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Question 31.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition form one generation to the next. This applies today in an even higher degree than in former times for, through the modern development of economy, the family as bearer of tradition and education has become weakened.
This passage best supports the statement that for transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next -

  1.    there are means other than the school.
  2.    several different sources must be tried.
  3.    economic development plays a crucial role
  4.    modern technology must be put to use.
  5.    family, as ever, is the most potent means.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> economic development plays a crucial role
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Question 32.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



Emerson said that the poet was landlord, Sealord, airlord. The flight of imagination made the poet master of land, sea and air. But a poet's dream of yesterday becomes today an actual achievement and a reality for all men. Even those who invented, improved and perfected the aeroplane could hardly have dreamt of the possibility of flight into outer space.
The passage best supports the statement that:

  1.    seemingly impossible imaginations make one a good poet,
  2.    all imaginations become a reality some day.
  3.    what man imagined has never been impossible; he has always turned it a reality through his conception of ideas and sheer hard labour.
  4.    man has reached the climax of technological development with his exploration into outer space.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> what man imagined has never been impossible; he has always turned it a reality through his conception of ideas and sheer hard labour.
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Question 33.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



It is up to our government and planners to devise ways and means for the mobilisation of about ten crore workers whose families total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above.
The passage best supports the statement that:

  1.    employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
  2.    Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilisation of man-power.
  3.    a shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
  4.    the industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilisation of man-power.
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Question 34.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



Satisfaction with co-workers, promotion opportunities, the nature of work, and pay goes with high performance among those with strong growth needs. Among those with weak growth needs, no such relationship is present - and, in fact, satisfaction with promotion opportunities goes with low performance.
This passage best supports the statement that:

  1.    satisfaction is an inevitable organisational variable.
  2.    job satisfaction and performance are directly and closely related.
  3.    relationship between job satisfaction and performance is moderated by growth need.
  4.    every organisation has few employees having weak growth need.
  5.    high performance is essential for organisational effectiveness.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> relationship between job satisfaction and performance is moderated by growth need.
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Question 35.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



The only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to act as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and feeling, and to conceive himself from the standpoint of the welfare of the group to which he belongs.
The passage best supports the statement that real education -

  1.    will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
  2.    will take place if the children are physically strong.
  3.    is not provided in our schools today.
  4.    comes through the interaction with social situations.
  5.    comes from the self-centred approach of the students.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> comes through the interaction with social situations.
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Question 36.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



Exports and imports, a swelling favourable balance of trade, investments and bank-balances, are not an index or a balance sheet of national prosperity. Till the beginning of the Second World War, English exports were noticeably greater than what they are today. And yet England has greater national prosperity today than it ever had. Because the income of average Englishmen, working as field and factory labourers, clerks, policemen, petty shopkeepers and shop assistants, domestic workers and other low-paid workers, has gone up.
The passage best supports the statement that:

  1.    a country's economic standard can be best adjudged by per capital income.
  2.    a country's balance of trade is the main criteria of determining its economic prosperity.
  3.    a nation's economy strengthens with the increase in exports.
  4.    English trade has continually increased since the Second World War.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a country's economic standard can be best adjudged by per capital income.
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Question 37.

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.



The press should not be afraid of upholding and supporting a just and righteous cause. It should not be afraid of criticising the government in a healthy manner. The press has to be eternally vigilant to protect the rights of the workers, backward and suppressed sections of the society. It should also give a balanced view of the things so that people can be helped in the formation of a healthy public opinion.
The passage best supports the statement that

  1.    press has a great role to play in a democracy.
  2.    the press is the only means to project to the masses the policies of the government.
  3.    the freedom of press is essential for the proper functioning of democracy.
  4.    the press can be used by the governments as an effective media for the upliftment of the backward sections of society.
  5.    all the information given by the press should be well-articulated so as to gain a good opinion towards the ruling party.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the freedom of press is essential for the proper functioning of democracy.
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Question 38. The future of women in India is quite bright and let us hope that they will justify their abilities by rising to the occasion. Napoleon was right when he declared that by educating the women we can educate the whole nation. Because a country can never rise without the contribution of 50% of their population. The passage best supports the statement that:
  1.    India is striving hard for the emancipation of women.
  2.    all women should be well educated.
  3.    a nation can progress only when women are given equal rights and opportunities as men.
  4.    women ought to be imparted full freedom to prove their worth and contribute to the progress of the nation.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> women ought to be imparted full freedom to prove their worth and contribute to the progress of the nation.
women ought to be imparted full freedom to prove their worth and contribute to the progress of the nation.
Question 39. Though the waste of time or the expenditure on fashions is very large, yet fashions have come to stay. They will not go, come what may. However, what is now required is that strong efforts should be made to displace the excessive craze for fashion from the minds of these youngsters. The passage best supports the statement that:
  1.    fashion is the need of the day.
  2.    the excessive craze for fashion is detrimental to one's personality.
  3.    the hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let down the constructive development.
  4.    work and other activities should be valued more than the outward appearance.
  5.    industrial society is a great leveller of men.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let down the constructive development.
the hoard for fashion should be done away with so as not to let down the constructive development.
Question 40. Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling, hundreds of persons have been attracted towards this anti-national activity. Some of them became millionaires overnight. India has a vast coastline both on the Eastern and Western Coast. It has been a heaven for smugglers who have been carrying on their activities with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from time to time certain seizures were made by the enforcement authorities, during raids and ambush but even allowing these losses the smugglers made huge profits. The passage best supports the statement that:
  1.    smuggling hampers the economic development of a nation.
  2.    smuggling ought to be curbed.
  3.    authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
  4.    smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.
  5.    industrial society is a great leveller of men.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.
smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.

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