P). The study reveals that teens have an indirect impact on spending too. 1). The study goes on to profile Indian teens, segments them on their mindset, media preferences, attitudes and how they behave in the market place. 2). Thus, the presence of a teen in the home accelerate and influences purchase of entertainment durables. 3). To a large extent, it also fulfills the need for an substitutionalized system of gathering information on the dynamic market segment on a regular basis. 4). Teen personal durable ownership is up. Q). There is a lot of justification in making the NFO-Coke Teen perspective report an annual exercise.
Answer: A 'Thus' of 2 precedes the statement made in 4. 42, therefore, logically follows sentence P.
Q. No. 14:
P). Some business executives have adapted a 'wait and see' attitude. 1). Like a driver changing a tyre in the middle of the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hit them before their work is done. 2). Discussions with several executives in both situations show that they recognize the danger is not applying themselves to understanding the shape of future. 3). Others are too busy bailing themselves out of troubles already caused by the changes that have taken place around them to have any time to reflect on the future. 4). Like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming truck, they risk being turn over. Q). Traditional ways of forecasting and strategic planning are not effective any longer.
Answer: B The comparative situation in 1 logically follow 3 clues being 'too busy', 'no time to reflect......' in 3. Thus, comparison given in 4 must follow the sentence P and 2 must follow 431 as it talks about the aforesaid both situations.
Q. No. 15:
P). Most investors feel they lose out when the market rallies. 1). There are times when one is not sure of the direction in which a sector will move. 2). Everytime such a thing happens you wish to include in your portfolio some of the stocks scaling the new highs every day. 3). While the index and several scrips may be running with each passing day, the investor may find that the specific shares in his portfolio are hardly moving. 4). All this can lead to rash decisions. Q). Picking a winner even within a booming sector is tough.
Answer: C 3 explains the statement made in sentence P, hence it follows sentence P. 'Everytime such a thing happens' in 2 implying the observation made in 3, make 2 follow 3.
Q. No. 16:
P). That truth is the first casualty in a war is an old story. 1). The media age, however, has given it a new twist. 2). News management techniques can now make half-lies more plausible. 3). And the television camera age can make them more entertaining. 4). The US led war on terrorism, even as it has created new dilemmas for allies used to nurturing militant outfits for waging proxy wars, also produced new opportunities for cover-ups, double-speak and double-cross. Q). The suave public persona the war coalition leader presents can be quite different in this situation from the stern face he shows in private.
Answer: D 'It' in 1 refers to truth being a casualty as expressed in sentence P.Hence, 1 follows sentence P.
Q. No. 17:
1). Since independence, every political party has played communal card whenever election time draws near. 2). In fact, the caste and communal cards have been fine-tuned to an art form in the political games that are played in this country. 3). This was seen when the Youth Congress(I) goons were given a free hand to terrorise Sikhs all over the country after Indira Gandhi's assassination. 4). When each party carefully selects political candidates on the basis of religion or caste, it is encouraging and continuing the divide-and-rule tactics of its colonial masters. 5). And no political party can absolve itself on this count; worse, political parties take on board hoodlums and gangsters who use their clout in political circles to settle scores and extract money.
Answer: C 2 cannot start the paragraph as it begin with 'in fact'. 3 cannot begin the para since it starts with a pronoun 'this'. Hence 1 begins the paragraph. 4 follows 1- 1 talks of 'communal card' and 4 refers to 'religion or caste'. 35 is illogical as 3 cities an example to what is stated in 5 and so cannot follow 5.
Q. No. 18:
1). Teacher preparation must ensure development of commitment amongst teachers. 2). With all the limitations and deficiencies inherent in our educational system has to be achieved only through combined effort of teachers and community. 3). It is tough proposition when most of the other sectors are influenced by self-interests and material pursuits everywhere. 4). A value based approach must form the backbone of educational system and also the teacher education system. 5). However, teacher education needs to emphasis that teachers alone can kindle the value-based growth.
Answer: B '1' can be the first sentence but 'teacher preparation' is not the subject of the paragraph; ''overhaul of the educational system", as stated in 2, is the subject, hence 2 the first sentence. 3 cannot follow 2 since 'it' in 3 does not have any reference in 2. 'Tough proposition' in 3 is referred to 'the development' in 1. Hence 13 is the logical pair.