Question 1 :
The given conversation has mixed up sentences. Reorder them correctly and select the correct option.<br/>A. What was it about?<br/>B. Corporal punishment in Indian schools. Did you see it?<br/>C. No, I didn't see the paper yesterday.<br/>D. There was a good article in yesterday's paper.<br/>
Question 2 :
<div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.</span><br/></div><div><br/></div>"Then we are faced with a choice...." what does "then" refer to? 
Question 3 :
'Friendship was indeed a value for the villagers, more for men than for women. Two good friends were said to be 'like brothers' (literally, 'like elder brother-younger brother', annatamman-dirahage). I heard this expression several times and I could not help recalling the statement of an elderly English colleague who had told me that he and his brother were very close and had written to each other every week. He had added, 'We are very good friends.' That is, friendship connoted intimacy in England while in Rampura (as in rural India everywhere), brotherhood conveyed intimacy'.<br><br>Which of the following best summarizes the conclusion of the argument of this paragraph? <br><br>
Question 4 :
Experts musicologists believe that Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata in 1824, three years before his death. However, the manuscript of a piano sonata was recently discovered that bears Beethoven's name and dates from 1825. Clearly, the experts are mistaken because, not every piece that Beethoven wrote was catalogued in his lifetime, and it is known that Beethoven continued to compose until just weeks before his death. <br><br>The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms ?
Question 5 :
Read the following short passage and answer the question that follow each passage.<br><br>For some women, the cost of giving birth can be an unexpectedly a large burden. The average normal birth now costs ? 3,200 and a birth with complications can cost thousands of rupees more. Of women in the primary child-bearing age. range of eighteen to twenty-four, who.account for about 40 percent of all births in this country annually, more than 25 percent have no health care insurance to pay maternity costs. <br>If the above statements are true, which one of the following must also be true ?<br>
Question 7 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the question that follows:</span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>It is said that ideas are explosive and dangerous. To allow them unfettered freedom is, in fact, to invite disorder. But, to this position, there are at least two final answers. It is impossible to draw a line round dangerous ideas, and any attempt at their definition involves monstrous folly. If views, moreover, which imply disorder are able to disturb the foundations of the State; there is something supremely wrong with the governance of the State. For disorder is not a habit of mankind. We cling so eagerly to our accustomed ways that, as even Burke insisted; popular violence is always the outcome of a deep popular sense of wrong. </span></div></div><div><br/></div>The author says, 'we cling eagerly to our accustomed ways'. Which one of the following statements may be considered as the assumption of the author? 
Question 8 :
<span>Read the following story and accordingly, fill in the blank:</span><div><br/><span>All the animals of the forest gathered to elect their new king.</span><br/><span>They chose the monkey because they were amused by his antics. The fox was very disappointed at not being chosen and waited for a chance to get it.</span><br/><span>One day, he found a piece of meat on a path. He realized at once it was the bait for a trap. But off he went to the monkey and offered to show him where it was, as a sign of his loyalty. The monkey king at once fell into the trap and the fox burst out laughing.</span><br/><span>'With so few wits, you cannot even rule yourself; let alone animals.'</span><br/></div><div><br/><span>The fox showed the piece of meat to the monkey ____________. </span></div>
Question 9 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div></div><div><br/></div><div><span>The world is full of people - appallingly full; it has never been so full before, and they are all tumbling over each other. Most of these people one doesn't know and some of them one doesn't like. Well, what is one to do? There are two solutions. One of them is the Nazi solution. If you don't like people, kill them, banish them, and segregate them. The other way is much less thrilling, but it is, on the whole, the way of the democracies, and I prefer it. If you don't like people, put up with them as well as you can. Don't try to love them: you can't, you'll only strain yourself. But try to tolerate them.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>Which one of the following is the correct statement? According to the writer Nazi solution is _______. 
Question 10 :
<div><div>Read the passage given below and pick the option that best fits the question that follows:<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span>It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunder-struck, or as if I had seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and down the shore, but it was all one; I could see no other impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that, for there was exactly the very print of a foot-toes, heel and every part of a foot. </span></div></div><div><br/></div>How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? 
Question 11 :
<div><span><font color="#4d4d4d" face="Alegreya"><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. </span></font></span></div><div><span><font color="#4d4d4d" face="Alegreya"><span><br/></span></font></span></div><div><span>The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and dont's. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced to frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways. </span><br/></div><div><br/></div>The phrase 'formidable lists of do's and don'ts' means that _______. 
Question 12 :
<span>Poet: "Who art thou?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."</span><br/><span>Poet: "Why have you come here?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."</span><br/><span>A poet asked the rain __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">1</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[21]</span></span><span>. The rain answered that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">2</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[22]</span></span><span>. The poet again asked it __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">3</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[23]</span></span><span>. The rain replied that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[4</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[24]</span></span><span>. It further told that _________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">5</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[25]</span></span><span>.</span><div><br/></div><div>Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [5] with the most appropriate option.</div>
Question 13 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. </span><br/></div></div><div><br/></div>What does the author mean by 'buck up'?
Question 14 :
Refer the given story carefully and answer the question that follows:<div><br/></div><div>King Metabo</div><div><br/>King Metabo was a famous javelin thrower. One day he went out hunting with his daughter, Camille on his back. All of a sudden, the king was attacked by a band of enemies. He had to flee from them until he came to a fast flowing river, which he was unable to swim across because of his daughter on his back. It seemed as if he was lost until he thought of a way out. Tying his daughter to his javelin, he hurled it with all his strength to the other side of the river; then he dived in himself and swam across to where Camille was. His enemies were so amazed that they gave up the chase.</div><div><span><br/>The king was attacked by the enemies when___.<br/></span></div>
Question 15 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><br/></div><div><span>We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>What does the writer suggest?
Question 16 :
Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.<br>Directions for questions 96 to 100: The passage given below is followed by a set of five questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.<br>I have spoken of liberty as good, but it is not an absolute good. We all recognise the need to restrain murderers, and it is even more important to restrain murderous states. Liberty must be limited by law, and its most valuable forms can only exist within the framework of law. What the world most needs are effective laws to control international relations. The first and most difficult step in the creation of such laws is the establishment of adequate sanctions and this is only possible through the creation of a single armed force, which is in control of the whole world.<br>But such an armed force, like a municipal police force, is not an end in itself; it is the means to the growth of a social system governed by law, where force is not the prerogative of private individuals or nations, but is exercised only by a neutral authority in accordance with rules laid down in advance. There is hope that law, rather than private force, may come to govern the relations of nations within the present century.<br><span>A single armed force should be in control</span><br>
Question 17 :
<span>Read the passage and answer the question given below. </span><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>This country now needs a new equilibrium, a new spirit of national reconciliation that can be brought about only by moving forward to the new frontiers of true equality, fuller opportunity and greater compassion for the weaker sections of its people. Our goal is total freedom for the people that can fully reflect their urges and aspirations for a better life. We cannot remain content by merely reliving our past even under the condition of complete freedom, without a matching concept of the present and the future. We can survive only by seizing every constructive opportunity that can offer a creative alternative to the legacies of the past. It is only through such a lofty endeavour that the country can discover itself with a new sense of adventure and faith in ourselves.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div>We cannot remain satisfied with the past. We should think of ____. 
Question 18 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. </span></div></div><div><br/></div>What is the author's intention in the passage?
Question 19 :
At birth we have no self-image. We cannot distinguish anything from the confusion of light and sound around us. From this beginning of no-dimension, we gradually begin to differentiate our body from our environment and develop a sense of id entity, with the realisation that we are a separate and independent human being. We then begin to develop a conscience, the sense of right and wrong. Further, we develop social consciousness, where we become aware that we live with other people. Finally, we develop a sense of values, which is our overall estimation of our worth in the world. Which one of the following would be the best completion of this passage ?<br>
Question 20 :
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