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Arrange the sentences, A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. This is a company that prides itself on its carefully matured extensive distribution blocks and mentor network.
A. The company also plans a foray into the service sector by setting up a chain of launderettes across the country.
B. Yet today, pre-cooked Chapatis and ready-made mixes are a big market.
C. And that's not all.
D. Today the idea may appear a trifle ambitious but remember that it was not so long ago that the same things were said about the market for ready-to-eat foods and branded cereals.
6. Disposable incomes are rising in the metros and big cities and time is at a premium.
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Important Questions on Composition
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1. It is often said that good actors can get out of the play more than the author has put into it
A. A good actor, bringing to a part his own talent, often gives it a value that the layman on reading the play had not seen in it, but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye.
B. In all my plays I have been fortunate enough to have some parts acted as I wanted; but in none have I had all the parts so acted.
C. That is not true.
D. He has to be an actor of address to do this; for the most part, the author has to be satisfied with an approximation of the performance he visualized.
6. It is so obviously inevitable, for the actor who is suited to a certain role, may very well be engaged, and you have to put up with the second or third best, because there is no help for it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
