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A. Giving a new twist to probe into Mumbai attacks, Pakistan is now alleging that there were "elements in India" who helped carry out the strikes and wants its investigators to be provided access to them.
B. In what could further delay the prosecution of Mumbai attackers, the paper said Pakistan is also seeking DNA samples of the terrorists involved in the strikes and more information about contacts made by them through the Internet.
C. In its report, Pakistan has sought results of DNA tests on Ajmal Kasab and the nine other attackers killed by Indian security forces so that these could be matched with their family members, if any, in Pakistan, the sources said.
D. "There is a strong realization in Pakistani security agencies that without the help of elements in India, the Mumbai crime could have not been committed," official sources were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Tuesday.
E. Pakistan's investigation report into the Mumbai attacks, which was reviewed on Monday at a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, would be sent to New Delhi in a couple of days, the paper quoted these officials.
F. Pakistan wants information about weapons used by the terrorists and details of mobile phone calls made by them and taped by Indian security agencies.
B. In what could further delay the prosecution of Mumbai attackers, the paper said Pakistan is also seeking DNA samples of the terrorists involved in the strikes and more information about contacts made by them through the Internet.
C. In its report, Pakistan has sought results of DNA tests on Ajmal Kasab and the nine other attackers killed by Indian security forces so that these could be matched with their family members, if any, in Pakistan, the sources said.
D. "There is a strong realization in Pakistani security agencies that without the help of elements in India, the Mumbai crime could have not been committed," official sources were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Tuesday.
E. Pakistan's investigation report into the Mumbai attacks, which was reviewed on Monday at a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, would be sent to New Delhi in a couple of days, the paper quoted these officials.
F. Pakistan wants information about weapons used by the terrorists and details of mobile phone calls made by them and taped by Indian security agencies.
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Directions: The first line [A] of each question is fixed. Arrange the remaining lines in a logical order.
A. Pakistan also wants information regarding IP addresses from which emails were sent to attackers by the alleged perpetrators, the sources said.
B. An FIR would be registered in a couple of days" and this would also make the contents of the Pakistani report public, the paper said quoting sources.
C. It wants India to provide details about people who were reportedly killed by the terrorists when they illegally entered the country's territorial waters.
D. The government has described the information provided by India as "insufficient" to reach a logical conclusion and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
E. The Pakistan government on Monday decided to register a case against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to bring them to justice in accordance with Pakistani laws.
F. An official statement issued on Monday said further queries would soon be sent to India.
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A. This is not the only fallout of switching to biofuels.
B. Obama's new energy plan, which backs greater use of ethanol, could worsen the situation.
C. In the US, government subsidies have ensured that nearly million tonnes of maize have been diverted for the production of ethanol.
D. Many American farmers are also switching to maize production from other crops.
E. Several studies have found evidence of a link between spiraling food prices and increased acreage for crops used to produce bio-fuel.
F. This has led to an increase in global food prices, particularly of wheat.
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A. The current situation does not warrant such large-scale diversion of land and resources to produce bio-fuels.
B. Given the global recession, there is little likelihood of oil prices soaring soon. So there is no immediate need to rush to substitute oil.
C. From a peak of $ a barrel last year, oil prices are now below $.
D. The electric car is an innovation that could significantly cut down the world's dependence on oil.
E. Instead the world should be looking at developing long-term replacements for fossil fuels.
F. What we need is more research to make electric cars that can run longer on a single charge and are also competitively priced.
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A. But Obama, while acknowledging that Detroit's auto majors would see the move as an added burden on an ailing industry in the short term, made clear that the way forward was to embrace green technology.
B. Such political commitment to fight climate change seems lacking in India. Attempts to set fuel emission standards have been stymied by inter-agency squabbling on exactly how such norms should be set.
C. It was only with the recent intervention of the Prime Minister's Office that a consensus was reached.
D. Fuel economy regulations will go some way in reducing India's import bill since we import per cent of our oil.
E. In doing so, he has sent a clear signal that his administration is prepared to act on climate change even in the face of opposition from interest groups such as the car industry.
F. The government should follow Obama's example and act quickly to fight climate change and cut oil imports.
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A. Why does the institution of arranged marriage survive in India in this day and age? The India I am talking about in this case includes the educated middle class, where the incidence of arranged marriages continues to be high and more importantly, is accepted without any difficulty as a legitimate way of finding a mate.
B. Twenty years ago, looking at the future, one would have imagined that by now, the numbers of the arranged marriage types would have shrunk and the few remaining stragglers would be looked down upon as belonging to a somewhat primitive tribe.
C. The answer lies partly in the elastic nature of this institution, and indeed most traditional Indian customs that allow it to expand its definition to accommodate the needs of modernity.
D. So today's arranged marriage places individual will at the heart of the process, young men and women are rarely forced to marry someone against their wishes.
E. But this is far from being so.
F. The role of the parents has moved to that of being presiding deities, with one hand raised in blessing and the other hand immersed purposefully in the wallet.
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A. The arranged marriage of today is more clearly manufactured but it also offers a more certain outcome.
B. In the West, the curiously antiquated notion that it is the prerogative of the man to propose marriage makes for a situation where the promise of marriage is tantalizingly withheld by one of the concerned parties for an indefinite period of time.
C. Indeed, going by Hollywood movies, it would appear that to mention marriage too early in a relationship is a sure way of scaring off the man.
D. So we have a situation where marriage is a mirage that shimmers on the horizon frequently but materializes rarely.
E. Online matrimonial sites are full of young professionals seeking matches on their own, knowing that what is on the table here is not a date but the promise of marriage.
F. The mating process becomes a serial hunt with the man doing the pursuing to begin a relationship and the woman taking over the role in trying to convert it into something more lasting.
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A. At a more fundamental level, the idea that romantic love is the most suitable basis for a long-term relationship is not as automatic as it might appear.
B. For a long time, in a lot of cultures, and even now in some, marriage too is a relationship we do not personally control.
C. This view of marriage works best in contexts where the idea of the individual is not fully developed. People live in a sticky collective and individuality is blurred.
D. Marriage is the only significant kinship tie that we enter into by choice.
E. We don't choose our parents, our relatives, or our children—these are cards that are dealt out to us.
F. A young Saraswat Brahmin boy, earning in four figures was sufficient as a description and one such person was broadly substitutable with another.
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A. As the role of the individual increases and as dimensions of individuality get fleshed out in ever newer ways, marriage must account for these changes.
B. In contexts where communities fragment and finding mates as a task devolves to individuals, romance becomes a natural agent of marriage.
C. For, the greater emphasis on the individual has also meant that personal needs and personal growth come to occupy a privileged position in every individual's life.
D. The trouble is that while the device works very well in bringing people together, it is not intrinsically equipped to handle these individuals over time.
E. The idea of romance makes the coming together of individuals seem like a natural event. Mutual attraction melts individuals together into a union.
F. Falling in love becomes infinitely easier than staying in it as individuals are no longer defined primarily by the roles they play in marriage.
