TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-8): Read the following passage
carefully and answer the given questions based on that.
An unwillingness to allow meaningful debate and invite
wider consultation can undo even the progressive aspects of problematic
legislation. Ignoring protests, the union government has managed to push
through a Bill in Parliament to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar
ecosystem. On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify the rolls and
weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data
with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of achieving it.
Indeed, this can also allow for remote voting, a measure that could help
migrant voters. The four qualifying dates for revision of rolls will help in
faster enrolment of those who turn 18. However, other aspects hold grave
implications for electoral democracy. The Opposition underscored the possible
disenfranchisement of legitimate voters unwilling or unable to submit Aadhaar
details, the possible violation of privacy, and the possibility that
demographic details may be misused for profiling of voters. Each is a valid
concern that ought to be considered by a parliamentary committee. Union Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju has said the proposal has been unanimously
approved by the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Justice. But, it is not
clear if the specifics of the Bill had been discussed widely and public opinion
sought.
There are indeed complaints that some electors may be
registered in more than one constituency and that non-citizens have been
enrolled, but these can be addressed by other identification processes. In fact,
the Aadhaar database may be irrelevant to verify voter identity because it is
an identifier of residents and not citizens. And the complaints of wrongful
enrolment have come up even against the unique identity number allotted to more
than 90% of the population. Mr. Rijiju is confident that the Election Laws
(Amendment) Bill satisfies the tests laid down by the Supreme Court — a
permissible law, a legitimate state interest and proportionality. However, this
has to be rigorously examined. Even though the Aadhaar requirement is said to
be voluntary, in practice it can be made mandatory. The Bill says the
election registration officer may require the submission of the Aadhaar number
both for new enrolments and those already enrolled. The choice not to submit is
linked to a “sufficient cause”, which will be separately prescribed. Whether
the few permissible reasons not to intimate one’s Aadhaar number include an
objection on principle is unknown. If an individual’s refusal to submit the
detail is deemed unacceptable, it may result in loss of franchise. Therefore,
the measure may fail the test of proportionality. If the Government really has
no ulterior motive in the form of triggering mass deletions from the electoral
rolls, it must invite public opinion and allow deeper parliamentary scrutiny
before implementing the new provisions that now have the approval of both
Houses of Parliament.
Q1.
Which of the following can be the reason(s) behind linking the electoral
registry with the Aadhaar ecosystem?
(a)
With a motive to include migrant electorates who can vote from remote areas
through Aadhaar linkage.
(b)To
include the legitimate voters by eliminating the spurious ones.
(c) The bill proposes four qualifying
dates for updating the voting rolls to include those who have turned 18.
(d)
Only (a) and (b)
(e)All
of these
Q2. Which of the following concerns has/have been raised
by the opposition regarding the recent parliamentary approved electoral bill?
(a) The proposed linkage
of Aadhaar and election database could lead to infringement of the privacy of
the citizens.
(b) The legitimate
voters will be disenfranchised merely upon their inability or
unwillingness to submit Aadhaar details.
(c) Linking Aadhaar data with voter ID can lead to
misapplication of demographic details.
(d)All of the above
(e)Only (a) and (b)
Q3. What is/are the Supreme Court mandated test(s) that a
bill must satisfy?
(a)Permissible law
(b)A legitimate state interest and Proportionality
(c)Statutory law
(d)Only (a) and (b)
(e)Only (b) and (c)
Q4. Which of the following measurements has/have been specified
by the author that could help in better implementation of the electoral law?
(a) considering public viewpoints and their consents before
the implementation of the new law
(b) A thorough parliamentary analysis by addressing each concern
over the law.
(c) Constituting a standing committee to investigate the
possible impacts on the people, especially to the neglected section of the
society.
(d)Only (a) and (b)
(e)All of these.
Q5. Which of the following words can REPLACE “unanimously”
which is highlighted in the passage?
(a)divergently
(b)concordantly
(c)decisively
(d)absolutely
(e)All
of these
Q6.
Which of the following words can REPLACE “scrutiny” which is highlighted in the
passage?
(a)review
(b)analysis
(c)Investigation
(d)inspection
(e)All
of these
Q7.
Which of the following options is false according to the given passage?
(a)Aadhaar
can’t be termed as a valid document for voting as it is not able to validate a
person’s citizenship.
(b)
Though homogeneous approval has been given by the parliament, there is no
clarity whether there was a talk widely over it.
(c)The prima facia objective of the bill, i.e., extraction of legitimate voters
by removing data duplicity is laudable.
(d)Much
to relief, Voters who are already been registered are exempted from enrolling
their Aadhaar number in the election registry.
(e)None
of these
Q8.
Which of the following words can be termed as the OPPOSITE of “voluntary”
highlighted in the passage?
(a)Obligatory
(b)electively
(c)Impulsive
(d)deliberately
(e)None
of these
Direction (9-13): In each of the given
question a part is given in bold, which may or may not be grammatically correct.
Choose the best replacement of it from the given options. If the sentence is
correct, choose “No replacement is needed” as your answer.
Q9. The civic body is expected to issuing orders on the
work to develop stormwater drains in areas prone to flooding.
(a) to issue orders at the work to develop
(b)on issue orders through the work for developing
(c) to issue orders for the work to develop
(d) for issue orders to the work to develop
(e)No replacement is needed.
Q10. As senior citizens require most diversed arrays of
health-care services, the adequate services for them will benefit all
age-groups.
(a) the most diverse array of health-care services
(b)more diveresed array of health-care services
(c)mostly diverse array of health-care service
(d) a most diversive array of health-care service
(e)No replacement is needed
Q11. Following
the increasing number of the Omicron variant, the state has enforced home
quarantine for all those coming from foreign countries.
(a)have enforce home quarantine for all these
(b)has enforce home quarantine to all
(c)have enforced home quarantine for all
(d)has enforced home quarantine as all those
(e)No replacement is required
Q12. I used to make noises, keep one hand on my throat with
the other hand felt the movements of my lips.
(a)keeping one hand in my throat with the other hand
(b)keep one hand on my throat while the other hand
(c) by keeping one hand onto my throat with the other hand
(d) keeping one hand on my throat while the other hand
(e)No rearrangement is required
Q13. Cash-starved States has been seeking non-tax
avenues for generate funds to sustain their programmes.
(a)have seek non-tax avenues to generate
(b) have been seeking non-tax avenues to generate
(c)are seek non-tax avenues for generate
(d) is seeking non-tax avenues to generate
(e)No replacement is needed
Direction (14-15): In each question four words
are given in bold, in which one word either misspelt or wrongly placed. Choose
the wrong word as your answer. If all the given words are true, choose “All words
are correct” as your answer.
Q14. The uproar following the government’s decision
to provide eggs along with mid-day meals to students from Classes 1 to 8 in
eight backward districts underscores the role of food in not just nutition
but also in politics, religion and caste.
(a)decision
(b)districts
(c)nutition
(d)religion
(e)All words are correct
Q15. The Indian economy is relatively
well-positioned on the path of recovery, but it cannot be imune to
global spillovers or to possible surges of infections from new mutations
including the Omicron variant.
(a) relatively
(b)imune
(c) possible
(d) variant
(e)All words are correct
Direction (16-20) Each question is divided in
four parts in which one part may or may not have error. Choose the part that
has the error as your answer.
Q16. The way he reacted(A)/ last night at party, (B)/ I was
very surprised (C)/ by his behavior(D)/ No error.
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)No error
Q17. Having received your (A)/ letter this morning, (B)/ we
are writing to(C)/ thank you for the same (D)/No error.
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)No error
Q18. The night my(A)/ mother died; Eden(B)/ gave me advise (C)/I’ve
never forgotten(D)/No error.
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)No error
Q19. The team and management were(A)/ force to undergo
urgent rapid(B)/ antigen tests just as they were(C)/ about to leave their hotel(D)/
No Error.
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)No error
Q20. My brother-in-law (A)/
who live in (B)/Mumbai have come(C)/ to stay with us(D)/No Error.
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)No Error
Directions (21-25): In the following
questions two columns are given containing three sentences/phrases each. In the
first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and C and in the second column, the
sentences/phrases are D, E and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may
or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make
a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Each question has five
options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases
can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Choose
the appropriate option. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence
after combination, mark “None of these” as your answer.
Q21.
COLUMN I
(A) Ms. Frank began to understand
the value of life
(B) If the city council rejects the
company’s proposal
(C) The military police are
currently looking for the soldier
COLUMN II
(D) she will probably reject my tardy excuse
(E) after listening to the philosophy of
several people
(F) who chose
to abandon his post during battle.
(a)A-D
(b)A-E, C-F
(c)B-D
(d)C-E
(e)A-E, B-F, C-D
Q22.
COLUMN I
(A) A multitude of people lined
up to watch their favorite celebrities
(B) By appealing the verdict,
the lawyer hoped
(C) The motivational speaker led
Jim to believe
COLUMN II
(D) he could
convince a superior court to annul the original decision.
(E) she hired a lawyer to
annul the bond.
(F) has walked into the movie
premiere.
(a)A-D, B-F
(b)A-E, C-F, B-D
(c)B-D
(d)C-E
(e)A-E, B-D,
Q23.
COLUMN I
(A) Each time the prosecutor
thought he had won the jury over
(B) It is an indubitable
fact
(C) Who are you to rebuke
your children
COLUMN II
(D) that we must conserve water
during the harsh drought.
(E) for the same actions you
have done?
(F) the defense team used a
gambit to have evidence thrown out of court.
(a) B-F, C-E
(b)A-F, C-E, B-D
(c)B-D
(d)C-E
(e)A-E, B-D, C-F
Q24.
COLUMN I
(A) The teacher supplemented
her lesson plan with extra activities
(B) Many teachers make use
of the Internet to propagate their lessons
(C) The witness to the
robbery tried to remember
COLUMN II
(D) by working outside of the home two afternoons a
week.
(E) exaggerated each
lineament of our faces.
(F) when schools are closed
because of the weather.
(a) B-F
(b)A-F, C-E, B-D
(c)B-D
(d)C-E
(e)A-E, B-D, C-F
Q25.
COLUMN I
(A) Nothing is more
aggravating than someone with so much conceit
(B) Since the new attendance
forms supersede the previous document
(C) A painful shooting
sensation moved through my elbow
COLUMN II
(D) when I hit it on the
back of the counter.
(E) but wonder if he swooned
over his own image in the mirror every morning.
(F) and allow access to the
medical records.
(a) B-F
(b)A-F, C-E, B-D
(c)B-E
(d)C-D
(e)A-E, B-D, C-F
SOLUTIONS:
S1.
Ans (e)
Sol.
After going through the first passage, which gives the detail explanation about
the views that are being promoted by the union government in order to reason
out the motive behind the linkage of Aadhaar system to the electoral registry,
we can conclude that all the given options are true and valid. Further to
affirm the answer, refer “On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify
the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of
Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of
achieving it. Indeed, this can also allow for remote voting, a measure that
could help migrant voters. The four qualifying dates for revision of rolls will
help in faster enrolment of those who turn 18.”
S2. And (d)
Sol. Amidst the much furor, the electoral bill has been
passed in the parliament. While the government says this is an essential
exercise that will help to cleanse the electoral rolls of duplicate entries,
concerns have been expressed by opposition parties and election watchers about
the potential of the move to impact privacy of voters and even disenfranchise
them. To get the clear understanding of the answer, refer to the first
paragraph of the passage, “The Opposition underscored the possible
disenfranchisement of legitimate voters unwilling or unable to submit Aadhaar
details, the possible violation of privacy, and the possibility that
demographic details may be misused for profiling of voters.”
S3. Ans (d)
Sol. To answer the given question, refer to the second
paragraph “Mr. Rijiju is confident that the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill
satisfies the tests laid down by the Supreme Court — a permissible law, a legitimate
state interest and proportionality.”
S4. Ans (d)
Sol. Answer to the following question can be given by
referring to the last few lines of the second paragraph, “If the Government
really has no ulterior motive in the form of triggering mass deletions from the
electoral rolls, it must invite public opinion and allow deeper parliamentary
scrutiny before implementing the new provisions that now have the approval of
both Houses of Parliament”.
S5. Ans (b)
Sol.
“Unanimously” means “of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.” Thus, the
word that can replace the given word is “universally”
Divergently: pertaining to
concordantly: in agreement; consistent.
Decisively:
in a firm and resolute way, without wavering
Absolutely: without doubt or reservation
S6.
Ans (e)
Sol.
“Scrutiny” means “a careful watch or close examination”. Thus, all the given
words have similar meaning and can replace the given word in the passage.
S7.
Ans (d)
Sol.
After reading the passage carefully, we can conclude that all the given options
except option (d) are correct.
Option
(a): To validate the statement refer to: “There are indeed complaints that some
electors may be registered in more than one constituency and that non-citizens
have been enrolled, but these can be addressed by other identification
processes. In fact, the Aadhaar database may be irrelevant to verify voter
identity because it is an identifier of residents and not citizens.”
Option
(b): To validate the statement, refer to: “Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has
said the proposal has been unanimously approved by the Parliamentary Committee
on Law and Justice. But, it is not clear if the specifics of the Bill had been
discussed widely and public opinion sought”.
Option
(c): To validate the statement refer to: “On the face of it, the Bill’s
objective — to purify the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear
laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may
seem to be a good way of achieving it”
Option
(d): The sentence can be negated by: “The Bill says the election registration
officer may require the submission of the Aadhaar number both for new
enrolments and those already enrolled.”
S8.
Ans (a)
Sol.
“Voluntary” means “done or given because you want to do it, not because you
have to do it”. Thus, the only word can be termed as the opposite of the given
word is “obligatory”.
Obligatory: that you must do
Elective: that you choose to have; that is
not urgent
Impulsive: likely to act suddenly and
without thinking; done without careful thought
Deliberately:
on purpose
S9. Ans (c)
Ans. The correct replacement for the embolden part of the
sentence is “to issue orders for the work to develop”. Thus, the sentence will
be “the civic body is expected to issue orders for the work to develop
stormwater drains in areas prone to flooding.”
S10. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct replacement for the embolden part of the
sentence is “the most diverse array of health-care services”. Thus, the
sentence will be, “As senior citizens require the most diverse array of
health-care services, the adequate services for them will benefit all
age-groups.”
S11. Ans (e)
Sol. The embolden phrase is correct and does not require
any change.
S12. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct replacement for the embolden part of the
sentence is “keeping one hand on my throat while the other hand”. Thus, the
sentence form will be “I used to make noises, keeping one hand on my throat
while the other hand felt the movements of my lips.”
S13. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct replacement for the embolden part of the
sentence is “have been seeking non-tax avenues to generate”. Thus, the sentence
form will be “Cash-starved States have been seeking non-tax avenues to generate
funds to sustain their programmes.”
S14. Ans (c)
Sol. In the following sentence “nutition” must be replaced
with “nutrition”.
S15. Ans (b)
Sol. In the given sentence, “imune” must be replaced with
“immune”.
S16. Ans (c)
Sol. Here “very” must be replaced with “much”. If
“surprised” is used as a part of passive voice construction,
“much” is used to emphasize it, and “by” is used to
indicate by whom it was caused.
S17. Ans (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct and require no
change.
S18. Ans (c)
Sol. “Advise” must be replaced with “advice”. “advise” is a
verb, whereas, “advice” is a noun.
S19. Ans (b)
Sol. “force” must be replaced with “forced” as the sentence
is in past tense.
S20. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct plural form of “brother-in-law” is
“brothers-in-law”.
S21. Ans (b)
Sol. The pairs that can form
meaningful sentences are: A-E, C-F. Thus, the sentences will be: “Ms. Frank began to
understand the value of life after
listening to the philosophy of several people” and “The military police are
currently looking for the soldier who chose to abandon his post during battle”.
S22. Ans (c)
Sol. The pair of phrases
that can form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence is: B-D. Thus,
the sentence will be “By appealing the verdict,
the lawyer hoped he could convince a
superior court to annul the original decision”.
S23. Ans (b)
Sol. The pairs of phrases
that can form meaningful sentences are: A-F, B-D, C-E. Thus, the sentences
formed will be: “Each time the prosecutor
thought he had won the jury over the defense team used a gambit to have
evidence thrown out of court”, “It is an indubitable fact that we must
conserve water during the harsh drought” and “Who are you to rebuke your
children for the same actions you have done?”
S24. Ans (a)
Sol. The only pair of
phrases that can form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence are: B-F.
Thus, the sentence formed will be: “Many teachers make use of the Internet to propagate their lessons when
schools are closed because of the weather”.
S25. Ans (d)
Sol. The only pair of
sentences that can make meaningful and grammatically correct sentence is: C-D.
Thus, the sentence will be:” A
painful shooting sensation moved through my elbow when I hit it on the back of
the counter.”
