Directions (Q. 19-23) Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.

A. While the reference point for the former is the state, for the latter it’s society.

B. India’s ‘strategic community’ comprises two distinct circles with little overlap.

C. Consequently, mainstream strategists have an external orientation to their discourse, concentrating on high politics; the latter is more internal oriented.

D. Their prescriptions too are understandably poles apart and thus, the state, to which both their commentary is directed, has to play balancer, and ends up being at the receiving end of criticism from both sides.

E. Out of the two, one can be termed the ‘mainstream’ and the other ‘alternate’. F. To further elaborate on the external and internal concept – while one is enamoured of India’s rise and place in the global order, the other is more sensitive to its vulnerabilities and inadequacies.

19. Which of the following should be 4th sentence after rearrangement?

Which of the following is one of the reasons of forests being a conflict ridden issue?

Which of the following should be 6th sentence after rearrangement?

Directions (Q. 10-13) Choose the word/group of words which is most nearly the same in meaning of the words printed in bold.

10. Controlling

Directions (Q. 1-13) Read the following interview and answer the given questions based on that.
Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
A pioneering new book, Gender and Green Governance, explores a central question: if women had
adequate representation in forestry institutions, would it make a difference to them their communities
and forests as a national resource? Interview with the author.
Why has access to forests been such a conflict-ridden issue?
This is not surprising. Forests constitute not just community and national wealth, but global wealth.
But for millions, forests are also critical for livelihoods and their daily lives.
Your first book, Cold Hearths and Barren Slopes (1986), was about forests. Is there an evolution of
argument here?
Yes indeed. In Cold Hearths and Barren Slopes, I had argued that social forestry, with its top-down
implementation and focus on commercial species, was neither ‘social’ nor ‘forestry’, and would
protect neither forests nor village livelihoods. The answer, I argued, lay in allowing forest
communities to manage local forests. Finally, in 1990, India launched the joint forest management
programme and Nepal also started community forestry. So, I decided to see for myself how
community forestry was actually doing.
Between 1995 and 1999, I travelled extensively across India and Nepal and found a paradox. Forests
were indeed becoming greener but women’s problem of firewood shortages persisted and in many
cases had become more acute. Also, despite their high stakes in forests, women continued to be
largely excluded from forest management. I coined the term ‘participatory exclusions’ to describe
this. However, the current book is less about women’s exclusion. I ask : what if women were present
in forest governance?

The Trust plans (1) / to set on (2) / a special school for (3) / dumb and deaf children. (4) No error (5)

According to the investigators, the hammer used in the crime was the one who is used by security guards to sound the hourly bell on a metal plate while on duty.

The boy attempted the questions (1) / so well (2) / that his teacher was exceedingly (3) / pleased at him. (4) No error (5)

The director prefers (1) / your plan than (2) / that given by (3) / the other members of the committee. (4) No error (5)

The fraud comes at a time when the unregulated microfinance industry is facing a crisis on its way of high interest rates and low repayment of loans.