EASY
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
Earn 100
Arrange the sentences, A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. I can think of no serious prose play that has survived the generation that gave it birth.
A. They are museum pieces.
B. They are revived now and then because a famous part tempts a leading actor, or a manager in want of a stop-gap thinks he will put on a play on which he has no royalties to pay.
C. A few comedies have haphazardly travelled down a couple of centuries or so.
D. The audience laughs at their wit with politeness and at their face with embarrassment.
6. They are not held nor taken out of themselves.
100% studentsanswered this correctly
Important Questions on Composition
EASY
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. The wind had savage allies
A. If it had not been for my closely fitted helmet, the explosions might have shattered my eardrums.
B. The first clap of thunder came as a deafening explosion that literally shook my teeth.
C. I didn't hear the thunder, I actually felt it an almost unbearable physical experience.
D. I saw lightning all around me in every shape imaginable.
6. When very close, it was raining so torrentially that I thought I would drown in mid-air.
MEDIUM
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. A thorough knowledge of the path or course to be followed is essential for achieving success
A. Seniors must show the path clearly by laying down the precise expectations of the management in terms of job description, key result areas and personal targets.
B. They should also 'light the path' by personal example.
C. Advice tendered or help offered must be objectively evaluated for its effectiveness in achieving the desired goal.
D. A display of arrogance and a false sense of "self-worth", in order to belittle those who come to help prove dysfunctional.
6. The individuality of each employee must be respected.
EASY
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. But the vessel kept going away
A. He looked anxiously around
B. There was nothing to see but the water and empty sky.
C. He could now barely see her funnel and masts when heaved up on a high wave.
D. He did not know for what.
6. A breaking wave slapped him in the face, choking him.
EASY
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. All human beings are aware of the existence of a power greater than that of the mortals-the name given to such a power by individuals is an outcome of birth, education and choice.
A. This power provides an anchor in times of adversity, difficulty and trouble.
B. Industrial organizations also contribute to the veneration of this power by participating in activities such as religious ceremonies and festivities organized by the employees.
C. Their other philanthropic contributions include the construction and maintenance of religious place such as temples or gurdwaras.
D. Logically, therefore such a power should be remembered in good times also.
6. The top management/ managers should participate in all such events, irrespective of their differences.
EASY
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. Currency movements can have a dramatic impact on equity returns for foreign investors
A. This is not surprising as many developing economies try to peg their exchange rates to the US dollar or to a basket of currencies.
B. Many developing economies manage to keep exchange rate volatility lower than that in the industrial economies.
C. India has also gone in for the full float on the current account and abolished the managed exchange rate.
D. Dramatic exceptions are Argentina, Brazil, and Nigeria.
6. Another emerging-market-specific risk is liquidity risk.
MEDIUM
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. The top management should perceive the true worth of people and only then make friends.
A. Such 'true friends' are very few and very rare.
B. Factors such as affluence, riches, outward sophistication and conceptual abilities are not prerequisites for genuine friendship.
C. Such people must be respected and kept close to the heart.
D. Business realities call for developing a large circle of acquaintances and contacts, however, all of them will be motivated by their own self-interest and it would be wrong to treat them as genuine friends.
6. There is always a need for real friends to whom one can turn for balanced, unselfish advice, more so when one is caught in a dilemma.
MEDIUM
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. Conflicting demands for resources are always voiced by different functions/ departments in an organization
A. Every manager examines the task entrusted to him and evaluates the resources required.
B. Availability of resources in full measure makes task achievement easy, because it reduces the effort needed to somewhat make-do.
C. A safety cushion is built into demand for resources, to offset the adverse impact of any cut imposed by the seniors.
D. This aspect needs to be understood as the reality.
6. Dynamic, energetic, growth-oriented and wise management's are always confronted with the inadequacy of resources with respect to one some four (men, machines, money and materials) and the two (time and technology).
MEDIUM
BITSAT
IMPORTANT
1. Managers especially the successful ones, should guard against ascribing to themselves qualities and attributes which they may not have, or may have in a measure much less than what they think they have.
A. External appearances can be deceptive.
B. To initiate action, without being in possession of full facts, can lead to disastrous results.
C. Also, one should develop confidants who can be used as sounding boards, in order to check one's own thinking against that of others.
D. It is also useful to be open to receive feedback about oneself so that a real understanding of the self exists.
6. A false perception can be likened to wearing coloured glasses - all facts get tainted by the colour of the glass and the mind interprets them wrongly to fit into the perception.
