The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.1. It's business as usual for the military; total global military expenditure reached US$2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8% in real terms from 2022, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) — the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009.2. We, like most of Asia south of the Himalaya, are now living on the heating planet which experts have long warned of and science has projected for decades.3. Meanwhile, as if nothing untoward was happening, wars in Ukraine and Gaza are — besides death, destruction and misery — producing staggering amounts of greenhouse gases.4. On a slow, sweltering summer afternoon at the edge of a forest in deep rural northern Thailand, the brain fever bird is doing my head in with its insistent, rising call.

Directions for questions 1 to 4: The sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is indicated with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph and indicate the correct sequence in the box provided below each question.According to latest data available, project costs have exceeded the original estimates by as much as 45%.The country is being told that various public-sector projects are delayed and will suffer consignment cost overruns.According to reports, something like 300 mega and major projects will now cost the exchequer anything upto `100,500 crore against an estimated `60,000 crore at the time of the original conception of the projects.Apart from overruns, delays can account for anything from one to nine months.

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.1. Geopolitical conflicts, ranging from localized insurgencies to great-power confrontations, have placed the intricate interplay of economics and security at the forefront of global concerns.2. Though these factors alone would signify a turbulent era marked by economic volatility, inflation, and supply chain disruptions, the equation must also consider rapid technological advancements, introducing new security challenges.3. The shifting global order necessitates a reevaluation of the economic-security agenda.4. Adding complexity, emerging markets are challenging the established powers, reshaping the balance of economic influence through novel networks and alliances.

Directions for questions 1 to 4: The sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is indicated with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph and indicate the correct sequence in the box provided below each question.With 75 percent of the space rented to the multinationals, this exhibition had the participation of 13 companies from Europe.With 50 companies participating and looking at the $30 billion Indian market in the telecommunication sector, for the next eight years the latest technology was on display.Against the backdrop of a sweeping wave of liberalisation, this proved a bonanza for the multinationals and their Indian partners to exhibit their bag of telecommunication technology.India Comm'92  the second international exhibition and conference on tele-communication and computer equipment, systems and related services, was organised recently.

Question No. 1Directions for questions 1 to 4: The sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is indicated with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph and indicate the correct sequence in the box provided below each question.Military aid is self-defeating not because generals are less trustworthy than other men but because dependence on outside support is a contradiction in terms for a military establishment.It was a Roman historian who remarked that a general who takes a subsidy will soon start looking for a higher bidder.The more lavish the military aid from the outside, the more deeply will it be resented.Military aid as a tool of policy is older than recorded history.Its results were always questionable.It is the task of the military to make its country independent and to keep it so.

Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) if a proper sequence to for a meaningful paragraph. Then answer the questions given below.(A) This has contributed to inflation and it seems there will be no respite on this front given the tensions in the Middle-East due to the US aggressive postures towards Iran.(B) The latest news is that retail inflation has risen to 7.35 per cent in December 2019 which is the highest rate of retail inflation since July 2014.(C) The wholesale price index has also shot up to a seven-month high of 2.6 per cent in December.(D) The retail prices of petrol and diesel have been steadily increased all through 2019 – Rs 5.1 per litre of diesel and Rs 6.3 per litre of petrol.(E) While the consumer price index has risen by this rate, the rise in inflation is much higher for food items at 14.12 per cent with the sharp rise in prices of onion, potato, vegetables and pulses.Which of the following should be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?Question 42Answera.Ab.Dc.Cd.Ee.B