1). The credit rating agencies use legions of high trained analyst with access to top management. 2). Their meticulous reports giving ratings for corporate bonds are designed to give an accurate picture of the bonds riskiness and ultimately the probability of default. 3). Lately, the credit-rating agencies have struggled to keep up. 4). It seems a bond rating tells you even less about the price that investors are willing to pay. 5). In 1999 two-third of the debt rated triple B by standard and poor was priced within 20 basis points of the average bond with the same rating.
Answer: C 12 is a mandatory pair with 'agencies-their'. 34 follows with the negative impact.
Q. No. 44:
1). Despite posting healthy profits, Volkswagen shares trade at a discount to peers due to bad reputation among investors. 2). A disastrous capital hike, an expensive foray into truck business and uncertainty about the reason for a share buyback have in recent years left investors bewildered. 3). The main problem with Volkswagen is the past. 4). Many investors have been disappointed and frightened away. 5). Volkswagen shares trade at about nine times the 2002 estimated earnings, compared to BMW's 19 and are the second cheapest in the sector.
Answer: B 12 talks about the recent past and 34 the distant past.
Q. No. 45:
P). As IT professional, the job entails long hours of sitting in front of the computer. 1). This would lead to a lifetime of pain. 2). This is the worst thing for your back. 3). Because you would remain tense and strained in position. 4). To avoid this go to the Godrej showroom today. Q). Godrej has designed ergonomic chairs to ease pressures.
Answer: A Both sentence 1 and 2 have the word 'this' and hence could be the first sentence. However '2' cannot follow 1 because of the use of 'This' in both the sentence. Hence option B and D are wrong.
Q. No. 46:
P). Bill Clinton was the US president. 1). But that is not true of Mr. Clinton. 2). This had led him to be a vegetarian. 3).His philosophy is 'Be Simple'. 4). Men as powerful as him usually have lavish tastes. Q). Looking at him a lot of people are turning vegetarian.
Answer: D Has to end with 2; keyword is vegetarian; you have to start with 4, 1 follow 4 because of the use of 'But'.
Q. No. 47:
P). Vertical solutions are customized to needs of a particular customer. 1). Cross industry can be customized to the industry, and then to the customer that they are installed with. 2). It can be said that this set of procedures and the data structures that are maintained by them became the back bone of the business. 3). Once either of these is in place, they literally define the way the business will be operated. 4). Data relationship must be maintained. Q). Processes for updating the data need to be rigorously adhered to.
Answer: C Choices B and D are ruled out, because 4 and 2 cannot come at the beginning. 1 and 3 speak about two different solutions. So 1 has to followed by 3.
Q. No. 48:
P). The click-and-mortar businesses stand a gain the most. 1). There may be a return to sanity, as some traditional- business people will viciously put it. 2). Theirs are the businesses which actually have the greenbacks coming in. 3). Money will flow to them. 4). But the actual gold that will emerge out of this trial by fire will be a proper recognition of business models that helps traditional businesses save costs. Q). And life becomes simple.