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Q1-9.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below them. Some words / phrases are printed in bold to help you to
locate them while answering some of the questions.
n the second wee! of "ugust 199#$ %ust a few days after the incidents of bombing the &S embassies in 'airobi and (ar- es- Salaam$ a high-
powered$ brain- storming session was held near )ashington (*$ to discuss various aspects of terrorism$ +he meeting was attended by ten of
"merica,s leading e-perts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare$ public health$ disease control and also by the doctors and the
law enforcing officers. .eing as!ed to describe the horror of possible bio/ attac!$ one of the e-perts narrated the following gloomy scenario.
" culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid$ which in turn creates an $
unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease li!e anthra-$ capable of inflicting a horrible death within 0 days on anyone who inhales it. "t first$
011 or so victims feel that they have mid influen2a which may recede after a day or two. +hen the symptoms return again and their lungs start
filling with fluid. +hey rush to local hospitals for treatment$ but the panic- stric!en people may find that the medicare services run quic!ly out
of drugs due to e-cessive demand. .ut no one would be able to reali2e that a terrorist attac! has occurred. 3ne cannot deny the possibility that
the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. +he meeting concluded that such attacks$ apart from
causing immediate human tragedy$ would have dire long term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people,s
trust on the competence of the government.
+he e-perts also said that the bombs used in 4enya and +an2ania were of the old fashion variety and involved large quantities of high
e-plosives$ but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hi%ac!ing an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous
decades. "ccording .ruce 5offman$ an "merican specialist on political violence$ old overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and
so on. +hese terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hi%ac!ing an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. 4illing so many
innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. 6olitical terrorists want a lot of people watching$ but not a lot of people watching$ but
not a lot of people dead. 73ld terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practiced by those who believe that the world
has gone beyond redemption$8 he added.
5offman says$ 7'ew +errorism has no long term agenda$ but is ruthless in its short- term intentions. t is often %ust a cacophonous cry of
protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the )est in general and the &S in particular. ts perpetrators may be religious
fanatics or die- hard opponents of a government and see no reason to show restraint. +hey are simply intent on inflicting the ma-imum amount
of pain on the victim.8
Q1. n the conte-t of the passage$ the culprit,s act of employing a test tube containing some fluid can be classified as9
". a terrorist attac! .. an epidemic of a dreaded disease *. a natural calamity (. panic created by an imaginary event :. 'one
Q;. n what way would the new terrorism be different from that of the earlier years<
i. more dangerous and less baffling ii. more ha2ardous for victims iii. less complicated for terrorists
". 1 = > only .. ; = > only *. 1 = ; only (. "ll the three :. 'one
Q>. )hat was the immediate provocation for the meeting held in "ugust 199#<
". the insistence of "merica,s leading e-perts .. the horrors of possible bio- attac!s *. a culprit,s heinous act of spreading germs
(. people,s lac! of trust in the government :. 'one
Q?. )hat could be the probable consequences of bio- attac!s$ as mentioned in the passage<
i. Several deaths ii. 6olitical turmoil iii. Social unrest
". 1 only .. ; only *. > only (. 1 = ; only :. "ll three
Q0. +he author,s purpose of writing the above passage seems to e-plain9
". the methods to contain terrorism .. the socio- political turmoil in "frican countries *. the deadly strategies adopted by modern
terrorists (. reasons for !illing innocent people :. the salient features of terrorism of yester- year
Q@. "ccording to the author of the passage$ the root cause of terrorism is9
i. religious fanaticism ii. Socio- political changes in countries iii. +he enormous population growth
". 1 only .. ; only *. > only (. 1 = ; only :. "ll three
QA. +he phrases$ such attacks$ as mentioned in the last sentence of second paragraph$ refers to9
". the onslaught on an epidemic as a natural calamity .. bio- attac! on political people in the government
*. attac! aimed at damaging the reputation of the government (. bio- attac! maneuvered by unscrupulous elements :. 'one
Q#. +he sole ob%ective of the old terrorism$ according to 5offman$ was to9
". plant bombs to !ill innocent people .. establish colonial power or capitalist system *. ma!e people reali2e the incompetence of
the government (. give a setbac! to socio- political order :. 'one
Q9. )hich of the following statements is true about new terrorism<
". ts immediate ob%ectives are quite tragic .. t has far- sighted goals to achieve *. t can differentiate between the innocent people
and the guilty (. t is free from any political ideology :. t advocates people in changing the socio- political order.
Q11-19. n the following passages there are blan!s$ each of which has been numbered. +hese numbers are also printed below the passage and
against each 0 words are suggested$ one of which fits the blan! appropriately. Bind out the appropriate words in each case.
Bundamentally$ all human CC1CCpossess combination of fi-ed inherited traits. "ll men possess the CC;CC highly developed nervous system$
bac!- bones$ erect posture$ hair$ etc. +herefore$ CC>CC among men arise only CC?CC changes of this CC0CC pattern. Racial CC@CC represent one
of the finest distinctions and are based on certain CCACC differences. +wo races may be CC#CC in hair colour$ in eye colour but CC9CC in stature
while two others may be CC11CC in stature but differ in the colour of eyes and hair.
Q11. ". animal .. beings *. mind (. society :. thin!ing
Q11. ". large .. different *. same (. natural :. biological
Q1;. ". sameness .. naturalness *. growth (. substance :. variations
Q1>. ". no .. large *. fundamental (. minor :. artificial
Q1?. ". fluctuating .. mad *. picturesque (. basic :. maddening
Q10. ". differences .. clashes *. hatred (. tolerance :. sameness
Q1@. ". clearcut .. minor *. unnoticeable (. massive :. neat
Q1A. ". "li!e .. different *. mismatched (. beautiful :. untouched
Q1#. ". matched .. same *. different (. close :. tall
Q19. ". tall .. short *. uncouth (. ugly :. same
Q;1-;0. n the following questions choose the word which best e-presses the meaning of the given word.
Q;1. '(*+
". condemn .. reprimand *. accuse (. "llege :. 'one
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". smouldering .. gilittering *. touching (. warming :. 'one
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". restaurant .. parlour *. living room (. dining room :. 'one
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". diffusion .. disagreement *. different (. degree :. 'one
Q;?. G6R3H:G:'+
". advancement .. betterment *. promotion (. preference :. 'one
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". failure .. helplessness *. misfortune (. crisis :. 'one
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