1). Even as Indians leftists think Bill Clinton is coming to take over India, Indian companies are preparing to take over American ones on a gargantuan scale. 2). Now Infosys and Wipro propose of Rs 54,000 crore each. 3). To put this in perspective, recall that when Chandan sold his Parle brands to Coca-Cola amidst much swadeshi wringing of hands, he got a repoted Rs 200 crore. 4). Infosys and Wipro, our two most glamorous infotech companies, both want automatic permission from FIPB to take over foreign companies worth - hold your breath - $ 15 billion each.
Answer: B Sentence 2 cannot be the initiating statement because it is a continuation of statement 3 i.e '32'. Similarly, '14' forms a logical pair.
Q. No. 8:
1). Historically, the traded price of a good company has been 17 to 22 times the annual EPS. 2). But IBM in the US has traded at a mind-boggling 1,200 EPS. 3). In part this represents the current craze for technology stocks, which is unlikely to last forever. 4). But it also reflects the ability of IBM to double its profit every year, which, if it continues, means that in five years, profit will go up to 3,600 per cent!
Answer: D Sentence 12 forms a pair as 2 talks about EPS and same for A, 23 too form a pair talking about how the high EPSs are a carze.
Q. No. 9:
1). More than traditional MNC's like Dow chemicals, and military - industrial-complex - giants like Raytheon and Nothrop-Grumman. 2). CTS is valued in the US stock market at $70 billion. 3). In the new knowledge economy, brains matter more than physical assets. 4). And it seems India can match the world's best in brainpower.
Answer: D Sentence '34' forms a logical pair and so does '21'. The choice is between options A and D. But proper understanding would reveals that '21' needs to be first because as in choice A, 2 cannot follow 4, whereas, '34' can follow '21'. '34' is the inference from the illustrations in '21'
Q. No. 10:
1). Nonetheless, Tocqueville was only one of the first of a long line of thinkers to worry whether such rough equality could survive in the face of a growing factory system that threatened to create divisions between industrial workers and a new business elite. 2)."The government of democracy brings the nation of political rights to the level of the humblest citizens. He wrote ," Just as the dissemination of wealth brings the notion of property with in the reach of all the members of the community". 3). Tocqueville was far too shrewd an observer to be uncritical about the US, but his verdict was fundamentally positive. 4). No visitor to the US left a more enduring record of his travels and observations than the French writer and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America, first published in 1835, remains one of the most trenchant and insightful analyses of American social and political practises.
Answer: B 3 logically follows 4 as it further describes the writer mentioned in 4. 1 follows 2 as it concludes 'Nonetheless' despite everything mentioned in 2.
Q. No. 11:
1). In his first inaugural address he concluded with an eloquent plea; "Ask not what your country can do for you--- ask what you can do for your country." 2). John F. Kennedy, Democratic victor in the election of 1960, was at 43, the youngest man ever to win the presidency. 3). On television, in a series of debates with opponent Richard Nixon, he appeared able, articulate and energetic. 4). In the campaign, he spoke of moving aggressively into the new decade, for 'the New Frontier is here whether we seek it or not'.
Answer: D A logically follows 2 as 'his' in 1 refer to John F. Kennedy in 2: also it quotes the inaugural speech following the result of election mentioned in 2. 4 follows 3 as it is a continuation of the proceedings of the campaign in 3.
Q. No. 12:
1). To get a head start, early the next morning the farmer started covering ground quickly because he wanted to get as much land as he could. 2). Late in the afternoon he realized the condition he had to fulfil to get the land was to get back to the starting point by sundown. 3). Even though he was tired, he kept going all afternoon because he did not want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to gain more wealth. 4). There is a story about a wealthy who was once offered all the land he could walk on in a day, provided he come back by sundown to the point where he started.
Answer: C 1 comes after 4 as it follow the story beginning in 4. 3 follows 4 - the time factors mentioned in the statement is indicative of this. 2 concludes the process and reveals the mistake.