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Question of the day

Question of the Day (17-Jun-11) Views : 2423Rated 4.2 by 5 Users

Choose an option that most logically completes the paragraph.

N is a Number : A Portrait of Paul Erdsis one of the most delightful, endearing and

probably one of the best documentaries I have seen on an individual. I have always regarded

Paul Erds as one of my personal heroes and hence it seems weird that I had not seen this

rather old documentary earlier. Especially given its extremely high quality, appeal and not to

mention the character it is based on. _______.

OPTIONS

1) Erds was an extremely prolific and famously eccentric mathematician.

2) There is the famous Erds number that gives the collaborative distance of a

mathematician with him.

3) However, it is never late to discover something so good.

4) Of course, documentaries cannot capture the essence of a genius.

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Solution

The emphasis in the paragraph is how the writer had missed the documentary. Hence option

3 brings the feelings of regret (and the paragraph) to an end as he has now seen it.Option 4 contradicts the positive way in which the author has described the documentary.

The descriptions of the mathematician, as given in options 1 and 2, do not help to complete

the paragraph, as the purpose of the paragraph is not to highlight the mathematician, but the

documentary.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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[transitive verb]MEANING :

to disconcert, embarrass or make queasy

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:He was abashed by her candid questions.

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RC Passage of the Day

Telecom industry has to correct itself to sustain: Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel

In an interview with ET Now, Sanjay Kapoor , CEO ( India & South Asia), Bharti

Airtel, shares his views on the issues concerning the telecom industry today.

Excerpts:

ET Now: I will start with the very basic question. In the Indian telecom industry,

who is currently enjoying the pricing power, the customer or the company?

Sanjay Kapoor: As far as the Indian market is concerned, we all know that inany 14-player scenario, no matter which part of the world you operate in, the

pricing power tends to erode and that is a single phenomena that has been

plaguing the Indian telecom industry for the last couple of years. However,

even in that market, you see that there tends to be a consolidation amongst

the big players and if you look at a 14-player scenario, still the top 3 or 4

players virtually have 70% of the market which still tells you that the pricing

power sits with the bigger brands like Bharti Airtel in the market place.

However, in a 14-player scenario to have large premiums and pricing power is

not possible based on share economics.

ET Now: What about the overall market sentiment when it comes to telecom

because last few quarters were marked by largely stable telecom metrics

across the industry. Would you agree that the worst is over for the space or do

you think there is still an overhang of regulatory, scam-related issues which

continue to plague the sector?

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Sanjay Kapoor: When you look at an overall performance of the industry,

clearly evident from the numbers is the fact that most of the players

competing in this market are competing at price points and financials which do

not justify a long-term sustainance. So the industry has to correct itself with or

without regulation to make sure that it is sustainable on a long term basis to be

able to service the customer with newer technologies and better service going

forward. So that is given, I think.

ET Now: So what about Bharti in particular?

Sanjay Kapoor: In a 14-player scenario, there is hardly any example in the

world where the market leader enjoys a 30% market share in a crowdedmarket and despite of a big onslaught is able to sustain his position and shares

in the ballparks. So we guys have done fabulously well in the market on the

mobile side on new businesses that we have entered into from behind,

whether it is Sri Lanka or Bangladesh or DTH. We have come very strongly from

behind and even businesses like Telemedia which is our fixed line and

broadband business, we have been able to convert the model in a market

where the voice has been depleting out of fixed line to a very strong data-

oriented business. Given the circumstances, we have definitely done well.

ET Now: What about the way forward for Bharti in particular because FY11,

you saw integration of the Africa business, we saw steady ARPUs and margins

in the Indian business as well. What do you think would be the drivers in the

next fiscal?

Sanjay Kapoor: The great news and the great opportunity that India facestoday is that India is polarised on the voice front. While the metros in India

seem to be about 100% penetrated, the rural part of the country is still 35-36%

penetrated and there is a huge amount of opportunity because the rural

populous in this country is equivalent to the size of many or more than the size

of many countries and that is a great opportunity still uncovered on voice side

of things.

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Then comes the great opportunity in India of young populous and that is true

for actually all the 19 countries that we operate in. The population is very

young and we believe that if there is a propensity in the customer segment

group to bridge the digital divide, it is this group that can make it happen. And

in data and broadband, India is very much where voice was in 1994-1995 less

than 1% penetrated and in a country like ours, wireless seems to be the only

way of connecting people to the internet. So going forward, that story begins

all over again, the counters are set to zero and you will see a northward climb

on data in this country. We honestly believe that over the next 10 years, the

data consumption amongst many Indians will multiply a 1000x.