CLASSROOM SESSION- PJ SET #1 - 7TH MAY

43. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical

order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate

one.

A. The repercussions of that 1967 conflict set the backdrop for the seemingly never-ending Israeli-

Palestinian conflict.

B. In other words, peace could ultimately be kept only if those on either side of the conflict found it

in their interest.

C. Moreover, the blue-helmeted soldiers who were stationed on the western part of the Sinai Peninsula

could be told to leave by their host country, Egypt, at any moment.

D. Its job was not to resolve the deeper sources of the conflict or enforce a permanent settlement.

E. A decade after the Suez conflict the Egyptians asked UNEF peacekeepers to leave on the eve

of the Six-Day War.

(a) ABCDE (b) EABCD (c) DCBEA (d) BCDEA

44. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical

order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate

one.

A. This, of course, is a classical contraposition - Jorge Luis Borges, brings it up in his book using

as an example the historical meeting between the Bactrian King Menander and the Buddhist

sage Nagasena.

B. The self-conquest recipe seemed to me too extreme, given that striving for better life is so

central to human nature.

C. Is there a middle way to happiness that avoids conquest of any kind?

D. Moreover, I could not help thinking of it as a kind of cop-out: giving up worldly life is only meaningful

if you can first show that you're capable of living it.

E. At the same time, the all-out world conquest idea is too extreme in another, obvious sense.

(a) ABDEC (b) CBEDA (c) ACBDE (d) BEDAC

45. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical

order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate

one.

A. The broken politics in New Delhi means that it's almost impossible for Manmohan Singh's

government to take coherent policy decisions.

B. Beijing's sweet reasonableness in 2012 is therefore welcome.

C. China anticipates this year to be a rough ride with bumps on the economy and a leadership

transition.

D. For India too, it's important to not build an adversarial position vis-a-vis China.

E. India must remember though, that "sweetness is not their default position."

(a) DABCE (b) CABDE (c) BCEDA (d) CBEAD