SBI PO 2005

GIven below is the first sentence of a paragraph followed by six other disarranged sentences which are denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F). Rearrange these six sentences to make a meaningful paragraph, keeping the first sentence as the starter of the para and then answer the questions that follow.

Starter: Twenty-five centuries ago, when the Greek traveller Herodotus visited the already ancient monument of Egypt, he found that the tourists had gotten there first.
(A) The Egyptians built for enternity
(B) The ‘why’ is easy: religious beliefs that sought prepetuation in masses of stones so ponderous they must be measures in tons and acres and that demanded that these material manifestations of faith be only huge but permanent.
(C) Tourists are still coming to Egypt and are probably still inscribing their names on the old stones.
(D) In words of Ramses II, who dedicated the magnificent temple of Medinet Habut in the 13th Century B.C., this was to be ‘’a place of the Lord of the Gods, forever’’.
(E) Their names were scratched on the crumbling ruins in hundreds of ancient languages.
(F) They are probably sharing another experience too-standing in silent and involuntary admiration before the great structures and silently posing those inevitable questions: Why ? How ?

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been ‘’numbered’’. These ‘’numbers’’ are printed below the passage against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words without changing the meaning of the passage.

Capital investment is essential for ….(216)... of productive capacity and adding new capacity for current and future industrial growth. The …. (217).... of this article is to make an assessment of capital investment in the private corporate sector, which would provide important insights into the business expectations about performance of economy in …(218)... and the infrastructure and manufacturing sectors in … (219)... The Method of …(220)... growth in corporate investment should, ideally, be based on the available means of financing an investment project. The bulk of the major projects in the private corporate sector is ….(221)... by the leading all India term-lending institutions namely the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI), the Industrial Investment Bank OF India (IIBI), ICICI Ltd. (now ICICI Bank) and the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC). The financial sector reforms in the 1990’s have, in effect,...(222)... the sources of financing corporate projects; in particular, commercial banks have, in recent years, started…(223)...financial assistance to corporate projects. Since a majority of the private corporate entities, undertaking large projects, ….(224)... the termlending institutions and banks for financing the project cost, the phasing details of capital expenditure available in the relevant project reports would provide a base for estimating …(225)... growth in capital expenditure.