Because millions of years ago, a little
tarsier like creature began to use its hand sand became inquisitive, the long
trail of evolution towards man began. Those things are among mans
characteristic features. Every year he delves deeper and deeper into the
secrets of nature and his responsibilities grow more serious. In an age of mass
production and machines, collective reason must control mass hysteria and mass
instinct. That is the problem. The atomic bomb has only thrown it into higher
relief. In the atomic bomb, man has used the fundamental energy process of the
universe for destructive purpose, but that is largely and accident of the time
and place. All around we have abundant evidence that without this energy, life
itself could not exist.
1. The
author believes that man has evolved from a little tarsier like creature
because
(a) his face resembles that of a
tarsier
(b) he uses his hands and walks like a
tarsier
(c) he is curious and walks like a
tarsier
(d) he is curious and used his hands like
a tarsier
2. The
increasing human knowledge of the secrets of nature has given rise to a problem
which
(a) involves a huge expenditure
(b) makes man more and more irreligious
and irreverential
(c) is both a boon and a bane
(d) necessitates a rational and humane
approach to individual and social life.
3. The
invention of the atomic bomb has made this problem
(a) more obscure
(b) more prominent
(c) more controversial
(d) insignificant
4. Man
has used atomic energy for destructive purposes because
(a) it has no constructive purposes at
all
(b) he does not know how to use it
constructively
(c) its constructive use is too
expensive to be practicable
(d) the force of circumstances
compelled his to do so
5. The
author thinks that the use of atomic energy
(a) will affect the society adversely
(b) is needed for the enrichment of
life
(c) will ultimately destroy our
civilization
(d) will lead to the end of the
universe
PASSAGE-2
The jobs do not get changed around from
time to time. I started off on one of the nicer ones. I sat at a conveyor belt
slipping a piece of cardboard under each cake as it came down the line. At
first it was difficult to keep up. An uneconomic movement, a fumble and four
cakes have gone without cards. I got up to chase the four cakes, eight more
appeared and for five minutes or so I had to work at twice the speed to work my
way back to where I was sitting before. But it takes half a day or so to learn
how it’s done and soon it becomes quite automatic. The frenzy had quite worn
off by the end of the first day and then there was only the monotony and the
aching arms. Later I moved to another job on the line, as the girl who usually
did it had left. I wasn’t surprised. It was the nastiest job in that
department. As the cake came out of a machine that had sliced it in three
layers, two streams of artificial cream were poured over the layers. I had to
stack the layers up again – a messy and very tiring job. The cakes are heavy
and the cream is slippery. Anyone who has worked at all in a factory knows how
deathly conveyor belt works is. At first it is difficult to keep up, and when
you are tired it is quite merciless. After a while, when you have become fairly
used to it, the fact that you can’t work faster is also infuriating.
6. The
writer’s purpose in writing this piece is to
(a) make people who don’t work in
factories realize what it is like to work there
(b) plead to abolish manual labour from
factories
(c) plead to get unskilled jobs made
easier
(d) explain to young people how to
handle a job in an authomatized production unit.
7. When
the writer was moved to another job she wasn’t surprises to find that
(a) she had been moved
(b) her new job was very unpleasant
(c) the cream in the cakes was
artificial
(d) the girl before her had left
8. The
writer found it a messy job to
(a) separate the three layers of the
cake
(b) pour artificial cream over the
layers
(c) stack the layers up again
(d) put the cake back on the conveyor
belt again
9. The
writer calls the conveyor belt ‘merciless’ because it
(a) could cause an injury if one makes
a mistake
(b) is devoid of human feelings
(c) does not slow down even when the
worker is tired
(d) is a hard taskmaster
10. After
sometime the writer got annoyed at the conveyor self because
(a) she found it dull and monotonous to
work with it
(b) she wanted to change her profession
(c) she found it merciless
(d) it always had the same speed
PASSAGE-3
The arrival of the train did not disturb
Sir Mohan Lan’s sang froid. He continued to sip his Scotch and ordered the
bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment.
Excitement, bustle, and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding, and Sir Mohan
was eminently well bred. He wanted everything tickety boo and orderly. In his
five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the manners and attitudes of the
upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an
Englishman only the very necessary words and properly anglicized. But he
fancied his English, finished and refined at no less a place than the
University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a cultured
Englishman he could talk on almost any subject – books, politics, people. How
Frequently had he heared English people say that the spoke like an Englishman!
11. Sir
Mohan Lal is portrayed as
(a) an indophile (b) a true
Englishman
(c) a Hindu (d) ananglophile
12. When
Sir Mohan Lal spoke Hindustani it was
(a) colloquial Hindi (b)
literary Hindi
(c) Indian English (d) anglicized Hindi
13. According
to Sir Mohan Lal, a well bred person would
(a) remain aloof from the crowd
(b) like to drink only Scotch in public
(c) always be calm and orderly
(d) speak like an Englishman
14. From
his description in this passage, Sir Mohan Lal appears to be
(a) a man of culture (b) an
aristocrat
(c) a snob (d) a
scholar
15. According
to the passage, a cultured Englishman is able to talk effortlessly on
(a) art and culture (b)
human civilization
(c) modern science (d) almost any subject
Directions (16-20): Which
of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace
the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically
correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is
required’, then mark (5) as the answer.
16.
In attempting
to move ahead, we have forsaken our good cultural even practices.
1) our even good cultural practices.
2) even our good cultural practices.
3) our good even cultural practices.
4) good cultural practices even.
5) No correction required
2) even our good cultural practices.
3) our good even cultural practices.
4) good cultural practices even.
5) No correction required
17.
Sikkim has
emerged as one of the most after sought tourists destinations in the country.
1) tourists destination sought after
2) sought-after tourist destination
3) seeking-after tourists destination
4) sought-after tourist destinations
5) No correction required
2) sought-after tourist destination
3) seeking-after tourists destination
4) sought-after tourist destinations
5) No correction required
18.
Uttarakhand has
struck by a calamity that the state's Chief Minister has called a 'Himalayan
Tsunami'.
1) has been struck
2) had stricken
3) is being struck
4) was being stricking
5) No correction required
2) had stricken
3) is being struck
4) was being stricking
5) No correction required
19.
Edward Snowden,
in other words, has informed US and British citizens that they have no privacy
who so ever.
1) whoever
2) whomever
3) whatsoever
4) whatever
5) No correction required
2) whomever
3) whatsoever
4) whatever
5) No correction required
20.
If you lived in
Delhi and read the sports pages regularly, you might remember seeing Shikhar
Dhawan's name emblazoned across headlines for almost a decade now, though never
in the main sports page.
1) never over
2) ever at
3) always beside
4) however inside
5) No correction required
2) ever at
3) always beside
4) however inside
5) No correction required
Directions (21-25): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) The pressure on land is high and the workers on land also are compelled
to go to the city to find a job there.
(B) Today, with the establishment of factories, the commodities produced by
the village craftsmen cannot compete in quality or price with those produced in
factories with the result that the village industries suffer a loss and after
some time close down.
(C) The joint family system in India flourished in the days of yore when
agriculture and trade in the villages were in a sound position.
(D) With the closing down of the village industry the workers move to the
city.
(E) Besides the decline of agriculture and trade, there are other causes
which induce people to move to the city.
(F) Owing to the inrush of people from the villages to the cities, the
Hindu joint family system breaks down.
21.
Which of the
following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) D
4) C
5) F
2) B
3) D
4) C
5) F
22.
Which of the
following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) E
2) B
3) D
4) C
5) A
2) B
3) D
4) C
5) A
23.
Which of the
following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) C
2) A
3) B
4) E
5) D
2) A
3) B
4) E
5) D
24.
Which of the
following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
1) E
2) F
3) B
4) A
5) C
2) F
3) B
4) A
5) C
25.
Which of the
following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) D
2) E
3) A
4) C
5) B
2) E
3) A
4) C
5) B
DIRECTIONS (26-30): Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
Certain words in
the passage have been printed in bold
to help you locate them when answering some of the questions. He was a funny
looking man with a high, bald, dome shaped head, a face very small in
comparison and a long wavy beard. His unusual features were a standing joke
among his friends. He was a poor man - an idler. He didn't work at his trade -
astonecutter, more than what was necessary to keep his wife and three boys
alive. He preferred to talk but since his wife was an irate complaining woman, he loved to be away from home. The
whole city he lived in was seething
with argumentation. The city was Athens and the man was Socrates - the Greek
philosopher. He had funny ways and notions.
And to the astonishment of
all, the Oracle at Delphi, the priestess when asked, "Who is the wisest
man in Athens ?" mentioned Socrates. Socrates was the evangelist of clear
thinking :he would present people with questions pretending he didn't know the
answers and get them to make astounding admissions. Socrates would go upto a prominent statesman coming to
the end of a speech on "courage", about the glory of dying for one's
country and say, "Forgive my intrusion, but just what do you mean by
courage ?" "Courage is sticking to your post in danger" would be
the reply. "But supposing good strategy demands that you retire?",
Socrates would ask. "You wouldn't stay in that case" the man would be
forced to admit. Socrates would persist. "Then is courage sticking to your
post or retiring ?". "I am afraid I don't know." "I don't
either", Socrates would say "but perhaps it is not different from
just doing the reasonable thing regardless of the danger."
26.
Socrates by
profession was-
(1) Philosopher
(2) Idler
(3) Politician
(4) Evangelist
(5) None of
these
27.
How did
Socrates perceive courage?
(1) Not abandoning one's post.
(2) Retiring from one's post
(3) Dying for one's country.
(4) Rightful action in the face of danger
(5) Not changing one's opinion
28.
Which of the
following best describes Socrates ?
(1)
He loved to argue with his wife
(2)
He was a handsome man
(3)
He was not the wisest man
(4)
He had no sense of humour
(5)
None of these
29.
Which of the
following is true in the context of the passage?
(1)
The Oracle at Delphi did not know anything.
(2)
Socrates could not support his family.
(3)
Socrates ideas were the same as those of other citizens
of Athens.
(4)
Socrates believed in reason and logic.
(5)
All of these.
30.
What was
Socrates' style of arguing?
(1)
Make fun of people by pointing out the flaws in their arguments.
(2)
Preach till his audience was convinced about his point of
view.
(3)
Question a person's assumptions to lead him to a
different point of view.
(4)
Rudely interrupt speeches and question the orator.
(5)
Insult the speaker so that he would get angry and lose
the argument.
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1.
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B
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2.
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D
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3.
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B
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4.
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D
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5.
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B
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6.
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A
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7.
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D
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8.
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C
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9.
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C
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10.
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D
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11.
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D
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12.
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D
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13.
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C
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14.
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A
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15.
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D
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16.
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B
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17.
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D
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18.
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A
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19.
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A
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20.
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C
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21.
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D
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22.
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B
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23.
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E
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24.
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B
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25.
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C
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26.
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A
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27.
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D
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28.
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E
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29.
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B
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30.
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C
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