will ta)e you with me O it was an elder. >c" Ghen they arrived an land the elder want to his way. Jove reali*ed how much she owed the elder >d" Jove felt so blessed and over&oyed that she forgot to as) the elder his name. >a". AB C >b". ABC >c" C AB >d". CBA 7+ >a" Gho helped me >b" !t was time, )nowledge an answered. >c" Jove then found )nowledge and as)ed >d" ?nly time is capable of understanding how great love is >a". C AB >b". CBA >c" CAB >d". C BA 73 A) The very root of the word emotion is motere,the Latin ver !to move! "lus the "refi# !e-!to $onnote !move away,% suggesting that a tenden$y to a$t is im"li$it in every emotion. &) In our emotional re"ertoire ea$h emotion "lays a uni'ue role, as revealed y their distin$tive iologi$al signatures () All emotions are, in essen$e ,im"ulses to a$t, the instant "lans for handling life 1.

that evolution has instilled in us. )) That emotion leads to a$tions is most o vious in wat$hing animals or $hildren* it is only in !$ivili+ed! adults we so often find the great anomaly in the animal ,ingdom, emotions-root im"ulses to a$t -divor$ed from o vious rea$tion. 1) (A)& -) (&A) .) A&() /) &(A) 71 a 72 b 73 a 74 c 75 1 06 A. 9inally, democracy goes better with co)e2 consumption rises with political freedom. -ave a cola, @orth LoreaV B. !n the same spirit we wondered how the globe loo)s when viewed through the bottom of a Cocoa2 Cola bottle. C. There is a lose but clearly positive relationship between Co)e consumption and wealth perhaps not surprisingly. . 8ven clearer is the relationship between cola and an inde% developed by the 6.@ to show general <uality of life 2Co)e consumption ta)es off at the upper end of the development scale. 8. 9ew 8conomic indicators are as often cited as our Big $ac !nde% , which uses hamburger prices as the inde% of currency parity. 9. !t turns out that fi**y mass mar)et stuff2 ie, capitalism2 is good for you. 1. 8B9C A #.C9 8BA '.8BCA9 +.AC 8B9 77

secrets once destined for the grave are nowadays e%posed in no more time than it ta)es to analyse a swab or two. B. They can, then ta)e a trip to meet their long lost cousins. C. Americans and 8uropeans of Afro Carribean origin can find their remar)able accuracy where in Africa their @A came from. . @A based pattern )its can be purchased over internet for less than B#30. 8. Ghen ,ames Gatson and 9rancis Cric) first described the double heli% structure of the @A molecule 30 years ago, they could not have imagined what a powerful light it would throw upon our past. 1. 8A CB #. A8BC. '. ACB 8 +. 8CB A

7C A"The overall goal is to represent through resource materials the incredible diversity of Aboriginal peoples in worldviews, languages, )nowledge, cultural heritages, and political, economic and social structures. B"JAC offers a wide variety of programs, services and resources available for consultation in person, on our web site or through your local library. C"Gelcome to the Circle of Aboriginal -eritage and Lnowledge of Jibrary and Archives Canada >JAC", a cultural institution whose mandate is to serve all Canadians by protecting, promoting and ma)ing accessible #0

Canada=s documentary heritage. "JAC has an e%tensive collection of resources by or about Aboriginal peoples. 8"-ere we will gather to celebrate, promote and provide access to a full variety of Aboriginal resources within Canada, both through Jibrary and Archives= collections and services and in partnership with 9irst @ations, $Wtis and !nuit communities, associations, language and cultural centres, universities and libraries. 1"CA8B #"C8AB '"CB A8 +"CBA 8 7. A.$uch more is on the cards , if the senior bureaucrats are to be ta)en at face value but concerns have cropped up since the current trend indicates a lac) of a =wholesome= strategy. B. !n the ma*e of !ndia=s twisted economic policies, it is difficult to find a more comple% bundle of contradictions than the aviation policy. C. Ghile the implimentation of the open s)iies agreements will ta)e time these pacts indicate the hurry to put the horse before the cart. . Piecemeal liberalisation will only harm the sector rather than encouraging growth , putting both passangers as well as the industry at a disadvantage. 8. Ghile the government is omnipresent in the closely guarded sector, a whiff of fresh air has started blowing in the forms of open s)ies agreements with Thailand , some south asian countries and Srilan)a 1. 8 BAC #. CAB 8 '. B8A C +. B8C A...... C0 A. This chemical compount finds wide usage in diversified industries such as refectories,ceramics.etc B. !ndal developed the re<uisite technology in2house at its begaum centre. C. !n 1.C#2C',it started developing special alumina,an import subsitute. !n pursuit of its policy of adding value to its basic products, !ndal has been adding value to alumina too. 1"BC A #"C AB '"CBA +" CAB 76 1 77 4 78 2 79 3 80 4 C1 1.The new economy has brought in a host of new concepts see)ing convergence of several important characteristics of the old economy with the infotech tools. A. ?rganisations which have superior )nowledge processes will fare well in the years to come. B. !T6C school of management >!S$" an affiliate of the institute of Chartered 9inancila Ananlyst of of !ndia >!C9A!" has organi*ed the seminar. C. =Lnowledge management= is one such concept which plays a critical role in channelising the e%isting )nowledge available within the organi*ation and also in the e%ternal business environment. . Several e%perts spo)e at length on the topic at a one day seminar. 1. Lnowledge management has been greatly facilitated by information technology tools such as data warehousing and messaging systems.. 1. ACB #. C AB '. BCA +. CBA #1

C# 1.The 6nion $inistry has advised all the na%alite affected states to impose a ban on people=s war, the most militant e%tremist outfit but left the final decision to respective states. A. $r. Pande 6nion -ome Secretary said that it is left to their discretion and they have to go through legal process before slapping the ban. B. $eanwhile , sources said that Lamal Pande had assured Andhra Pradesh that the centre would reimburse (s. C# crore, the e%penditure incurred by the State /overnment on anti2@a%alite operations. C. 6nion -ome secretary disclosed this to newsmen after charging a meeting of the &oint police and senior officials of seven na%alite2 affected states. . The -ome Secretary said that the affected states had already been advised by the centre to impose a ban on the People=s war. 1. The State /overnment once again renewed its re<uest that all na%alite2hit should ban the People=s Gar to help deal with the group in a more effective manner. 1. C AB #. ACB '. CAB +. CAB....... C' A"All of the great and wise people who ever made a difference on planet 8arth heard their souls= yearnings and chose a purpose for their lives. People such as /andhi, $other Teresa, and @elson $andela seem to have been driven by a self2defined purpose that they chose for themselves. B"@ow, we often thin) of such people with a sense of awe and respect as if they were somehow different from us 22 better, smarter, more saintly, or more courageous.Sometimes they hardly seem human. But the truth is that the only real difference between you and those people is that they all seemed to have a clearly defined life purpose that they selected for themselves and then embraced with steadiest dedication and unsha)eable determination. C"At one time or another you=ve probably as)ed yourself, SGhat is the purpose of my life: Ghat is its meaning: Ghy am ! here on 8arth, and what am ! supposed to be doing:S Chances are, you wor) hard, whether you ta)e care of a household or have a &ob outside of the home. ;our days are filled with seemingly endless chores and tas)s li)e getting the oil changed in your car and going to the grocery store. ";ou may have a sense that given the right circumstances, you could do much more than you are doing now. Perhaps you long to ma)e a real difference in the world, to assign meaning to your life, and to listen to the yearnings of your very soul. 8"Perhaps sometimes, when you get tired or stressed out, life can seem li)e &ust one long and meaningless Sto doS list with a bland retirement and a gold2plated watch at the end of it. 1" C8 AB #"ABC8 '"AB 8C +"8C AB C+ >a"?ne can understand American an%iety to reward their favourite in their as)ewed global war on terror and secure Pa)istani help to tac)le !ran but one cannot understand !ndiaDs an%iety to please the Americans. >b" After all, he heads Pa)istanDs strongest, best e<uipped and financially endowed political party T the Pa)istan army. >c"But that is not our re<uirement. !ndia is not obliged to let $usharraf continue in perpetuity. Any concession to him now will ensure him a life beyond #007. And beyond #007, even Bush does not careH his time will have begun to run out. >d" The 6S has a re<uirement to )eep $usharraf in position. 1.A CB #. BCA '.AB C +. CAB C3 ##

A.9or seamers, the plus is the pitch is not gripping the ball as hard, ergo s)id, therefore a marginal increase in pace off the dec). B.!n this innings, he has been reduced to trundling. C. Against that, as the moisture has dried up, the seam and cut has noticeably reduced, and that should continue. . !n the first innings, he loo)ed almost unplayable22 the ball was darting around both waysH the odd one was bouncing &ust the little bit e%tra to find the high edges for the carry, and there was movement off the seam. 8. The best sign of what is happening is the bowling of wayne Bravo. 1. A B8C #.8B CA '.AC8 B +.8 CAB 81 2 82 1 83 1 84 2 85 3 C1 >A"Patha) has a disciplined way of investing. SGe don=t believe in momentum investing. Ge &ust focus on our stoc) selection and valuations,S he says. >B" But Patha) says, SGe have a designated process for large caps and mid caps.S Ghile selecting large2cap stoc)s, he follows a combination of top2down and bottom2up strategy. Patha) says, SGe first identify sectors and give weightage to each sector, then within a sector, we identify stoc)s and ran) them.S >C" To be a part of Patha)=s portfolio a mid2cap company has to pass through five filters. !t should be a leader in its business, should be globally competitive, should have a niche positioning, should be pro%y to large cap >it should have e<ual or better growth opportunities but should be available at high discount to large caps" and it should belong to the sunrise sectors. > "S!n case of mid caps,S says Patha), Swe invest only in those companies which have the potential to become large cap.S >8" So, how does Patha) select stoc)s: -is way is <uite different from others. $ost of the fund managers follow the same stoc)2pic)ing strategy, whether it is a mid2cap stoc) or a large2cap stoc). 1.A8C B #.A8B C '.8 CBA +. C8BA C7 >A"The wor) is monotonous, but it pays. $iners dig lumps of iron ore from the ground, pulverise them with hammers, and filter the resulting pile. A family of five wor)ing 1# hours a day can earn a consistent (s.C00 a wee) doing this, (s.7 for every putti >iron basin" they manage to fill. A paltry sum: @ot when contrasted with the (s.'0 to (s.30 a day they earn in agriculture, when they can find wor) at all. >B" According to a report released in #003 by $ines, $inerals A People in collaboration with other non2 governmental organisations >@/?s", roughly +0,000 daily wage labourers wor) in Bellary2-ospet=s iron ore mines, half of them children under the age of 1+. $igrants from a decimated agricultural sector, they float from mining plot to mining plot searching for sustenance in an informal system of contract labour. >C" T-8 lives of miners are stained red with the dust from Sred goldS, as some rightly call iron ore. 9eet, hands, facesH even the ma)eshift blue tents they s<uee*e into at night are covered with red dust from the poc)mar)ed land they wor) on, the roc) they haul up, and the iron basins that scoop the ore. > " Conditions in the mines bac) her argument. The wor)ers have no running water to fight the sun, no mas)s to filter the suffocating dust, and only basic medical care to ta)e care of smashed fingers and cuts from errant shards of flying roc). #'

>8" /iven these wage differentials, it is no surprise that nearly all the minewor)ers say they support iron ore mining in Bellary. But L. Bhanumathi of $ines, $inerals A People, argues that this preference has to be seen in the conte%t of deprivation. S!t=s not that the wor)ers want mining, it=s &ust that they need some means to survive,S she says. S/iven a choice they would never opt for this )ind of wor).S 1"CBA8 #"CAB8 '" BA8C +" BA8 C CC >A"Photographs depict ob&ective realities that already e%ist, though only the camera can disclose them. >B" That is, photography has two antithetical ideals5 in the first, photography is about the world, and the photographer is a mere observer who counts for littleH but in the second, photography is the instrument of intrepid, <uesting sub&ectivity and the photographer is all. >C" These conflicting ideals arise from a fundamental uneasiness on the part of both photographers and viewers of photographs toward the aggressive component in Sta)ingS a picture. > " Picture2ta)ing is a techni<ue both for anne%ing the ob&ective world and for e%pressing the singular self. >8" And they depict an individual photographer=s temperament, discovering itself through the camera=s cropping of reality. 1" ABC8 #" BAC8 '" BCA8 +"ABC8 C. 1. They came, they spo)e, and now they are gone. >A" But was it wrong for the !ndian government, industry, and even Bollywood to celebrate non resident !ndian : >B" Ge are, after all, your brothersDEit is almost as if we want them to be guilty for having left us behind, literally and figuratively. >C" !ndia and its problems are bac) to s<uare one. > " @o. GhatDs wrong, however is this 5 in wooing the @(! what we are doing in effect is telling them, OGe envy you for all your wealth and success, wonDt you please share some of it with us :I 1. Ge are chasing the @(! dollar because we want investments despite our problems, and not because we thin) we can deliver on the promise that is !ndia. >1" CA B >#" AC B >'" A CB >+" CAB .0 >A" @ot surprisingly, Agro TechDs Sen /upta claims Shunu was one of the main architects of the -JJ approach to mar)eting and branding. >B" O-e wanted all managers to have a common brand vision, vocabulary essentially be in the same boat,I says -CJDs Adhi)ari. >C" Pant, and several other managers still remember the Brand $anagement 9orums Shunu organised in -JJDs boardroom. > " O-e taught us the ABC of mar)eting,I says $u)tesh Pant, a one2time Shunu protege. >1" A CB >#" C BA >'" ABC >+" CBA #+

86 B 87 A 88 A 89 1 90 4 .1 >A" According to estimates, its mobile services fetched about (s.#3 la)h a month in #00#. >B" The <uestion, however, is this 5 will the !ndian mar)et ever be big enough for the 1002pound gorilla of the internet : >C" The only area where things have clic)ed for the company is in internet to mobile services, where it has a range of clients, including new ones such as Airtel and (P/. > " !n this segment, ;ahoo !ndia offers news, S$S, and downloads of ringtones and screensavers. >8" This may well grow, given that mobile subscriber base in !ndia is clipping and at last count had crossed the marginal 102million mar). >1" A C8B >#" C A8B >'" CA8B >+" C8 AB .# 1. !t was !ndiaDs first biotech company, boasts of global leadership >a #3 per cent share" in select industrial en*ymes such as Pectinases, Tea Tannases, is profit2ma)ing and has ambitions of being one of worldDs top 10 biopharmaceutical companies by #010. >A" ;ou donDt need more reasons to buy into biotechDs first !P?. >B" Simultaneously, it is e%ploiting opportunities in contract research. >C" To do that, Biocon plans to raise (s. 130E#00 crore shortly. > " Says Liran $a*umdar Shaw, Chairperson and $anaging irector, Biocon /roup5 O!n the ne%t three years, we will be one of the largest human insulin and statin producers in the world.I 1. !n fact, the success and failure of Biocon may well determine the future of !ndiaDs biotech industry. >1" B CA >#" C BA >'" CBA >+" A CB .' 3. 1. J/ is the mar)et leader in CTPs, air conditioners, fully automatic washing machines, and microwave ovens. >A" Therefore, while in 1..C J/Ds sales were mere (s. +13 crore, in #00# calender it is e%pected to have rac)ed up (s. #,700 crore in topline. >B" @ever mind that li)e its compatriot Samsung, it entered the mar)et less than seven years ago. >C" J/ which employs strategies similar if not identical to SamsungDs, has products across the price range, from (s.C,000ECTPs to (s.1 la)h2plus Plasma pro&ection CTPs. > " Ghat e%plains the <uic) rise to top : eep poc)ets, state2of2the2art technology, and aggressive mar)eting. 1. !t has clearly positioned itself on the health platform and restlessly advertises through the yearEcompared #3

to some other players in the durable business, J/ is on a strong wic)et. >1" B AC >#" ACB >'" BAC >+" CB A .+ A. 6nder his close eye isneyDs animation division soared, with hit films such as OThe Jittle $ermaidI, OAladdinIand OThe Jion LingI. B. The situation had worsened to the degree that isney was in danger of being bought and bro)en up. C. !ndeed, he carried on these activities with such a missionary *eal that appearing on isney TP shows, $r 8isner himself became a part of the brand. . -e rescued the firm by energetically devising umpteen new ways to profit from its iconic cartoon characters. 8. Ghen $essrs isney and /old originally brought in $r 8isner to be chief e%ecutive of isney in 1.C+,he found a sleepy company with valuable but barely e%ploited brands. 1. 8B AC #. 8A CB '. A8 CB +. 8CAB .3 A. This applies to material goods generally, and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world. B. Ge may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses. C. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of anotherH if the supply is insufficient,what one man has is obtained at the e%pense of another man. . ?n the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the e%clusion of another. 8. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share ali)e. 1. B8CA #. A8 BC '. BA 8C +. A8 CB 91 2 92 4 93 1 94 1 95 1 .1 A. /ermany has been less staunch, worrying more than the others that !ran may ma)e good on its threat to leave the @on2Proliferation Treaty. B. ;et !ran is e%hausting the patience of even the friendlier 8uropean governments. C. Britain and 9rance have told !ran privately that it must fulfill its obligations to the !A8A, and also its original promise of a full suspension of enrichment2related activity. . But, ultimately, it agrees with its 8uropean partners that !ran must toe the line. 8. The reasons for the three countriesD stance are not far to see) 2 An !ran that went nuclear despite repeated 8uropean overtures would ma)e a moc)ery of 8uropean claims to be defter at diplomacy than heavy2 handed America. 1. BAC 8 #. A8 CB '. C 8AB +. BCA 8 .7 #1

A. But he is also thought to be indecisive and too much of a micro2manager. B. -e is intellectually curious, more comfortable in the spotlight than $iss $egawati, and widely viewed as a man of integrity who would be strong in times of crisis. C. This is amply reflected in the understanding that he won the election on character, not ideology. . Though !ndonesiaDs voters have now signaled that they want change at the top too, it is not clear that $r ;udhoyono can deliver on this mandate. 8. Besides these personality traits, his party worries that there is not much to separate him from $iss $egawati on policy. 1. BA8C #. A8 BC '. 8ABC +. A8B C

.C A. Ta)e her account of $r BushDs ;ale years. B. $r Bush, on the other hand, spent his time doing everything but burnishing his credentials. C. The case against $s Lelley is not &ust that she fails to ra)e new muc). . The !vy Jeague universities are full of grubbing prodigies who regard themselves as the ne%t president. 8. !t is that she ma)es her principal target, the current president, loo) rather good. 1. C 8AB #. A8 BC '. C8A B +. A8B C .. A"@anotechnology has been around for two decades, but the first wave of applications is only now beginning to brea). B" Technological revolutions travel with the same stealth. C"A tsunami is unnoticeable in the open oceanTa long, low wave whose power becomes clear only when it reaches shore and brea)s. "As it does, it will ma)e the computer revolution loo) li)e small change. 8"Spotting the wave while it=s still crossing the ocean is tric)y, which e%plains why so few of us are aware of the one that=s approaching. 9"!t will affect everything from the batteries we use to the pants we wear to the way we treat cancer 1"ABC 89 #"CB8 9A '"CB8A 9 +"A9BC 8 100 A"a group of about '3 bhumi& tribal families here still hang on to the traditions of the discipline. B"the dance portrayals are mostly enactments of hunting scenes and self defence. C" today, fir)al survives in &ust one obscure village, ,amundih, of Pot)a bloc) in 8ast Singhbhum district of ,har)hand. " 8%perts say, 9ir)al is in fact, A variation of =Lirpan Susan= >Lirpan means sword and susan dance", a traditional dance form among the bhumi& tribes of Chotanagpur. 1"A BC #"CA B '" CAB +"CB A 101 A" Syou are the crucial component in the transformation of the 6S !@ !A relationshipS, said ambassador Blac)will. B"$ani summed it up5Sif we can sustain the cohesion reflected here and successfully act on our collective vision as alumni of our world class i&nhstitution we will become a = tour de force= in enhancing !ndia=s well being and engagement with the 6S and the rest of the worldS #7

C"The 6S !ndia trade relationship, which he describes as S flat as a chapatiS, needs a leavening agent. "Ghat better than the !!T=s and their alumni : 8"@ow that the !!T alumni have defined their charter it is up to them to step up to the plate and deliever on the promise. 1"8BAC #" 8BAC '"B 8AC +"B8AC 10# A".8ach concept ,such as a man or an apple,refers to the <ualities which a group of things share. B" Concepts are the means by which the universe is made intelligible. C" Plato=s point is that to thin) or to communicate at all re<uires the use of concepts. " The simplest statement 2Sthere is a manS2uses the concept manHSthere is an appleS uses the concept apple. 1"A CB #" A BC '" C AB +"CB A 3" BCA 10' A.@onetheless, Toc<ueville was only one of the first of a long line of thin)ers to worry whether such rough e<uality could survive in the face of a growing factory system that threatened to create divisions between industrial wor)ers and a new business elite. B. SThe government of democracy brings the nation of political rights to the level of the humblest citi*ens.S -e wrote,S,ust as the dissemination of wealth brings the notion of property within the reach of all the members of the communityS. C. Toc<ueville was far too shrewd an observer to be uncritical about the 6nited States, but his verdict was fundamentally positive. . @o visitor to the 6nited States has left a more enduring record of his travels and observations than the 9rench writer and political theorist Ale%is e Toc<ueville, whose S emocracy !n AmercicaS, first pusblished in 1C'3, remains one of the most trenchant and insightful analyses of American social and political practices. a. ACB b. BAC c. CBA d. BAC 10+ A. The charming headwaiter answered our <uestions very politely. B. There were so many young long2legged waiters that they were in danger of running into each other as my companion and ! considered the overheads. C. These boys have ta)en the place of the middle2aged women in white overalls with a lot of @anny about them who used to serve the e%cellent plain 8nglish nursery food in a plain 8nglish nursery way. . Ge en<uired about the number of covers, the e%istence of a private room and many other <uestions about the cuisine and service. 8. -e may have smelt a rat and guessed that we were from one of the many maga*ines which describe places to eat, or perhaps he &ust thought we were naturally curious country bump)ins on an outing. . Bread2and2butter pudding and raspberry crumble came as naturally to them as they do to the customers brought up on such no2frills fare. a. A 8BC9 b. A8 CB9 c. A 8CB9 d. ABC 89 105 .A. As if being embroiled in a murderous conspiracy was not enough, there is further sadness for -arrods owner $ohammed 9ayed. #C

B. This accusation comes from the fact that $r 9ayedDs tinned mince2pie programme has been infiltrated by a batch of rogue Ba)ewell tarts. C. -e has been forced to issue a product2recall notice in top peopleDs paper the Times that may permanently damage his standing as a purveyor of culinary fancies to the aristocracy . Ghat is ir)some about this fact is that Ba)ewell tarts are a rather common form of sugary comestibleH not <uite the thing the purchasers of -arrods finest mince pies e%pect to find for pudding. 8. This news came in a full month and a bit after Christmas with the information 2 Ba)ewell tarts may contain nuts. . The obvious implication5 that a Traditional $ince Pie Gith -arrods Brandy and these proletarian old Ba)ewell tarts are, in fact, made in the same factory. a. ACB8 9 b. AB 8C9 c. A8 CB9 d. AC8 B9 101 4 102 4 103 C 104 A 105 A 101 A. 8thnography has long been used in the academic world, and was first employed in commercial research in the 70s. B. O! spent time with different consumers while they were shopping, coo)ing and eating in their own homeI. C. OPerhaps the difference now is that a great deal of mar)et research is not conducted solely at a single point in time.I . Anne2$arie $c ermott, managing director of 4uaestor (esearch, points to a pro&ect 1' years ago, which loo)ed at a new chic)en2burger product. 8. OThis method of conducting research was revolutionary at the timeI. . O(esearchers spend a lot of time with respondents, living in their environment E even to the point of moving in with them and sharing the e%perience being researchedI, she says. a. A8 CB9 b. AC 8B9 c. A 8CB9 d. A B8C9 107

!n general, the British !nternet boom mirrored what had happened on the other side of the Atlantic a year or two earlier. B. Jastminute.com shared all of these attributes. C. This was a replay of events twelve months previously, when the 6S mar)et witnesses Priceline.com issuing stoc) on the @asda< and ending its first day as a public company worth almost 10 bn B. . !n $arch #000, for e%ample, Jastminute.com, the most widely2hyped of all British companies, issued stoc) on the Jondon Stoc) 8%change and achieved a valuation, albeit fleetingly, of more than C00 mn B. 8. Priceline.com allowed airlines and hotels to unload their spare capacity cheaply onlineH it made heavy lossesH and $organ Stanley, a leading Gall Street investment ban), mar)eted its shares to the public. . The principal difference between the British bubble and the American bubble was one of scale. #.

a. A8 CB9 b. AC 8B9 c. A C8B9 d. ABC8 9 10C A. An old and semi2apocryphal story is routinely doing the rounds at the elections B. The nub of the story is this5 Sir PeterDs association sought to dissuade him from standing on the grounds of his advanced age, reasoning that, should he die mid2term, the cash2strapped Tories of Jouth would not be able to bear the cost of fighting a by2election. C. !t concerns negotiations between Sir Peter Tapsell, the 7+2year old Conservative member for Jouth and his constituency association, ahead of the forthcoming general election. . Sir Peter is said to have a written a personal che<ue for the estimated 10,000 B cost of a by election campaign 8. -e posted it along with the instruction that it is cashed in the event of his death. . This is seen as one more instance of his wit and ability to create hype about his candidature. a. ACB 89 b. A8 CB9 c. A8 CB9 d. AC8 B9 109 a" $oreover, there are very basic differences between the two tripartite theories. b" Plato had given aggression a more honorable status as a spirited element, thus revealing the importance of war in the /ree) world and the honorable status Athenians gave to warriors. c" Plato=s concept of the bodily appetites may be compared with 9reud=s concept of the id, which is, however, a very much more comple% concept. d" 9reud demoted aggression, a part of Plato=s spirited element, to one of the drives or instincts. 1" cbda #" acbd '" acdb +" cabd 3" acbd 110 A. $y Brother has posted me here to watch over u. B. o not as) me to leave u alone A go. C. o not be deceived A grieve + nothing. . The voice we heard was not this. 8. !t is a (aa)shaaDs tric). 1. 8CAB #. 8CBA '. 8C AB +. C8AB 106 ! 107 C 108 A 109 4 110 3 111 A. !t is difficult to date the epics. B. 8vidently many authors have written them or added to them in successive periods. C. The (amayana is an epic poem with a certain unity of treatmentH the $ahabharta is a vast A miscellaneous collection of ancient lore. . They deal with remote periods when the Arayans were still in the process of setting down A consolidating themselves in !ndia. '0

1. C BA #. A BC '. CBA + ABC 11# A. A good budget is one which ma)es a sincere attempt to change the policy environment. B. /overnment finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable fiscal deficits C. There are big gaps in perception and capability of managers . !ndustry too is not ready to deliver growth, should even the government pursue the right policies. 8. The current reforms pace is too slow. 9. The fiscal deficit has deteriorated A"ABC 89 B"BA C89 C"98 CBA "8ABC 9 11' 1"The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state. A" then there r members of national collectives who live in other countries, ma)ing a moc)ery of the concept. B" there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be >and often do not consider themselves to be members of the hegemonic nation. C" even worse, ther r nations which never had a state or which r divided across several states. " this, of course, has been sub&ect to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction. 1" however, the fiction has been, and continuous to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies. 1" BAC #"ABC '"BAC +" ACB 11+ 1" Gill mtnl=s latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of (s.100 revolutionai*e the mar)et for cell phones the way sachets revolutioni*ed the mar)et for shampoos. A".in mar)et li)e ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies have reali*ed that the tric) is to pac)age things in small affordable pac)s. B".the best e%ample of this is , perhaps , in the cosmetic mar)et. C".,ust loo) around. "?r, more recently, the way the (s. 3 2a2bottle co)e too) the soft drin)s mar)et by storm:<uite possible. 1"Jipstic)s,nail varnishes,deodorents,shampoos,you name it,almost every product is available in small pac)s that are ,at best,good for &ust a few cases. 1"cabd #"cadb '"dbac +"dabc 113 >A" And this because it doesnDt want to be dubbed a spoilsport in the region. >B" !f you stop griming and bearing it, you would be declared a loser,I says a source, throwing up his hands in absolute e%asperation. >C" There are many ta)ers for this line of argument. > " But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political class that lambasts Pa)istan for sponsoring terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act. >8" O !t is li)e being in a popularity contest. '1

>1" CA8B >#" A A8B >'" CBA 8 >+" 8BC A 111 2 112 c 113 1 114 4 115 4 111 >A" 9or the artists it is an entry to the big world. >B" OThese are li)e reminders of great conversations over good foodEalmost a)in to buying a souvenir on a holiday,I says A. . Singh, owner of ?live, a restaurant in $umbai. >C" Put up a painting on the walls, a sculpture or anything interesting and it pushes up the hip factor. > " (estaurants are not &ust about great food anymoreEalso crucial is a fresh concept. >A" Plus, the restaurateurs insist, their parents are more li)ely to pic) up a buy in the eatery than in a gallery. >1" C A8B >#" CB A8 >'" AC8B >+" CA8B 117 >A" The CB! too) into custody (avi Permas that auction house Bowrings was to put under the hammer, an An&olie 8la $enon $urano sculpture, priced at (s '.3 la)h, went missing from an e%hibition and then fa)es of Aparna Caurwere traced to Ja&pat @agar in elhi. >B" The 8la $enon was reported stolen only a few months after an $.9. -ussain went missing in -yderabad and the art world suspects more fa)e artists are doing the round than have come to light. >C" 9or a close2)nit community that can go for months without action, it has been an interesting fortnight. > " @egligence in museums, lac) of incentives and conservation are issues raised by the art world before, but the immediate concern is the surge in art crimes. >1" BCA >#" CBA >'" CA B >3" B CA 11C 1.That !ndia needs to democrati*e its higher education system is not in dispute but htat would truly happen only if the government sought to universali*e both <uality and access. A.That the issue of caste based <uotas has become more and more socially divisive must also be attributed to the shrin)ing higher 2 education pie. B.The scarcity of higher educational institutions has led to a spate of inferior <uality professional educational institutions that offer seats for e%orbitant capitation fees. C.9ewer and fewer people will have to suffer poor wor)ing conditions and meagre wages and this would enhance society=s capacity to social and economic growth. .8nhancing access to <uality higher education would not only increase the pool of s)illed labour force available to indian industry, it would also improve it=s <uality of production and delivery. 1.The government should reali*e that concentrating on a few isolated centers of e%cellence no longer ma)es sense. '#

1.BCA #.BA C '. BCA +. ABC 11. 1.The rise in inflation is a global phenomenon. AAlthough the reserve ban) of india recently signalled higer short term interest rates, by and large it has preferred to restrain an e%plosive growth of ban) lending only in certain sectors where bubbles are seen to be developing. B.Along with many other countries, india is learning that there are no simple solutions. C.The central ban) has to strive for a balance between the iperatives of holding the price line and meeting genuine credit re<uirements. .(estraining credit growth by raising interest rates has not always been feasible. 1.9or policy ma)ers, supply side solutions involve the balancing of confilcting interests. 1.AC B #.B AC '.BCA +. CAB

1#0 1. But to achieve C per cent economic growth, !ndia needs to power2lift its e%ports from B+1 billion now to about B100 billion. >A" J.$ansingh, feels that the industrial cluster towns with e%ports potential li)e Tiruppur >hosiery" Panipat >woolen blan)ets" and Judhiana >woollen )nitwear", which have efficient assembly2line production facilities, only need to be promoted and their infrastructure upgraded to transform them into e%port *ones. >B" 8ven then, weDd do less than what China does now. >C" But $ansingh, director2general for foreign trade is optimistic, even as he ac)nowledges that the new S8Q scheme may not have a significant impact on trade or economy or offset the high transaction cost problem that plagues our e%ports. > " A&anta Cloc)s, for instance, saw drastic cut in production cycle from one month in !ndia to two days when it went to China. 1. !tDs hard uphill road ahead if !ndia wants to increase its share in world trade from the present 0.13 per cent. >1" CBA >#" ABC >'" A CB >+" A BC 116 1 117 2 118 1 119 4 120 2 1#1 >A" And what if you and ! get a shot at the pea) that yielded to Ten*ing and -illary in $ay 1.3' : ''

>B" But what can be better than the tallest of Kem all, the C,C+C2metre $ount 8verest : >C" !n the 30th year of 8verest con<uest, the !ndian Army has tied up with the @ational /eographic Channel to allowfive average !ndians to be part of their team for the commemorative e%pedition along with the (oyal @epalese Army. > " Climb every mountain, they said. >1" CB A >#" CBA >'" BAC >+" AB C 1## 1.!ndia and China begin the eight round of tal)s betn their special representatives on the border dispute mar)ing another step forward on the slow road to resolution. A.the area of Tawong is a stic)y point since the Chinese claim it to be central to tibetan buddhism given that the si%th dalai lama was born there. B.!ndia however has ruled out any populated areas as part of a border deal which ma)es concessions in arunachal pradesh unacceptable. C.This solution has been tal)ed about ever since the 1.30s even before the 1.1# war and was reiterated by dong %iaping in 1.C0. .China=s traditional position has been to resolve the dispute on the basis of territorial swap 2 e%changing a)sai chin in the west with arunachal pradesh in the east. 1.The entrenched position of the two sides thus complicates the pro&ect of a swap. 1.ABC #. BAC '.BA C +. CBA 1#'. 1.9ew people are comfortable with change. A.Jeaders who have stumbled in their attempts to drive change in their organisations may have failed to understand the dynamics of wor)place behaviour and why employees tend to dig in their heels. B.The phenomenon which has long fustrated e%ecutives is beginning to draw new atention from academic reseearchers and even from psychiatrists and neuro scientists. C.But as a time of disruptive technologies, shifting business models and global uncertainty, continous change has become a way of life for many companies. .Ghether they are overhauling their strategy in response to competition or retooling their products in the mar)et place, resistance to change looms as a large obstacle. 1.!n many cases psychological or even physiological factors may be coming into play. 1.B AC #.C BA '.ABC . +. CAB 1#+ (A" This is the newest metro after all, and it must share the south with Ammaville and @aidu @agar, which have very distinct personalities. >B" Griting software, and sin)ing pintsEthis is the Beer Shift at KPubworld.D >C" Ge can forgive Bangalore its identity crisis. > " But behind the facelessness of S.$. LrishnaDs city, Bangloreans <uietly get on with what they do best. >1" CA B >#" AC B >'" ACB >+" AC B 1#3 '+

>A" The clubbing of their names would have pleased @iralaEit should ma)e us sit up and ta)e notice. >B" ! can thin) of only one other poet whose wor) is similarly available 5 Tagore. >C" Boo)s li)e the one under review, featuring the wor) of a single poet competently translated, are a rarity. > " A small amount of bad !ndian poetry is available in worse 8nglish translation in a few anthologies. >1" C BA >#" CBA >'" BCA >+" CBA 121 1 122 2 123 3 124 2"4 125 3

1#1 >A" ?f course, they werenDt )nown then !P?s >initial public offerings". >B" Bac) then, seasoned investors will recall, it wasnDt uncommon to have public issues from '02+0 companies hitting the mar)et every monthEtrue many of those companies were of dubious antecedents, several have since disappeared without a trace. >C" !t was 1..0, and !P?s were hitting the mar)et li)e a hailstorm that refused to stop. > " That happened a bit later, than)s to the entry of foreign institutional investors >9!!s", who brought &argon with their money to the !ndian mar)et. >1" C BA >#" CBA >'" CAB >+" CB A 1#7 >A" The cold calculus of business doesnDt recogni*e sentiment 5 to e%pect @(!Ds to invest in !ndia simply because it is their country of origin is downright stupidH the community will invest in the country if the ris)2 reward e<uation is favourableEif it isnDt theyDll see) better avenues. >B" KPravasiD ..... will li)ely not fetch the returns e%pected of it, or anywhere close to it. >C" O!ndia will have to underta)e ma&or political, administrative, and &udicial reforms,I e%plains Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Gorld Tel, Oif it wants to tap its @(! networ) li)e China did.I > " China succeeded in attracting investments from overseas Chinese on the basis of policies that made it attractive for foreign companies to invest in the country. >1" CBA >#" BC A >'" B CA >+" C BA 1#C >A" Ghile the actual deal2ma)ing and selling may be ta)en care of by others, and while his association, in them may merely be a C8?Ds, thereDs no ta)ing away from the fact that PaulDs bac)groundEan $BA from the 6niv of $assachussets, stints at Pepsi Co, Bain and Co, and notably, /8Eand location ma)e him the ideal brand ambassador for pro Technologies. >B" 9rom his base in Santa Clara, California, Paul orchestrates GiproDs strategy 5 he is widely perceived to be the man behind the Gipro28ricsson deal. >C" (ainma)ing is all about being able to front a deal, spea) the same language, business and cultural, as the customer and PaulDs credential on both fronts are impeccable '3

> " Gipro ac<uired 8ricssonDs development centres in !ndiaEa logical ac<uisition for a company with significant e%pertise in telecom softwareEbut not before Paul managed to wring out the commitment of some consulting assignments from the telecom ma&or. >1" C BA >#" CBA >'" CAB >+" B AC 1#. >A" (ecall the last time that one of our employees told you he could not come to wor) because his child was sic). >B" But if you immediately thought of who would fill in for the missing employee then the ability to &uggle several variables at once is your dominant talent. >C" !f you immediately focused on the child, as)ing what was wrong and who was going to ta)e care of her, empathy is one of your strongest themes of talent. > " Ghat was your first thought : >1" ABC >#" AC B >'" A BC >3" A CB 1'0 A"This is not a ploy to sell more blood pressure medication B" But the more scientists learn about how hypertension affects various arteries and organs the more they realise that damage begins long before that somewhat arbitrary cut off C" The new guidelines ma)e it clear that prehypertension is best treated with e%ercise ,weight loss and a more balanced diet.Several studies have proved that the so called AS- diet,which emphasises fruits ,vegetables and modest <uantities of nuts ,reliably lowers blood pressure in all ethnic groups. " octors have )nown for years that anyone with a blood pressure reading of 1+0N.0 mm -g or higher has a greatly increased ris) of suffering a heart attac) or stro)e o developing )idney problems 8" This growing awareness prompted the @ational -eart , Jung and Blood !nstitute last wee) to revise its blood pressure guidelines so that +3 million Americans whose blood pressure is between 1#0N10 and 1'.NC. 2a level that was considered to be on the high side of the normal 2will now be told that they have prehypertension 1" 8ABC #"A BC8. '" A 8BC +" B8AC

126 4 127 4 128 4 129 5"4 130 4 1'1 A. After missile defence, counter terrorism has emerged as an important platform for strategic cooperation between @ew elhi and Gashington. B. Both these actions, of course, were driven by !ndia=s perceived interests. C. 8ver since Bush=s election, liberal outfits and publications have &oined hands with the (epublican administration in pro&ecting !ndia as a strategic partner. '1

. ,ust as !ndia promptly supported President /eorge Bush=s plans for recasting the framewor) of neuclear deterrence by building missile defences, so did it <uic)ly bac) his call for a war on terrorism. 1F ABC #F CBA 'F C AB +F A BC 1'# A. Characteri*ation of materials is an important area in the evolution of new materials having tailor2made properties for a specific application. B. Parious properties of materials have to be studied towards developing a specific product. C. The properties are interlin)ed and one needs to study them towards ensuring optimal performance. . The needs are also varied based on its intended application whether it is heterostructure interfaces for semiconductor devices or sensors for chemical industries or structural materials in nuclear reactors or aerospace engines. 1F A BC #F BC A 'F ACB +F B AC 1'' A. !ndians obviously care for medicinal plants because they )now so much about them and have done a lot of wor) on their applications. B. The living fol) traditions in the rural communities as well as the scholarly traditions of the codified )nowledge systems i.e.,Ayurveda, Siddha, 6nani and Tibetan emphasi*e the fact that the use of medicinal plants is still a living tradition. C. @o other medicinal culture in the world has so e%tensive, detailed and deep an understanding about the medicinal value of plants. . The people of !ndia had an incredible )nowledge of phyto2medicine driven apparently by a tremendous passion for the study of medicinal plants. (1)ABCD (2) DCAB (3) DBAC (4) BCAD 1'+ A. 8%cept recuding the number of vehicles on the road there seems to be no possible solution. B. (eacting to the alarming findings in the report published by the centre for science and 8nvironment, the supreme court in an unprecedented move proposed sweeping changes and restrictions, ranging from suspension of vehicle licenses to )eeping automobiles off the road in order to chec) pollution levels. C. Pehicular pollution has emerged a front2runner among other ma&or pollutants in metropolises and ma&or cities. . Pollution caused by vehicles is snow2balling and causing a ma&or threat to city dwellers. (1) DCAB (2) CDAB (3) CADB (4) BDAC 1'3 A. The healthy and positive effects of yoga ma)e people revere this ancient science. B. ;oga, an ancient discipline, has gained relevance in todayDs world as a means of attaining a balance between body, mind and soul. C. ;oga has been made a part of the school education in @orthern !ndia and studies have revealed that by practising yoga the students become more self2confident and there has been a significant increase in their '7

power of concentration, reasoning and analysis. . !n the modern world where depression, stress and psychosomatic problems have become the order of the day, practising yoga seems to be the most viable solution to problems in living. (1)DBAC (2) ABCD (3) BCDA (4) BACD

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