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Parajumbles Assignment 1

1. The document discusses 10 passages with rearranged sentences that must be put in the correct order. The passages cover topics like the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of democracy in America, issues with Indian sports administrators, changing trends in advertising, health issues from repetitive stress injuries, the role of banks, a prank involving an RBI governor, political consensus on economic reforms in India, and a marketing strategy suggested to Ford.

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Parajumbles Assignment 1

1. The document discusses 10 passages with rearranged sentences that must be put in the correct order. The passages cover topics like the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of democracy in America, issues with Indian sports administrators, changing trends in advertising, health issues from repetitive stress injuries, the role of banks, a prank involving an RBI governor, political consensus on economic reforms in India, and a marketing strategy suggested to Ford.

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1. 1). 1971 war changed the political geography of the subcontinent

2). Despite the significance of the event. There has been no serious book
about the conflict

3). Surrender at Dacca aims to fill this gap

4). It also profoundly altered the geo-strategic situation in South-East


Asia
A. 1324
B. 3142
C. 2143
D. 1423

2. 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 within 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.
A. 4132
B. 2134
C. 4321
D. 4213
3. 1). The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the
Maharashtra Body-Building Association has all the trappings of a drama
we are accustomed to.

2). In the case of sports persons, there is room for some sympathy, but
the apathy of the administrators, which has even led to sanctions from
international bodies, is unpardonable.

3). A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on the
Indian Body-Building Federation for not fulfilling its commitment for
holding the Asian Championships in Mumbai in October.

4). It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports administrators
often cause more harm to the image of the country than sportsmen and
sportswomen do through their dismal performances.
A. 3124
B. 4231
C. 4123
D. 3421

4. 1). Over the years, I have had the opportunities to observe and
understand the thought processes behind the ads that have been flooding
both the print and the TV media.

2). Although there is a huge shift in the quality of ads that we come
across on a daily basis-- thanks essentially to improvement in
technology--I somehow can't help but feel that the quality of
communication of the message has become diluted.

3). Proportionally, the number of ads that lack in quality, have gone up
exponentially as well!!

4). There is an increasing attempt by most companies to be seen as cool


and funky.

5). Another reason could be the burgeoning number of companies,


which means an exponential increase in the number of ads that are being
made.
A. 43125
B. 12453
C. 43512
D. 21435
5. 1). His political career came to an abrupt end with China's military
operation.

2). He attracted as as repelled.

3). He was responsible for the debacle.

4). A man of paradoxes, Menon remained an enigma.


A. 4312
B. 1342
C. 4213
D. 4123

6. 1). Thus begins the search for relief: painkillers, ice, yoga, herbs, even
surgery

2). Most computer users develop disorders because they ignore warnings
like tingling fingers, a numb hand or a sore shoulder

3). They keep pointing and dragging until tendons chafe and scar tissue
forms, along with bad habits that are almost impossible to change

4). But cures are elusive , because repetitive stree injuries present a bag
of ills that often defy easy diagnosis.
A. 2413
B. 2143
C. 2314
D. 1234
7. 1). Let us take a look at the manner in which the traditional bank adds
value to the customer.

2). The ability to retain deposits, in itself, is not enough to ensure long-
term survival and growth.

3). The ability to deploy invested funds into productive economic


activity at a higher rate of return, hence contributing to the prosperity of
both the economy and the institution, is the other loop in the banking
cycle.

4). Further, as only a small portion of the actual deposit base is retained
with the bank in a liquid form, the very survival of the bank lies in
building enough trust with its clientele so as to prevent the occurrence of
a sizeable chunk of simultaneous customer withdrawal (a run on the
bank).

5). The bank's basic job is risk absorption- it takes money, which has a
lot of attached risk, and provides the customer an assured rate of return.
A. 31425
B. 51234
C. 15423
D. 24153

8. 1). What came out was very large garland made out of currency notes.

2). The unsuspecting governor opened the box in full view of the
gathering

3). When the RBI governor came to inaugurate the new printing press,
the local unit of the BJP handed him a gift wrapped box

4). There was a twist – the notes were all as tattered as notes could get
A. 4132
B. 3124
C. 3214
D. 4312
9. 1). Otherwise the Congress would not have opposed PSU disinvestment
today.

2). It is clear that there is not consensus on economic reform.

3). Nor would allies of ruling NDA opposes privatisation.

4). All this would stop India from becoming the next superpower.
A. 1234
B. 1243
C. 2134
D. 2314

10. 1). I suggested that Ford should buy up a company called NCP, which
owned most of the car parks in the city centres throughout the UK.

2). We were discussing competing in the European market.

3). If NCP became a Ford company, a notice could be placed at the


entrance to all city centres car parks indicating that only Ford cars could
use them

4). At one time I was giving a seminar for the British marketing
department of Ford, the biggest Ford operation outside of Detroit.
A. 2134
B. 4213
C. 2431
D. 2314

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