Direction: It was with pleasant surprise that Swaminathan stumbled into his own set, which he had thought was not at school .except Rajam and Mani all were there. Under the huge tama-rind tree they were playing some game Swaminathan joined them with a low, ecstatic cry. The (36) disappointed him. They turned their (37) to him with a faint (38) and returned to their game. What (39) Swaminathatn most was that even the (40) Somu was grim. something seemed to be (41) somewhere. Swaminathan assumed an easy (42) and shouted, “ Boys, what about (43) place for me in the (44)? “ Nobody answered this Swaminathan paused and (45) that he was waiting for a (46) in the game. “It is a (47) “There are (48) people who can be very (49) as tails, “ said Samuel. The (50) laughed at this, “ you said tail, didn’t you? “ asked Sankar.

Direction: Faced with an (51) number and variety of products on the market, managers are finding it more difficult to (52) demand and plan production and orders (53) As a result (54) forecasts are increasing and, along with them, the costs of those errors Many managers today, (55) speed is the (56), have turned to one or another popular production scheduling system. But these tools tackle only part of the problem (57) really needed is a way to (58) forecasts and simultaneously redesign planning processes to (59) the impact of (60) forecasts.