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Hey all... can anyone direct me to a good concept building notes on how to solve PCs
@saurav205 said:
@miseera 66 Ka 3 kyun hai hai....3 I also close man...Set 32 ka oa bhi daal do sir jee....P.S. : apna sar kyun foring??
Bhai Explanation me Yahi Diya h #rest we Can Discuss
@saurav205 said:
@miseera 66 Ka 3 kyun hai hai....3 I also close man...Set 32 ka oa bhi daal do sir jee....P.S. : apna sar kyun foring??
Can We Discuss with other Puys
@AshutoshBk2Bsc said:
Hey all... can anyone direct me to a good concept building notes on how to solve PCs
PCs are all about You're Language Understanding IMO A Good Reading Habit makes it Easier
@saurav205

I could ( or atleast think ) that below explanation will help for SET 32, (10)
Now we can simply eliminate E . Sentence seems incomplete or partial.
B and D (I marked D.Stupid me ) can be eliminated because the passage basically concentrates on "War on Terror being forgotten" and no other conflicts or threat is mentioned.And both B and D is essentially pointing to the same idea
Also, I think A can be eliminated because there is no notion or idea given in passage that says that "It is safer"

Lets discuss more ...


Also for 12 , I am still thinking
@AshutoshBk2Bsc said:
@saurav205I could ( or atleast think ) that below explanation will help for SET 32, (10)Now we can simply eliminate E . Sentence seems incomplete or partial.B and D (I marked D.Stupid me ) can be eliminated because the passage basically concentrates on "War on Terror being forgotten" and no other conflicts or threat is mentioned.And both B and D is essentially pointing to the same ideaAlso, I think A can be eliminated because there is no notion or idea given in passage that says that "It is safer"Lets discuss more ...Also for 12 , I am still thinking
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@saurav205 answers are

c
c
b

even to me answers make no sense,but these were lod-3 question from arun sharma,so i had to be skeptical. so can i assume answers to be wrong ? also can u guys please give reason for options u selected. ?
@nole The answer for 10,11 seems to be right. But 12 doesn't make any sense. As the passage is speaking about the transitions - first newer channels and then DTH. But nowhere the importance of information comes up. I am sure WWF doesn't amount to adding up information on anything. Also, its not mentioned in the passage that earlier on he didnt know what was on TV or that he hated the programs. Since the big shift in the passage was he had to wait for 15 years for the big innovation and the next one came in soon. Hence the answer has to be 3.
@nole Well I marked

q1.a -> D seemed fit as a starting point.
q2.b -> BCD (may be in any order should come together) .They basically illustrate different situations wherein he needs to decide
q3.c
-> Though I marked "c" , I think "b" is more apt . D seemed fit as a starting point. So we are left with options "c" or "b". Now, B,C and D focusses on "industries" (industrialization). However, A becomes more specific and mentions "manufacturing" . So, A has to come at the end ; otherwise the link will break.
@amresh_maverick said:
SET 31 (PC) Q.1In the first edition of 'Economics', Samuelson claimed that the Keynesian “theory of income determination” was “increasingly accepted by economists of all schools of thought,” and that its policy implications were “neutral”. For example, “it can be used as well to defend private enterprise as to limit it, as well to attack as to defend government fiscal interventions.” However, his explanation of the model emphasized that “private enterprise” is afflicted with periodic “acute and chronic cycles” in unemployment, output and prices, which government had a responsibility to “alleviate”. “The private economy is not unlike a machine without an effective steering wheel or governor,” Samuelson wrote. ______________________________________a By the seventh edition, Samuelson was no longer using the “machine minus the steering wheel” metaphor. b By the fourth edition, he declared that “90 percent of American economists have stopped being 'Keynesian economists' or 'anti-Keynesian economists'. c Compensatory fiscal policy tries to introduce such a governor or thermostatic control device. d He labeled this new economics a “neo-classical synthesis”. e In reading Samuelson's early editions, a student might reasonably conclude that there are no other schools of thought.Q.2To repeat the question: what is it that persuaded our ancestors to penetrate the innermost darkness of a cave and paint? Amongst those who have tried to answer this question is David Lewis-Williams, a South African scientist who felt that the status quo on the subject matter was inadequate. For some reasons, our ancestors were attracted to those darkest regions of the Underworld, which were carefully explored and became a workshop to express the earliest expressions of “art”. Still, it was not art; it was religious art: the art had a purpose. ___________________________________________________a The walls of the caves were a portal into another dimension. b The question as to why our ancestors painted these drawings is furthermore riddled with preconceptions. c The shaman creating the paintings would use the natural contours of the rock and “exteriorise” what his visions had allowed him to see. d The caves became the cathedrals of the Stone Age. e The act of painting was therefore bringing the visions of the Otherworld into this reality.
OA :

1> C
This is the only option that continues with the theme of the last sentence regarding the private economy and mentions the role of 'compensatory fiscal policy' mentioned in the passage. The keyword 'governor' in this option can also be linked to the same keyword in the last sentence. Option (a) is wrong because what happened in the seventh edition would follow after what is mentioned in option (c). Also both option (a) and option (b) appear to be beginnings of paragraphs rather than ending sentences. Both options (a) and (b) as well as Option (e) refer to 'earlier edition' while the passage refers to the first edition. Option (d) mentions 'new economics' which is not mentioned anywhere in the passage.

2>D
The last sentence of the passage says 'Still, it was not art, it was religious art'; the art had a purpose'. Option (d) continues with the theme of 'religious art', by mentioning 'cathedrals'.Options (c) and (e) are close but do not bring out the connection with 'religious art' as well as option (d) does. Option (b) is not correct because the passage gives an explanation for the purpose behind cave art. Option (a) is also not relevant to the passage because it does not explicitly link to the religious purpose cited in the passage.

SET 33 (PC)

3>
Jardine was a tall, hard boned, personality, having none of the unction often associated in his period with cricket. On the field, even a Harlequin cap did not lighten or brighten his pervading air of relentless purpose. His was a realpolitik. He determined in the early 1930s to wrest back the “ashes” from Australia, and to put Bradman in a reasonable, if still high, place. ____________________________________

a The fastest bowling could not hurry him.
b He had played against many countries.
c He was perhaps the first to lead the reaction against Edwardian gesture and romance and the humbug of “may the best side win”.
d His influence on the cricket field was mild.
e All the howls and winds of the world would not deter him.

4>
Though these worries often seem very different from those of the real world, we are not in fact talking about dangers that weren't there before. The single most important thing that parents can do is to bring up their children to be sensible and savvy - these are precisely the qualities that they need in order to know right from wrong (and scary situations from safe situations) when they are online. ______________

a By nature, children have an innate curiosity about the real world.
b The good news is that in doing what we have always done- being good parents to our children- we are helping to keep them safe.
cAs the internet allows children to communicate on a global scale, parents need to increase considerably their own levels of communication with children, and to show an interest in what they are doing online.
d Almost as important is to keep the lines of communication open.

e It is important to gauge the adverse effects of the internet before going online.

5>
For years experts have been asking what will we eat when the crises of climate change and oil depletion converge, with the possible end of our globalized food supply. Our tea and coffee and spices might still come from abroad, but what about salad vegetables, beef and fresh orange juice? _______________

a The Western palate is extremely demanding and the realization on the part of the health conscious population of the severity of the situation may lead to a number of problems for the government.
b But last year's rate of factory-gate inflation was the highest for more than 16 years, with increases ranging from 7.5% for bread to 15% for milk, cheese and eggs and 60% for rice.
c Overall food inflation is 6.6%, in a year when oil prices have risen by 70%.
d Britain currently imports about $ 22bn worth of food and drink a year, 68% from the EU.
e Cheap oil has let the West regard the whole world as its farmyard, always seeking the cheapest place to produce and process.

SET 34 (SC)

Identify the correct sentence or sentences.

1>
A Part of my working life was as a field ecologist, probing about magic of invisible animal kingdoms.
B In my most recent collection, The Invisible Kings, the Romani language attempts an opening between fields of language.
C Romani contains many words and phrases from other tongues - the language is absorbed as it is travelled through.
D Gypsy place-names for example are precise riddles that speak shrewdly from the travellers' point of view.

a A and B
b B, C and D
c A and D
d Only B
e None of the above

2>
A Confronted with an intoxicating scene of enviable excess and success, the visitor to 'Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography' will surely identify with that waiter.
B To view the show not as a triumph but solely as a site of squandered opportunity is, however, to succumb to the false dichotomy suggested by its title: for these are triumph and waste simultaneously.
C Its ultimate failure is the inevitable culmination of a long history of victories and successes.
D Let's start, like the show, a long way back, in the last decade of the 19th century, with one of these early successes.

a A and B
b B, C and A
c C and D
d B and D
e None of the above

3>
A Eyebrows made a big difference in how people perceived the mood of the woman in the picture.
B When the brows were lowered or slanted toward the nose, or when forehead wrinkles were added, ratings of anger and disgust increased.
C Also, raising the outer corner of the eyebrows produced the increase in the perception of surprise.
D Raising the inner corner of the eyebrows away from the nose was perceived as a sad facial expression.

a A, B and D
b B and D
c C and D
d Only D
e None of the above

1> b ... A sentence mein about is redundant. Rest all are fine.
2> c .... A mein confronted by hoga. and B mein "these are" nhi "it/this is" hona chahiye.. we are talking about "the show."
3> b... A mein percieve hona chahiye... C mein gadbad h.

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E
A
@amresh_maverick said:
SET 33 (PC)3>Jardine was a tall, hard boned

e
b
a


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@amresh_maverick said:
SET 33 (PC)

my take

e
d
e

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@ibad786 ans option is 2
@miseera the ans is 2,4,3
@faizy89 the ans is option c