Para Jumbles Questions and Answers

P. I suggested that Ford should buy up a company called NCP, which owned most of the car parks in the city centres throughout the UK.
Q. We were discussing competing in the European market.
R. If NCP became a Ford company, a notice could be placed at the entrance to all city centres car parks indicating that only Ford cars could use them
S. At one time I was giving a seminar for the British marketing department of Ford, the biggest Ford operation outside of Detroit.

P. Behaviour is just the evidence for mind, not its very nature.
Q. The view that a mind can be reduced to patterns in behaviour is a hypothesis long abandoned.
R. Thus you can act as if you are in pain and not really be in pain.
S. The turning test, one may say, is seriously flawed.

P. Otherwise the Congress would not have opposed PSU disinvestment today.
Q. It is clear that there is not consensus on economic reform.
R. Nor would allies of ruling NDA opposes privatisation.
S. All this would stop India from becoming the next superpower.

P. What came out was very large garland made out of currency notes.
Q. The unsuspecting governor opened the box in full view of the gathering
R. When the RBI governor came to inaugurate the new printing press, the local unit of the BJP handed him a gift wrapped box
S. There was a twist – the notes were all as tattered as notes could get

P. Thus begins the search for relief: painkillers, ice, yoga, herbs, even surgery
Q. Most computer users develop disorders because they ignore warnings like tingling fingers, a numb hand or a sore shoulder
R. They keep pointing and dragging until tendons chafe and scar tissue forms, along with bad habits that are almost impossible to change
S. But cures are elusive , because repetitive stree injuries present a bag of ills that often defy easy diagnosis.

P. His political career came to an abrupt end with China's military operation.
Q. He attracted as as repelled.
R. He was responsible for the debacle.
S. A man of paradoxes, Menon remained an enigma.

P. If you are used to having your stimulation come in from outside, your mind never develops its own habits of thinking and reflecting
Q. Marx thought that religion was the opiate, because it soothed people's pain and suffering and prevented them from rising in rebellion
R. If Karl Marx was alive today, he would say that television is the opiate of the people.
S. Television and similar entertainments are even more of an opiate because of their addictive tendencies.

P. Food manufactures spend more on advertising than any other manufacturing group and the nation's grocery stores rank first among all retailers.
Q. Food product lead in expenditures for network and spot television advertisements, discount coupons, trading stamps, contests, and other forms of premium advertising.
R. Foods are overwhelming the most advertised group of all consumer products in the U.S.
S. In other media- newspapers, magazines, newspaper supplements, billboard and radio, food advertising expenditures rank near the top.

P. The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the Maharashtra Body-Building Association has all the trappings of a drama we are accustomed to.
Q. In the case of sports persons, there is room for some sympathy, but the apathy of the administrators, which has even led to sanctions from international bodies, is unpardonable.
R. A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on the Indian Body-Building Federation for not fulfilling its commitment for holding the Asian Championships in Mumbai in October.
S. It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports administrators often cause more harm to the image of the country than sportsmen and sportswomen do through their dismal performances.

P. The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the Maharashtra Body-Building Association has all the trappings of a drama we are accustomed to.
Q. In the case of sports persons, there is room for some sympathy, but the apathy of the administrators, which has even led to sanctions from international bodies, is unpardonable.
R. A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on the Indian Body-Building Federation for not fulfilling its commitment for holding the Asian Championships in Mumbai in October.
S. It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports administrators often cause more harm to the image of the country than sportsmen and sportswomen do through their dismal performances.