1). KC Pal Umbrella Corp. plans to institute a marketing campaign in which it sells umbrellas at the exits of Metro stations in Kolkata during rainy weather. 2). The umbrellas will be sold at a price that is slightly higher than normal but would distinctively look different. 3). The company thinks the sales of these higher–priced umbrellas will be greater than sales of normal umbrellas, because the purchasers of these umbrellas will be forced to buy them if they do not want to get wet. 4). Sale of umbrellas shoots during rainy seasons even in other wise rain starved areas.
Answer: D 4, 1 is a mandatory pair as (4) explains reasons for (1). (2) defines the plan and (3) is the expected outcome. So 4123 is correct arrangement.
Q. No. 32:
1). Its methodology must match its subject matter—good action—and must respect the fact that in this field many generalizations hold only for the most part. 2). Aristotle conceives of ethical theory as a field distinct from the theoretical sciences. 3). Aristotle follows Socrates and Plato in taking the virtues to be central to a well lived life. 4). We study ethics in order to improve our lives, and therefore its principal concern is the nature of human well-being.
Answer: B 2 is the opener followed by the further elaboration in 1. 4 talks about the study of the matter and 3 forms the conclusion.
Q. No. 33:
1). All these three to four movie deals and crores of money as fee sound good but it’s not something that can last. 2). But that does not mean recession hasn’t affected the industry. 3). Cosmetics and Bollywood are recession-proof! 4). It has – in a positive way; all that artificial pricing that was going through the roof will come down.
Answer: A 3 introduces the subject, 2 forms the mandatory pair as it immediately refutes the claim, 4 is also closely linked as it takes the subject further and 1 forms the conclusion in the form of a comment on the situation.
Q. No. 34:
1). Deconstruction and anti-Orientalism were essential means for undermining what was perceived as a white male power structure. 2). Islamists, post-colonial nationalists, psycho feminists, and so on. 3). One of the bracing things about old-school postmodernism was the way it provided the tools of Enlightenment critical thinking to anti-Enlightenment folks. 4). For many people, postmodern analysis and semiotics are dirty words, products of a rising barbarian anticulture bent on replacing Edward R. Murrow with the paparazzi.
Answer: D 4 is the opener and introduces the topic, 4 - 3 is the mandatory pair as it talks in the same breath, 2 introduces another aspect developed in 3, 1 is the conclusion.
Q. No. 35:
1). Our aims, aspirations, wishes and ardent desires are realised when we formulate them into concrete targets or goals that have to be achieved. 2). When dreams have to be translated into reality they have to take the form of goals. 3). Consequently, if one is in the pursuit of a dream, then one must be full of zest and vitality, raring to go. 4). Goals, then, are our dreams transformed into reality.
Answer: B 2 is the opening statement and introduces the subject, 1 furthers the topic. 14 form a mandatory pair, 3 is the conclusion, the clue lies in the word ‘consequently’.
Q. No. 36:
1). PUPs have produced astonishing results in numerous places in Latin America and are slowly making their way into Asia and Africa. 2). Public Public Partnerships (PUPs), just three words, but put together, they constitute an idea which can solve the challenge of reforming public sector. 3). This is seriously challenging the dominant hegemony of the notion of “Public Private Partnership”, the main institutional mechanism in developing countries. 4). Essential services like welfare, education, water and sanitation will reach the millions left out of the development process worldwide.
Answer: C 2 mentions the subject of the paragraph with 4 extending the idea. 24 forms a mandatory pair 1 discusses the work further and 3 concludes it.