Passage 1
Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:The candidates in a Meeting must ask themselves questions such as these:
Why are we gathered here? What do we are supposed to do? At the end of the meeting , what should we have attained? Truthful answers to these questions should go to clearly fix the aim of the meeting. The manner the aim is percieved by the group will to a large extent determine the effectiveness of the meeting. Next, identifying members who need to attend to achieve the defined purpose is equally crucial. Frequently people who have no role whatsoever are asked to join in a meeting to give the appearance of a 'full room'. This could spell disaster since other participants who are determined to attain something as the meeting, may feel less sincerely tending to give out their best contribution. Besides, such unwanted invitees waste their time as well as others, demoralising the letter. Further, a clear and well as others, demoralising the letter. Further, a clear and well thought of agenda must be adopted so that the path to goal achievement would become visible sooner. Constructing a good agenda involves all the aspects of the issue under consideration in a thematic manner. If the differing stands of any groups are known in advance, the agenda must be drawn to accommodate these, so that everyone gets an opportunity to speak out his opinion. Roles need to be well-defined at the commencement of the meting. A facilitator must be designated specifically to guide the discussions, encourage participation, match and space differing view-points. The responsibilities of time management, generating creative options, also must be designated, according to the purpose of the meeting to facilitate the accomplishment of its goal.
1. The effectiveness of a Meeting depends on
A.the number of people who attend it.
B.the way the candidates perceive its purpose.
C.the time at which it starts.
D.all of the above
Answer: Option B
2. Undesired invitees to a meeting will
A.dilute the seriousness of the meeting.
B.waste the time of other participants and their own.
C.demoralise more seriously inclined candidates.
D.all of the above
Answer: Option D
3. A well-set agenda helps
A.the candidates to see the path to the goal clearly and quickly.
B.to clarify the role of candidate
C.to accommodate the differing stands of some groups.
D.Both [A] and [C]
Answer: Option D
4. A facilitator at a Meeting guides discussions, and encourages participation with a view to
A.help every member keep before him the goal of the meeting.
B.to facilitate writing the minutes of the meeting.
C.to help every member play his role effectively.
D.Both [A] and [C]
Answer: Option D
Passage 2
Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Let's try to be clear as to what religion isn't. Firstly, it isn't morality. It isn't being good or doing good. Many atheists have been exceptionally virtuous people, and many genuinely religious people have been exceptionally weaked. This does not mean that religion isn't concerned about our behaviour. Of course it is: in fact, it adds its own severer penalties to those which nature and society impose upon the offender. More serious still, bad behaviour- even ordinary, respectable self-seeking - upsets a religious man's relationship with the Divine, and is apt to leave him weak and lonely and miserable. Nevertheless, religion isn't matter of how we act outwardly but rather of the inner attitude from which our behaviour springs. For instance, Ram and Sheela can do precisely the same thing in the same way (such as giving their lives to save a drowning man) yet the inside story is quite different. Sheela acts out of a sense of social duty or humanitarian compassion, whereas Ram may act from a motive which means nothing to Sheela - from a love for God which is necessarily love for all God's creatures, or even identification with them. Ram feels he is that drowning man.
1. A man who is religious but bad in behaviour
A.pretends to do good at times in order to earn God's forgiveness.
B.thinks always of evil while talking of doing good.
C.upsets his relationship with his Maker.
D.preaches good behaviour to others.
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
A man may be religious, but if he misbehaves he upsets his relationship with his Maker.
2. Which of the following statements is false?
A.Penalties imposed by religion are more severe than those by nature or society.
B.When a man feels week, lonely or miserable he has necessarily indulged in bad behaviour.
C.Religion does not mean being good or doing good.
D.Some religious minded people are exceptionally wicked.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Sentence 4 states that when man indulges in bad behavior he upsets his relationship with his Maker and feels weak, lonely. This does not imply that whenever he feels so he has indulged in bad behavior. His negative feelings may have been caused by some other reasons.
3. In the example of Ram and Sheela, the message that the writer conveys is that
A.noble acts need not stem from social or humanitarian motives.
B.we act selflessly, as from social or humanitarian motives, as from our inner attitude to love God and his creatures.
C.love of God and his creatures is nobler than the love of one's fellow-beings.
D.love of one's fellow-beings is same as the love of God.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Acts if selflessness may be prompted by either social duty or humanitarian compassion or from a love of God which is necessarily love of god's creatures, as proved respectively in Sheela and Ram's example.
4. In the author's perspective, bad behaviour must include behaviour which is
A.rude
B.ordinary
C.unthinking
D.irresponsible
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
In the author's opinion bad behavior must also include ordinary, respectable, and self-seeking behavior.
5. The writer says that a truly religious man is one who behaves
A.after consulting his conscience.
B.according to his inner attitude to doing good.
C.keeping in mind how others will view his behaviour.
D.according to his ideas of heaven and hell.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
According to the author, religion is not merely how we act outwardly but is is also concerned with that inner attitude from which our behavior springs.
Passage 3
The most formidable animal in the forests, that grew around the Mediterranean eight thousand years ago was the great reindeer. It stood six foot high at the shoulders and weighed about a ton. Apart from eye-witness account we know their dimensions from their fossilised bones and, more importantly, their appearance from the superb portraits of them painted by prehistoric man, particularly in the cave of Lascaux in Central France. It is possible that the act of painting played a part in the rituals designed to bring success in hunting and to ensure the continued fertility of the creatures on which people depended for food. Opposed to this is the view that at the time the paintings were made, the game was so abundant that magic was hardly required to find it. Whatever the differing views about the reindeers' role in the ritual, it is clear that by 8000 BC at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, the reindeer had dominated the minds of the men who held it great respect. In Catal Huyuk in Central turkey, one of the earliest big towns to have developed around 6400 years age, the excavator found in several shrines reindeer's heads modelled in clay protruding from the walls. It is not certain that the people of Catal Huyuk offered the reindeer for sacrifice but their domestication led to the reduction of reindeers' size, both in body and in horns. But it is Memphis, capital of ancient Egypt around 2000BC that the reindeer commanded the highest respect, taking its place among other important deities in all Egypt.
1. Catal Huyuk was a big town in Central turkey
A.3000 BC
B.6400 BC
C.10000 BC
D.9000 BC
Answer: Option B
2. The evidence of reindeer worship in Catal Huyuk can be seen in
A.terra cota pottery
B.clay tablets
C.reindeers heads in clay
D.stylised ornaments of reindeer
Answer: Option C
3. The reindeer found its highest expression as a deified being in
A.Catal Huyuk
B.Sumeria
C.ancient egypt
D.Babylon
Answer: Option C
4. he lascaux painting of the reindeer's portraits signify
A.prayers for protection of animal from nature's fury.
B.prayers for rains
C.appeasement of gods
D.rituals for successful hunting.
Answer: Option D
5. All of the following are true, except
A.Memphis was the capital of ancient Egypt.
B.domestication of the reindeer by the people of Catal Huyuk affected its size
C.in the forests around the Mediterranean sea the reindeer was 6 foot high at the shoulders
D.The size of the prehistoric reindeer can gauged from stone inscriptions
Answer: Option D
Passage 4
How strange time is and how queer we are! Time has really changed and it has changed us too. It walked one step forward, unveiled its grace, alarmed us and hen elated us. Yesterday we complained about time and trembled at its terrors. But today we have learned to love it and revere it, for now we understand its intents, its natural disposition, its secrets and its mysteries. Yesterday we were a toy in the hands of Destiny. But today Destiny has awakened from her intoxication to play and laugh and walk with us. We do not follow her but she follows us.
1. The author is talking about
A.Time and how it has changed
B.Our queerness
C.Our fright
D.None of the above.
Answer: Option A
2. The author tries to say that along with time
A.We have become more frightened
B.We have changed too
C.We also walk with it
D.None of the above
Answer: Option B
3. When the author says that ".... Destiny follows us", he means
A.Destiny can take walks
B.Destiny can play like us
C.Destiny can sleep and awake like us
D.We have conquered destiny
Answer: Option D
4. The author throughout the passage sounds
A.sad
B.pessimistic
C.angry
D.optimistic
Answer: Option D
5. The passage has probably been written by a
A.Novelist
B.Philosopher or a poet
C.Botanist
D.Historian
Answer: Option B
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