SBI Clerk 2011

Rearrange that following six sentences/ group of sentences/( I ), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. The merchant greadily counted his gold and said, “The purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You’ve already stolen more than the reward! Go away or I will tell the police:”
2. The judge, looking towards the merchant said, “you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold: Well, that’s considerable: cost. But the purse this beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold”.
3. Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, “Here is your purse: May have my reward now?”
4. “This purse therefore cannot be the one you lost.” And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the gold to the beggar.
5. A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace: On opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold: Then he heard a merchant shout, “A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse”.
6. “I am an honest man,” said the beggar defiantly “Let us take this matter to the court. The judge patiently listened to both sides of the story.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered: These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case:

The Bhagavad Gita is a poem of (1)verses which is a part of the Mahabharata:It is the only philosophical song existing in all languages. Its popularity and influence have never waned: It abl light and guidance to the troubled mind in times of crisis. It is in the (2) of a dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna on the battlefied: Arjuna’s mind is troubled at the hrough of the killing of his friends and relatives. He cannot conceive aof any gain. Arjuna is the (3) of the tourtured spirit of man torn by conflicting obligations and moralities. The dialogue proceeds and takes us to the higher level of individual duty and social behaviour, application of ethics to practical life and social outlook that should govern all. An attempt is (4) to reconcile the three paths of human advancement– the path of knowledge the path of action and the path of faith. But more .(5) is laid on faith. There is a call of action to meet the obligations of life, keeping in view the spiritual background and the large purpose of the universe:

For the following questions answer them individually