Directions (1-5):
Five statements are given below labeled (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Of these 4
statements form a coherent paragraph/ passage. From the given options, choose
the option that doesn’t fit the sequence.
(a) Drivers chew some intoxicant, smoke, use pills
and consume special drinks mainly to drive more, sleepless and deliver fast.
(b) A recent survey has found that truck and
other vehicle drivers working overtime use intoxicants and suffer from health
problems including sleeplessness and stress.
(c) Around 27% of the drivers surveyed admitted
that they consumed alcohol while driving, another 10% said they chewed tobacco
and 26% smoked beedi, the survey in the states revealed.
(d) The survey was conducted as part of a project
by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and Centre for Disease
Control and Prevention of the US.
(e) The survey on drivers was conducted across
states including Rajasthan Maharashtra and the NCR.
Q2.
(a) The book ‘Knowing Christ Today’ by Dallas
Willard deals with the disastrous effects of divorcing the teachings of Jesus
Christ and his people from the domain of human knowledge.
(b) Its aim is to reposition the substantial
teachings of Christianity (“Mere” Christianity) as a body of knowledge in the
contemporary world.
(c) I should alert the reader to the fact that
this is not a devotional book, and that it will require considerable mental
effort to understand.
(d) In the
process it explains what knowledge is, as compared to belief, commitment and
profession.
(e) It further
clarifies the difference it makes whether or not an area of thought and
practice is regarded as an area of knowledge.
Q3.
(a) The “Dare to Lead” conference was attended by
more than150 women executives spanning across various industries and touched
upon issues pertaining to the challenges faced by women in the corporate world.
(b) An
Executive Debani Ghosh said that women have to stop putting themselves down; no
one else can banish their insecurities for them.
(c) Be confident in your competence that you
don’t need to play the gender card anymore, equality can only be demanded if
women themselves stop expecting any special treatment.
(d) From the shop-flower to board room women have
proven that they are skilled.
(e) She further
said, the challenge lies in acknowledging this and giving them their place
under the sun.
Q4.
(a)Authors do
not always express in direct words what they want to say; they depend on the
common sense of the reader to be able to form total impression of whole
writing.
(b)In a
comprehension exercise you may be asked all types of questions designed to test
your knowledge of the passage.
(c)You may be
asked to give the facts and interpretation of these facts.
(d)You may be
asked to express the meaning of word or phrase as it is used in the passage.
(e)You may also
be asked to find out the theme and tone of the passage.
Q5.
(a)It is tough
to find another sports person who holds so many records, given that cricket is
a sport driven by numbers.
(b)He has made
his fans fall in love with numbers because he kept clocking them one after the
other, with each figure seeming more incredible.
(c) I remember
the time when he suffered the tennis elbow; it was a big concern for us as he
had missed many matches.
(d) 100 hundreds
in international cricket, 15,847 test runs, first to score a double hundred in
ODIs, most runs in World Cup the list goes on and on for him
(e) This should
make for a good KBC question. How many records does Sachin Tendulkar hold?
Directions (6-15): Five statements are
given below, labelled a, b, c, d and e. Among these, four statements form a
coherent paragraph. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit
into the theme of the paragraph.
the law allow ‘living wills’?
(b)These are
advance directives that people can lay down while being sound of mind, on
whether they should continue to get life-sustaining treatment after they reach
a stage of total incapacitation, that is, a vegetative state.
(c)The debate
on allowing euthanasia as a means to protect the dignity of patients in a
vegetative state has crystallised into a key question before a Constitution
Bench of the Supreme Court.
(d)The question
is fraught with legal, moral and philosophical implications.
(e)We must
understand that people with mental illness are no different from people
suffering with cancer.
Q7. (a)The
council, nominally the apex body that governs the new tax regime (where it is
the Finance Minister who actually calls the shots), offered some more elements
aimed at fine-tuning what was heralded as a “revolutionary” tax.
(b)There was
high drama as Modi summoned Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah from his
Kerala mission and went into a huddle with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley the
previous day.
(c) Nearly, 1.5
crore bank accounts were opened for people living below poverty line.
(d)Naturally,
expectations of a “big bang” announcement were heightened; many, chastened by
the sudden announcement of demonetisation last November, were also nervous
because of the “anything-is-possible” fear associated with policymaking in the
Modi era.
(e)What
actually came out of the council’s nine-hour-long deliberation could not have
been more underwhelming.
Q8. (a)It
followed consecutive years of drought in India with production dipping to 16
million tonnes in 2015-16, the lowest in six years.
(b)New Delhi
has been trying to refashion its ties with Africa with its India-Africa Summit
outreach efforts with the first such event being held in New Delhi in 2008.
(c)So much so
that India seems unable to keep a commitment it made to Mozambique last year to
import pigeon peas—a popular pulse variety locally known as arhar—prompting a
visit by Mozambican officials to New Delhi to seek clarity on the matter.
(d)The MoU or
pact signed with Mozambique to buy arhar grown there was seen as the centrepiece
of Prime Minister NarendraModi’s visit to the East African country in last
July.
(e)A bumper
crop should ordinarily mean good news but a record harvest of pulses in India
last year has led to a problem of plenty.
Q9.
(a)“Everybody was chasing numbers without providing employment to the youth or
meeting sectoral industry needs.”
(b)Yet the
government’s much-touted goal of providing skills training to 400 million
people by 2022 is unlikely to be met, increasing India’s significant
unemployment burden in a country where 69% of jobs are under threat from
automation.
(c)By 2026, 64%
of Indians are expected to be in the working age group of 15-59 years, making
it home to the largest workforce in the world.
(d)And with more
than a million job seekers entering the market every month, India is already
struggling to place its army of workers.
(e) India’s
so-called demographic dividend could turn into its biggest liability.
Q10.
(a)Impossibly tight U-bends and a steep road that circles out of the
overcrowded mayhem of Mussoorie take you to the tranquil town of Landour.
(b)Originally a
sanatorium built for the British Indian Army in 1827, it is one of the few
Indian holiday destinations to have escaped overdevelopment.
(c)It’s
definitely a cooler place to stay than most hill stations, for reasons more
than the temperature, which is 4-5 degrees Celsius lower than Mussoorie.
(d)The church,
which has been immaculately preserved and is still in use, is simply bursting
with stories from its fascinating past.
(e)It may be a
mere 5km journey from the Queen of the Hills, but it’s worlds away in time and
temperament.
Q11. (a) That
would have created a huge accounting mess.
(b) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has finally released numbers that show how
most of the currency notes that were cancelled were deposited in banks.
(c) The minor relief is that the value of notes returned was not greater than
the value of currency printed by the Indian central bank.
(d) The press release by the Union finance ministry after the new currency data
was made public similarly tries to broaden the set of benefits from
demonetisation.
(e) The airy hopes that the Indian central bank would be able to extinguish a
substantial chunk of its liabilities—and some mistakenly also argued that this
would provide a fiscal bonanza that the government could use to recapitalize
the banking system—have been believed.
Q12. (a) There
are two possible reasons for this, First, the impact on broad money was far
less severe than the effect on base money thanks to the growth in bank
deposits.
(b) He applied his analysis to a wide range of issues, including trade
barriers, taxes, and government spending.
(c) The main negative economic consequence of demonetisation has been the
disruption of unorganized supply chains that are dependent on cash transactions;
it is still not clear how smoothly they were being rebuilt as the economy was
remonetized.
(d) Second, informal contracts to settle financial transactions could have kept
economic exchange going during the worst weeks of the cash crunch.
(e) However, it is also true that the Indian economy did not collapse because
of the disruption of the monetary base, as some economists had predicted.
Q13. (a)
Enormous powers are vested in the military which can lead to war.
(b) Most of the victims are women and children, according to the UN’s
International Organisation for Migration, which has called for additional aid
to cope with Dhaka’s refugee situation.
(c) The continuing failure of the Myanmar government to act decisively and
urgently to protect civilians from the raging crossfire between the security
forces and insurgents is shocking
(d) The latest flare-up began last Friday when militants suspected to be from
the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army attacked military and police outposts.
(e) The recent clashes in the western State of Rakhine have claimed over 70
lives and forced thousands of Rohingya to flee across the border into
Bangladesh, in a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis.
Q14. (a) This
in itself brings a unique set of challenges to running and working for an
organic company.
(b) There is a lot of work the regulators need to do in defining clear
regulations and then spreading awareness about those.
(c) The larger system that governs how food is grown and distributed in the
country is something that doesn’t support us because what organic represents is
the stark opposite of how conventional produce is grown, handled, priced, and
distributed.
(d) And the
other reality that feeds into how we plan our strategy, communication and
positioning, after factoring in the general perception that many of us are
corrupt and out there to cheat consumers.
(e) So, to
uphold what should be and is expected of organic, we have to work outside of
the current food system and manage the supply chain from production to retail
in its entirety.
Q15. (a) Apart
from the loss of lives, there is extensive damage to urban infrastructure and,
of course, a break in city’s lifelines – the local trains and BEST buses.
(b) Cities such as Mumbai that are densely populated are vulnerable to floods
and other disasters.
(c) Ensuing economic losses and disease burden are the obvious fallout.
(d) Flooding in urban areas, especially in a megalopolis such as Mumbai, is a
result of prolonged rainfall that simply overwhelms the drainage system.
(e) Prior to that, India’s flood management was restricted mostly to rural
areas.
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SOLUTIONS:
S1.Ans.(a)
Sol.
The para is
about the survey conducted on heavy vehicle drivers who work overtime and
consume intoxicants. Statement (a) talks about drivers who drink and drive
fast. While rest statements talk about survey conducted on heavy vehicle
drivers, hence statement (a) is the odd one out.
S2.Ans.(c)
Sol.
The para is
based on the content of the book called ‘’knowing Christ today’’ by Dallas
Willard. Statement (a), (b),(d) mentions about content of the book but
statement(c) mentions Dr. Williams percept for the book.
S3.Ans.(a)
Sol.
Statement (a)
describes about the conference held on women empowerment. While statement (b),
(c) and (d) mentions opinion of a women executive Debani Ghosh. The correct
order is (b,c,d,e).
S4.Ans.(a)
S5.Ans.(c)
Sol.
Statement (b)
describes how the sportsperson made incredible record and made his fans fall in
love numbers. Statement (a) is also interconnected as it talks about the
numbers ‘’ sports person who holds so many records” while statement (c) talks
about the sportsperson’s injury, it is to be noted that other remaining
statements also are talking about his accomplishments hence option (c) is the
correct choice.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. It can be
inferred that sentences CABD forms the coherent paragraph as it talks about the
necessity to make ‘living wills’ as
legal. Read the sentence given in option (e), it is talking about the need to
give importance to mental illness while we are talking about legalizing living
wills in remaining statements hence option (e) doesn’t fit in this sequence and
hence is the correct choice of elimination.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. The
paragraph is about the doubt in the mind of the people regarding the various
reforms brought by the Modi government in the last few months. It can be viewed
the sentences BDEA forms the coherent paragraph. Option (c) doesn’t fit in this
sequence as it talks about some specific statistics regarding the opening of
bank accounts which is nowhere discussed in the remaining statements, and hence
is the correct choice of elimination.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. It can be
viewed that sentences ECDA forms the coherent paragraph as it is talking about
the commitment given by the Indian government to Mozambique regarding the
import of pigeon peas ( arhar). Among the given options, only option (b) has no
connection with any of the other sentences of the paragraph as it is talking
about renewing the ties between India and Mozambique. Hence sentence (b) is the
correct choice.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. ECBD forms
a coherent paragraph as it talks about the difficulties to be faced by the
government in generating large number of jobs. Read the sentence given in
option (a) it says people are bothered about quantity not the quality in terms
of employment,which brings out some reason which has no connection with any
other sentences of the paragraph. Hence option (a) is the correct choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. The
paragraph is about the mesmerizing beauty of a small town of Landour which is
5km from Mussoorie. It is least crowded and has somehow escaped overdevelopment
which has retained its natural charm. AECB forms a coherent paragraph whereas
option (d) has no role to play in this particular paragraph as it talks about a
specific church and the stories related to it. Hence option (d) is the correct
choice.
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. The
paragraph is about the lessons of demonetization. Going through the sentences,
we find that sentences BECA form a coherent paragraph while sentence (d) is not
a part of the paragraph.
The coherent
paragraph talks about failure to recapitalize the bank as the value of notes
returned was not greater than the value of currency printed by the Indian
central bank while sentence (d) talks about broadening the set of benefits from
demonetization which does not relate to other sentences. Hence sentence (d) is
the right choice.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. Going
through the sentences, we find that sentences CEAD form a coherent paragraph
while sentence (b) is not a part of the paragraph. The sentences forming the
coherent paragraph talks about the negative economic consequences of
demonetization and reasons behind the non-failure of Indian economy because of
disruption of the monetary base. Thus, sentence (b) is irrelevant. Hence
sentence (b) is the correct choice.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. Sentence
CEBD forms a coherent paragraph as the paragraph is about Myanmar’s refusal to
address the Rohingya issue that diminishes its democratic transition. Sentence
(a) is not a part of the paragraph as it is about powers vested in the military
which is unrelated to other sentences. Hence sentence (a) is the right choice.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. Sentences
CEAD forms a coherent paragraph as it talks about difference between the
conventional produce and organic produce and what steps are to be needed to
grow, handle, price and distribute the organic produce that brings many
challenges.
Sentence (b) is
not a part of the paragraph as it talks about what regulators need to do in
defining clear regulations.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. Sentence
DBAC forms a coherent paragraph as it talks about the result of prolonged
rainfall in urban cities like Mumbai, which is densely populated leading to
loss of urban infrastructure, local trains and BEST buses.
Sentence (e)
talks about India’s flood management that was restricted to rural areas and
hence it is unrelated to other sentences.
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