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A sentence has been deleted from each of the following passages. Fill in the blank with the option that most logically complements the idea in the given passage.

It is often said that Indian firms have a cost advantage in production. ( _�_ ). A more realistic assessment of the cost advantage can only be made if Indian manufacturers match international quality at a lower cost.

For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given, that is most inappropriate in the given context.

Disuse : Some words fall into disuse as technology makes objects obsolete

In each of the following questions, the answer choices suggest alternative arrangements of four or more sentences (denoted by A, B, C, D.. and so on). Choose the alternative which suggests a coherent paragraph.

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 Irishman's question: 'Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?

B. So the actual risk 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.

D. However binding the obligation to kill, members of feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.

From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

PREHISTORIC: MEDIEVAL

Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

He has ___, he deals both in books and curios.

Each of the questions consists of a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.

It is important to establish from the outset an objective definition of 'upper class'. My interpretations and explanations are intended to be plausible and suggestive rather than conclusive. Since this is the first study to focus on women of the upper class, it is frankly and appropriately quicke.

In each of the following questions, the answer choices suggest alternative arrangements of four or more sentences (denoted by A, B, C, D.. and so on). Choose the alternative which suggests a coherent paragraph.

A. Four days later. Oracle announced its own bid for People Soft, and invited the firm's board to a discussion

B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered. Peoplesoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle's offer "diabolical", and its boss, Larry Ellison, a "sociopath".

C. In early June, People Soft said that it would buy J.D. Edwards, a smaller rival

D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he "could imagine no price nor combination of price and other condition to recommend accepting the offer".

E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of the six sentences.

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 are members of national collectivizes who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.

B. There are always people living in particular states who are not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be) members of the hegemonic nation.

C. Even worse, there are nations which never had a state or which are divided across several states.

D. This, of course has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.

6. However, the fiction has been, and continues to be, at the basic nationalist ideologies.

In each of the following questions, a part/two of a sentence has been left blank. You are to select from among the options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks. In case of more than one blanks, the first word in the pair, given in the choices, should fill the first gap.

Football evokes a__________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ________ the nation

Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

Agriculture in America has _______ industrial progress.