Communication comes in two parts. First, there is what the speaker or author sends, and then there is the message that is received. If what was sent is not the same as what was received, there is a communication error. Even worse is when the sender believes something is being sent, but nothing is received. Without a feedback loop, the sender often assumes that the message has been received and understood when it truly has not.
Which of the following communication tool would the author advocate?
A :
Sending bulk e-mails and requesting for an acknowledgement
B :
Writing letters to every employee individually.
C :
Using interactive video or audio to communicate on a regular basis.
D :
The CEO or the Director meeting every employee one to one.
Answer: C Options A and B do not promise a response which is the main focus of the passage. The CEO or the Director meeting every employee is practically not possible. So option D is out. The best option is C since it ensures an on-the-spot interaction with the target.
Q. No. 2:
What a difference a generation makes. In the early 1970s, many product designers still used pen and ink to make drawings. But with the rise of microprocessors, designers increasingly made drawings on computer screens. The change enhanced speed and accuracy, and computer simulations reduced the need for painstakingly made clay prototypes. The term ‘computer-aideddesign’, or CAD, which had originated even earlier, still sounded fresh in 70s. But in today’s design-world, computers are so ubiquitous that ‘computer-aided-design’ smacks of redundancy.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A :
Drawing on computer screen is easier than with pen and ink.
B :
In future CAD would be a household name.
C :
In future, computers would inevitably replace all manual labours.
Answer: D The passage says drawing on computer screen enhances speed and accuracy but nowhere does it say it is easier. That it already smacks of redundancy, indicates for a possibility of its being obsolete in future, which renders B diffident. C is beyond the scope of the passage. Hence, D.
Q. No. 3:
We are all some part of a universal order. The very urge for personal gratification is incomplete until it finds a universal outlet. This is the cause of all upheavals in human history. The pattern is trying to fit the pieces into greater and greater units as though it could not accomplish its purpose through anything other than a democracy of Spirit, a union of all.
Which of the following can be concluded from the passage?
A :
The idea of individual identity is an illusion
B :
All, while remaining individual, find a more complete expression in and among all other individuals.
C :
Like a jigsaw puzzle, every moment of life has to fit in to define the individual.
D :
The mind is an outlet through which the creative intelligence of the universe seeks fulfillment.
Answer: B The issue of the ‘individual identity’ is beyond the scope of the passage. So is the idea of the mind. So, both A and D are eliminated. The passage deals with all life in conjunction with the universal and not moments of one’s life. So C is out. “…urge of personal gratification is incomplete until it finds a universal outlet” clearly suggests B.
Q. No. 4:
A true classic, as I should like to hear it defined, is an author who has enriched the human mind, who has spoken to all in his own peculiar style, a style which is found to be also that of the whole world, a style new without neologism, new and old, easily contemporary with all time.
We can infer that:
A :
A classic, according to the usual definition, is an old author canonised by admiration, and an authority in his particular style.
B :
A classic may for a moment have been revolutionary; it may at least have seemed so, but it is simply a subversion of whatever prevented the restoration of the balance of order and beauty.
C :
A classic refers to those who have become models in any language whatever, have established the expressions, models, fixed rules for composition and style, strict rules of art to which men must conform.
D :
A classical author is one who has discovered some moral and not equivocal truth, or revealed some eternal passion or desire.
Answer: B A cannot be inferred from the passage which makes no mention of the author being ‘old’; C relates to rules more than quality; D relates more to the revelatory aspect of a classic, which is not deducible from the passage. But it can be inferred that a classic which is both old and new, may initially strike one as revolutionary, but is really a deep rooted revelation of order and beauty.
Q. No. 5:
But because the idea of private property has been permitted to override with its selfishness the common good of humanity, it does not follow that there are no limits within which that idea can function for the general convenience and advantage.
Which of the following is most likely to weaken the argument?
A :
All the people of the society should progress at an equitable rate and there should be no disparities and private property does bring about a tremendous disparity.
B :
One should not strive for the common good of humanity at all, instead one should be concerned with maximizing one‘s own wealth.
C :
One should learn from the experiences of former communists nations and should not repeat their mistakes at all.
D :
Even prosperous capitalist countries like the USA have their share of social problems.
Answer: A The statement says that if practiced within limits, the idea of private property can function to the good of most people. Statements B and C are frontal attacks on communism, which are not warranted by the paragraph. D can be a likely answer but A is a more general statement and hence is the correct answer.
Q. No. 6:
The writer can only be fertile if he renews himself and he can only renew himself if his soul is constantly enriched by fresh experience.
Which of the following is most likely to support the above thought?
A :
Only out of fresh experience can the writer get germs for new writing.