A
To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea.
B
A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster.
C
The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D
Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct for years.
E
When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed.

Solution

C, E, A, B ,D.

‘C’ is the best opening sentence. It says that QWERTY keyboard was designed to solve a specific problem.’E’ discusses what the problem was. ‘A’ then follows, as it discusses how QWERTY keyboard solves the problem & it also talks about QWERTY keyboard shortcoming. ‘B’ follows ‘A’ as it talks about a different keyboard which solved the same problem. ‘C’ sums up the paragraph.

A
Electronic transactions are happening in closed group networks and Internet. Electronic commerce is one of the most important aspects of Internet to emerge.
B
Cash transactions offer both privacy and anonymity as it does not contain information that can be used to identify the parties nor the transaction history.
C
To support e-commerce, we need effective payment systems and secure communication channels and data integrity.
D
The whole structure of traditional money is built on faith and so will electronic money have to be.
E
Moreover, money is worth what it is because we have come to accept it.

Solution

B, E, D, A, C.

The paragraph is about cash transaction & electronic transaction. Out of ‘A’ & ‘B’, ‘B’ seems to be the best opening sentence. ‘E’ follows ‘B’ as it continues the discussion. Next comes ‘D’, ‘Traditional money’ in ‘D’, it is talking ‘money’ discussed in ‘E’. ‘A’ takes the discussion further about the electronic transaction ( the discussion was started in ‘D’). ‘C’ then sums up the paragraph.

A
Commercially reared chicken can be unusually aggressive and are often kept in darkened sheds to prevent them pecking at each other.
B
The birds spent far more of their time up to a third-pecking at the inanimate objects in the pens, in contrast to birds in other pens which spent a lot of time attacking others. Bales could diminish aggressiveness and reduce injuries; they might even improve productivity since a happy chicken is a productive chicken.
C
In low light conditions, they behave less belligerently but are more prone to ophthalmic disorders and respiratory problems.
D
In an experiment, aggressive head-pecking was all but eliminated among birds in the enriched environment.
E
Altering the birds’ environment, by adding bales of wood shavings to their pens, can work wonders.

Solution

A, C, E, D, B.

The paragraph is talking about chicken and sentence ‘A’ introduces the paragraph. ‘C’ follows ‘A’ as low light conditions are same as darkened conditions. Sentence ‘B’, ‘D’ & ‘E’ all talks about the experiment. Out of which ‘E’ starts the experiment, ‘D’ follows ‘E’ & ‘B’ sums it up.

A
The Saheli Programme run by the US Cross-Cultural Solutions is offering a three week tour of India that involves a lot more than frenzied sightseeing.
B
Participants interested in women’s issues will learn about arranged marriages, dowry and infanticide.
C
Holiday packages include all sorts of topics but female infanticide must be the first for tourism.
D
Interspersed with these talks and meetings are visits to cities like New Delhi and Agra, home to Taj Mahal.

Solution

A, C, B, D.

The paragraph is about the programmer & ‘A’ is the best opening line. ‘C’ follows ‘A’ as it talks about holiday package as mentioned in sentence ‘A’. ‘B’ “D’ is a sequence (‘these talks’ in ‘D’ is equal to issues discussed in ‘B’)

A
These high plans died, slowly but definitely, and were replaced by the dream of a huge work on philosophy.
B
In doing whatever little he could of the new plan, the poet managed to write speculations on theology, and political theory.
C
The poet’s huge ambitions included writing a philosophic epic on the origin of the evil.
D
However, not much was done in this regard either with only fragments being written.

A
This very insatiability of the photographing eye changes the terms of confinement in the cave, our world
B
Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato’s cave, still revelling, its age-old habit, in mere images of truth.
C
But being educated by photographs is not like being educated by older images drawn by hand; for one thing, there are a great many more images around, claiming our attention.
D
The inventory started in 1939 and since then just about everything has been photographed, or so it seems.
E
In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe.

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