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My friend said to me, “Has your father returned from Calcutta”
He said to them, “Don’t make a noise.”
My cousin said, “My room-mate snored throught the night.”
He said, “What a beautiful scene !”
Pinki said to Gaurav, “Will you help me in my work just now?”
He said to me, “Where is the post office?”
Kiran asked me, “Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?”
I said to him, “Why are you working so hard?”
The tailor said to him, “Will you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening?”
He said. “Be quite and listen to my words.
The Captain said to his men, “Stand at ease.”
“Please don’t go away”, she said.
He said to them, “Don’t make a noise.”
โCan you come for an interview at my office?โ said the Director.
He said to his master, “pardon me sir.”
The mother said to the son, “Why didn’t you write to me often ? I was so worried.”
Sam said, “jack, I have finished the job.”
The tailor said to him, โWill you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening?”
โMay you live long and prosper”, said the old lady to her son.
โHow clever of you to have solved the problem so quickly.โ said the teacher.
The spectators said. โBravo! Well done children.โ
He said to the teacher. โCould you please repeat the question?โ
Mahi said to sameer, โMy mother is a good cookโ.
“Call the first witness”, said the Judge.
He will say, ‘I am ill.’
The teacher said to him, ‘is not poverty a curse’.
The teacher said, ‘Honesty is the best policy.’
My mother said, ‘water is essential for life
We said to the teacher โWe have completed the assignmentโ.
The father said, โWell done, Son. I am proud of you.โ
“Have you seen my spectacles, Nick?” asked his mother.
Manna asked Rohan, “Have you sat in a trolley bus before ?”
“What about going for swim,” he said, “It’s quite fine now.”
Reema said, “I have been studying the whole day.”
He said to his daughter, “Do you have fever ?
I said, โWhen it gets dark, light the lantern and hang it out.โ
Gopal said to me. “Can you do these sums for me?”
Sam said to his friend,”Good Morning. Let us go for a picnic today”.
โWhen did you meet my brother?โ She asked me.
Vissu said, “We passed by a beautiful lake when we went on a trip to Goa.”
The government has announced, “Taxes will be raised”.
The teacher said to the student,โWhy were you absent yesterday?โ
He said to her, ‘Did it shake you up as much as it shook me’
‘Fie! a soldier and afraid of fighting!โ said Babar.
โAway !” she said to the man, โdo not trouble your family anymore”.
“Make me another suit like this.” he said to the tailor.
He said, โWe are all sinners.”
He said,”What a fool Sam is !”
“Where do you live?” asked the stranger.
His neighbours found his ___________ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.
Wedding ceremonies often include the exchange of _________ rings to symbolise coupleโs promises to each other.
It is difficult to believe that charging 20% on an outstanding credit card balance isnโt ________.
After making ____________ remarks to president, the reporter was not invited to return the white house press room.
A fan of historical fiction, Joline is now reading a novel about slavery in the ____________ south.
It is helpful for salesmen to develop a good _________ with their customers in order to gain their trust.
The ____________ seventh grader towered over the other players on his basketball team.
The college professor was known on campus as _________ character__ bland but harmless and noble in his ideas.
During his routine the stand-up comic refused to be shaken by the heckler who ___________ him every few minutes.
The legal internship program was developed under the _________ of the district attorneyโs office.
Since she had not exercised in five years, margarita attempts to jog five miles on her first day of cardio training was a little ________.
Frank feels such______ towards his ex-businessman partner that he cannot stand to be in the same room with him.
The chemistry professor believed her students could do better on their exams by searching for their own answers, and encouraged the class to apply the ________ method to prepare.
The artist drew the picture with such ______ that it was possible to count every blade of glass that he painted.
Jillian was _________ by the contradictory diagnoses she received and decided she needed a third person.
At the banquet, the disappearance of the womanโs jewelled bracelet from her wrist appeared to be the ________ of an accomplished thief.
Because he was antsy from having eaten too much candy, little William was unable to _________ himself in a respectable manner during the ceremony.
The knight sought to _______ his broadsword in such a menacing fashion as to frighten his attacker away.
The highly publicised nature of the trial caused the judge to _______ the jury in order to shield members from evidence that might sway their verdict.
Confronted by his mother, the __________ four year old could not lie about scribbling on his bedroom walls with purple and blue.
Meh is known for her loud and domineering personality and was considered a _______by many who knew her.
The old bridgeโs steel _______ were rusty and in need of repair.
Although Mayaโs _________ sensibilities are quite different from mine, I think she is a remarkable interior decorator and I recommend her highly.
We both knew our summer romance was _________ and we would just be memories in each otherโs mind by the winter.
After ginger banged her head, she noticed that a large lump began to ________ from her forehead.
A(n) ______ spirit only causes more stress and strife; it is better to
Even though he wanted to win the game, the coach felt that he would be ______ if he let the injured quarterback continue to play.
Mike proved to be ______ throw after throw, hitting the carnival dart gameโs bullโs eye every time.
Marta had to pay off her ______ to the credit card company before she could get a mortgage.
Patrick, who was always joking, added ______ to the formal dinner, which his sedate employer did not appreciate
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Extreme ย old age when a man behaves like a fool
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That which cannot be corrected
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The study of ancient societies
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A person ย of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power
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State in which the few govern the many
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A person ย who insists on something
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A style ย in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
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List of the business or subjects to be considered at a meeting |
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Leave ย or remove from a place considered dangerous
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A person pretending to be somebody he is not
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A person who knows many foreign languages
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One who ย possesses many talents
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One who eats everything
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Malafide case is one
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who is not easily pleased by anything
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A remedy for all diseases
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Teetotaller means
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One who is fond of fighting
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A person interested in collecting,
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A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things
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A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics, etc.
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That which cannot be read
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In a state of tension or anxiety or suspense
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That which cannot be seen
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To slap with a flat object
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Habitually silent or talking little
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One who cannot be corrected
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A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal
One ย who ย sacrifices his life for a cause
A person who brings goods illegally into the country
To take secretly in small quantities
To accustom oneself to a foreign climate
One who knows everything
Detailed plan of journey
Giving undue favours to one’s own kith and kin
Hater of learning and knowledge
A person interested in reading books and nothing else
A place where monks live as a secluded community
Incapable of being seen through
One who does not care for literature or art
A large sleeping-room with many beds
Continuing fight between parties, families, clans, etc.
A building for storing threshed grain
Policeman riding on motorcycles as guards to a VIP
One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him
That which is perceptible by touch is
Very pleasing to eat
The part of government which is concerned with making of rules
One who believes that all things and events in life are predetermined is a
Something that relates to everyone in the world
To walk with slow or regular Steps is to
A style full of words
Murder of a brother
Having superior or intellectual interests and tastes
To cause troops, etc. to spread out in readiness for battle
A voice loud enough to be heard
A light sailing boat built specially for racing
One who is in charge of museum
A government by the nobles
One who is honourably discharged from service
Present opposing arguments or evidence
The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence
Of outstanding significance
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth
That which cannot be believed
To issue a thunderous verbal attack
A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power
A person who insists on something
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
Leave or remove from a place considered dangerous
One who eats everything
Malafide case is one
A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things
One who is not easily pleased by anything
One who is fond of fighting
A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics, etc.
That which cannot be read
In a state of tension or anxiety or suspense
That which cannot be seen
Habitually silent or talking little
One who cannot be corrected
Be the embodiment or perfect example of
A person not sure of the existence of god
A paper written by hand
The act of violating the sanctity of the church is
Something that can be heard
A name adopted by an author in his writings
Study of birds
A place that provides refuge
One who abandons his religious faith
A doctor who treats skin diseases
One who knows two languages
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Teachers might have given their students some concessions.
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You should not offer meat to vegetarians.
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You must write off all those bad debts.
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Are they receiving the chief guest at the station ?
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We make butter from milk.
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I donโt like people telling me what to do.
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The meeting has been called off by the chairman.
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The police arrested 200 students on the University campus.
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Why do you like him so much ?
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The invitation cards will be sent today.
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She has baked several cakes for her friends.
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We believe that God gives us misery.
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A lot of saplings have been planted by the chief guest.
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The Prime Minister has discussed the matter with the other ministers.
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The Principal will meet the students this evening.
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The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President.
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A meeting was convened by the Principal.
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Someone has stolen my suitcase.
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Anu is interviewing Radhika and Sarath Kumar.
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Our task had been completed before sunset.
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The boy laughed at the beggar.
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The government has launched a massive tribal welfare programme in Jharkhand.
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The boys were playing cricket.
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They drew a circle in the morning.
They will demolish the entire block.
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The burglar destroyed several items in the room. Even the carpet has been torn.
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We must respect the elders.
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We have warned you.
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Has anybody answered your question ?
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The shopkeeper lowered the prices.
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One must keep oneโs promises.
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The government has not approved the new drug for sale.
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They have published all the details of the invention.
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He teaches us grammar.
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The manager could not accept the union leaderโs proposals.
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Prepare yourself for the worst.
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Please shut the door and go to sleep.
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Small strokes fell great oaks.
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We must take care of all living species on Earth.
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People call him a fool.
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It is being read by us.
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He had committed a mistake.
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The most useful training of my career was given to me by my boss.
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We have decided to open a new branch.
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The loan will be sanctioned by the bank.
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Paint the windows.
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The traitors should be shot dead.
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Rahul is teaching the children in the slum areas.
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One cannot expect children to understand these problems.
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Why did she break the garden wall ?
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The students were laughing at the old man.
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He admonished her for the error.
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Can we send this big parcel by air ?
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The boys saved many elders from drowning.
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He was refused admittance.
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You will be taken care of by me.
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Promises should be kept.
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Circumstances forced him to resign his post.
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He would have written this essay in time.
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I give alms to the poor on Saturdays.
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God helps the brave.
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I havenโt read Threeย Musketeers.
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I am going to buy new spectacles tomorrow.
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Our mothers use tongs while makingย chapatis.
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I play Billiards during my free time.
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Have the car painted black.
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Who has stolen my binoculars?
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He has been arrested and sent to jail.
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Anna and his team hope to fight corruption with Jan Lokpal Bill.
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The Greeks expected to conquer Carthage.
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Rome was not built in a day.
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The ship is being taken to safe water by the Captain and not his crew.
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Strong Anti-Corruption law is liked by neither the Central Government nor the State Governments.
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If you cannot change the master, you cannot change the destiny.
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The curd smelt sour.
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People are not going to tolerate Governmentโs despotism.
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He is writing a letter.
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The man cut the tree into thin strips.
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My father gave me a hundred rupee note yesterday.
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The pilot landed the plane safely.
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Abha sent me a card.
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He will never forget it.
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Let not his insulting words be minded.
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The students have been punished by the teacher for negligence of duty.
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The storm has destroyed twelve houses.
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She is reading a novel.
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The whole village was ravaged by the man-eater.
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The purity of justice is maintained by the reports of proceedings in the law courts.
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Newton wrote this letter yesterday.
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An awareness is being created among the people by the Government about the
importance of trees.
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Ads on TV increase the sale of any commodity.
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The Indian Government is encouraging the Europeans to visit India.
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He handed her a chair.
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Call the police at once.
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Post the letter.
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Who painted it?
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It is time to take tea.
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The members should adhere to all the decisions.
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His subordinates accused him of various offences.
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Has someone made all the necessary arrangements?
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We will know the outcome of these experiments after six months.
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Do you understand what I mean?
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Whom does he look for?
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They say that you did that.
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I am doing sums.
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The noise of the traffic kept me awake.
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He was congratulated by his teacher on his brilliant success in the recent examination.
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People speak English all over the world.
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Who gave you permission to enter?
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The Principal has granted him a scholarship.
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Before festivals the shops are thronged with men, women and children making various purchases.
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How can anyone do this?
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I will not do this work.
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They are not laying down arms.
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They have painted the house green.
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They visited the zoo last week.
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They first sun-dried the garbage for one to three days to bring down the moisture level.
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Women like men to flatter them.
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What one must do, one must do properly.
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Look at the poll results – do they inspire hope?
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It is your duty to make tea at eleven O’ clock.
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We all know that there is only one God.
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The people elected him Mayor.
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Don’t laugh at me.
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I saw him leaving the house.
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Someone pulled the bull violently.
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We have cycled more than tenย kilometers.
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You will be taken care of by me.
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Many a person has been saved from the man-eaters by these hunters.
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Promises should be kept.
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Circumstances forced him to resign his post.
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When he left school, the text-books were put aside by him andย were never reopened.
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He would have written this essay in time.
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ย Where do you keep the current magazines ?
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End the war now!
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The labourers were digging a canal.
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ย We should meet all our needs.
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ย The recently damaged roads are being repaired by them.
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A method has been devised by them to solve this problem.
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She cannot manage the situation.
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The officer will convene a meeting of his subordinates.
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Our hosts treated us very kindly.
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ย Who painted the wall?
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Cacao is bitter when it is tasted.
The entire amount of black money had come into the banking system through demonetization and every rupee is being verified whether it is black or white.
The soldiers along with the commander were court-martialled for defying the order of Army high command.
As far as good schooling is concerned, none more than a few privileged people can afford it for their children.
Having spent her childhood in Kolkata, she has developed her ability to converse in Bengali rather good.
India and China, whose per capita GHG footprint is far lower than the US, has affirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement.
The government has come forward with comprehensive guidelines and certain concrete rules and regulations aiming at improving the quality of school education.
According to experts, the danger for EVM manipulation was not only its software but also the hardware, which can easily be replaced either in parts or as the entire unit.
For me, journey by air is more preferable than that by train.
The number of elephants, tiger, and wolves, which play an important role in the ecosystem for its large biomass, is dwindling.
In abandoning the Paris Agreement on climate change, U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen to adopt a backward looking course on one of the most important issues facing humanity.
The membership FELL OFF dramatically when the chairperson resigned.
I was away for a few days, so they had to get someone to FILL IN FOR me.
I went to the library to FIND OUT all I could about the life and work of Joe Meek.
The report FOCUSES ON the companyโs weak points.
He FROWNS ON people making personal calls at work.
GET AFTER her and give her the message before she leaves the building.
His boss is always GETTING AT him for arriving late.
The robbers GOT AWAY in a stolen car, which the police later found abandoned.
Thereโs a nasty rumour GOING ROUND about them.
Iโm going to take some work home because I havenโt managed to GET THROUGH it all today.
As a member of the cabinet, Ayer had the opportunity to observe debates and see which they were resolved.
Each of the loan must be approved by the Branch Manager.
He has a chance redeem him after last weekโs mistake.
An employee will get the incentive, only if he deserves it.
Peter won the race fair and square.
The commerce aircraft manufacturing business is a rarefied zone.
They cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation.
When he fell down the ditch, he shouted with all his might so that to catch someoneโs attention.
Being tolled for two hours, he sat down to take some rest.
Some people by naturally talk more than others.
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Barking up the wrong tree
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put something off
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Nobody in the market was supposed to know about their startup, but the excitement they hadย let the cat out of the bag.
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Pushing daisies
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To hold something in leash
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Fit as a fiddle
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Bite the bullet
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Throw in the towel
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A wink is as good as a nod to blind a horse
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A snake in the grass
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To look down one’s nose at
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Basket case
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On one’s toes
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The car ran over the sleeping homeless, in the middle of the night.
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Savita looked up to Isha who was role-model.
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Nalin left work at 7p.m daily and made his way to the gym to work out.
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On the news of her son’s arrest, the old woman broke down and howled.
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Fly the coop
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Run short
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At the drop of a hat
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Castles in the air
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To wrangle over an ass’s shadow
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to cast pearls before a swine
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to fly off the handle
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A man of straw
To smell a rat
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To be a good Samaritan
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To keep oneself to oneself
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To drive home
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To play fast and loose
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Under someone’s wing
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To take stock of
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to make a pile
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A great hand at
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wolf in sheep’s clothing
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Splitting hairs
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To cut someone short
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Take up the cudgels
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To make clean breast
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‘to keep one’s temper
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To catch a tartar
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To have an axe to grind
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To cry wolf
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To end in smoke
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To be above board
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To put one’s hand to plough
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To pick holes
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To leave someone in the lurch
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To play second fiddle
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To beg the question
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A black sheep
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To hit the nail right on the head
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To set one’s face against
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Lion’s share
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Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice.
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They were supposed to perform at the stadium today, but Shwan got cold feet at the last moment.
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He has a cat in hell’s chance of meeting the deadline
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In spite of all his brag he had to eat a humble pie.
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My wife had a go at me last night for coming home drunk again.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
Audition test was conducted by the director to separate sheep from goats.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
I could not complete that exercise yesterday because I was feeling a bit under the weather.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
You cannot afford to get a fit of the blues just before your final match.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
The present disturbances will soon blow over.
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He is always late for appointments and keeps people waiting, so we decided to give himย a taste of his own medicine.
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Lose one’s head
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
To keep up oneโs appearances
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
To turn over a new leaf
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Dark horse
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
On the cards
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
To cast aspersions
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
‘A blue eyed boy’
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
A wet blanket
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Beg to differ
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Upset the apple cart
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plough a lonely arrow.
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The cricket match proved to be a big draw
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Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost their sales.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life.
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I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
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When he heard that he had once again not been selected, he lost heart.
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He passed himself off as a noble man.
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Do not trust a man who blows his own trumpet.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
The project did not appear to hold out bright prospects.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
The lorry driver’s strike has put back our deliveries by over a month.
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
under the aegis of
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Brain drain
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
I am banking on you to help with the charity event
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His plans to trek through South America fell through when he got sick.
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We hope they can iron out their differences and get on with working together.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in which a group of words has been underlined. Some alternatives are suggested for the group of words, which improves the sentence. Answer the correct option.
He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening.
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He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.
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The company is expected to get around this problem by borrowing from the banks.
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I think he’s trying to get back at her for those remarks she made in the meeting.
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
an Amazon
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
a smear campaign
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
throw down the gauntlet
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
To cut the Gordian Knot
In the following question, an idiomatic expression and their four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and indicate the number of that meaning as your answer. If you do not find any correct answer among the options, mark (5) i.e. โNone of theseโ as your answer.
Stick one’s colours
A word is given followed by its usage in options. Find the option in which there is inappropriate usage of word.
TEAR
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Proper
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Trust
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Think
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Amid
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Fluctuate
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Prefer
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Risk
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Include
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Avoid
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Trigger
Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically correct and some are incorrect. Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).
(A) Before measles immunization was available , nearly everyone in the US got measles.
(B)Although less common , some persons with measles develop encephalitis, resulting in brain damage.
(C) if vaccinations are stopped , each year about 2.7 million measles deaths worldwide could be expected.
(D)More than 90 percent of people who are not immune will get measles if they are exposed to the virus.
Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically correct and some are incorrect. Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).
(A) The men look about with half shuttered eyes, rubbing the gold heavy chains like talisman around their wrists and necks.
(B) Their wives are dressed in brilliant African prints and dazzling metallic outfits.
(C) Everybody else are making cheerful preparation to go to places like Kenya, Malalwi or St. Mauritius
(D) It has been implied that if we tried to talk to anyone who opposes the president , the interview is off.
Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically correct and some are incorrect. Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).
(A) The activists did not respond in any way and tried to defuse the situation peacefully.
(B) The marine officer pushed two activists of the kerb into the street and knocked the phone out of the third activists hand.
(C) He insisted that they moved their protest to the opposite side of the street
(D) Throughout this outrageous incident , the activists maintained composure and did absolutely nothing to aggravate the situation
Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically correct and some are incorrect. Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).
(A) A pale hand reached up slowly to comb a few errant locks of silver away from the generalโs face.
(B) falling back , terrified that he had just about killed his cloud , the silver warrior collapsed over the side of the seat and started crawling away.
(C) if he was the reason cloud died, he could forgive himself
(D) he could feel a painful pulse in his legs and couldnโt tell if he had them curled up under himself or spread behind him
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Abjure: I have decided to abjure smoking.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Acquittal: His acquittal in spite of the incriminating evidence surprised all of us.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Presage: The phenomenal growth of this chain of stores presaged globalization and was a glitzy part of it.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Unassailable: Its brand image is unassailable.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Venom: The venom in his voice was unmistakable.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Despondent: After their trauma, they were exhausted and despondent..
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Fitfully: She felt groggy in the morning as she had slept fitfully the previous night.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Incredulous: He was incredulous regarding the potential benefits of the tiny gadget.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Misconstrue: His introverted behavior is often misconstrued as haughtiness.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Embellish: On the occasion of the festival, the deity was embellished with jewels of many types
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Paean: The student leader ended his speech singing paeans about the initiatives adopted by the new principal
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Sprightly: Her sprightly disposition camouflaged her illness.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer
Ubiquitous: The ubiquitous internet cafes have helped increase the level of its accessibility to the common man.
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Tyro: His subtle discomfort in front of the camera reveals that he is a tyro in this field
For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Variegated: The variegated religions and the multitude of cultures contribute to the rich spiritual heritage of our country.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Twirl: The more you practice, the more complicated moves youโll be able to do, like turns and twirls.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Sneered: He positivelyย sneeredย at me when I announced I was going to take guitar lessons.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Daunting: Going to university is aย dauntingย prospect for many of us currently studying at A-level.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Arable: This area of the nation had once been an incredibly rich source ofย arableย land.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Lackadaisical: He still is too inconsistent and tooย lackadaisical .
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Parlay: All that most of them can hope for is toย parlayย their film work into lucrative nude dancing careers or Internet fan sites.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Internecine: He was oneย internecineย battle, and he became cruel to her because of it.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Lurk: They alwaysย lurkย behind me, waiting with their jaws open, licking their lips.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Rectitude : We also stand for fiscalย rectitudeย and law and order.
In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.
Candour: Only an entirely new generation can bring honesty andย candourย to this matter.
Directions (1-10): For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Moot: Theย mootย questions that now need to be answered is whether this system would help the bank to recover its dues.
Directions (1-10): For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
ย Exacerbate: Suchย nuclearisationย would onlyย exacerbateย the tension between the twoย neighbouringย countries.
Directions (1-10): For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Allay: The scheme needs to be popularized through persuasion,ย allayingย the genuine concerns of the affected parties.
ย A word is given followed by its usage in options. Find the option in which there is inappropriate usage of word.
WORD
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with the error as your answer.If the sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)
A red and sore tongue/is an indicator from/lack of iron Vitamin-B 12/in the body.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with the error as your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)
In the high-strung life/of over- crowded metros/there a constantly tug of war/over space and resources.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with the error as your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)
The foremost criterion of selection we adopted/were the number of years of training/a singer had received/under a particular guru.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with the error as your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)
Excess weight is the result of/unhealthy eating habits/which are inherent risk factors/responsible for many diseases.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with the error as your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.)
The therapeutic benefits/at helping others/have long been/ recognized by people.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
There is lots of (A)supports from the employees(B)ย for the proposal to(C)ย merge with the parent company(D) No Error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Because of the pace at(A)ย which the company is growing (B)ย I believe it will easily(C)ย achieve-their farget(D) No Error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
It is truth(A)ย that India is(B)the largest consumer of (C)ย gold in the world(D) No Error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
According to him(A)ย two factors which are(B)needy for success (C)ย are discipline and diligence(D)ย No error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
He wants to(A)set up a laboratory(B)to undertake research(C)into a vaccine for cancer(D)No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
By so early as next year(A)that leading investment bank!(B)has plans to open(C)office in New Delhi(D)N0 Error(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A, B, C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll Correctโ as your answer.
With the unique(A)initiative(B)the company hopes to sustain(C)ย its currant growth rate(D) All Correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A, B, C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll Correctโ as your answer.
In responds(A)to the advertisement a size-able(B)number of candidates have submitted(C)their applications (D) All correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A, B, C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll Correctโ as your answer.
There is no guarantee(A)that if this model is adopted(B)the entire(C)sector will prosper(D)All Correct (E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word; which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any . The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All Correctโ as your answer.
He is in complete(A)ย agreement(B)with your analyze(C)of the situation(D)All Correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word; which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any . The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All Correctโ as your answer.
Since he has provided (A)ย over halve(B)ย the finance for the infrastructure(C)he should be in charge(D)All Correct(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (E), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
We had decided(A) to scrap the project(B) but the chairman insisted with(C) its continuation on the same terms(D)No error (E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Because of his prolonged illness(A) he could not concentrate(B)ย on his studies although(C)ย he was very much desired to do so(D)ย No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (E), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
You must realize(A)how importance it is(B)ย to give away to the needy(C)ย whatever you possess in excess(D)ย No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Most of the travelers experienced(A)a shock when they arrived(B) at the museum only to find(C)No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
How people do(A)to earn their bread(B)is dependent largely on(C)the locality where they live(D)No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
He took a sharp knife(A)and torn the covering(B)made of cardboard(C)but could not open the packet(D)No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
All of us are aware that(A)Shankar has been suffering(B)from fever since ten days(C)and has been resting(D)No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Both of them genuinely helped(A)each other when their(B)families were going(C)through a bad patch(D)No error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (E), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Some people have(A)generously contributed to the welfare fund(B)but they wanted that there names(C)should not be published(D)No error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is โEโ. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
The car could not(A)climb the steep hill(B)because it was(c)in the wrong gear(D)No error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is โEโ. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Nobody remain(A)in the hall(B)when the(C)chief guest came(D)No error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is โEโ. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
In summer(A)the days(B)and nights(C)are hotter(D)No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is โEโ. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
The poor(A)are usually(B)intolerant of(C)the rich people(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one pan of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Gangotri has a special significance(A)for the devout(B)as it is considered as(C)the abode of king Bhagirath who bought the Ganga down to the earth(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one pan of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
This facts make it very clear (A)that he had a hand in the murder(B)though he still(C)pleads innocence(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one pan of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
A nationwide survey (E)has brought out an(B)interesting finding(C)regarding infant mortality rate in India(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one pan of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The recent study has (A) indicated that there(B)is perceptible change in(C)the attitudes of the people(D)No Error(E)
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (E), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Despite of their best efforts(A)they failed to retain(B)the contract due to(C)unwanted political interference(D)No error(E)
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it.ย The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is theย answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors in punctuation, ifย any).
Governments and businesses must reduce (A)/ its own energy use (B)/ and promote conservation (C)/ to their citizens and employees. (D)No Error(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given . These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll correctโ as your answer.
World Earth Day is celebrated (A)ย as a means (B)to make people aware (C)ย about the environment (D)All correct(E)
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it.The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors in punctuation, ifย any).
If the allegations (A)/ made against him (B)/ are found to be true (C)/ he could face rigorous imprisonment (D)No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors in punctuation, ifย any).
Having acquired some experience, (A)/ she is no longer (B)/ One of those who believes (C)/ every explanation. (D)No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it.ย The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is theย answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors in punctuation, ifย any).
With regard to implementation the (A)/ details of the proposal, (B)/ the committee was divided (C)/ in its opinion. (D)No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
In present the (A) prices of food grains (B)/ are high all (C)/ over the world. (D)/ No error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Majority of the banks (A)/ today uses technology (B)/ to reach out to those (C)/ living in rural areas. (D) No error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
I will give (A)/ you the advance (B)/ if you repay it as (C)/ soon as possibly. (D)/ No error (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Though he is very (A)/ wealthy and powerful (B)/ he has any (C)/ concern for the poor. (D)/ No error (E)
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it.ย The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part isย the answer. If there is no error the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation,ย if any).
Mala has the (A)/ ability to handle (B)/ many tasks at (C)/ the same time. (D)/ No error (E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given . These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll correctโ as your answer.
The key issue(A)ย discused (B)ย at the meeting was how to resolve (C)ย the food crisis(D)ย All correct (E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The scheme failed because (A)/ some states could not,(B)/ manage not to raise(C)/ the necessary funds(D)/No error(E).
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Experts have recommended that(A) the government reconsidered(B) restrictions imposed on foreign(C) investment in real estate(D) No Error(E)
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ( E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The crucial point to (A)ย be discussed at the (B)ย meetings is how to (C) well implement the policy (D) No Error (E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A, B, C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll Correctโ as your answer.
In our opinion the exciting (A)ย assessment system requires (B)ย immediate (C)ย revision (D) All Correct (E)ย
Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is theย answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors in punctuation, ifย any).
On discovering(A)/ that it was a forgery(B) / he tear up the (C)/agreement he had signed (D)/No error(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given . These are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll correctโ as your answer.
By opening so much (A)/ branches in suchย (B)/ short time, they have(C) used the wrong strategy. (D)/No error(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given . These are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5) i.e. โAll correctโ as your answer.
George lost more (A)/ย than 20 kilograms(B) since having anย operation (C)truncating his stomach three years ago. (D)/No error(E)
IIn each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word; which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any . The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All Correctโ as your answer.
A leader who relies(A)on his team members(B)ย for advice (C)respected(D)All Correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word; which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any . The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All Correctโ as your answer.
The scheme permits(A)investors(B)to buy the shares from foreign(C)companies at a Hated price(D)All Correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A,B,C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word; which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any . The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All Correctโ as your answer.
There were many objectives(A)ย from employees to the proposal(b)to amend(C)the regulations(D) All Correct(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The disclosure of (A)the synopsis of Thakkar Commission report(B)on the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi(C)has raised several vital questions(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
He did not go (A)to the city on foot,(B)he go there(C)by train.(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
It being a rainy day(A)we will decide not to go out(B)butโ to stay at home(C)and watch a movie(D)No error (E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
By all standards (A)he is the best soldier(B)our military school(C)will produce so far(D)No error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one pan of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
As I was reach (A)early I left in an aeroplane(B)instead of (C)going by train.(D)No Error(E)
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
On my request(A)Lalit introduced me(B)to his friend(C)who is singer and a scientist.(D)No error(E)
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select โNo errorโ as your answer. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.)
The pledges that countries (A)/are making to battle climate change (B)/will still result in the world (C)/heating up by more than 6 degree Celsius(D).
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given . These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll correctโ as your answer.
We have incurred(A)ย an expense (B)ย ย of over fifty thousands (C)ย this year alone (D)ย All correct(E)
In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as A, B, C and D. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. โAll Correctโ as your answer.
The organization preferred(A)ย to hire locate(B)population asย they understood the language(C)and customer preferences(D)ย All Correct(E)
Rearrange the given five sentences (A, B, C, D) and (E) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. With so many products and opportunities available in the market, it is very easy to get this planning wrong.
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should begin as early as possible.
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it?
D. Most of us would put our children’s education above any other priority in life including our own retirement.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the given five sentences (A, B, C, D) and (E) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. With so many products and opportunities available in the market, it is very easy to get this planning wrong.
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should begin as early as possible.
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it?
D. Most of us would put our children’s education above any other priority in life including our own retirement.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the given five sentences (A, B, C, D) and (E) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. With so many products and opportunities available in the market, it is very easy to get this planning wrong.
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should begin as early as possible.
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it?
D. Most of us would put our children’s education above any other priority in life including our own retirement.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the given five sentences (A, B, C, D) and (E) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. With so many products and opportunities available in the market, it is very easy to get this planning wrong.
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should begin as early as possible.
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it?
D. Most of us would put our children’s education above any other priority in life including our own retirement.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the given five sentences (A, B, C, D) and (E) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. With so many products and opportunities available in the market, it is very easy to get this planning wrong.
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should begin as early as possible.
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it?
D. Most of us would put our children’s education above any other priority in life including our own retirement.
E. So, let’s try to find the best solution by asking two important question.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
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 belief that whatever God did was for the good of human beings served as a great consolation to people when a natural calamity fell upon them. (B) Our forefathers had deep faith in God and religion which is missing in the present generation. (C) But now those spiritual beliefs have more or less gone. (D) In the past, religious faith used to be a great prop to human beings in times of distress or misfortune. (E) As a result of scientific discoveries, we find it difficult now to believe in the existence of God. in the soul, or in a life after death. (F) The difficulties, disappointments and failures were attributed to God’s will and people bowed without much questioning.
Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
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 belief that whatever God did was for the good of human beings served as a great consolation to people when a natural calamity fell upon them. (B) Our forefathers had deep faith in God and religion which is missing in the present generation. (C) But now those spiritual beliefs have more or less gone. (D) In the past, religious faith used to be a great prop to human beings in times of distress or misfortune. (E) As a result of scientific discoveries, we find it difficult now to believe in the existence of God. in the soul, or in a life after death. (F) The difficulties, disappointments and failures were attributed to God’s will and people bowed without much questioning.
Which of the following would be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
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 belief that whatever God did was for the good of human beings served as a great consolation to people when a natural calamity fell upon them. (B) Our forefathers had deep faith in God and religion which is missing in the present generation. (C) But now those spiritual beliefs have more or less gone. (D) In the past, religious faith used to be a great prop to human beings in times of distress or misfortune. (E) As a result of scientific discoveries, we find it difficult now to believe in the existence of God. in the soul, or in a life after death. (F) The difficulties, disappointments and failures were attributed to God’s will and people bowed without much questioning.
Which of the following would be the FOURTHย sentence after rearrangement?
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 belief that whatever God did was for the good of human beings served as a great consolation to people when a natural calamity fell upon them. (B) Our forefathers had deep faith in God and religion which is missing in the present generation. (C) But now those spiritual beliefs have more or less gone. (D) In the past, religious faith used to be a great prop to human beings in times of distress or misfortune. (E) As a result of scientific discoveries, we find it difficult now to believe in the existence of God. in the soul, or in a life after death. (F) The difficulties, disappointments and failures were attributed to God’s will and people bowed without much questioning.
Which of the following would be the FIFTHย sentence after rearrangement?
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 belief that whatever God did was for the good of human beings served as a great consolation to people when a natural calamity fell upon them. (B) Our forefathers had deep faith in God and religion which is missing in the present generation. (C) But now those spiritual beliefs have more or less gone. (D) In the past, religious faith used to be a great prop to human beings in times of distress or misfortune. (E) As a result of scientific discoveries, we find it difficult now to believe in the existence of God. in the soul, or in a life after death. (F) The difficulties, disappointments and failures were attributed to God’s will and people bowed without much questioning.
Which of the following would be the SECONDย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (Q, (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) No force is used to persuade the reader. (B) The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. (C) The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer’s judgement and opinions presented to him. (D) It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books and other writings. (E) We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. (F) The purpose of all writings is to connect one’s mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (Q, (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) No force is used to persuade the reader. (B) The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. (C) The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer’s judgement and opinions presented to him. (D) It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books and other writings. (E) We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. (F) The purpose of all writings is to connect one’s mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject.
Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (Q, (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) No force is used to persuade the reader. (B) The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. (C) The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer’s judgement and opinions presented to him. (D) It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books and other writings. (E) We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. (F) The purpose of all writings is to connect one’s mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject.
Which of the following should be the THIRDย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (Q, (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) No force is used to persuade the reader. (B) The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. (C) The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer’s judgement and opinions presented to him. (D) It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books and other writings. (E) We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. (F) The purpose of all writings is to connect one’s mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (Q, (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) No force is used to persuade the reader. (B) The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. (C) The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer’s judgement and opinions presented to him. (D) It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books and other writings. (E) We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. (F) The purpose of all writings is to connect one’s mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject.
Which of the following should be the FOURTHย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance, was frightened and shouted, โChildren, hurry to the lake, thereโs a fox !โ (B) The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake and as soon as the fox came very close, the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. (C) The ducklings hurried towards the lake and the mother duck began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. (D) A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. (E) The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings as he could not reach the ducklings because they were in the middle of the lake by now. (F) When the fox saw her he became happy as he thought that the mother duck was hurt and couldnโt fly and that he could easily catch and eat her!
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance, was frightened and shouted, โChildren, hurry to the lake, thereโs a fox !โ (B) The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake and as soon as the fox came very close, the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. (C) The ducklings hurried towards the lake and the mother duck began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. (D) A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. (E) The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings as he could not reach the ducklings because they were in the middle of the lake by now. (F) When the fox saw her he became happy as he thought that the mother duck was hurt and couldnโt fly and that he could easily catch and eat her!
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance, was frightened and shouted, โChildren, hurry to the lake, thereโs a fox !โ (B) The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake and as soon as the fox came very close, the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. (C) The ducklings hurried towards the lake and the mother duck began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. (D) A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. (E) The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings as he could not reach the ducklings because they were in the middle of the lake by now. (F) When the fox saw her he became happy as he thought that the mother duck was hurt and couldnโt fly and that he could easily catch and eat her!
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance, was frightened and shouted, โChildren, hurry to the lake, thereโs a fox !โ (B) The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake and as soon as the fox came very close, the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. (C) The ducklings hurried towards the lake and the mother duck began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. (D) A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. (E) The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings as he could not reach the ducklings because they were in the middle of the lake by now. (F) When the fox saw her he became happy as he thought that the mother duck was hurt and couldnโt fly and that he could easily catch and eat her!
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance, was frightened and shouted, โChildren, hurry to the lake, thereโs a fox !โ (B) The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake and as soon as the fox came very close, the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. (C) The ducklings hurried towards the lake and the mother duck began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. (D) A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. (E) The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings as he could not reach the ducklings because they were in the middle of the lake by now. (F) When the fox saw her he became happy as he thought that the mother duck was hurt and couldnโt fly and that he could easily catch and eat her!
Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below it. (A) There were apprehensions in the community. (B) She wants to become a doctor now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream. (C) But I was desperate to provide good education to my daughter. (D) There is a lot of talk about RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement. (E) I had to walk down to the school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the fare. (F) Even others learn to be sensitive and thatโs the beginning of a better society. (G) We have been teaching poor children for many years and they settle really well. Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below it.
(A) There were apprehensions in the community. (B) She wants to become a doctor now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream. (C) But I was desperate to provide good education to my daughter. (D) There is a lot of talk about RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement. (E) I had to walk down to the school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the fare. (F) Even others learn to be sensitive and thatโs the beginning of a better society. (G) We have been teaching poor children for many years and they settle really well.
Which of the following should be the THIRDย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below it.
(A) There were apprehensions in the community. (B) She wants to become a doctor now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream. (C) But I was desperate to provide good education to my daughter. (D) There is a lot of talk about RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement. (E) I had to walk down to the school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the fare. (F) Even others learn to be sensitive and thatโs the beginning of a better society. (G) We have been teaching poor children for many years and they settle really well.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below it.
(A) There were apprehensions in the community. (B) She wants to become a doctor now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream. (C) But I was desperate to provide good education to my daughter. (D) There is a lot of talk about RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement. (E) I had to walk down to the school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the fare. (F) Even others learn to be sensitive and thatโs the beginning of a better society. (G) We have been teaching poor children for many years and they settle really well.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below it.
(A) There were apprehensions in the community. (B) She wants to become a doctor now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream. (C) But I was desperate to provide good education to my daughter. (D) There is a lot of talk about RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement. (E) I had to walk down to the school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the fare. (F) Even others learn to be sensitive and thatโs the beginning of a better society. (G) We have been teaching poor children for many years and they settle really well.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the overexploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the overexploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The window offered a view of the house opposite. The two families did not speak to each other because of a property dispute. One day, Ruchiraโs textbooks lay untouched as the young girlโs gaze was on the happening in the house opposite. There were two new faces in the neighbouring household that of an elderly widow and a girl, aged sixteen. Sometimes the elderly lady would sit by the window, doing the young girlโs hair. On other days she was absent.
The new young neighbourโs daily routine could be seen through the window โ she cleaned the rice, paddy; split nuts, put the cushions in the sun to air them. In the afternoons while the men were all at work some of the women slept and others played cards. The girl sat on the terrace and read. Sometimes she wrote. One day there was a hindrance. She was writing when elderly woman snatched the unfinished letter from her hands. Thereafter the girl was not to be seen on the terrace. Sometimes during the day sounds came from the house indicating that a massive argument was going on inside. A few days passed. One evening Ruchira noticed the girl standing on the terrace in tears. The evening prayer was in progress. As she did daily, the girl bowed several times in prayer. Then she went downstairs. That night Ruchira wrote a letter to befriend her. She went out and posted it that very instant. But as she lay in bed in the night, she prayed fervently that her offer of friendship wouldnโt reach its destination. Ruchira then left for Madhupur and returned when it was time for college to start. She found the house opposite in darkness, locked. They had left. When she stepped into her room she found the desk piled with letters โ one had a local stamp on it with her name and address in unfamiliar handwriting. She quickly read it. They continued to write to each other for the next twenty years.
Why did Ruchira write a letter to her new neighbour ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The window offered a view of the house opposite. The two families did not speak to each other because of a property dispute. One day, Ruchiraโs textbooks lay untouched as the young girlโs gaze was on the happening in the house opposite. There were two new faces in the neighbouring household that of an elderly widow and a girl, aged sixteen. Sometimes the elderly lady would sit by the window, doing the young girlโs hair. On other days she was absent.
The new young neighbourโs daily routine could be seen through the window โ she cleaned the rice, paddy; split nuts, put the cushions in the sun to air them. In the afternoons while the men were all at work some of the women slept and others played cards. The girl sat on the terrace and read. Sometimes she wrote. One day there was a hindrance. She was writing when elderly woman snatched the unfinished letter from her hands. Thereafter the girl was not to be seen on the terrace. Sometimes during the day sounds came from the house indicating that a massive argument was going on inside. A few days passed. One evening Ruchira noticed the girl standing on the terrace in tears. The evening prayer was in progress. As she did daily, the girl bowed several times in prayer. Then she went downstairs. That night Ruchira wrote a letter to befriend her. She went out and posted it that very instant. But as she lay in bed in the night, she prayed fervently that her offer of friendship wouldnโt reach its destination. Ruchira then left for Madhupur and returned when it was time for college to start. She found the house opposite in darkness, locked. They had left. When she stepped into her room she found the desk piled with letters โ one had a local stamp on it with her name and address in unfamiliar handwriting. She quickly read it. They continued to write to each other for the next twenty years.
Which of the following can be said about Ruchira ?
(A) She used to spy on her neighbours because she didnโt trust them.
(B) She was at home because she was studying.
(C) She did not speak to her neighbours because they did not own property.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The window offered a view of the house opposite. The two families did not speak to each other because of a property dispute. One day, Ruchiraโs textbooks lay untouched as the young girlโs gaze was on the happening in the house opposite. There were two new faces in the neighbouring household that of an elderly widow and a girl, aged sixteen. Sometimes the elderly lady would sit by the window, doing the young girlโs hair. On other days she was absent.
The new young neighbourโs daily routine could be seen through the window โ she cleaned the rice, paddy; split nuts, put the cushions in the sun to air them. In the afternoons while the men were all at work some of the women slept and others played cards. The girl sat on the terrace and read. Sometimes she wrote. One day there was a hindrance. She was writing when elderly woman snatched the unfinished letter from her hands. Thereafter the girl was not to be seen on the terrace. Sometimes during the day sounds came from the house indicating that a massive argument was going on inside. A few days passed. One evening Ruchira noticed the girl standing on the terrace in tears. The evening prayer was in progress. As she did daily, the girl bowed several times in prayer. Then she went downstairs. That night Ruchira wrote a letter to befriend her. She went out and posted it that very instant. But as she lay in bed in the night, she prayed fervently that her offer of friendship wouldnโt reach its destination. Ruchira then left for Madhupur and returned when it was time for college to start. She found the house opposite in darkness, locked. They had left. When she stepped into her room she found the desk piled with letters โ one had a local stamp on it with her name and address in unfamiliar handwriting. She quickly read it. They continued to write to each other for the next twenty years.
How did the new young neighbour spend her days ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The window offered a view of the house opposite. The two families did not speak to each other because of a property dispute. One day, Ruchiraโs textbooks lay untouched as the young girlโs gaze was on the happening in the house opposite. There were two new faces in the neighbouring household that of an elderly widow and a girl, aged sixteen. Sometimes the elderly lady would sit by the window, doing the young girlโs hair. On other days she was absent.
The new young neighbourโs daily routine could be seen through the window โ she cleaned the rice, paddy; split nuts, put the cushions in the sun to air them. In the afternoons while the men were all at work some of the women slept and others played cards. The girl sat on the terrace and read. Sometimes she wrote. One day there was a hindrance. She was writing when elderly woman snatched the unfinished letter from her hands. Thereafter the girl was not to be seen on the terrace. Sometimes during the day sounds came from the house indicating that a massive argument was going on inside. A few days passed. One evening Ruchira noticed the girl standing on the terrace in tears. The evening prayer was in progress. As she did daily, the girl bowed several times in prayer. Then she went downstairs. That night Ruchira wrote a letter to befriend her. She went out and posted it that very instant. But as she lay in bed in the night, she prayed fervently that her offer of friendship wouldnโt reach its destination. Ruchira then left for Madhupur and returned when it was time for college to start. She found the house opposite in darkness, locked. They had left. When she stepped into her room she found the desk piled with letters โ one had a local stamp on it with her name and address in unfamiliar handwriting. She quickly read it. They continued to write to each other for the next twenty years.
Why was the young neighbour prevented from sitting on the terrace?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The window offered a view of the house opposite. The two families did not speak to each other because of a property dispute. One day, Ruchiraโs textbooks lay untouched as the young girlโs gaze was on the happening in the house opposite. There were two new faces in the neighbouring household that of an elderly widow and a girl, aged sixteen. Sometimes the elderly lady would sit by the window, doing the young girlโs hair. On other days she was absent.
The new young neighbourโs daily routine could be seen through the window โ she cleaned the rice, paddy; split nuts, put the cushions in the sun to air them. In the afternoons while the men were all at work some of the women slept and others played cards. The girl sat on the terrace and read. Sometimes she wrote. One day there was a hindrance. She was writing when elderly woman snatched the unfinished letter from her hands. Thereafter the girl was not to be seen on the terrace. Sometimes during the day sounds came from the house indicating that a massive argument was going on inside. A few days passed. One evening Ruchira noticed the girl standing on the terrace in tears. The evening prayer was in progress. As she did daily, the girl bowed several times in prayer. Then she went downstairs. That night Ruchira wrote a letter to befriend her. She went out and posted it that very instant. But as she lay in bed in the night, she prayed fervently that her offer of friendship wouldnโt reach its destination. Ruchira then left for Madhupur and returned when it was time for college to start. She found the house opposite in darkness, locked. They had left. When she stepped into her room she found the desk piled with letters โ one had a local stamp on it with her name and address in unfamiliar handwriting. She quickly read it. They continued to write to each other for the next twenty years.
As a punishment for being disrespectful and arguing with her elders.
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D),(E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
The Red Brick Museum of Contemporary Art is located beyond Beijingโs fifth ring road, in an area so recently urbanized that it is still called Hegezhuang Village.But despite the unpromising setting, the museum looks as if it had been lowered into place that very morning.The street up to it is wide and dusty.The brickwork is shiny, the yellow lettering bright.Opposite, two dogs lie panting outside the Orchard restaurant where workmen have put down their trowels and are sipping tea in the midday heat.Inside, the air-conditioning hums throughout the seven exhibition spaces and all the lights are on.
Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions given below:
(A) We must explore new methods of boosting agricultural development and grow more food.
(B) The scientists should be encouraged to contribute.
(C) Food can also be had by import.
(D) The most important factor in any planning for Indiaโs development and economic uplift is that of turning a hungry, discontented people into aย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย happy well-fed one.
(E) Whatever be the way and means, India must feed its hungry millions.
(F) They should be given due scope for carrying on experiments and researches.
(G) The problem, therefore, reduces itself to one of agricultural development.
Which of the following FIFTH sentence in the paragraph?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)ย and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the
questions given below them.
1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. โWe couldnโt climb the mountain. How could you?โ, they asked. โIt wasnโt yourย baby!โ she replied.
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up
in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the childโs mother coming down the mountain that
they hadnโt yet figured out how to climb.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)ย and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer theย questions given below them.
1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. โWe couldnโt climb the mountain. How could you?โ, they asked. โIt wasnโt your
baby!โ she replied.
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up
in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the childโs mother coming down the mountain that
they hadnโt yet figured out how to climb.
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the overexploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the overexploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the overexploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis .
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the over exploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
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. Over 3.6 crore people are exposed to health hazards owing to drinking water containing excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. B. In some cases such contamination occurs due to the over exploitation of groundwater. C. Indiaโs water quality problem is reaching crisis proportions, and today at least 1.95 crore habitations are affected by poor water quality. D. Besides metal poisoning, bacterial contamination affects at least 37.7 million Indians annually, with 1.5 million child fatalities due to diarrhea. E. 66 million Indians are at risk due to excess fluoride and more than six million have already been crippled by high fluoride content in drinking water. F. Urgent investments are needed to stave off the crisis of water quality focusing on water treatment solutions such as reverse osmosis
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; thenย answer the questions given below them.
A. I was pleased by their reaction.
B. Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsureย if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.
C.ย Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to myย office in the name of donations.
D. When a reputed company invited me to deliver aย lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility,ย I agreed.
E. It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who metย me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
F. What I sawย however. when I opened the bags of โdonationsโ they had sent shocked me.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; thenย answer the questions given below them.
A. I was pleased by their reaction.
B. Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsureย if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.
C.ย Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to myย office in the name of donations.
D. When a reputed company invited me to deliver aย lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility,ย I agreed.
E. It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who metย me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
F. What I sawย however. when I opened the bags of โdonationsโ they had sent shocked me.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)ย and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the
questions given below them.
1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. โWe couldnโt climb the mountain. How could you?โ, they asked. โIt wasnโt your
baby!โ she replied.
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up
in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the childโs mother coming down the mountain that
they hadnโt yet figured out how to climb.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)ย and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the
questions given below them.
1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. โWe couldnโt climb the mountain. How could you?โ, they asked. โIt wasnโt your
baby!โ she replied.
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up
in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the childโs mother coming down the mountain that
they hadnโt yet figured out how to climb.
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence afterย rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; thenย answer the questions given below them.
A. I was pleased by their reaction.
B. Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsureย if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.
C.ย Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to myย office in the name of donations.
D. When a reputed company invited me to deliver aย lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility,ย I agreed.
E. It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who metย me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
F. What I sawย however. when I opened the bags of โdonationsโ they had sent shocked me.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)ย and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the
questions given below them.
1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. โWe couldnโt climb the mountain. How could you?โ, they asked. โIt wasnโt your
baby!โ she replied.
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up
in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the childโs mother coming down the mountain that
they hadnโt yet figured out how to climb.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; thenย answer the questions given below them.
A. I was pleased by their reaction.
B. Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsureย if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.
C.ย Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to myย office in the name of donations.
D. When a reputed company invited me to deliver aย lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility,ย I agreed.
E. It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who metย me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
F. What I sawย however. when I opened the bags of โdonationsโ they had sent shocked me.
Which of the following should be the THIRDย sentence after rearrangement ?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger.
(2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger.
(2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
1) The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger.
(2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E)ย and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph ; then answer theย questions given below them.
(A) The old lady however refused to pay him and wasย taken to court.(B) The doctor, confident of his abilities, agreed.(C) Finally he curedย her after all the valuable furniture had been removed from her house.(D) He thenย saw her furniture, realized its value and decided to delay curing her till he couldย steal it.(E) A blind old lady promised to pay the doctor a large sum of money if sheย was cured and nothing if she wasnโt.
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger.
(2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger.
(2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E)ย and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph ; then answer theย questions given below them.
(A) The old lady however refused to pay him and wasย taken to court.(B) The doctor, confident of his abilities, agreed.(C) Finally he curedย her after all the valuable furniture had been removed from her house.(D) He thenย saw her furniture, realized its value and decided to delay curing her till he couldย steal it.(E) A blind old lady promised to pay the doctor a large sum of money if sheย was cured and nothing if she wasnโt.
Which of the following should be theย THIRDย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E)ย and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph ; then answer theย questions given below them.
(A) The old lady however refused to pay him and wasย taken to court.(B) The doctor, confident of his abilities, agreed.(C) Finally he curedย her after all the valuable furniture had been removed from her house.(D) He thenย saw her furniture, realized its value and decided to delay curing her till he couldย steal it.(E) A blind old lady promised to pay the doctor a large sum of money if sheย was cured and nothing if she wasnโt.
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E)ย and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph ; then answer theย questions given below them.
(A) The old lady however refused to pay him and wasย taken to court.(B) The doctor, confident of his abilities, agreed.(C) Finally he curedย her after all the valuable furniture had been removed from her house.(D) He thenย saw her furniture, realized its value and decided to delay curing her till he couldย steal it.(E) A blind old lady promised to pay the doctor a large sum of money if sheย was cured and nothing if she wasnโt.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E)ย and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph ; then answer theย questions given below them.
(A) The old lady however refused to pay him and wasย taken to court.(B) The doctor, confident of his abilities, agreed.(C) Finally he curedย her after all the valuable furniture had been removed from her house.(D) He thenย saw her furniture, realized its value and decided to delay curing her till he couldย steal it.(E) A blind old lady promised to pay the doctor a large sum of money if sheย was cured and nothing if she wasnโt.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following SIX sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
1. Similarly, streetlights must be switched on when it is really dark.
2. Coolers, refrigerators, TVs, etc. must be switched off when they are not used.
3. For example, we must switch lights off in the room from which we come out.
4. So, we must use it when it is necessary and unavoidable.
5. All perhaps know that electricity saved is electricity produced.
6. At the same time, I would like to add that we must check the misuse of electricity in every way.
Which of the following is the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
Voluntary Organizations may be registered as societies, as charitable trusts, or as non-profit companies under Central or State laws.
The independence of Voluntary Organizations allows them to explore alternative paradigms of development to challenge social, economic and political forces that may work against public interest and to find new ways to combat poverty, deprivation and other social problems.
Over time, many of these laws and their corresponding rules have become complex and restrictive, thus leading to delays, harassment and corruption.
It is therefore crucial that all laws, policies, rules and regulations relating to VOs categorically safeguard their autonomy, while simultaneously ensuring their accountability.
Some States have adopted the Societies Registration Act (1860), with amendments, while others have independent laws.
Similarly, laws relating to charitable trusts vary across States.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
A. He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC.
B. But this perfectly preserved statue with a light-coloured glow that stood close to seven feet, was an extraordinary find.
C. Becchinaโs asking price was just under $10 million.
D. In September of 1983, an art dealer by the name of Gianfranco Becchina approached the J. Paul Getty Museum in California.
E. It was what is known as kouros โ a sculpture of a nude male youth standing with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides. .
F. There are only about two hundred kouroi in existence, and most have been recovered badly damaged or in fragments from grave sites or archaeological digs.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following eight sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
(A) His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday.
(B) Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
(C) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
(D) Employing nonviolent civil disobedience,
(E) Indians widely describe Gandhi as the father of the nation.
(F) And later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942.
(G) Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930,
(H) Worldwide, it is also celebrated as the International Day of Nonviolence.
Which of the following will be the SIXTH question after the rearrangement?
Rearrange the following eight sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
A. The political process has been fouled by the politics of caste and community.
B. Still, amid the problems faced by the two countries, the image of Gandhi and Mandela is that of benevolent leaders whose actions could not be comprehended by us ordinary mortals.
C. Today, the India that Gandhi helped shape appears to be in disarray.
D. After all, history cannot be anticipated by those who make it.
E. The South Africa of Mandelaโs dreams is likewise, all but shattered.
F. Slums still exist in the cities and crime is rife.
G. Corruption is endemic and our institutional efficiencies are gloriously obvious.
H. Unemployment among blacks is high.
Which of the following should be the SEVENTH sentence after rearrangement?
Directions: Rearrange the following five sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence to form a meaning paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
A. The reasons for formal education getting nullified are that we teachers have limited vision, our judgments about students are hasty and we are more knowledge-centered then student-centered.
B. Life educates as nothing else does.
C. Churchill rose to dizzy heights despite his teachers, prophesies to the contrary. And there are many more such examples.
D. Lifeโs teachings sometimes supplement the education received in the classroom and at other times nullify it.
E. Education receive in the classroom is insignificant as compared to what life teaches us.
Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below themโ
(A) In view of the continuing trend of reduction in the interest rates, it is expected that in the years to come, more and more people would be lured to deposit their money in the MFs.
(B) In any developing economy, MFs have a significant role to play.
(C) Net sales of the mutual stock reflect additional investment in the industry, resulting in higher industrial growth.
(D) Estimated to be the tune of Rs. 1,20,000 crore market at present, but for the UTI scam, the market would have certainly grown further, considering the reduced interest rates on the provident fund deposits and bank deposits.
(E) For trade and industry, it means more investable funds from general public and institutional investors.
(F) For a small investor, it is an option to channelize his savings in a profitable manner.
Which sentence will come at theย FOURTHย place in the paragraph?
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) India, with her many linguistic traditions, has her share of writers, past and present.
(2) They also reflect over important questions and do much more.
(3) Authors serve several roles in any civilization.
(4) Above all, they put down thoughts, facts and descriptions in a format that can be recalled even after many generations have passed.
(5) They systematize knowledge, clarify ideas, inspire readers and take us to realms of fantasy.
(6) They have enriched her culture in countless ways, opened up the minds and sensitivities of millions, and brought joys and tears to just as many.
Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after arrangement ?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
Voluntary Organizations may be registered as societies, as charitable trusts, or as non-profit companies under Central or State laws.
The independence of Voluntary Organizations allows them to explore alternative paradigms of development to challenge social, economic and political forces that may work against public interest and to find new ways to combat poverty, deprivation and other social problems.
Over time, many of these laws and their corresponding rules have become complex and restrictive, thus leading to delays, harassment and corruption.
It is therefore crucial that all laws, policies, rules and regulations relating to VOs categorically safeguard their autonomy, while simultaneously ensuring their accountability.
Some States have adopted the Societies Registration Act (1860), with amendments, while others have independent laws.
Similarly, laws relating to charitable trusts vary across States.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
Voluntary Organizations may be registered as societies, as charitable trusts, or as non-profit companies under Central or State laws.
The independence of Voluntary Organizations allows them to explore alternative paradigms of development to challenge social, economic and political forces that may work against public interest and to find new ways to combat poverty, deprivation and other social problems.
Over time, many of these laws and their corresponding rules have become complex and restrictive, thus leading to delays, harassment and corruption.
It is therefore crucial that all laws, policies, rules and regulations relating to VOs categorically safeguard their autonomy, while simultaneously ensuring their accountability.
Some States have adopted the Societies Registration Act (1860), with amendments, while others have independent laws.
Similarly, laws relating to charitable trusts vary across States.
Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
Voluntary Organizations may be registered as societies, as charitable trusts, or as non-profit companies under Central or State laws.
The independence of Voluntary Organizations allows them to explore alternative paradigms of development to challenge social, economic and political forces that may work against public interest and to find new ways to combat poverty, deprivation and other social problems.
Over time, many of these laws and their corresponding rules have become complex and restrictive, thus leading to delays, harassment and corruption.
It is therefore crucial that all laws, policies, rules and regulations relating to VOs categorically safeguard their autonomy, while simultaneously ensuring their accountability.
Some States have adopted the Societies Registration Act (1860), with amendments, while others have independent laws.
Similarly, laws relating to charitable trusts vary across States.
Which of the following should be the FIFTHย sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
Voluntary Organizations may be registered as societies, as charitable trusts, or as non-profit companies under Central or State laws.
The independence of Voluntary Organizations allows them to explore alternative paradigms of development to challenge social, economic and political forces that may work against public interest and to find new ways to combat poverty, deprivation and other social problems.
Over time, many of these laws and their corresponding rules have become complex and restrictive, thus leading to delays, harassment and corruption.
It is therefore crucial that all laws, policies, rules and regulations relating to VOs categorically safeguard their autonomy, while simultaneously ensuring their accountability.
Some States have adopted the Societies Registration Act (1860), with amendments, while others have independent laws.
Similarly, laws relating to charitable trusts vary across States.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with severe deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of price to a minimum.
Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.
It is termed a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
It is therefore one of the biggest challenge for an economy like India which is on the path of growth and development , inflation is like a caterpillar that eats away the growing cream of an economy.
Inflation is as common in Indian economy as cold and flu in winter season.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with severe deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of price to a minimum.
Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.
It is termed a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
It is therefore one of the biggest challenge for an economy like India which is on the path of growth and development , inflation is like a caterpillar that eats away the growing cream of an economy.
Inflation is as common in Indian economy as cold and flu in winter season.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with severe deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of price to a minimum.
Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.
It is termed a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
It is therefore one of the biggest challenge for an economy like India which is on the path of growth and development , inflation is like a caterpillar that eats away the growing cream of an economy.
Inflation is as common in Indian economy as cold and flu in winter season.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with severe deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of price to a minimum.
Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.
It is termed a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
It is therefore one of the biggest challenge for an economy like India which is on the path of growth and development , inflation is like a caterpillar that eats away the growing cream of an economy.
Inflation is as common in Indian economy as cold and flu in winter season.
Which of the following should be theย LAST sentence after rearrangement?
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with severe deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of price to a minimum.
Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.
It is termed a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
It is therefore one of the biggest challenge for an economy like India which is on the path of growth and development , inflation is like a caterpillar that eats away the growing cream of an economy.
Inflation is as common in Indian economy as cold and flu in winter season.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1. For many scientists oceans are the cradle of life.
A. But all over the world chemical products and nuclear waste continue to be dumped into them.
B. Coral reefs ,which are known to be the most beautiful places of the submarine world are fast disappearing.
C. The result is that many species of fish die because of this pollution.
D. Of course man is the root cause behind these problems.
6. Man has long since ruined the places he visits โ continents and oceans alike.
1. Am I one of the people who are worried that Bill Clintonโs second term might be destroyed by the constitutional crisis?
A. On the other hands, ordinary citizens have put the campaign behind them.
B. In other words, what worries me is that Bill Clinton could exhibit a version of what George Bush used to refer to as Big Mo.
C. That is he might have so much campaign momentum that he may not be able to stop campaigning.
D. Well, it’s true that I have been wondering whether a President could be impeached for refusing to stop talking about the bridge we need to build to the 21st century.
6. They now prefer to watch their favorite soaps and ads on TV rather than senators.
1. Historically, stained glass was almost entirely reserved for ecclesiastical spaces.
A. By all counts, he has accomplished that mission with unmistakable style.
B. โIt is my mission to bring it kicking and screaming out of that milieu,โ says Clarke.
C. The first was the jewel-like windows he designed for a Cistercian Church in Switzerland.
D. Two recent projects show his genius in the separate worlds of the sacred and the mundane.
6. The second was a spectacular, huge skylight in a shopping complex in Brazil.
A. It begins with an ordinary fever and a moderate cough.
B. India could be under attack from a class of germs that cause what are called a typical pneumonia.
C. Slowly a sore throat progresses to bronchitis and then pneumonia and respiratory complications.
D. It appears like the ordinary flu but baffled doctors find that the usual drugs donโt work.
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (f) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Chandrakant was shocked when he realized that the leg had lost sensation.
(B) When he tried to get up, he felt his left leg was very heavy.
(C) He had to lie down hopelessly, till he saw a flashlight.
(D) It was an old night time and hence nobody heard near the voice.
(E) Due to sudden sprain, chandrakant fell down.
(F) Nervous with this realization, he called out for help.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (f) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Chandrakant was shocked when he realized that the leg had lost sensation.
(B) When he tried to get up, he felt his left leg was very heavy.
(C) He had to lie down hopelessly, till he saw a flashlight.
(D) It was an old night time and hence nobody heard near the voice.
(E) Due to sudden sprain, chandrakant fell down.
(F) Nervous with this realization, he called out for help.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them:
(A) Bolder isnโt always better, however.
(B) Red, orange and purple are vibrant colors with energizing effects to counter the blues.
(C) The eye must catch it, look at it and study it.
(D) Too much color can be over whelming to some people.
(E) So, if not the change of paints go for a bright colored table cloth instead.
(F) The draped piece of furniture must be placed prominently.
Which should be the SIXTH (last) sentence?
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them:
(A) Bolder isnโt always better, however.
(B) Red, orange and purple are vibrant colors with energizing effects to counter the blues.
(C) The eye must catch it, look at it and study it.
(D) Too much color can be over whelming to some people.
(E) So, if not the change of paints go for a bright colored table cloth instead.
(F) The draped piece of furniture must be placed prominently.
Which should be the THIRD sentence?
1. So how big is the potential market?
A. But they end up spending thousands more each year on hardware overhaul and software upgradation.
B. Analysts say the new machines will appeal primarily to corporate users.
C. An individual buyer can pick up a desktop computer for less than $2,000 in America.
D. For them, the NCs best-drawing card is its promise of much lower maintenance costs.
6. NCs, which automatically load the latest versions of whatever software they need could put an end to all that.
Have you been more careful, the accident could have been averted.
The two belligerent nations decided to come to a compromise and resolve the issue amicably
Your admission into this universityย will be dependentย on the marks you score in the entrance examination.
In spite of all oddsย he pursued with his goalย with girl and determination
One mustย keep themselvesย abreast of current events particularly while preparing for competitive exams.
Merit is the onlyย criteria which is adaptedย in the selection of candidates.
ran is also fighting a minor insurgency in the mountains of their northern region led by
Loneliness is a perceived isolation that manifest in the distressing feeling that accompanies
Whether related to and unrelated to loneliness, a high risk factor for NCDs is daily
It shows that notwithstanding the stunning victory of Donald Trump last November, the party
Because of the recent strike in the company, less men will be recruited in the coming season.
Unemployment as well as poverty influence the votes.
Rabies is among those diseases that is curable.
The question arises as to who should go out today โ you or me.
Neither the Principal nor teachers knows what to do about the problem.
Between you and I, I am convinced that this painting by John shows greater artistry than that
Have you read in the Hindu Newspaper that Kapil Devโs shoulder was broken while playing
Thirteen games have since come and go, a barren streak that has only grown with a hat-trick
If drivers obeyed the speed limit fewer accidents occur.
Our cook wanting an increase in her salary.
A dozen boys and two girls have come for todayโs party.
The CBI said on Thursday that it would study the order in
According to his biographer Dhananjay Keer, Ambedkar lived a frugal, penurious life in
The thought of the hardship that Ambedkar withstand to equip himself with impressive
As sooner as you reach the port report to the desk officer.
If I was you I would have first introduced him to the guests.
Some peoples behaviour teaches us not to behave that way.
Despite of our good contacts we could not get tickets for our friends.
But your co-operation for the organisation of this workshop would not have been so smooth.
In spite of the roadblock the guards allowed us enter the restricted area to search for our
By the time we got our tickets and entered the cinema theatre the show was already begun.
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make itย grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and โNo correction isย requiredโ, mark (5) as the answer.
The company has set up a foundation which helps students who do not have the
necessary funds to study ahead.
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below eachย sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make itย grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and โNo correction isย requiredโ, mark (5) as the answer.
If this land is used to cultivate crops it will be additionally source of income for the
villagers.
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and โNo correction is requiredโ, mark (5) as the answer.
Belonged to this cadre, you are eligible for facilities such as free air travel andย accommodation.
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below eachย sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make itย grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and โNo correction isย requiredโ, mark (5) as the answer.
The bank has hired a consultant who will look into any issues which arise duringย the merger.
Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below eachย sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make itย grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and โNo correction isย requiredโ, mark (5) as the answer.
I had severe doubts about if I successfully run a company, but my father encouraged me.
In each question, a sentence with two words/ groups of
words printed in bold type are given. One of them or both may have certain error.
You have to find out the correct word or group of words from among the three
choices A, B or
C given below each sentence which can replace the wrong word/group of words. if
any, and makes the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as It
is, mark (5) i.e. โNo Correction Requiredโ as your answer.
Our insistence had duly impact on their decision-making process.
(A) due impact โฆโฆโฆ..their
(B) duly impactedโฆโฆ.. their
(C) due impacting โฆโฆโฆโฆthem
In each question, a sentence with two words/ groups of
words printed in bold type are given. One of them or both may have certain error.
You have to find out the correct word or group of words from among the three
choices A, B or
C given below each sentence which can replace the wrong word/group of words. if
any, and makes the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as It
is, mark (5) i.e. โNo Correction Requiredโ as your answer.
Before the doctor comes, the patient had been escaped from the ward.
(A) reached โฆโฆโฆ..has
(B) came โฆโฆโฆ..had
(C) arrived โฆโฆโฆโฆhad been
In each question, a sentence with two words/ groups of
words printed in bold type are given. One of them or both may have certain error.
You have to find out the correct word or group of words from among the three
choices A, B or
C given below each sentence which can replace the wrong word/group of words. if
any, and makes the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as It
is, mark (5) i.e. โNo Correction Requiredโ as your answer.
Our emphasis is also on the quality of the product but not on its appearance
alone.
(A) emphasizing โฆโฆโฆโฆand
(B) stress โฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ.but
(C) emphasisโฆโฆโฆโฆ. and
In each question, a sentence with two words/ groups of words printed in bold type are given. One of them or both may have certain error.
You have to find out the correct word or group of words from among the three choices A, B or C given below each sentence which can replace the wrong word/group of words. if any, and makes the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as It is, mark (5) i.e. โNo Correction Requiredโ as your answer.
Investors have been receiving better services from Insurance Companies.
(A) demandingโฆโฆโฆ by
(B) received โฆโฆโฆ.from
(C) received โฆโฆโฆโฆby
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The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the
answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation. if any).
The price ofย
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answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation. if any).
There is aย
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answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation. if any).
In my opinionย
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answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation. if any).
At least ofย
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answer. If there is no error the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation. if any).
He was aย
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The pledges that countries are making to battle climate change will still result in the world heating up by more than 6 degree Celsius.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select โNo errorโ as your answer. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.)
When it come to helping one another, it turns out that some fish are better at it than previously thought.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select โNo errorโ as your answer. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.)
Every child in our country has the right to acquire quality primary and secondary education.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select โNo errorโ as your answer. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.)
The club members are socially responsible and take part in variety volunteering activities.
Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select โNo errorโ as your answer. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.)
On Sunday night, a rare astronomical phenomenon will have produce a moon that will appear slightly bigger than usual and have a reddish hue.
Underwater archaeology has huge potential, as it could be a time-consuming and costly way to study the past.
The organization aimsย to providing withย satellite-based data on climate-relevant information with highest possible levels of accuracy and reliability.
Each galaxy is surrounded by a giant sphere of dark matter more than 10 timesย so wide as the visible portion of the galaxy.
Studies have revealedย what more is the reasonย people are asked to come up with in support of an idea, the less value they ascribe to each.
When he is short of money, he earns a little extra cashย on being told the fortunesย using a pack of tarot cards.
Mobile phones are now-a-days used not just to make calls or send and receive text messages but to also carry onย financial transactions.
Scientists have estimated that millions of a creatures living in waterย had been dying every year ifย they become entangled in plastic pollution or ingest it.
One of the grievances of the Kashmiri locals is aboutย the overbearing presence ofย security personnel in residential areas
The Copernican principle states that the cosmos is the sameย whenever you went.
Some parts of the sentences have error and some are correct. Find out which partย of a sentence has an error.
The Army emphasized that the operation were limited to the Indian border.
Some parts of the sentences have error and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
The resignation of the Chief Proctor, who is in-charge of security on the campus, was followed by the submission of the probe report by the Varanasi Divisional Commissioner, who have held the BHU administration guilty of not being sensitive during the incident and failing to take timely action.
Some parts of the sentences have error and some are correct. Find out which partย of a sentence has an error.
But when, how and for what reasons referendums should be held need to be carefully laid of so as to ensure their legitimacy.
Some parts of the sentences have error and some are correct. Find out which partย of a sentence has an error.
Some of the well-known referendums on independence thatย were held in recent years include the one in Scotland in 2014,
South Sudan in 2011 and Quebec (Canada) in 1995.
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Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pittedthe notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
Why did the issue of Kashmir not figure on the roster of issues at the UN?
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The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
What does the author view as a challenge for achieving inclusive growth?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
What has prevented the rural poor from benefiting from economic growth?
1. High rate of interest on bank credit
2. Exploitation by money lenders
3. Subsidies provided by the government to farmers are insufficient
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Why is farming not considered a leasible occupation?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
What do policy makers feel is essential for Indiaโs agricultural sector to be competitive internationally?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Why is public investment in agriculture negligible?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Which of the following is NOT a means to achieve 4% agricultural growth rate?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster
How does the government plan to ensure a 4% growth rate in agriculture?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word primed in bold as used in the passage.
Fortunate
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
What was the girlโs reaction to leaving home ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
What task was entrusted to the girl by the queen ?
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
What was the masterโs reaction to the girlโs decision to marry his discipline ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Why was the master afraid?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word primed in bold as used in the passage.
Raised
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At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our god-men so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andh shraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and god-men that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the defacto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanors. The god-man could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful god-man in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism
Which of the following is/are true about Asaram as mentioned in the given passage?(A) Asaram’s trajectory reflects the rapid progress of India’s superstition industry.(B) Asaram’s arrest reflects the complete merger of blind faith, politics and money. (C) Asaram’s episode tells us how modern India looks down upon the integrity of saints.
Which of the following is/are the most important reason(s) behind the success of Godmen in India? Give your answer in the context of the given passage.
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Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pittedthe notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
What prompted the anchors of a media channel to lose their neutral cool?
(A) The pugnacious remarks made by Nawaz Sharif against India B) Because of the humiliating remarks by a Pakistani politician against Hindu and Muslim Indians (C) Because of the rude tone of a prominent BJP leader
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pitted the notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
Which of the following is true about the given passage?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pitted the notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
What is Pakistan doing, as a last resort, to create anti-India sentiment?
(A) It is helping terrorist organisations on its land. (B) It is trying to brainwash school children and instil anti-India sentiments in their minds. (C) It is recruting women suicide bombers in its terroritory.
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is the same in meaning as the phrase โholding outโ as used in the passage?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
According to the passage, the question of abortion is
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is true regarding the reasons for progress in genetic engineering ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word โobliterateโ as used inย the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is the opposite in meaning to the word โchargedโ as used inย the passage?
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RRecent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is not true of the genetic engineering movement ?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word โfeatโ as used in theย passage ?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Why, according to the author, is genetic misinformation severely damaging?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
In the passage, โabusedโ means
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
At present genetic engineering can rectify all genetic disorders, Is it ?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following, according to the author, are the shortcomings of genetics inย becoming an exact science ?
(A) Technicians will not be able to determine the time when genetic disorder will
set in .
(B) Technicians have not been able to manipulate germ cells.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word โsquarelyโ as used in theย passage ?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
Which of the following is not true, according to the passage ?
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
According to the author, the present state of knowledge about heredity has madeย geneticists
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Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn fetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic misinformation can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the fetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
What is the tone of the author in the last sentence of the passage โ?
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Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
What was the period when Rodin escaped to England ?
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Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
Which of the following best describes the phraseโฆ.cared not a figโฆ. as used inย the passage ?
(A) Ignoring the contribution made by a person or group
(B) Under estimating the hidden potential
(C) Overlooking the service rendered โ by an employee
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Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
Which factors made Rodin stay in the Army ?
(A) He did not have any big business in civil life
(B) The parent country had Communist domination
(C) He wanted to experience the bitterness of officer rank.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases in the passage have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
According to the passage, who resisted the dominance of Communists ?
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Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage ?
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The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Which of the following factors should the Government take into consideration while framing agricultural policies?
1. Allied farm activities like horticulture should receive less attention
2. Increased participation of women in agricultural sector
3. Reduced risk in agriculture owing toย globalization.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Why are farmers facing crippling debt?
1. Increased expenditure on luxury items
2. Subsidies are not provided by the Indian government
3. Prices of crops-like cotton have risen dramatically.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some, of the questions.
The income disparity in the new India is massive : 36 billionaires in India and 800 million people living on less than $2 a day. The challenge for achieving inclusive growth relates to the revival of agriculture. Farming is becoming a non-viable activity. A confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods which โ consume much of Indian familiesโ incomes, has driven many farmers into crushing debt. The agriculture sector has many problems with a growth rate of less than 2% in the last decade. Further scope for increase in net sown area is limited. Disparity in productivity across regions and crops his persisted. Far from benefiting from the economic boom many complain that banks donโt offer the rural poor credit, forcing them to turn to greedy moneylenders,
who typically charge up to 20% interest on a four-month loan. Health-care and education costs have risen dramatically, while the global price of cotton has become depressed, largely due to the billions of dollars in subsidies Washington hands out to U.S. farmers.
The approach to the revival of Indian agriculture seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic strategy. It is important to stress that growth and equity should be pursued simultaneously rather than following โgrowth first and equity nextโ approach. What are the challenges for achieving 4% growth and equity in agriculture? Policy makers like the National Commission on Farmers mention cost reduction in agriculture as important to compete in a globalized world. The most important problem for the farmers is output price fluctuations.
There is a big gap between producer prices and consumer prices. In order to protect farmers_ from national and international price volatility, a price stabilization fund is needed. The supply and demand side constraints have to be removed to raise growth. The support systems have to be tuned to improve productivity and incomes of farmers with emphasis on small and marginal farmers and dry land areas. One of the differences between the green revolution in the 1960s/70s and the present โsecond
green revolutionโ is that risk is higher in the latter approach as it has to concentrate more on dry-land areas. Trade liberalization has also raised the risk and uncertainty. Thus, policies have to keep in mind the increasing risk in agriculture. Agriculture policies have to be gender sensitive too since the share of women is increasing.
The Government is aware that the crop sector may not be able to grow at 4% per annum but horticulture and allied activities like dairying, poultry and fisheries have to grow at the rate 6% to 7% to achieve 4% growth in agriculture. Investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure is important for agricultural growth. It is known that public investment in agriculture is lower than the requirements needed for achieving 4% growth.
Bharat Nirman Programme is in the right direction but the progress has to be much faster.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
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There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Which of the following can be said about the girl?
(A) She was brought up by her father as her mother had died when she was a baby.
(B) She was a talented singer who had learnt to sing at an early age.
(C) She was only allowed to sing with the masterโs permission.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?
(A) The girl was leaving the master and going to Kambhoj once she was married.
(B) The king sent for the girl because she was a good singer.
(C) The master did not let the girl study any other subject except music.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Why was the princess going on a journey ?
(1)She was going to her prospective husbandโs home to get engaged.
(2)Her parents wanted her to visit the kingdom of which she would be the future queen.
(3)To take expensive gifts for the rules of the Kambhoj who were well known to
her parents.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, โOne day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree.โ He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
The music master grew old and didnโt see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men traveled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music masterโs heart quake with fear. โYou will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?โ The girl replied, โI shall not be apart from you.โ But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the masterโs chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, โMaster grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me.โ The masterโs tears flowed freely, โShe has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together.โ The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. โYour daughter is very fortunate-the king has sent for her,โ the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, โI place upon you the honor of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husbandโs home.โ There wasnโt a single tear in the girlโs eyes but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.
That very night the princess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princessโs royal chariot led the procession and the girlโs palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, jewellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumarsen stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered there wishing that the princess wouldnโt feel homesick in her faraway home.
Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word collective as used in the passage.
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Which of the following can be inferred about products with commitment features?
1. Demand for such products was high.
2. They were an effective means of increasing the savings of small account holders.
3. Such facilities can only be offered by informal institutions like MFIs.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Which of the following is a recommendation made by the author regarding financial inclusion?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Which of the following factors affects โsavingโ behaviorย among the poor?
1. Threats from moneylenders if they avail of banking services.
2. Documentation required before availing of banking services.
3. Lack of self-control.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
What is the aim of the financial inclusion policy?
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
What was the view of banks regarding the bank acounts of the poor in the past?
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Why do the poor not utilizeย banking services?
1. Informalย institutions offer higher rates of interest than those in banks.
2. Costs of reaching banks have to be borne by the poor.
3. Bank personnel do not treat the poor respectfully because their savings amounts
are minimal.
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
What do the results of the study conducted in the Philippines indicate?
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
What is/are the outcome(s) of encouraging savings for the poor?
1. If frees them from the exploitation of moneylenders.
2. Banks are more willing to disburse loans to those who save.
3. They should invest in risky but high return ventures.
ย Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
accessible
ย Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
optional
ย Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed bold as used in the passage.
remedy
ย Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed bold as used in the passage.
purely
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A large majority of the poor in India are outside the formal banking system. The policy of financial inclusion sets out to remedy this by making available a basic banking โno frillsโ account either with nil or very minimum balances as well as charges that would make such accounts accessible to vast sections of the population. However, the mere opening of a bank account in the name of every household or adult person may not be enough, unless these accounts and financial services offered to them are used by the account holders. At present, commercial banks do not find it viable to provide services to the poor especially in the rural areas because of huge transaction costs, low volumes of savings in the accounts, lack of information on the account holder, etc. For the poor, interacting with the banks with their paper work, economic costs of going to the bank and the need for flexibility in their accounts, make them turn to other informal channels or other institutions. Thus, there are constraints on both the supply and the demand side.
Till now, banks were looking at these accounts from a purely credit perspective. Instead, they should look at this from the point of view of meeting the huge need of the poor for savings. Poor households want to save and contrary to the common perception, do have the funds to save, but lack control. Informal mutual saving systems like the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), widespread in Africa and โthrift and credit groupsโ in India demonstrate that poor households save. For the poor household, which lacks access to the formal insurance system and the credit system, savings provide a safety net and help them tide over crises. Savings can also keep them away from the clutches of moneylenders, make formal institutions more favourable to lending to them, encourage investment and make them shift to more productive activities, as they may invest in slightly more risky activities which have an overall higher rate of return.
Research shows the efficacy of informal institutions in increasing the savings of the small account holders. An MFI in the Philippines, which had existing account holders, was studied. They offered new products with โcommitment featuresโ. One type had withdrawal restrictions in the sense that it required individuals to restrict their right to withdraw any funds from their own accounts until they reached a self-specified and documented goal. The other type was deposit options. Clients could purchase a locked box for a small fee. The key was with the bank and the client has to bring the box to the bank to make the deposit. He could not dip into the savings even if he wanted to. These accounts did not pay extra money and were illiquid. Surprisingly, these products were popular even though these had restrictions. Results showed that those who opted for these accounts with restrictions had substantially greater savings rates than those who did not. The policy of financial inclusion can be a success if financial inclusion focuses on both saving needs and credit needs, having a diversified product portfolio for the poor but recognizing that self-control problems need to be addressed by having commitment devices. The products with commitment features should be optional. Furthermore transaction costs for the poor could be cut down, by making innovative use of technology available and offering mobile vans with ATM and deposit collection features which could visit villages periodically.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed bold as used in the passage.
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
What would happen to the king once his term of one year was over ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Why did the people of the kingdom change the king every year?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
What did the young man notice on his visit to the remote island after three days of being king?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
What happened to the island in the first month of the young kingโs tenure? (A) The wild animals were removed from the island. (B) The whole island was cleaned. (C) Many unnecessary trees were cut down.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
What could be said about the island after the young king had made his servants work on it ?
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There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Which of the following describes the young king correctly? (A) He was intelligent (B) He had foresight (C) He was cunning
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
โWhat was the kingโs request to the ministers after the completion of nine months?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
How did the young king arrange for money on the island?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Why were the people of the kingdom puzzled when the young king was taken around the country to say goodbye to everyone?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
What can possibly be the moral of the story?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
CONTRACT
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
BIDDING
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king. One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
ABODE
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king. One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
SURVIVED
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king. One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year. After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: โI know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now.โ But the ministers didnโt agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, โAll the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?โ He replied, โDonโt you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.โ
Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
VICIOUS
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Which of the following is true as per the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Penchant
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the passage ?
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
What does the author mean by ‘minimum government and maximising governance’ as given in the passage ?
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
What were the promises that the BJP made in their public declaration before election as per the passage ?
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
What does the phrase ‘keeps a strict eye on’ mean as used in the passage ?
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Dire
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Steer
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Crumbling
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge on May 26, 2014, the world looked at him with high expectations. This was because not only did his party โ the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) โ manage to emerge as a single majority party with 282 seats to form the coalition government, but India was also in dire need of a strong leader who could steer the country towards the path of growth and bring in renewed hope and optimism to a crumbling economy. With NDA coming to power, it seemed in 30 years India had finally voted for a strong and effective government. During his campaign; Modi had strongly voiced his opinion about the lackluster performance of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. His manifesto had laid stress on bringing down inflation, renewing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retrieving black money from abroad, among other initiatives. As the government completes 100 days, one thing that emerges is that Modi walked the talk when he spoke about minimum government and maximising governance. His ministry has a clear, flat structure โ he is the head and his ministers โ mostly below 75 years โ directly under him, where he keeps a strict eye on them. He has made it clear that his government wants to do away with the Planning Commission and replace it with a think tank. As soon as he assumed power, he made efforts to bring in efficiency โ government officials now reach office on time and are putting in at least 12 hours; any purchase above one lakh is sent to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) for approval; cars and foreign travels have been restricted and allowed only when required. Modi has become synonymous with the BJP-led government and time and again proved that he means business, along with speaking inspiring words that he has a penchant for. The ministries under Modi have been trying to keep pace with his dynamism. The Human Resources Development Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has notable achievements โ like her initiative towards establishing the National Academy Depository for maintaining academic degrees and certificates in e-format, thus reducing paper work and saving considerable time. The ministry also plans to make about 20 classrooms in 21,000 colleges Wi-Fi enabled. The oil and gas ministry has also done its bit in terms of regulating the prices and major price hikes have been averted to a certain extent. Also, there are attempts being made to reduce the price gap between petrol and diesel. Hundred days may be too soon to judge the performance of a government because the benefits of some of the steps undertaken may only be realized in the long run. During these days, the government has been busy picking up tasks from the manifesto and ticking them. However, all their actions are not without criticism.
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Averted
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Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Which, according to the passage, is a life and death question to many Indians ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
If the rate of premature deaths increases it willโ
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergic to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word โprofligacyโ as used in the passage.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
According to the passage, India cannot tolerate any furtherโ
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
According to the passage, two wheeler industry is not adequately concerned about โฆโฆโฆโฆ..
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
What could be the reason behind timing of the haze report just before the Johannesburg meet, as indicated in the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word โallergicโ as used in the passage.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Which of the following is the indication of environmental degradation in South Asia?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
What must we realize, according to the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Which of the following finds place in the United Nations Environment Programme Report ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
According to the passage, Johannesburg meet is going to witness
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbidityย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicย to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word โdubiousโ as used in the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words /expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.ย
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases-all part of the environmental doomsday scenario, which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly 3 km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise inย morbiditiesย will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always beenย allergicto any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll of the assembly line without proper pollution control system. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the US President Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level. UN environment report will likely find a place in the US arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and China. Yet the US can hardly deny its ownย dubiousย role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the US should take a look at the environmentalย profligacyย which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water.
Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word โmorbidityโ as used in the passage.
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King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
What can possibly be the moral of the story?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Why was begging the only option for Raman to get food?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Which of the following words can be used to describe Raman? (A) Deceitful (B) Selfish (C) Timid
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Which of the following is/are the characteristic feature(s) of the โdirect cash transfer of kerosene subsidiesโ?
Give your answer in the context of the passage.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Which of the following is/are true on the basis of the passage?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Which of the following is correct about the โPeepli Live momentโ as used in the passage?
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Which of the following is the purpose of launching the direct cash transfer scheme of kerosene subsidies?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Find the correct statement(s) in the context of the passage.
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At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanors. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism
Which of the following is/are true about Asaram as mentioned in the given passage?(A) Asaram’s trajectory reflects the rapid progress of India’s superstition industry.(B) Asaram’s arrest reflects the complete merger of blind faith, politics and money. (C) Asaram’s episode tells us how modern India looks down upon the integrity of saints.
Which of the following do you think can be correctly associated with the fallen gurus?
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Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pittedthe notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicenter of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
Why did Nawaz Sharif call Manmohan Singh a ‘village hag’?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pitted the notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
Why did Manmohan Singh say before going to New York to meet President Barack Obama that he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Things have got so bad between India and Pakistan that when they talk peace it looks like war. Their prime ministers were to address the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and then meet on the sidelines. One day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made some ill-advised, bellicose, Kashmir-related remarks against India in his speech at the UNGA. On the following day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at Pakistan in his speech. Before they met the next day Sharif reportedly called Singh a “village hag” (sic) off the record and put paid to whatever diplomatic gains he had counted on. After that, the meeting could not be one-on-one.
Back home, the Indo-Pak media war was savage, sharpened by BJP leader Narendra Modi’s explosive reaction to the “village hag” remark. One channel pitted the notoriously visceral Pakistani politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Hindu and Muslim Indians, scoring brownie points while anchors lost their neutral cool.
The New York meeting achieved nothing except a vague agreement on sorting out the recent Line of Control incidents through armies that hate each other. Pakistan’s reference to Indian terrorism in Balochistan was correct but not comparable to India’s globally accepted designation of Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, threatening the world, including the US, the EU, India, Russia and China, to say nothing of the Central Asian states, which cower before the Uzbek terrorists trained in Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh’s reaction to an act of terrorism in Jammu on the eve of his meeting with Sharif was brave and statesmanlike, given the negative press he has at home and the populist atmospherics of the coming elections in India. He said he would not be deterred by terrorism while talking peace with Pakistan. While in New York, he met President Barack Obama – who could not find time for his Pakistani counterpart – and agreed to meet Sharif, with caveats against pinning high hopes on the meeting.
Sharifs reference to Kashmir at the UNGA was aimed more at audiences at home than at India. He also expressed Pakistan’s newfound plaint about the “unjust” global system created by a flawed UN and called, unrealistically, for reforms in the world body. At home, right-wing TV anchors and newspaper reporters were pleased that “he spoke softly but gave a harsh message”. Some were put off because he was not “fiery” enough, meaning that he lacked in denunciator)’ “Chavizmo” or the parading of a poor man’s useless tumescence in global politics.
Ace anchor Kamran Khan gave the familiar, but repeatedly defeated, spin to the Jammu attack on Indian police and military troops: “The attacks inflicted a heavy loss to the Indian army and police and also revived the assertion that no effort for peace between Pakistan and India could bear fruit until the Kashmir issue was resolved.” Sharif was toeing the Foreign Office line, which has traditionally toed the Pakistan army line, built on the frozen geopolitical position on India as a permanent enemy opposed to the very existence of Pakistan. The last bit is supported by the textbook brainwash in the schools of Pakistan, particularly Punjab, currently ruled by Sharifs rightwing PML(N).
His plaint about Kashmir not finding place on the roster of issues at the UN was purely for home consumption, because the 1972 Indo-Pak Simla Agreement had forever assigned it to bilateral dialogue. Pakistan had – wrongly tried to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India for the 1999 shooting down of a surveillance aircraft. The ICJ, while asserting that it had no jurisdiction over the matter, gratuitously advised Pakistan to abide by the 1972 change of status of all disputes.
Which of the following is false about Sharif’s address to the 65th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York?
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases in the passage have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the phrase officer from the ranks as used in the passage ?
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases in the passage have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
What favourable situations did Rodin find in Indo-Chinaย campaign ?
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases in the passage have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
What option did Robin choose in post war-France situation ?
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases in the passage have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
Why the Army could โnot overpower Viet-Minh ?
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Marc Rodin flicked-off the switch of his transistor radio and rose from the table, leaving the breakfast tray almost untouched. He walked over to the window, lit another in the endless chain of cigarettes and gazed out at the snow-en-crusted landscape which the late arriving spring had not yet started to dismantle. He murmured a word quietly and with great venom, following up with other strong nouns and epithets that expressed his feeling towards the French President, his Government and the Action Service.
Rodin was unlike his predecessor in almost every way. Tall and spare, with a cadaverous face hollowed by the hatred within, he usually masked his emotions with an un-Latinย frigidity. For him there had been no Ecole Polytechnic to open doors to promotion. The son of a cobbler, he had escaped to England by fishing boat in the halcyon days of his late teens when the Germans overran France, and had enlisted as a private soldier under the banner of the Cross of Lorraine.
Promotion through sergeant to warrant officer had come the hard way, in bloody battles across the face on North Africa under Koenig and later through the hedgerows of Normandy with Leclerc. A field commission during the fight for Paris had got him the officerโs chevrons his education and breeding could never have obtained and in post-war France the choice had been between reverting to civilian life or staying in the Army. But revert to what ? He had no trade but that of cobbler which his father had taught him, and he found the working class of his native country dominated by Communists, who had also taken over the Resistance and the Free French of the Interior. So he stayed in the Army, later to experience the bitterness of anย officer from the ranksย who saw a new young generation of educated boys graduating from the officer schools, earning in theoretical lessons carried out in classrooms the same chevrons he had sweated blood for. As he wanted them pass him in tank and privilege the bitterness started to set in.
There was only one thing left to do, and that was join one of the colonial regiments, the tough crack soldiers who did the fighting while theย conscriptย army paraded round drill squares. He managed a transfer to the colonial para-troops. Within a year he had been a company commander in Indo-China, living among other men who spoke and thought as he did. For a young man from a cobblerโs bench, promotion could still be obtained through combat, and more combat. By the end of the Indo-China campaign he was a major and after an unhappy and frustrating year in France he was sent to Algeria.
The French withdrawal from Indo-China do the year he spent in France had turned his latent bitterness into a consuming loathing of politicians and Communists, whom he regarded as one and the same thing. Not until Franco was ruled by a soldier could she ever be weaned away from the grip of the treators andย lickspittlesย who permeated her public life. Only in the Army were both breeds extinct.
Like most combat officers who had seen their men die and occasionally buried the hideously mutilated bodies of those unlucky enough to be taken alive. Rodin worshipped soldiers as the true salt of the earth, the men who sacrificed themselves in blood so that the bourgeoisie could live at home in comfort. To learn from the civilians of native land after eight years of combat in the forests of Indo-China that most ofย them cared not a figย for the soldier, to read theย denunciationsย of the military by the left-wing intellectuals for more trifles like the torturing of prisoners to obtain vital information, had set off inside Marc Rodin a reaction which combined with the native bitterness stemming from his own lack of opportunity, had turned into zealotry.
He remained convinced that given enough backing by the civil authorities on the spot and the Government and people back home, the Army could have beaten the Viet-Minh. The cession of Indo-China had been a massive betrayal of the thousands of fine young men who had died there seemingly for nothing. For Rodin there would be, could be, no more betrayals. Algeria would prove it. He left the shore of Marseilles in the spring of 1956 as her a happy man as he would ever be, convinced that the distant hills of Algeria would see the consummation of what he regarded as his lifeโs work, the apotheosis of the French Army in the eyes of the world.
What were the outcome of battles in Indo-China ?
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King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
What does the phrase โpulled a long faceโ, as used in the passage mean?
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King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word given below, as used in the passage.
GALLOPED
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word given below, as used in the passage.
REVERED
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word given below, as used in the passage.
HANDS
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word given below, as used in the passage.
REVEAL
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed inย boldย to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
King Hutamasan felt he had everything in the world not only due to his riches and his noble knights, but because of his beautiful queen, Rani Matsya. The rays of the sun were put to shame with the iridescent light that Matsya illuminated, with her beauty and brains. At the right hand of the king she was known to sit and aid him in all his judicial probes. You could not escape her deep-set eyes when you committed a crime as she always knew the victim and the culprit. Her generosity preceded her reputation in the kingdom and her hands were always full to give. People in the kingdomย reveredย her because if she passed by, she always gave to the compassionate and poor.
Far away from the kingly palace lived a man named Raman with only ends to his poverty and no means to rectify it. Raman was wrecked with proverty as he had lost all his land to the landlord. His age enabled him little towards manual labour and so begging was the only alternative to salvage his wife and children. Every morning he went door to door for some work, food or money. The kindness of people always got him enough to take home. But Raman was a little self-centered. His world began with him first, followed by his family and the rest. So he would eat and drink to his delight and return home with whatever he found excess. This routine followed and he never let anyone discover his interests as he always put on a long face when he reached home.
One day as he was relishing the bowl of rice he had just received from a humble home, he heard that Rani Matsya was to pass from the very place he was standing. Her generosity had reached his ears and he knew if heย pulled a long faceย and showed how poor he was, she wouldย handย him a bag full of gold coinsโ enough for the rest of his life, enough to buy food and supplies for his family. He thought he could keep some coins for himself and onlyย reveal aย few to his wife, so he can fulfill his own wishes.
He ran to the chariot of the Rani and begged her soldiers to allow him to speak to the queen. Listening to the arguments outside Rani Matsya opened the curtains of her chariot and asked Raman what he wanted. Raman went on his knees and praised the queen. I have heard you are most generous and most chaste, show this beggar some charity. Rani narrowed her brows and asked Raman what he could give her in return. Surprised by such a question, Raman looked at his bowl full of rice. With spite in him he just picked up a few grains of rice and gave it to the queen. Rani Matsya counted the 5 grains and looked at his bowl full of rice and said, you shall be given what is due to you. Saying this, the chariotย gallopedย away.
Raman abused her under his breath. This he never thought would happen. How could she ask him for something in return when she hadnโt given him anything ? Irked with anger he stormed home and gave his wife the bowl of rice. Just then he saw a sack at the entrance. His wife said some men had come and kept it there. He opened it to find it full of rice. He put his hand inside and caught hold of a hard metal only to discover it was a gold coin.ย Elatedย he upturned the sack to find 5 gold coins in exact for the five rice grains. If only I had given my entire bowl, thought Raman, I would have had a sack full of gold.
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word given below, as used in the passage. ELATED
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Nondescript
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Weeding out
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Incentive
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Reveal
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The nondescript town of Kotkasim in the Alwar district of Rajasthan had its Peepli Live moment after it was chosen for a pilot experiment with โdirect cash transfersโ of kerosene subsidies. According to the district administration, the scheme led to net savings of 79 per cent in kerosene subsidies after it was launched in December 2011, by weeding out โfake users.โ The administration further claims that if this were replicated in Rajasthan as a whole, it would lead to annual savings of about โน920 crore for the State government. However, are these savings really driven by a reduction in the illegal diversion of subsidised kerosene? A quick investigation, based on discussions with residents and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers in three gram panchayats of Kotkasim, reveals a different story. The direct cash transfer of kerosene subsidies works as follows. Instead of getting kerosene from the local FPS at a subsidised price of โน15 a litre, as they used to do, households now pay the full market price (initially โน45 a litre, later raised to โน50). The subsidy, that is, the difference between the market price and the subsidised rate or โน15 a litre, is deposited into their bank accounts. The subsidy payments are supposed to be made every three months, with the first three-month installment paid in advance when the scheme is launched. Clearly, this scheme requires careful recording of kerosene purchases and close coordination among the FPS, the administration and the banks. When people buy kerosene, the FPS dealer notes down their account number in his sales register along the purchase details. This information is sent to the District Supply Officer (DSO). The relevant subsidies are then paid into bank accounts based on this information, every three months. The main purpose of the scheme is to reduce leakages: if FPS dealers get the same price from their legitimate customers as from the black market, there is no incentive to cheat. That, at any rate, is how things are supposed to work. Most of the consumers we talked to said they used kerosene for lighting lamps, and sometimes in cooking stoves. Further probing revealed that some people used to mix kerosene with diesel to run tube well pump sets as well, though this was from their own quota of three litres per month. Before the scheme was launched, households often bought extra kerosene by borrowing ration cards from others who did not purchase their full quota. These โproxy purchasesโ have more or less ceased under the new scheme, because the subsidy is credited directly to the cardholder.
Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Legitimate
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There is no shortage of coal mines in India but power industry always suffers from coal shortage. Gap between demand and supply of coal is huge. This gap was 35 million tonnes in 2007 and near about 83 million tonnes in 2012. It is expected that by 2020 the coal shortage would be around 200 million tonnes. Shortage in the supply of coal is impacting the power generation. In 2009 government declared โno goโ policy. It put a complete ban on coal mining in forested area. Hence 35% of forest areas in nine prominent coal mines came under โno goโ zones. Then the task of mining was given jointly to many companies even the rivals companies. This led to chaos and had never worked. Domestic shortage of coal has never been met by imported coal. This is because of the ownership conflict regarding coal during transit between Coal India and the Indian Railways. Near about 42,000 MW power plants have been built and ready to operate but these lack fuel. Lack of infrastructure and shortage of equipment such as turbines, boilers and generators is another major hurdle and reason of power crisis in India Private investors are discouraged because state electricity boards are unable to buy power at commercial rates. Indiaโs largest thermal power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) showed a net profit of just 1% in 2010-11. Distribution companies are losing every year. Their accumulated loss in 2010 was Rs 82,000 crore. Hence lack of profit is a major discouragement. For the 12th five year plan (2012-17) the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), major advisory body to the Union power minister, has set a target to generate 100,000 MW of additional power to meet the power demand. It has been accepted by the Planning Commission but not by Environment Ministry as the plan was ecologically unsound. Additional generation of electricity would impact the environment and bring undesirable change in the climate. Hence it never worked out. We also found that no investment in power infrastructure has been done in India for the last 10-15 years. Every political party works on tariff not investment. Because of this most of the electricity companies are going through debt and unable to buy power and meet the demand. Sensing the present and future demand of electricity chances to lessen the load is extremely bleak. For every one percent increase in GDP, additional one percent power is required. If this need is not met then not only power sector but all the other industries will be impacted. Hence government must come up with effective plans to handle the condition of power crisis in India and its capital. India must shift her focus to alternate source of energy like wind and solar to generate power. Government must work on the plans to invest in power sector.
What does the author mean when he says that ‘Every political party works on tariff not investment’?
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There is no shortage of coal mines in India but power industry always suffers from coal shortage. Gap between demand and supply of coal is huge. This gap was 35 million tonnes in 2007 and near about 83 million tonnes in 2012. It is expected that by 2020 the coal shortage would be around 200 million tonnes. Shortage in the supply of coal is impacting the power generation. In 2009 government declared โno goโ policy. It put a complete ban on coal mining in forested area. Hence 35% of forest areas in nine prominent coal mines came under โno goโ zones. Then the task of mining was given jointly to many companies even the rivals companies. This led to chaos and had never worked. Domestic shortage of coal has never been met by imported coal. This is because of the ownership conflict regarding coal during transit between Coal India and the Indian Railways. Near about 42,000 MW power plants have been built and ready to operate but these lack fuel. Lack of infrastructure and shortage of equipment such as turbines, boilers and generators is another major hurdle and reason of power crisis in India Private investors are discouraged because state electricity boards are unable to buy power at commercial rates. Indiaโs largest thermal power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) showed a net profit of just 1% in 2010-11. Distribution companies are losing every year. Their accumulated loss in 2010 was Rs 82,000 crore. Hence lack of profit is a major discouragement. For the 12th five year plan (2012-17) the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), major advisory body to the Union power minister, has set a target to generate 100,000 MW of additional power to meet the power demand. It has been accepted by the Planning Commission but not by Environment Ministry as the plan was ecologically unsound. Additional generation of electricity would impact the environment and bring undesirable change in the climate. Hence it never worked out. We also found that no investment in power infrastructure has been done in India for the last 10-15 years. Every political party works on tariff not investment. Because of this most of the electricity companies are going through debt and unable to buy power and meet the demand. Sensing the present and future demand of electricity chances to lessen the load is extremely bleak. For every one percent increase in GDP, additional one percent power is required. If this need is not met then not only power sector but all the other industries will be impacted. Hence government must come up with effective plans to handle the condition of power crisis in India and its capital. India must shift her focus to alternate source of energy like wind and solar to generate power. Government must work on the plans to invest in power sector.
Which of the main hurdles in the operation of newly built power plants ?
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There is no shortage of coal mines in India but power industry always suffers from coal shortage. Gap between demand and supply of coal is huge. This gap was 35 million tonnes in 2007 and near about 83 million tonnes in 2012. It is expected that by 2020 the coal shortage would be around 200 million tonnes. Shortage in the supply of coal is impacting the power generation. In 2009 government declared โno goโ policy. It put a complete ban on coal mining in forested area. Hence 35% of forest areas in nine prominent coal mines came under โno goโ zones. Then the task of mining was given jointly to many companies even the rivals companies. This led to chaos and had never worked. Domestic shortage of coal has never been met by imported coal. This is because of the ownership conflict regarding coal during transit between Coal India and the Indian Railways. Near about 42,000 MW power plants have been built and ready to operate but these lack fuel. Lack of infrastructure and shortage of equipment such as turbines, boilers and generators is another major hurdle and reason of power crisis in India Private investors are discouraged because state electricity boards are unable to buy power at commercial rates. Indiaโs largest thermal power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) showed a net profit of just 1% in 2010-11. Distribution companies are losing every year. Their accumulated loss in 2010 was Rs 82,000 crore. Hence lack of profit is a major discouragement. For the 12th five year plan (2012-17) the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), major advisory body to the Union power minister, has set a target to generate 100,000 MW of additional power to meet the power demand. It has been accepted by the Planning Commission but not by Environment Ministry as the plan was ecologically unsound. Additional generation of electricity would impact the environment and bring undesirable change in the climate. Hence it never worked out. We also found that no investment in power infrastructure has been done in India for the last 10-15 years. Every political party works on tariff not investment. Because of this most of the electricity companies are going through debt and unable to buy power and meet the demand. Sensing the present and future demand of electricity chances to lessen the load is extremely bleak. For every one percent increase in GDP, additional one percent power is required. If this need is not met then not only power sector but all the other industries will be impacted. Hence government must come up with effective plans to handle the condition of power crisis in India and its capital. India must shift her focus to alternate source of energy like wind and solar to generate power. Government must work on the plans to invest in power sector.
Which of the following statement is true as given in the passage ?
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There is no shortage of coal mines in India but power industry always suffers from coal shortage. Gap between demand and supply of coal is huge. This gap was 35 million tonnes in 2007 and near about 83 million tonnes in 2012. It is expected that by 2020 the coal shortage would be around 200 million tonnes. Shortage in the supply of coal is impacting the power generation. In 2009 government declared โno goโ policy. It put a complete ban on coal mining in forested area. Hence 35% of forest areas in nine prominent coal mines came under โno goโ zones. Then the task of mining was given jointly to many companies even the rivals companies. This led to chaos and had never worked. Domestic shortage of coal has never been met by imported coal. This is because of the ownership conflict regarding coal during transit between Coal India and the Indian Railways. Near about 42,000 MW power plants have been built and ready to operate but these lack fuel. Lack of infrastructure and shortage of equipment such as turbines, boilers and generators is another major hurdle and reason of power crisis in India Private investors are discouraged because state electricity boards are unable to buy power at commercial rates. Indiaโs largest thermal power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) showed a net profit of just 1% in 2010-11. Distribution companies are losing every year. Their accumulated loss in 2010 was Rs 82,000 crore. Hence lack of profit is a major discouragement. For the 12th five year plan (2012-17) the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), major advisory body to the Union power minister, has set a target to generate 100,000 MW of additional power to meet the power demand. It has been accepted by the Planning Commission but not by Environment Ministry as the plan was ecologically unsound. Additional generation of electricity would impact the environment and bring undesirable change in the climate. Hence it never worked out. We also found that no investment in power infrastructure has been done in India for the last 10-15 years. Every political party works on tariff not investment. Because of this most of the electricity companies are going through debt and unable to buy power and meet the demand. Sensing the present and future demand of electricity chances to lessen the load is extremely bleak. For every one percent increase in GDP, additional one percent power is required. If this need is not met then not only power sector but all the other industries will be impacted. Hence government must come up with effective plans to handle the condition of power crisis in India and its capital. India must shift her focus to alternate source of energy like wind and solar to generate power. Government must work on the plans to invest in power sector.
Why the generation of additional power could not take place to meet the power demand ?
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There is no shortage of coal mines in India but power industry always suffers from coal shortage. Gap between demand and supply of coal is huge. This gap was 35 million tonnes in 2007 and near about 83 million tonnes in 2012. It is expected that by 2020 the coal shortage would be around 200 million tonnes. Shortage in the supply of coal is impacting the power generation. In 2009 government declared โno goโ policy. It put a complete ban on coal mining in forested area. Hence 35% of forest areas in nine prominent coal mines came under โno goโ zones. Then the task of mining was given jointly to many companies even the rivals companies. This led to chaos and had never worked. Domestic shortage of coal has never been met by imported coal. This is because of the ownership conflict regarding coal during transit between Coal India and the Indian Railways. Near about 42,000 MW power plants have been built and ready to operate but these lack fuel. Lack of infrastructure and shortage of equipment such as turbines, boilers and generators is another major hurdle and reason of power crisis in India Private investors are discouraged because state electricity boards are unable to buy power at commercial rates. Indiaโs largest thermal power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) showed a net profit of just 1% in 2010-11. Distribution companies are losing every year. Their accumulated loss in 2010 was Rs 82,000 crore. Hence lack of profit is a major discouragement. For the 12th five year plan (2012-17) the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), major advisory body to the Union power minister, has set a target to generate 100,000 MW of additional power to meet the power demand. It has been accepted by the Planning Commission but not by Environment Ministry as the plan was ecologically unsound. Additional generation of electricity would impact the environment and bring undesirable change in the climate. Hence it never worked out. We also found that no investment in power infrastructure has been done in India for the last 10-15 years. Every political party works on tariff not investment. Because of this most of the electricity companies are going through debt and unable to buy power and meet the demand. Sensing the present and future demand of electricity chances to lessen the load is extremely bleak. For every one percent increase in GDP, additional one percent power is required. If this need is not met then not only power sector but all the other industries will be impacted. Hence government must come up with effective plans to handle the condition of power crisis in India and its capital. India must shift her focus to alternate source of energy like wind and solar to generate power. Government must work on the plans to invest in power sector.
Which of the following best defines ‘no go’ zones as given in the passage ?
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At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanors. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism.
Who among the following help flourish the business of the so-called gods and godmen? Give your answer in the context of the given passage.
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At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanors. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism.
Which of the following proverbs can best explain the theme of the given passage?
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“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
According to the passage, what is the fundamental difference between fraud prevention and fraud detection?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
How the HR department of an organization can play vital role in the prevention of fraud in the company?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
What is the strong deterrent for fraud according to this passage?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or resume or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
In the following question, find the word that is most similar in the meaning to the word โNotionโ?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
In the following question, find the word that is opposite in the meaning to the word โpreventionโ?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
In the following question, find the word that is opposite in the meaning to the word โembellishedโ?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or resume or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
In the following question, find the word that is opposite in the meaning to the word โinevitableโ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
What was the plan of the student to take revenge?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Why did the student decide to remain on the roof whole night?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Why did the teacher not show affection to Prabhakaran?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
The purpose of the teacher to punish the boy was ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
What was the plan of the student to take revenge?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
In the opinion of teacherโs wife, Prabhakaran was โฆ
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
What was the Prabhakaranโs reaction on hearing the conversation in his teacherโs bedroom?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
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Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
According to the author, which of the following is/are the problem/s facing Indiaโs rural population?
(A) Unavailability of healthcare facilities.
(B) The technological advancements which have been borrowed from abroad have not been suitably adapted to the Indian scenario.
(C) Lack of awareness about the importance of utilizing technology in the agricultural sector.
Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
Which of the following is not an impact of the Green Revolution?
Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
What has hampered investment in post-harvest technologies?
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Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
Why is there no motivation to reduce power consumption?
Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Fault
Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Dire
Read the following passage carefully and answer these questions. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Rural India face serious shortages โ power, water, health facilities, roads, etc. โ these are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture; which also provides sustenance to over half the countryโs population. The โGreen Revolutionโ of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. Which someย faultย the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of fertilizers, it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
In rural India today, there is aย direย inadequacy of both science (i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical form). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are theย potentialย benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applied. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pumps are vital; unfortunately, their use is minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidized. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimize-through technology or otherwise-water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given employment and incomes, but at present deployment of technology isย marginal.ย Cold storage and cold-chains for transportation to market is of great importance for many agricultural products-particularly, fruits and vegetables-but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefits for all; the farmer, the end-consumer, the technology provider. However, regulatory and structural barriers are holding back investments.
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural as well as domestic uses. Technology can provide reliable power at comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However this needs to be upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are present vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better, cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices, agricultural practices, weather, etc., are crucial for the farmer. Technology can provide these through technology mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however the challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for technology as currently economic growth-though skewed andย iniquitous-has created an economically attractive market in rural India.
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Potential
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go Scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Which of the following is one of the points weakening the argument to prevent the entry of foreign media?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the up gradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go Scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Which of the following has been cited as having succeeded in protecting country?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Which of the following has been the major recommendation regarding the entry of foreign media?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
According to the passage, which media in particular promotes Western interests?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Which of the following is the meaning of the phrase โat loggerheadsโ, as used in the passage?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Choose the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word given in the passage.
ANTAGONISTIC
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Two principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are at loggerheads because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flow rhetoric also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the country without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the two antagonistic principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indian susceptibilities, especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.”
Choose the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word given in the passage.
RHETORIC
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
โTwo principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are atย loggerheadsย because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flowย rhetoricย also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the countryย without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the twoย antagonisticย principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indianย susceptibilities,ย especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.โ
According to the passage, what is the fundamental difference between fraud prevention and fraud detection?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
โTwo principles are involved in the controversy about the presence of foreign controlled media in the country; the free flow of ideas and images across national borders and the need to safeguard the national interest and preserve cultural autonomy. Both are valid but both are atย loggerheadsย because each has been used to promote less lofty goals.
The first principle conforms to a moral imperative: freedom to expression cannot rhyme with restrictions imposed by any government. But the free flowย rhetoricย also clouds the fact that the powerful Western, and especially American media, can and often do present, subtly or brazenly, news in a manner that promotes Western political, ideological and strategic interests. Besides, Western entertainment programmes present lifestyles and values that run counter to the lifestyles and values cherished by traditional societies. All this explains why so many Indian newspapers, magazines and news agencies have sought protection from the courts to prevent foreign publications and news agencies from operating in the country. Their arguments are weak on two counts. As the bitter debate on a new world information and communication order demonstrated in the late seventies and early eighties, many of those who resent Western โinvasionโ in the fields of information and culture are no great friends of democracy. Secondly, the threat of such an โinvasionโ has been aired by those media groups in the developing countries that fear that their business interests will be harmed if Western groups, equipped with large financial and technological resources and superior management skills, are allowed to operate in the countryย without let.
The fear is valid but it goes against the grain of the economic reform programme. The presence of foreign newspapers and television channels will increase competition, which, in the course of time, can only lead to the upgradation of dynamic Indian newspapers and television channels, even while they drive the rest out of the market. One way to strike a balance between the twoย antagonisticย principles would be to allow foreign media entry into the country, provided the India state treats them at par with the domestic media on all fronts. On the import of technology, for instance, foreign media cannot be allowed duty concessions denied to their Indian counterparts. Foreign media will also have to face legal consequences should they run foul of Indian laws. Why, for example, should the BBC, or Time magazine or The Economist get away by showing a map of Kashmir, which is at variance with the official Indian map? Why should they go scot-free when they allow secessionists and terrorists to air their views without giving the government the right to reply, or when they depict sexually explicit scenes, which would otherwise not be cleared by the Censor Board? Since the government can do precious little in the matter, especially about satellite broadcasts, what if it should consider attaching the properties of the offending parties? Demands of this kind are bound to be voiced unless New Delhi makes it clear to the foreign media that they will have to respect Indianย susceptibilities,ย especially where it concerns the countryโs integrity and its culture. It may be able to derive some inspiration from Franceโs successful attempts in the recent GATT to protect its cinematography industry.โ
What is the strong deterrent for fraud according to this passage?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
“Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce the notion that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls to mitigate them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false or embellished information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
What will be appropriate title for this passage?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
โDespite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, oneย inevitableย reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraudย preventionย and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce theย notionย that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls toย mitigateย them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or rรฉsumรฉ or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false orย embellishedย information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
Apart from the employees, who are the other entities that have been suggested to keep a watch on for fraud purposes?
Read the following Passage, and answer the questions based on this passage.
โDespite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, oneย inevitableย reality remains: โfraud happens.โ Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraudย preventionย and detection are related concepts, they are not the same. While prevention encompasses policies, procedures, training, and communication, detection involves activities and programs designed to identify fraud or misconduct that is occurring or has occurred. Although preventive measures cannot ensure that fraud will not be committed, they are the first line of defense in minimizing fraud risk. This section of the guide will cover preventive techniques. Detective techniques will be covered in Section 4.
One key to prevention is making personnel throughout the organization aware of the fraud risk management program, including the types of fraud and misconduct that may occur. This awareness should enforce theย notionย that all of the techniques established in the program are real and will be enforced. The ongoing communication efforts could provide information on the potential disciplinary, criminal, and civil actions that the organization could take against the individual.With this in mind, prevention and deterrence are interrelated concepts. If effective preventive controls are in place, working, and well-known to potential fraud perpetrators, they serve as strong deterrents to those who might otherwise be tempted to commit fraud. Fear of getting caught is always a strong deterrent. Effective preventive controls are, therefore, strong deterrence controls.
The system of internal controls in an organization is designed to address inherent business risks. The business risks are identified in the enterprise risk assessment protocol, and the controls associated with each risk are noted. COSOโs Enterprise Risk ManagementโIntegrated Framework describes the essential ERM components, principles, and concepts for all organizations, regardless of size.
Establishing internal controls may not address all of an organizationโs fraud risks. Fraud risks, although a form of business risk, necessitate specific controls toย mitigateย them, which makes an organizationโs fraud risk assessment process essential to fraud prevention. In addition to implementing fraud preventive controls, it is important that the organization assess and continuously monitor their operational effectiveness to help prevent fraud from occurring.
Prevention is the most proactive fraud-fighting measure. The design and implementation of control activities should be a coordinated effort spearheaded by management with an assembled cast of employees. Collectively, this cross section of the organization should be able to address all of the identified risks, design and implement the control activities, and ensure that the techniques used are adequate to prevent fraud from occurring in accordance with the organizationโs risk tolerance. The ongoing success of any fraud prevention program depends on its continuous communication and reinforcement. Stressing the existence of a fraud prevention program through a wide variety of media โ posters on bulletin boards, flyers included with invoices and vendor payments, and articles in internal and external communications โ gets the message out to both internal and external communities that the organization is committed to preventing and deterring fraud.
Among the many elements in fraud prevention are HR procedures, authority limits, and transaction level procedures. An organizationโs HR function can play an important role in fraud prevention by implementing the following procedures. A key business and fraud risk in any organization lies in the people hired to operate the business and promoted into positions of trust and authority. For that reason, it is important to know employees in order to evaluate their credentials and competence, match skills to the job requirements, and be aware of any issues of personal integrity that may impact their suitability for the position. Much can be learned about an individual through confirmation of work history and education presented on a job application or resume or in follow-up with references provided. It is possible to find false orย embellishedย information or undisclosed history and reputation that may represent increased, and possibly unacceptable, risk
In the following question, find the word that is most similar in the meaning to the word โmitigateโ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
Which of the following facts is true as per the passage?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
According to the passage, for which of the following reasons do the delivery partners fail to serve their bank-โs goal to expand in the unbanked markets?
(A) They do not have adequate client base to sell they financial products.
(B) They do not have adequate knowledge and skills explain anything beyond basic financial products to the customers.
(C) They do not have the skills to operate advanced technological aids that are a prerequisite to tap the unbanked-market.”
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
According to the passage, for which of the following reasons is the viability of financial inclusion under question?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
What did the author try to highlight in the passage?
(A) The ailing condition of financial inclusion business at present
(B) Strategies that may help banks expand in the unbanked market
(C) Role of government in modifying the existing financial-inclusion policies”
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
According to the passage, which of the following ways may help banks sustain the interest of their customers after hooking them?
(A) Adoption of a banking mechanism which is not only secure but reassuring to the customers
(B) Increasing the number of delivery partners in rural market
(C) Introduction of a simple and intuitive user application”
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Multitude
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Ubiquitous
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
Choose the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Dormant
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
Choose the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Delayed
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of Online Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
What does the passage imply by the word โVirtual shoppingโ?
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Why is it risky to pay online?
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Which of the following statement is/are TRUE______?
(A) Cyberspace has opened an immense wealth of services but has affected the economy too.
(B) Data privacy is no longer a thing of the past.
(C) People in developing countries use online shopping as a routine mode”
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
What is the authors view regarding shopping on the web?
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Why has online shopping caught on so much in the U.S.A. and Canada?
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Choose the word that is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word as used in passage.
Environment
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Choose the word that is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word as used in passage.
Browse
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Choose the word that is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word as used in passage.
Modern
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Choose the word that is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word as used in passage.
Jeopardized
Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Simple definition of On Line Shopping or Shopping on the Web is enabling you to buy and sell through your computer on โline using Web or Internet environment. One reason people like without a salesperson because you can browse inside the shop for number of hours at your leisure time without a salesperson peering over the shoulder and making unwanted recommendations. As a customer, we may find this approach convenient and less time consuming, but how does this affect the economy as a whole? Is it safe to pay credit card online? Is buying and selling products over the internet considered as a risky business for merchants? Is the Web going to replace old-fashioned stores? Is virtual shopping really is better than the real thing? Cyberspace is a vast territory where computers meet and exchange information. In this 21st century, cyberspace has already to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services.
In your home, modern box attached to your computer will look you into wealth of goods and services. Not only does it allow you to talk to your friends on the other side of the world, but also allows you to watch a movie, buy airline tickets, pay bills and even get cash, People in developed countries like U.S. and Canada have already started using On Line Shopping as a routine mode of their purchasing goods and services. Internet shoppers still believe that there is no secure and convenient way of paying on the Internet. Consumers are concerned with two main security fears. They are worried that their credit card information is jeopardizing while travelling over the net. They also express concern over data privacy whereby the vendors and blanking institutions can tamper with the data and easily record their purchasing habits. These fears over privacy and security have kept E- Commerce from taking off.”
Choose the word that is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word as used in passage.
Peering
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Why did the student decide to remain on the roof whole night?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
In which system of education was Prabhakaran studying?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
In the opinion of teacherโs wife, Prabhakaran was โฆ..
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Which of the following words is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage?
Remorse
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Some words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
” In the olden days, students used to stay in the teacherโs house and learn. At a young age, boys were sent to the teacherโs house. This system of education was called โGurukulaโ.
Prabhakaran was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his teacherโs house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran was a good student and his teacher liked him. But the teacher didnโt show his affection towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not very attentive in the class. This made the teacher angry. He beat him severely. Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher. In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would climb up to the roof of his teacherโs bedroom with heavy granite stone and drop it on the teacherโs head when he was asleep. So after taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the room. After some time his teacher and his wife retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard his name being mentioned. He listened to their conversation attentively. The teacherโs wife was equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the teacher, โthis morning you were very harsh on Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times, mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class? If you behave in this manner he will run away from here and you will lose a good student.โ
The teacher replied, โyou are right, I should not have been so cruel to him. But you know he was not attentive in the class. I was taking an important lesson and he was talking to another boy. When I saw it I lost my temper. Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons. So I beat him in such a way that the punishment may deter him from such indifference in future.โ
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad. It was with good intention that the teacher punished him. He was overwhelmed with remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof. The next morning after lessons, he approached his teacher when he was alone and confessed to him everything.”
Which of the following words is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage?
Severely
Read the following passage carefullyย and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Which of the following words can be used to describe the King ?
(A) Smart
(B) Dishonest
(C) Cheat
Read the following passage carefullyย and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Why did the Minister laugh at the new Valuer ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
What can possibly be the moral of the story?
Read the following passage carefullyย and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
What did the new Valuer do when he got the present from the horse dealer?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Which of the following can be said about the old Valuer?
(1) He was honest.
(2) He was intelligent.
(3) He was revengeful.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
What was the worth of a measure of rice according to the new Valuer?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Why did the horse dealer go to meet the old Valuer?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
What advice did the old Valuer give to the horse-dealer?
Read the following passage carefullyย and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Why was the king not happy with the old Valuer?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Once upon a time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court. The Valuer set the price which ought to be paid for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also set the price on jewellery and gold, and things of that kind. This man was honest and just, and set the proper price to be paid to the owners of the goods. The king, however, was not pleased with this Valuer, because he was honest. “If I had another sort of a man as Valuer, I might gain more riches,” he thought.
One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow and asked him if he would like to be the Valuer. The peasant said he would like the position. So the king had him made Valuer. He sent the honest Valuer away from the palace.
Then the peasant began to set the prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He did not know their value, so he would say anything he chose. As the king had made him Valuer, the people had to sell their goods for the price he set. By and by a horse-dealer brought five hundred horses to the court of this king. The Valuer came and said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So the king ordered the horse-dealer to be given the measure of rice, and the horses to be put in the palace stables.
The horse-dealer then went to see the honest man who had been the Valuer, and told him what had happened. “What shall I do?” asked the horse-dealer. “I think you can give a present to the Valuer which will make him do and say what you want him to do and say,” said the man. “Go to him and give him a fine present,then say to him: “You said the horses are worth a measure of rice but now tell what a measure of rice is worth! Can you value that standing in your place by the king?” If the says he can, go wth him to the king, and I will be there, too.
” The horse-dealer thought this was a good idea. So he gave a fine present to the Valuer, and said what the other man had told him to say., The stupid Valuer took the present, and said: “Yes, I can go before the king with you and tell what a measure of rice is worth. I can value that now.” Well, let us go at once,” said the horse-dealer. So they went before the king and his ministers in the palace.
The horse-dealer bowed down before the king, and said: “O King, I have learned that a measure of rice is the value of my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased to ask the Valuer what is the valuer of the measure of rice”. The king, not knowing what had happened, asked, “How now, Valuer, what are five hundred horses worth?” “A measure of rice, O King!” said he. “Very good, then! If five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice, what is the measure of rice worth?” “The measure of rice is worth your whole city,” replied the foolish fellow.
The ministers clapped their hands, laughing, and saying, “What a foolish Valuer! How can such a man hold that office? We used to think this great city was beyond price, but this man says it is worth only a measure of rice, “Then the king was ashamed, and drove out the foolish fellow. “I tried to please the king by setting a low price on the horses, and now see what has happened to me!” said the Valuer, as he ran away from the laughing crowd.
Who did the king appoint as the new Valuer?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
“Financial Inclusion (FI) is an emerging priority for banks that have nowhere else to go to achieve business growth. The viability of FI business is under question, because while banks and their delivery partners continue to make investments, they haven’t seen commensurate returns. In markets like India, most programmes are focused on customer on-boarding, an expensive process which people often find difficult to afford, involving issuance of smart cards to the customers. However, large-scale customer acquisition hasn’t translated into large-scale business, with many accounts lying dormant and therefore yielding no return on the bank’s investment. For the same reason, Business Correspondent Agents, who constitute the primary channel for financial inclusion, are unable to pursue their activity as a full-time job. One major reason for this state of events is that the customer on-boarding process is often delayed after the submission of documents (required to validate the details of the concerned applicant) by the applicant and might take as long as two weeks. By this time the initial enthusiasm of applicants fades away. Moreover, the delivery partners don’t have the knowledge and skill to propose anything other than the most basic financial products to the customer and hence do not serve their banks””‘ goal of expanding the offering in unbanked markets.
Contrary to popular perception, the inclusion segment is not a singular impoverished, undifferentiated mass and it is important to navigate its diversity to identify the right target customers for various programmes. Rural markets do have their share of rich people who do not use banking services simply because they are inconvenient to access or have low perceived value. At the same time, urban markets, despite a high branch density, have multitude of low wage earners outside the financial net. Moreover, the branch timings of banks rarely coincide with the off-work hours of the labour class.
Creating affordability is crucial in tapping the unbanked market. No doubt pricing is a tool, but banks also need to be innovative in right-sizing their proposition to convince customers that they can derive big value even from small amounts. One way of doing this is to show the target audience that a bank account is actually a lifestyle enabler, a convenient and safe means to send money to family or make a variety of purchases. Once banks succeed in hooking customers with this value proposition they must sustain their interest by introducing a simple and intuitive user application, ubiquitous access over mobile and other touch points, and adopting a banking mechanism which is not only secure but also reassuring to the customer. Technology is the most important element of financial inclusion strategy and an enabler of all others. The choice of technology is therefore a crucial decision, which could make or mar the agenda. Of the various section criteria, cost is perhaps the most important. This certainly does not mean buying the cheapest package, but rather choosing that solution which by scaling transactions to huge volumes reduces per unit operating cost. An optimal mix of these strategies would no doubt offer an innovative means of expansion in the unbanked market.“
In the passage, the author has specified which of the following characteristics of the customer on-boarding process?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
The authorโs main objective in writing the passage is
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Which of the following is not true according to the passage ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Who does the author hold responsible for the shooting spree in schools and colleges ?
A. Lack of love and emotion in the society in general.
B. Increased focus on self-gratification even when it comes at the cost of innocent lives.
C. Deteriorating social structure leading to break up of families resulting in lack of moral development in children.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Why does the author refer to the law of survival of the fittest as ridiculous ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Shrewdly
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Elusive
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Choose the word/phrase which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Unbridled
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.ย Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of theย questions.
Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in ourย chase for that elusive dream โฆ especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land ofย the dreams โ the great Western dream. Itโs the dream of being independent masters of our lives ofย making big bucks and being happy โ even if that happiness is being bought by money which all ofย them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating materialย comforts aplenty.
It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has beenย achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what hasย made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal formย of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a Worldย that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions โ for whom the Western way of life seems to be the ultimate dream.
Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get married to an NRI and Indian middleย class fathers dreaming of their sons reaching the Bay area and landing tech jobs, unmindful of theย second class life they end up leading in the West. What goes unseen and almost unheard is that theย West also happens to be the land that is right amongst the top in terms of the number of divorces perย thousand, the number of single parents families per thousand, the number of old people in old ageย homes, the number of suicides, homicides and of course, the number of college/school shootouts.
And why not! After all, such societies are constantly driven towards higher profits and materialism.
Unexpectedly, this materialism comes at a cost that the World is paying today. This is theย reason why we have millions dying of curable diseases in Africa and other underdeveloped countries,ย while the rich grow richer. Their growth will be reduced, if they were to start thinking of the poor. Soย what do they do to justify their greed for more? They most shrewdly propagate and market aย ridiculously primitive law of the jungle for our 21st century civilization, the โLaw of Survival of theย Fittestโ!
The interesting thing about material things is that they only give an illusion of happiness,however such happiness is always momentary in nature. Ergo, at this juncture, you feel you are theย happiest person in the World, after buying your new car or flat screen TV, and just a few days later,
these are the very possessions that cease to make you happy. While you chase the bigger car andย spend that extra bit of the wealth, you intercept someoneโs share of the daily bread and also sacrificeย those who have the maximum power to make you happy โ family, emotions and love. Prolonged
abstinence in feeling emotions finally destroys bliss, and you donโt even realize when youโve becomeย a dry-eyed cripple โฆ. And then you land up in a sermon workshop to find out the real meaning of life โ or whatever these workshops are capable of the explaining. The truth is that such workshops are
also driven by merchants who cash in on the dejected state of the people, a state created by their ownย fictional dreams. But by then its really too late.
By then, you have made profits out of arms, and engineered wars to keep that industry alive.
Youโve sold guns across counters at supermarkets and made more profits. Youโve lobbied that gunsย should be made accessible to the common man, and all for the sake of profits. This makes you realizeย one day that they are your own children who are in the line of fire against the school goer who opens
fire at his schoolmates.ย This is the society that finally creates an emotionless monster, who gets satisfaction in killingย innocent adults and children alike for no cause, no reason and for none, but himself. It is the utterย destruction of spiritualism and the total focus on endless self-gratification. Where so many singleย parent families and divorces exist, it is impossible to bring up children or influence the killers, anyย better.
Choose the word/phrase which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Momentary
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Which of these statements is not associated with the ‘situation models’?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
In the comparison of two types of texts-one discussing human technology and the other discussing forces of nature, which is the best statement to support the view?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Which is the most optimal reason for easy processing of the scientific text?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
How does inference affect the processing of scientific text?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Expository
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Novices
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Inference
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding. Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text sees cause and effect in terms of goal structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behavior – we (not necessarily consciously) attribute purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific problems (and it requires a lot of learning).
This is worth emphasizing: science texts assume a different way of explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use – a way that must be learned. In general, narrative text (and ‘ordinary’ thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with logical structures. However, it’s not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalization, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on. This is consistent with another intriguing finding. In a comparison of two types of texts – one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature, it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that different situation models were constructed โ a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a causal chain representation for the force of nature text.
The evidence also suggested that people found it much easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process. There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed (understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or causal connection. In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a different pattern of inference making, e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts typically involve a lot of backward inferences.
The number of inferences required may also vary. A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But it may also reflect the fact that readers don’t make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which require inferences).
Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.
Predictive
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Why did the woman’s second son travel ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Why did the womanโs eldest son not attend the festival ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
How did the woman prepare for the festival?
1. She bought expensive gifts for her children and neighbors.
2. She ordered her servants to prepare sweets and food well in advance.
3. She made sure that her youngest child was looked after so that he wouldnโt be bored.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
What did the youngest child do while his mother was busy?
1. He waited for a chance to steal some sweetmeats.
2. He pestered his mother to give him a present.
3. He stood at the door with the servants.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Which of the following can be said about the woman?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
What did the boy receive from his mother?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
The woman usually ignored her youngest son.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
left
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed inย boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaningย as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Packed
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in boldย to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
The yearly festival was close at hand. The store room wasย packedย with silk fabrics. Gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone.ย The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.ย The child came back into the house andย dejectedlyย said to his mother, โMaa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didnโt give me anything !โย His mother laughed, โI have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see whatโs left for you.โ She kissed him on the forehead.ย The child said in a tearful voice, โDonโt I get a gift ?โย โYouโll get it when you go far away.โย โBut when I am close to you, donโt I get something from your own hands ?โย His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. โThis is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.โ
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word dejectedly asย used in the passage.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largesse of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanours. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism.
What made Asaram immune from many allegations of crimes ?
(A) His firm faith in Godย ย (B) His political connection with both the BJP and the Congressย ย (C) Political backing, and free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanours. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism
Find the incorrect statement on the basis of the given passage.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largess of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanors. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism
Who was Narendra Dabholkar and what reason is he known for?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
At one level, the arrest of Asaram is a rather humdrum, same-old story. One more God man has fallen from grace. So, what is new under the Sun? Aren’t we used to discovering the clay feet of our sadhu – saints? Perhaps George Orwell was on to something when he said that “saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent”, for no all-too-human God man can ever live up to the qualities of godliness. Perhaps the wise course to take is to reflect upon the tragedy of overweening human ambition of these fallen gurus and move on.
Yet, if one pauses to think about it, Asaram’s arrest is not just a matter of one more God man’s personal failings. Rather, this episode dramatizes the thin line between faith and blind faith, and the near complete merger of faith, politics and money in contemporary Indian society.
Asaram’s alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl is proof- if more proof is needed – why Narendra Dabholkar’s struggle against superstitious beliefs and practices is indeed the need of the hour. The young girl was brought to the guru for an exorcism, of all things. From the revelations that are trickling in. it appears that this girl and her parents were made to believe by Asaram’s associates that she had been possessed by evil spirits which the guru had the ability to drive out. This kind of andh shraddha, or blind faith, which our godmen so routinely encourage and exploit, is precisely what Dabholkar and his Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samlti were fighting against, a fight that cost him his life.
Asaram’s case is also proof- if more proof is needed -that a state-temple-corporate complex is always and everywhere at work in India. Most of the times, it lies hidden in plain sight: we are so used to the sight of our elected representatives and the pillars of civil society- from prominent scientists, business tycoons to Bollywood superstars -prostrating themselves before gods and godmen that we do not notice how smoothly faith, politics and money blend into one another. It is when the godmen behave badly (as in Asaram’s case), or when they fall foul of the powers-that-be (as happened to Baba Ramdev after his anti-corruption rally last year), that the veil is lifted. It is on occasions like these that we see what has been lying under our noses all along, namely, the state-temple -corporate complex.
Narendra Modi and other political leaders may want to distance themselves from the fallen godman for strategic reasons But it is no secret that Asaram was treated as the de facto rajguru in Gujarat under both BJP and Congress governments. Indeed, when you examine the record closely, it is clear that Asaram’s hugely profitable empire of ashrams, gurukuls and schools was built up with the largesse of land given by the state as grant (which he later expanded through encroachment) and as private donations from the wealthy Sindhi-Marwari community. His political connections created a protective shield around him. immunising him from many allegations of crimes (including murder of children) and misdemeanours. The godman could literally get away with murder. Asaram. of course, is hardly alone in using his political clout to amass a fortune. Behind every successful godman in India today stands a cluster of powerful politicos with free access to the public assets and the machinery of the state. Once launched, the successful gurus build business empires, which attract other corporate interests, especial! those with interests in the burgeoning market in education and tourism
Which of the following is/are true about Asaram as mentioned in the given passage?
(A) Asaram’s trajectory reflects the rapid progress of India’s superstition industry.(B) Asaram’s arrest reflects the complete merger of blind faith, politics and money. (C) Asaram’s episode tells us how modern India looks down upon the integrity of saints.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EVINCE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PERNICIOUS
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EULOGY
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
GARNISH
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ABANDON
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ODIOUS
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
REPEAL
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
TENET
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PECULIAR
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
VIABLE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
SINUOUS
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ERRONEOUS
Find the word that is similar in meaning to the given word.
ONSLAUGHT
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
GROTESQUE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
IGNOMINY
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PROGNOSIS
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
POACH
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
REPARTEE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EXHORT
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
LURID
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
INDIGNANT
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
SUBTERFUGE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
TANTAMOUNT
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PILLAGE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
CHARLATAN
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EXCULPATE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
AFFLICTION
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
CONDONE
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
FECUND
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
FLAGRANT
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
A) Vocal (B) Benign (C) Unpleasant (D) Drastic
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
(A) Abysmal (B) Diligence (C) Zenith (D) Nadir
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
(A) Elude (B)Avoid (C) Harness (D) Hatch
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
(A) Languid (B) Gorgeous (C) Knack (D) Ability
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
(A) Gregarious (B) Quixotic (C) Sociable (D) Discernible
In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.
(A) Testimony (B) Aura (C) Augment (D) Decrease
Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: TENET
Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: PERIL
Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: PUGNACIOUS
Choose the word meaning SIMILAR to the word: KNACK
Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: LUNACY
Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: STERN
Choose the word meaning OPPOSITE to the word: LABYRINTH
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
2.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
3.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
4.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(2)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(5)
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(6)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(7)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(8)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(9)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Purists in Delhi, of course, will never stop grumbling. Their analytical clarity is uncluttered by the larger political and economic imperatives facing India’s foreign policy. Pragmatists, the few that there are in the capital, must adopt a different course. For one, they must concede publicly that (1) solutions to the problems of cross-border (2) with Pakistan are not on the (3). Until we get there, the pragmatics must affirm, India must responsibly (4) to reduce violence on the disputed borders and prevent the (5) of every military incident into a major bilateral crisis. Although the confidence-building measures can’t immediately address the “root causes” of the (6) with Pakistan and China, they expand the (7) between the Indian armed forces and those of Pakistan and China, create a measure of trust, and make it easier (8) a period of time’to resolve the underlying conflicts. Having embarked on a substantive negotiation of military CBMs with Pakistan and China, the UPA government has some work to do at home. It needs to get the armed forces, the ministry of defence, the ministry of home and the foreign office to (9) the interconnected nature of India’s diplomatic objectives, military strategy and border management and ensure effective (10) between the different stakeholders.
(10)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(2)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(5)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(6)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(7)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(8)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(9)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Life insurance helps families maintain their standard of living and also helps them save for their long-term goals. LIC, being the oldest and the biggest in the life insurance industry, knows it best in (1) lives and money. Most people have their first contact with an insurance company (2) an insurance sales agent. These people help individuals, families and businesses (3) insurance polices that provide the best protection for their lives, health and property. Agents prepare reports, maintain records, (4) out new clients, and, in the (5) of a loss, help policyholders (6) their insurance claims. Increasingly, some are also offering their clients financial analysis or advice on ways to minimize risk. Life insurance agents (7) in selling policies that pay the beneficiaries in the event of death of life insured or on (8). Depending on the policyholder’s circumstances, a cash-value policy can be (9) to provide retirement income, funds for the education of children, or other benefits. Life insurance agents also sell annuities that (10) a retirement income.
(10)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(2)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(3)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(4)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(7)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(8)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(9)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(10)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centers.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(2)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(5)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(6)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(7)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(8)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(9)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The (1)of a survey by the National Institute of (2) Health giveย (3) for (4). According to the survey, about 14 million people in India are affected by (5) mental (6) at any point of time. In the case of mentally ill, it is often enough difficult to (7) them, let alone (8) them. The most (9) are those in the rural areas, for whatever(10) for the mentally sick exist are concentrated around major urban centres.
(10)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.
One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(9)
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
5.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
6.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
8.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
9.
In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basic tenet for all relationships, so building an environment of trust is one of the (1) important things one can do to (2) a positive work environment. It is a philosophy that must be demonstrated in everything you and your staff does. Trust is about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you (3). It is about showing your staff in everything you do that you are reliable, responsible and accountable and that they can (4) on you for consistency. Also, letting them know you (5) the same from them. When your words and behavior are congruent you (6) trust. It will take sometime for your staff members to learn that you are a person of your word. If they see that you are consistent you will build trust, but if they see that your words don’t match your behavior their trust in you will be (7). The unfortunate thing about trust is that it takes a long time to build, but is very fragile and breaks easily. Once broken, it takes an (8) longer time to regain and it may never be fully rebuilt. Therefore, it is of primary importance that you are (9) of all your words and behavior and ensure that they are worthy of your employees’ trust. Even while dealing with uncomfortable situations, if you are honest and upfront it will make thing (10) for everyone.
10.
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organizations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country and (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(1)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country and(8)ย believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(2)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8)ย believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(3)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country and(8)ย believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(4)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8)ย believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(8)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(9)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country andย (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(10)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(5)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(6)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(7)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(8)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(9)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(5)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(10)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(6)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(7)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(8)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(9)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(10)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(11)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(12)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(13)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(14)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(15)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGOย (1)ย from a/anย (2)ย which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute herย (3)ย to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment andย (4)ย memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she wasย (5)ย to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple butย (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor,ย (7)ย the development ofย (8)ย children, her favorite is the open airย (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation.ย (10)ย her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(2)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(4)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(1)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(2)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of wh ich is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(3)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(4)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(7)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(5)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(8)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(9)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
My friendโs wish to volunteer with an NGO (1) from a/an (2) which pressed her to spend her summer vacations in a meaningful way and contribute her (3) to the helpless people. Now, looking back that She has spent so far, She consider this period to be one of the best chapters in her life; and not a single day was tiring. Her journey so far has been filled with contentment and (4) memories to carry through life. In the course of her volunteering, she was (5) to the functioning of various organizations as well as senior volunteers already associated with this NGO. She visited an NGO along with her colleagues who were also evenly excited and she felt the work which they have been doing was not only simple but (6). Among the many initiatives, carried out by NGO such as meeting the officers, thanking the NGO, teaching the poor, (7) the development ofย (8) children, her favorite is the open air (9), were she motivate new volunteers. She had the incredible experience of being the volunteer. She admired how NGO has helped her improve her communication skills. She learned from all her senior volunteers and came to know a lot about previous activities. She felt a lot of pride and a deep sense of motivation. (10) her journey, she has always had a sense of working with NGOs and never under them. She has thoroughly liked being involved in all the movements and firmly believes that this is only the beginning of what She hope will be my never ending journey.
(10)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(10)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(9)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(8)
In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A โฆโฆ. (1) โฆโฆ.. affecting the quality of primary education appears to be โฆโฆโฆ. (2) โฆโฆโฆ.. levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is โฆโฆโฆ (3) โฆโฆโฆโฆ by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a โฆโฆโฆโฆ (4)โฆโฆโฆ.. In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens โฆโฆโฆ… (5) โฆโฆโฆ.. that government-employed school teachers are paid relative well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 yearsโ experience was more than $14,000.
(1)
In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A โฆโฆ. (1) โฆโฆ.. affecting the quality of primary education appears to be โฆโฆโฆ. (2) โฆโฆโฆ.. levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is โฆโฆโฆ (3) โฆโฆโฆโฆ by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a โฆโฆโฆโฆ (4)โฆโฆโฆ.. In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens โฆโฆโฆ… (5) โฆโฆโฆ.. that government-employed school teachers are paid relative well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 yearsโ experience was more than $14,000.
(2)
In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A โฆโฆ. (1) โฆโฆ.. affecting the quality of primary education appears to be โฆโฆโฆ. (2) โฆโฆโฆ.. levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is โฆโฆโฆ (3) โฆโฆโฆโฆ by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a โฆโฆโฆโฆ (4)โฆโฆโฆ.. In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens โฆโฆโฆ… (5) โฆโฆโฆ.. that government-employed school teachers are paid relative well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 yearsโ experience was more than $14,000.
(3)
In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A โฆโฆ. (1) โฆโฆ.. affecting the quality of primary education appears to be โฆโฆโฆ. (2) โฆโฆโฆ.. levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is โฆโฆโฆ (3) โฆโฆโฆโฆ by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a โฆโฆโฆโฆ (4)โฆโฆโฆ.. In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens โฆโฆโฆ… (5) โฆโฆโฆ.. that government-employed school teachers are paid relative well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 yearsโ experience was more than $14,000.
(4)
In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A โฆโฆ. (1) โฆโฆ.. affecting the quality of primary education appears to be โฆโฆโฆ. (2) โฆโฆโฆ.. levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is โฆโฆโฆ (3) โฆโฆโฆโฆ by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a โฆโฆโฆโฆ (4)โฆโฆโฆ.. In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens โฆโฆโฆ… (5) โฆโฆโฆ.. that government-employed school teachers are paid relative well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 yearsโ experience was more than $14,000.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(1)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(2)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(4)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(3)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a(7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8)of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a(7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8)of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(7)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a(7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8)of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(8)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a(7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8)of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(10)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
There was once a gardener who (1) care of the king’s garden. In the garden, lived a family of monkeys. Seeing the gardener at work, the monkeys soon (2) to imitate him. As the gardener tended the plants and weeded and watered the garden, he was amused to see that the monkeys also did (3) what he did. The gardener was happy that he had so much unpaid help. One day the gardener wanted to (4) a fair in the city. He had an idea. He called the chief of the monkeys and said to him, “I have to go out for the day. Can you and your family water my plants like you (5) do? I promise you that if you help me I will (6) sweets for you from the fair.: The monkeys agreed. But after the gardener had left, they had a (7). How much water were they to pour for each plant? then one of them said. “For plants with big roots, we must pour (8) of water and for the ones with small roots, we pour only a little water.” So, the monkeys (9) out each plant and then pushed it back again after looking at the root. As a result, many plants (10) and died. On his return, the gardener realized that he had been very foolish to trust a bunch of mere monkeys to do his job.
(9)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested. One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it isย (1)ย understood, is nothingย (2)ย slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which have been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how cooperative, there is always aย (1) for social dominance. As he pursues this each adult individualย (2) a particular social rank, giving him his position, or status in the group hierarchy. The situation never remains (3)for very long, largely because all the status stragglers are (4)ย older. When the overlords or โtop-dogsโ become senile, their seniority is challenged and they are (5) by their immediate subordinates. There is then renewed dominance squabbling asย (6) moves a little further up the social ladder. At the other end of the scale, the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly, keeping up the pressure from(7). In the addition certain members of the group may suddenly beย (8) down by disease or accidental death leaving gaps in the hierarchy that have to be quickly filled.
The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under naturalย (9) this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social grouping. If, however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the space available is small, then the status โrat raceโ soon gets out of hand, dominance battle rage uncontrollably and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come underย (10) strain.
(1)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(1)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and Wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(2)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(1)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(2)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(3)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.ย One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(4)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.ย One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(5)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(6)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.ย One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(7)
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested.ย One of these fits the blank appropriately in the context of the passage. Find out the appropriate word.
Duty, as it is (1) understood, is nothing (2) slavery in the form of virtue. It is the morbid attachment of flesh for flesh, the absurd greed for gold and gain or other worldly things to which we feel (3). Only those who consider the world real find that they have things to do, duties to (4). The sense of duty therefore (5) ultimately from ignorance. And it binds us to the relative life, subjecting us (6) all the miseries (7) the world. This scorches our innermost soul. The universe has (8) existence (9) of the Self. What we see is only the projection of the mind. The moment we bring (10) a change in our consciousness, the universe changes for us.
(8)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National President of the Indian Society for Training and Development โ one of the (4) organisations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country and (8) believe often approached me with (9)providedย meย with an education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me withย ….(10) to write articles for their publications.
(7)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(1)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He โฆ(1)โฆ all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. One evening during a terrible storm; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was ..(2).. at the palace door, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there. But, good gracious ! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down her hair and clothes; into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she insisted that she was a real princess. Well, weโll soon โฆ(3)โฆ out, thought the old queen.ย But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and ..(4)..a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty quilts on โฆ(5)โฆ of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the ..(6).. she was asked how she had slept. โOh, very badly !โ said she. โI scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed. But I was lying on something hard, as aโฆ(7)โฆ I am black and blue all over my body. Itโs horrible !โ Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had ..(8).. the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty quilts. Nobody but a real princess could be as irritable .(9).. as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now heโฆ(10)โฆ that he had a real princess.
(2)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (1)off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has beenย (2) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worthโs stirring (3) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (4) by the (5) events which rolled (6) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and wordsworth penned โBliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (7). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (8). We got talking, and as she (9) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (10). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but thatโs one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, โbut I detested itโ, not even being happy with the cool โShwetsโ. To me โPearlโ seemed a (11),(12), but I presumed that it had the right degree of culture-neutrality for the global world of high-octane entertainment. Wrong among the manyย (13) revelations she tossed off, it was chosenย (14) the friend who had helped her with (15) healing.
(3)