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Statement :

Meena Kumari has won the best actress award for the maximum number of times. Conclusions :

I. Meena Kumari was an actress par excellence.

II. Meena Kumari was known for her portrayal of tragic roles.

Statement :

The Metro has reduced the number of passengers travelling by bus.Conclusions :

I. People prefer to travel by Metro rather than by bus.

II. The fare of the Metro is less than that of the bus.

Dual citizenship should not be allowed.

I. No: In this era of communication and information, more and more people are becoming citizens of the world.

II. Yes: Dual citizenship can be a security hazard.

Boarding school is beneficial to children.

I. Yes:Interests such as drama, sports, or music require training from a young age.

II. No: Many pupils in boarding schools feel that they are in prison.

She wants to become a beauty queen.

A. She should help others.

B. She should enter a beauty pageant.

The boy has fallen into a pool.

A. Someone should call the doctor.

B. Someone should get the boy out of the water.

DIRECTIONS: Rearrange the sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to make a coherent paragraph, and select the correct alternative.

1. In the game of global finance, as in domestic, we have to accept the whims of credit rating agencies.

A. But, as is usual in such cases, the rating agencies have the last word.

B. It is not that they cannot be and are not sometimes wrong.

C. They are the umpires.

D. Quarrelling with their reasoning takes us nowhere.

6. The reality check has to come later.

DIRECTIONS: Rearrange the sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to make a coherent paragraph, and select the correct alternative.

1. Senna’s obsession with perfection saw him operate on an elevated plane, where the ordinary thrills of motor-racing did not matter.

A. There is always tomorrow.

B. If I fall short, there is no threat.

C. I can strive to write the perfect story, the perfect sentence.

D. Such an obsession is fairly risk-free in most professions.

6. But it is another thing striving for perfection at 200 mph time after time, and especially when you know that it is not your input alone that will make for perfection.

DIRECTIONS: Rearrange the sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to make a coherent paragraph, and select the correct alternative.

1. Globalisation has certainly infused competition, ensured quality and promoted a work culture in India.

A. However, this does not mean that the blue-collar worker should be paid ‘poverty wages’ without any scope for collective-bargaining.

B. Further reduction of labour laws for the rest of the country is not desirable.

C. Even if they are slave labour, as Naomi Klein puts it, employees put in long hours, which was certainly not an Indian trait.

D. The chambers of commerce have been pleading for a long time for freedom from labour legislation and have succeeded in the special economic zones.

6. This would only make the poverty line move up.

DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, parts of the sentences have been left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the alternative that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The ____________ of the Indian economy by the government has led to the ____________ of foreign goods.