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Analyse
the following passage and provide an
appropriate answer for
the question nos. 1 through 2
that follow.
In
Hume’s eyes productive labour was the
greatest asset of a country, and foreign trade was
valuable because it enabled a nation to use more and more varied labour
than would otherwise be possible. But
commerce was of mutual advantage to the nations involved, not a benefit to one
and injury to other. “The increase of riches and commerce in any one nation,”
added Hume, “instead of hurting,
commonly, promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours.” “The
emulation in rival nations serves … to
keep industry alive in all of them.”
1.
The importance of foreign trade, in eyes of Hume, was due to that:
A. it allowed the employment of surplus
labour in a nation.
B. it allowed the diversion of labour to
export oriented industries.
C. it allowed the deeper specialisation of
the same labour force.
D. it allowed varied application of labour
force in a nation.
E. it allowed application of varied labour
force in a nation.
2.
As per Hume, free trade between nations was made advantageous by the outcome
of:
A. mutual increases in riches and
commerce.
B. emulation of industrial activity by
different nations.
C. affable promotion of industrial activity
among nations.
D. productive employment of labour in
different nations.
E. higher wages received by labour in
exporting nations.
Questions
(3-5): Identify the correct sentences from the options given below.
3.
A.
When kite flying you can always tell when you lose a kite because the string
feels loose.
B.
When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string
feels lose.
C.
When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string
feels loose. D. When flying a kite, you
can, always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels lose. E. While flying a kite, you can always tell
if you lost a kite when the string felt lose.
4.
A.
If XAT
aspirants had not taken so long
checking each question before attempting
the next question they might not
have run out of time.
B.
If XAT aspirants had taken so long checking each question before attempting the
next question they might not have run
out of time.
C.
Had XAT aspirants not took so long
checking every question
before attempting the next question they might not have run out
of time.
D.
If XAT
aspirants had took so long
checking each and every question before attempting
the next question they might not have run out of time.
E.
Had XAT aspirants not taken so long checking
all questions before attempting
the next question they might not
have run out of time.
5.
A.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple had been married
for 10 years.
B.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple will have been
married for 10 years.
C.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple will be married
for 10 years. D. The news channel agreed
to report that next Sunday the couple could have been married for 10
years.
E.
The news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday the couple has been married since 10 years.
For
questions 6 & 7 go through the following passage.
The Yoga system is divided into two
principal parts — Hatha and Raja Yoga. Hatha Yoga deals principally with the physiological part of
man with a view to establish his health and train his will. The processes prescribed to arrive at this end are so difficult
that only a few resolute
souls go through all the stages
of its practice. Many have failed and some have died in the attempt. It is therefore strongly
denounced by all the philosophers. The most
illustrious Shankaracharya has
remarked in his treatise called Aparokshanubhuti that “the system of Hatha Yoga
was intended for those whose worldly
desires are not pacified or uprooted.”
6.
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially
strengthens the idea given in the
passage?
A. The percentage of people in a given
ashram practicing Raja Yoga is more than the percentage of people practicing Hatha Yoga.
B. The number of people in a
given ashram practicing Raja
Yoga is more that the number of people practicing Hatha Yoga.
C. The number of Yoga schools teaching Raja
Yoga is more than the number of Yoga schools
teaching Hatha Yoga.
D. The
number of teachers teaching
Raja Yoga is more than the number of teachers teaching Hatha Yoga.
E. The
percentage of students who have successfully
learnt Raja Yoga is more than the
percentage of students who have successfully learnt Hatha Yoga.
7.
Which of the following option best reflects Shankaracharya’s comments on Hatha
Yoga?
A. Hatha Yoga is for those whose worldly
desires are not placated.
B. Hatha Yoga has disastrous consequences
for Yoga practitioners.
C. Practiced under the guidance of experts,
Hatha Yoga is better than Raja Yoga for some people.
D. Raja Yoga gives better results and in a
shorter time period for most people, and therefore it should be encouraged.
E. Hatha Yoga is ill-suited for people with
strong worldly desires.
Analyse
the following passage and provide
and appropriate answer
of the questions 8 through 10 that follow.
The greens success has clear policy
implications, especially on issues of nuclear power, ecological tax reform, and citizenship rights. But success
also has implications for parties
themselves. Greens have always faced a unique “strategic conundrum arising from
their unique beliefs and movement roots. Put simply, how can they reconcile
their radical alternative politics with participation in mainstream or “grey parliamentary
and government structures? Throughout
the 1990s most parties shed their radical cloth in an attempt to capture
votes, even at the expense of party
unity and purity. Most were rewarded with electoral success well beyond what
had been imaginable in the 1980s. The
price to pay has been tortured internal debates about strategy, and new
questions about green party identity and purpose. Today the key
questions facing green parties revolve around not whether to embrace
power, but what to do with it. More specifically, green parties face three new challenges in the new millennium: first,
how to carve out a policy niche as established parties and governments become
wiser to green demands, and as green
concerns themselves appear more
mainstream. Second, how to make
green ideas beyond the confines of rich industrialised states into
Eastern Europe and the developing world where green parties remain marginal and environmental
problems acute. Third, how to ensure that the broader role of green parties- as consciousness
raisers, agitators, conscience of parliament and politics- is not sacrificed on the altar of electoral success. Green parties have come
a long way
since their emergence and development in the 1970s and
1980s. They have become established players able to shape
party competition, government
formation, and government policy. But this very
“establishment carries risk for a party whose core values and identities
depend mightily on their ability to challenge the
conventional order, to agitate and to annoy. For most
green parties, the greatest fear
is not electoral decline so
much as the prospect of becoming
a party with parliamentary platform, ministerial
voice, but nothing to say.
8.
Which out of the following is closest in meaning to the first three challenges
mentioned in the paragraph?
A. Niche of green parties is being eroded
by mainstream parties.
B. Green parties are finding it difficult
to find new strategy.
C. Green parties have become stronger over
a period of time.
D. Some green parties are becoming
grey.
E. Non green parties are becoming less
relevant than green parties.
9.
Which of the following is the most important point that author highlights?
A. Challenges before
green parties to change their strategy from green
activism to green governance.
B. How should green parties win confidence
and support of governments?
C. Transformation of green parties in
recent decades.
D. Green movement is not strong in
developing countries.
E. Non green parties are becoming less
relevant than green parties.
10.
How best can mainstream political parties, in India, keep green parties at
bay?
A. By imposing a green tax.
B. By allowing carbon trading.
C. By including green agenda in their
governance.
D. By hiring Al Gore, the Nobel prize
winner, as an ambassador.
E. By not letting green parties fight
elections.
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Answers
1(e) 2(b)
3(a) 4(a) 5(b)
6(e) 7(a) 8(a)
9(a) 10(c)