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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ::
A local man, staying on the top floor of an old wooden house, was awakened at midnight by a fire. Losing his way in a smoke-filled passage, he missed the stairway and went into another room. He picked up a bundle to protect his face from the fire and immediately fell through the floor below where he managed to escape through a clear doorway. The 'bundle' proved to be the bay of the Mayor's wife. The 'hero' was congratulated by all.
[1] The man missed the stairway because
(a) he was extremely nervous
(b) he did not know where exactly it was
(c) he stumbled on a bundle
(d) the passage was full of smoke[2] The man picked up the bundle because
(a) it contained his savings
(b) the baby in it was screaming
(c) he thought it would prevent the smoke from choking him
(d) he thought it would keep the fire from burning his face[3] The man was called a hero because he
(a) showed great courage in fighting the fire
(b) rescued Mayor's child
(c) saved a life
(d) managed to extinguish the tireasked in General Ability, 2000
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98.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ::
Gautama subjected his body to exhausting fasts and every known form of physical mortification, yet the truth he sought seemed distant as ever until one day, on waking from a fainting fit brought on by his extreme asceticism, light came like a flash to his mind. All his fating and self-hypnotism was leading him nowhere, was producing nothing but increased enfeeblement of mind and body. To think clearly, a man must have proper food and lead a healthy life.
Thrilled by his discovery, Gautama hastened to share it with his disciples who had by now greatly increased in numbers. But they, when they heard their revered master renounce the ascetic life and demand food, were so shocked and horrified by a suggestion revolting to all their preconceived ideas, that to a man they deserted him. Left to himself, Gautama wandered through the forests of Gaya, till he came to the banks of a river, where he sat down to eat in the shade of a spreading botree. And there, after enduring hour upon hour of fiercest mental and spiritual anguish, after ranging through every emotion known to man. Gautama found at last the peace and certainty he sought. Truth was revealed to him; he became Buddha, the 'Enlightened One'.
[1] The passage suggests that
(a) only by torturing the flesh, one can discover the truth
(b) by living a prosperous and luxurious life alone, one can attain the power of clear thinking
(c) self-inflicted suffering brought about by suppression of physical and mental desires is not conductive to philosophical thoughts
(d) starving the body provides nourishment to the mind[2] Gautama wished to share the truth with his disciples, because
(a) he wanted to be known far and wide as a holy man
(b) his disciples had decided to desert him
(c) he ished his disciples to propagate his teachings
(d) he felt intensely excited about his discovery[3] Gautama became the 'Enlightened One'
(a) on his attaining a vision of truth and inner peace after an intense emotional experience
(b) on being left to himself after all his disciples had abandoned him
(c) after wandering in the woods of Gaya
(d) as a result of his going through physical and mental suffering[4] Gautama's disciples decided to desert him because they thought he had
(a) fallen in love with worldly pleasures
(b) broken his fast
(c) asserted that penance does not lead to enlightenment
(d) expressed his views against traditional thought and wisdomasked in General Ability, 2000
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99.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ::
Ordinarily good memory is so common that we regard a man who does not possess it as eccentric. I have heard of a father who, having offered to take the baby out in a pram, was tempted by the sunny morning to pause on his journey and slip into a public house for a glass of beer. Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared through the door of the bar. A little later, his wife had to do some shopping which took her past the public house, where to her horror she discovered her sleeping baby. Angry at her husband's behaviour she decided to teach him a lesson. She wheeled away the pram, picturing to herself his terror when he would come out and find the baby gone.
How annoyed she was, however, when just before lunch her husband came in smiling cheerfully and asking: 'Well, my dear, what's for lunch today?' having forgotten all about the baby and the fact that he had taken it out with him. How many men below the rank of philosopher would be capable of such absentmindedness as this? Most of us, I fear, are born with prosaically efficient memories. If it were not so, the institution of the family could not survive in any great modern city.[1] The writer is of the view that
(a) not many people have exceptional memory
(b) compared to women, men have very bad memory
(c) married men are often absent minded
(d) absentmindedness is a rarity while good memory is very common[2] The mother discovered her sleeping baby
(a) when she went out to search for it
(b) as she followed her husband knowing that he was absentminded
(c) accidentally when she went out shopping
(d) in the public house where her husband was having a drink[3] The mother wheeled away the pram without informing her husband because
(a) she was upset that he could be so irresponsible and callous
(b) she wanted to teach him a lesson
(c) she had never entered public houses
(d) she lacked presence of mind[4] The institution of the family survives because
(a) absent mindedness is a common feature
(b) good memory is a rarity
(c) most of us are able to remember our relationships
(d) mothers are more concerned than fathersasked in General Ability, 2000
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100.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ::
For months they had barely kept themselves alive in a sort of shelter they built with their own hands amidst the rubble. Then the German Elite Guard established headquarters in Verona and for three dreadful years ruled the city with ruthless severity. The boys grew to hate those harsh, unwanted masters and when the resistance movement began secretly to form, they were among the first to join. It was not a matter of 'playing war'. Their extreme youth and insignificant size, added to an intimate knowledge of the neighbouring hills, made them immensely valuable.[1] The German Elite Guard came to the city to
(a) protect it from the attack by the enemy
(b) provide food and shelter to the residents
(c) arrest the criminals there
(d) rule over the occupied land[2] What the boys joined was
(a) an association of gangsters
(b) the German Elite Guard
(c) a philanthropic organization engaged in relief work in the area
(d) a group working against the Germans[3] The boys were a great help to the resistance movement because
(a) they were good fighters
(b) they had an intimate knowledge of the hilly areas
(c) their movements were secret
(d) they hated their German masters[4] The passage conveys the impression that the
(a) city was ravaged by a war
(b) people were celebrating the liberation of the city
(c) people of the city had faced oppression
(d) young people hated their employerasked in General Ability, 2000
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101.
In the following passage at certain points, you are given a choice of three words marked (a), (b), (c). Choose the best word from these three and indicate as your answer.
Its normal five-year life span had run out and Parliament had been duly dissolved and a date fixed for fresh elections. As the election day drew near, the various political parties (..1..) their campaigns. Speakers at public meetings elaborated on the (..2..) of their respective parties. The great day arrived, and many people turned out to (..3..) their votes. The election was, however, (..4..) by some unpleasant incidents There were allegations of irregularities about the (..5..) itself; ballot-boxes were said to have been (..6..) with by unauthorised persons and the number of votes counted in some (..7..) was found to have (..8..) the number of registered voters. The Election Commission came (..9..) for not taking sufficient pains to prevent the (..10..).
[1] 1. (a) roused
(b) intensified
(c) concentrated
[2] 2. (a) manifestos
(b) assignments
(c) propaganda[3] 3. (a) present
(b) submit
(c) cast[4] 4. (a) stained
(b) marred
(c) condemned[5] 5. (a) vote
(b) selection
(c) poll[6] 6. (a) taken
(b) tampered
(c) broken[7] 7. (a) constituencies
(b) locations
(c) camps[8] 8. (a) matched
(b) exceeded
(c) diminished[9] 9. (a) under fire
(b) through fire
(c) into fire[10] 10. (a) dislocations.
(b) insinuations.
(c) abuses.asked in General Ability, 2000
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