1). The article prompted him to dust off an essay that he had written a few years before and publish it in the June 1 edition of the Egyptian English-language newspaper Al-Ahram. 2). In that article, Seymour Hersh reported that President Bush’s administration was preparing an air strike against Iran, including the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons. 3). Like many Americans of Iranian descent, Hamid Dabashi read an article in the April 17 issue of The New Yorker with anxious dismay. 4). The president himself dismissed the report as “wild speculation.” But Mr. Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies and comparative literature at Columbia University who has been active in the antiwar movement since the attacks of September 11, 2001, heard a call to action.
Answer: C 2 must follow 3, because 2 talks about what the article said. 4 must follow 2. Here, the link is President Bush.
Q. No. 44:
1). After dedicating most of 2009 to jump-starting financial markets through stimulus packages, developed countries are now turning their attention to reforming the basic architecture of those markets, especially the incentives for risk-taking. 2). However it has generated, as expected, a torrent of resistance from financial services firms, including threats that they would mass-migrate to other countries. 3). The move could raise £550 million, which would be used to help reduce unemployment, according to Chancellor Alistair Darling. 4). In a major step towards regulating systemic risks, the United Kingdom last week announced a one-off 50 per cent “super-tax” on bankers’ discretionary bonuses exceeding £25,000.
Answer: C Statement 1 aptly introduces the subject. 4 continues the idea as it talks of ‘a major step towards regulating systematic risks’ which is related to ‘reforming the basic architecture of the financial markets’. 3 follows 4 as it describes the benefits of the “super-tax” mentioned in 4. 32 form a mandatory pair as ‘it’ in 2 refers to “the move” in 3.
Q. No. 45:
1). The theory of popular Telangana sentiment, floated by unemployed politicians, has no relevance - a fact demonstrated by the people’s verdict in the recent general election. 2). The Centre has made a serious mistake by not identifying the Maoist factor behind the Telangana agitation. 3). The power vacuum created by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s death has emboldened them to use the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the student community to intensify their agitation. 4). It is an open secret that the ultras want to regain their erstwhile stronghold.
Answer: D 2 aptly introduces the subject- ‘the mistake made by the Centre’. 4 carries the idea forward as it gives the reason why ‘the Centre has made a serious mistake by not identifying the Maoist factor’. 43 form a mandatory pair as ‘them’ and ‘their’ in 3 refer to the ‘ultras’ mentioned in 4. 1 continues the discussion further as it talks of the shallowness of the unemployed politicians’ rhetoric vis-à-vis the people’s verdict.
Q. No. 46:
1). What is Spirituality? Something concerning with the intellect or what is often thought of as the better or higher part of mind. 2). Or is it the moral aspect of life? Perhaps it may even mean a state of being incorporeal. 3). Whatever way one may define, it may be termed as an ideal that reckons all reality in essence as spiritual. 4). Or simply stated spirituality is one’s character or quality that makes one transcend the barriers of worldliness, caste, creed and sensuality; and realize one’s connection with the Truth.
Answer: C 1 introduces the topic by probing into the definition of spirituality. 2 continues with an alternative definition. 3 summarizes the idea behind the definitions. 4 rephrases the summary.
Q. No. 47:
1). Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a working man, a traveler, a self-appointed nurse during the American Civil War (1861-1865), and a poetic innovator. 2). America’s two greatest 19th-century poets could hardly have been more different in temperament and style. 3). His magnum opus was Leaves of Grass, in which he uses a free-flowing verse and lines of irregular length to depict the all-inclusiveness of American democracy. 4). Taking that motif one step further, the poet equates the vast range of American experience with himself without being egotistical.
Answer: B 1 starts the discussion by comparing the works of the two greatest 19th century poets. 1 continues the discussion further as it introduces the first of these two great poets- Walt Whitman. 3 forms a mandatory pair with 1 as ‘His magnum opus’ in 3 refers to Walt Whitman’s work. 4 carries forward the idea mentioned in 3.
Q. No. 48:
1). “We were quite surprised to identify such a wide variety of human bacterial pathogens in these products,” says lead researcher Amy R Sapkota, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health. 2). The research team at University of Maryland and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France describe the study as the first to show that “cigarettes themselves could be the direct source of exposure to a wide array of potentially pathogenic microbes among smokers and other people exposed to secondhand smoke.” 3). “If these organisms can survive the smoking process — and we believe they can — then they could possibly go on to contribute to both infectious and chronic illnesses in both smokers and individuals who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke,” Sapkota adds. 4). A new study has concluded that cigarettes are “widely contaminated” with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people.
Answer: D As sentence 4 introduces 'a new study on cigarettes', it is obvious that 4 is the opening statement. 2 follows 4 as it mentions the view of the research team on ' the study'. 1 follows the discussion. 13 is a mandatory pair as 'these organisms' in 3 are 'the wide variety of human bacterial pathogens' discussed in 1. Thus, the logical sequence is 4213.