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A. Reporting is all about back breaking work, long and very irregular
hours and work pressure.
B. Most reporters join the profession with a dream of changing the world.
C. The truth is that reporters are usually passionate about their work
and get their kicks from D. almost non-stop excitement and, of course,
seeing their names in print.
D. A few years later may seem to resign to the fact to the fact that
reporting is
unlikely to do that.
E. Adding to that fact threat journalist the world over complains of
being poorly paid in comparison to other professional
F. and you wonder, why?
A) ACBDEF B) ABDEFC C) BDAEFC D) BADCEF

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1. The world population Day has come and gone, accompanied by the
usual hysteria and Malthusian prophesies: A billion strong and so
little to go around.
A. True, many Indians are barred by circumstances of birth and socio-
economic position from realizing their full potential.
B. Yet, the lament about the lack of resources is patently specious.
C. Fact is, India has abundant resources: it is the skewed
distribution system which has caused inequalities.
D. As our population has grown, so has our productivity and, today, we
are in a position to export food to other countries.
6. But for every Indian who performs below par, there is another who
makes up, it is on the strength of India's millions that we lay claim
to being a great world power in the making.

(1) DBAC (2) CBAD (3) BDCA (4) ACBD

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1. Oil spills that contaminate the soil around petrol stations could
soon be cleaned up more easily using sound waves.
A. Researchers have been trying out sound waves to break up the
droplets containing these heavier fractions so they can be washed out.
B. The longer, heavier hydrocarbons often stay trapped in large
droplets between the grains of the soil
C. Techniques that clean the soil in situ tend to remove only the
shorter hydrocarbon chains which are more soluble in ground water
D. At the moment, the dirty soil must be dug up and replaced.
6. Initial results show that this may provide an effective solution to
the problem

DCBA 2.BACD 3. DCAB 4.BADC