A
Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the firm’s board to a discussion.
B
Furious that his own plans had been endangered, PeopleSoft’s boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle’s offer “diabolical”, and its boss, Larry Ellison, a “sociopath”.
C
In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J.D. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D
Moreover, said Mr. Conway, “he could imagine no price nor combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer.”
E
On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

Solution

C, A, B, D, E.

IF we follow time sequence, ‘C’ is the opening sentence. ‘A’ follow ‘C’ as ‘four days later’ mean ‘4 days after Peoplesoft announcement’. Sentence ‘B’ then follows by introducing Peoplesoft boss and his statement. D follows B as it continues the stement by Mr. Craig. ‘E’ sums up the paragraph.

A
For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
B
When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
C
As a result, there is less friction.
D
However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
E
Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.
F
As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.

A
Of course, sitting out in the country I possessed less information than anyone else at headquarters about was going on, but they called me anyway.
B
But as soon I arrived at my country house, the telephone began ringing.
C
And it kept right on ringing with questions from people back at the office about the most mundane matters.
D
In the summer of 1992, the first year I became president of XYZ, I decided to take a two-week vacation.

A
With the pressure on resources of development becoming increasingly severe, the issue of tapping the agricultural surplus cannot be put off.
B
But the methods of utilizing these resources more efficiently have not been debated sufficiently
C
The existence of a substantial surplus in this sector is not in doubt.
D
There has been a tendency to concentrate on the possibilities of using an agricultural income tax to tap these resources.

A
They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
B
But they succeed in playing games of chess.
C
The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
D
Some patients, for example, fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
E
They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language

Solution

C, D, A, B, E.

‘C’ is the introductory sentence as it is independent & stands alone. ‘D’ follows ‘E’ as it presents an example to the study of speech disorders. ‘They’ in sentence ‘A’ is referring to patients as discussed in ‘D’. ‘B’ takes the discussion forward. Further ‘B’ ‘E’ is a mandatory pair.

A
Nehru’s idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them.
B
Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition.
C
There is a difference between Gandhiji’s concept of secularism and that of Nehru’s.
D
Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do harm instead of good.
E
In Gandhiji’s view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions.

A
But in the industrial era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B
So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is burn his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
C
Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D
How do you battle with your enemy?
E
The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F
With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy

A
With the passage of time, vices become more apparent and virtues become objects of jealousy and envy, thereby causing contempt and hatred in the hearts of each other.
B
They become familiar with not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s characters.
C
Generally people think that familiarity should breed love, mutual understanding and tolerance.
D
They expect that coming together of two persons should bring them closer and forge the bond of kinship between them.
E
But when two persons come closer, they come to know not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s character.

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