Practice Test

A. Out of this rather mundane arrangement was born the sandwich.
B. John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich was a man who was addicted to the gambling table and certainty did not like to be disturbed while he was at his favorite pastime,.
C. He would simply carry a couple of slices of bread with a slab of meat and a dash of vegetable placed between them to the gambling.
D. The snack, which takes its name from the Earl who lived in the 18th Century has now become an eatable popular across all frontiers.
E. Realizing that he had to solve the problem of hunger in the midst of furious, unchecked gambling Montague hit upon what was then a novel idea.

A. Given that the Indian armed forces have an overwhelming dependance on Russian defense equipment, the news that Russia has grounded its entire fleet of MiG - 29 aircraft due to structural defects and subsequently found a large percentage unsafe to fly is ominous.
B. And in a larger context, this is the latest in a series of developments over the past few years that suggest it is time for India to diversify its sources of defense equipment.
C. Russia's defense manufacturing base is facing shortfalls in capabilities and capacities, leading to contract deadline overruns and increased costs, as seen repeatedly in the case of the Gorshkov.
D. The immediate implications for India are worrying. The IAF operates over 60 of the aircraft and is in the midst of procuring 45 more to fly off the much delayed admiral Gorshkov and indigenous Coachin-built carriers.
E. Poor quality and a lack of spare parts only worsen the situation, as do its moribund R and D facilities which compel it to rely on technology dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
F. India's ambitious plans to upgrade its military technology and the changing profile of its requirements mean that it can no longer afford to persist with a strategy that depends on Russia as its primary supplier.

A. A few years or decades ago children grew up in a natural environment devoid of stress and strain.
B. With working couples on the increase efforts are made to spend extra quality time with their children.
C. Parents went about their times and their children's in a normal fashion.
D. With the rise in the number of nuclear families as well as academic pressure on children, too many materialistic lives and too little time for inculcating values, bringing up children is not what it used to be.