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All the questions are of multiple choice types. You have to answer the questions based on
the preceding paragraph. All the questions have the same answer choice. The choices are
as given below:
(a) True.
(b) False.
(c) annot !ay.
Passage-1:
"esearchers in #umbai have found that certain types of gallstones can be dissolved by
in$ecting them with a gasoline additive in the form of ether. The ether is in$ected through
a tube directly into the gall bladder. The one%day treatment wor&s only on cholesterol%
based stones' not those composed largely of calcium. (owever' as the cholesterol stones
are by far the most common type' for millions of gallstone sufferers the treatment should
offer a welcome alternative to surgery' the commonest option in most hospitals.
)t ta&es more than one day for ether to dissolve a calcium%based gallstone.
*allstones can only be dissolved by in$ections.
*allstones can quic&ly be cured with surgery.
+ther is largely used for dissolving gallstones
alcium stones can be cured in one day
(undreds of people contain calcium stones
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#y father had no brothers' but his three sisters are all married and each has two children.
#y grandfather has two sons.
#y father was the only child
) have only one uncle
,ne of my aunts is a spinster
) have si- cousins on my father.s side
#y grandfather was the only son
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)n the Totalitarian days' the words have very much devalued. )n the present day' they are
becoming domestic' that is' the words will be much more devalued. )n that day' the words
will be very much affected in political area. /ut at present' the words came
very cheap. 0e can say they come free at cost.
)n Totalitarian society' words are devalued
Totalitarians will have to come much about words
)n the Totalitarian society the words are used for the political speeches
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Passage-4:
)n past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on
the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the
water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot' if the temperature is below free1ing
temperature2 about the formation of ice on the rotors and wings.
The electronic device can avoid the formation of ice on the wings
There will be malfunction of rotor and engine because of formation of ice
The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded
There is only one device that warns about the formation of ice
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(uman e-istence is not susceptible of arbitrary division between consciousness and
unconsciousness. The conscious world invaders and shapes the activities of the
unconscious' while many of the great achievements of humanity.s wa&ing hours where
wholly or partly inspired by dreams. +ven if it could argued that dreams precede
e-perience such a dichotomy could not be drawn' as the influence of the dreaming on the
wa&ing state would remain unclear' but as yet no common vocabulary e-ists to record the
substance of prenatal dreaming.
!leep can be a creative state
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F3,"A 4%piece sofa%set is at the top of our upholstery range. This high%bac&ed quality
sofa%set boasts an impressive specification which starts with a hardwood frame in tea&
and a padded front edge ensuring really deep' long%lasting comfort. !eat cushions
are of high resilience foam and bac& cushions of softest hollow fill. The whole set is
carefully upholstered throughout in a choice of superb fabrics ranging from cotton print
to velvet.
The padding is there to ensure that the furniture will last for a long time
The firm sells other upholstery furniture
Passage-7:
(ac&ing is a crime made possible by a relatively new technology' which is one of the
reasons it is often poorly understood and reported. #any computers' but by no means all'
are now lin&ed together in networ&s which allow users on one computer to communicate
with others on the same networ&. )f a computer is not networ&ed' no manipulation of its
data from another machine possible. !o long as users are authori1ed' networ&ing is $ust a
way of ma&ing wor& easier more productive. (ac&ing' on the other hand is the
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unauthori1ed use of networ&s or unauthori1ed entry into the computers themselves. #ost
people do not brea& into the networ&s they use' since they are already accredited users.
(ac&ers do not wor& for the firms whose networ&s they brea& into
(ac&ing is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data
(ac&ing is done mostly due to the lac& of computer &nowledge
Passage-8:
5olycythemia often occurs in people who have chronic lung disease' but can appear
spontaneously in healthy individuals. +-cessive numbers of red blood cells manufactured
by the body and the individual then develops a very healthy%loo&ing' ruddy comple-ion.
The blood becomes thic&er and is liable to clot and bloc& ma$or blood vessels. (igh
blood pressure is another frequent complication. Treatment involves venesection' in
which a liter or so of blood is removed from the body. #edication may also be given to
reduce the numbers of red blood cells manufactured in the body.
3ung disease frequently precedes polycythemia
Passage-9:
/indweed is only effectively controlled by applying a solution of brushwood%&iller to the
growing tips. )t is necessary to unwind a suitable length from the host plant before
treatment' but this is not so very difficult' and it does not seem essential to find and treat
every leader on the same weed. The solution should be made up in a can which is carried
in one hand' while the other' in a rubber glove' inserts the leaders in the can. )f the the
leaders can be laid out on the the ground ' they can easily be wetted with a
small brush. As long as the weather is calm' there is no real ris& of damage to ad$acent
plants' and in two or three wee&s the weeds should have disappeared.
/rushwood%&iller can pose a threat to other plants in the garden
Passage-10:
!enior managers in a leading company said that new 6apanese investment in )ndia was
transforming the car industry' and warned that $obs were under threat from 6apanese
competition. They stated that increasing competition would be coupled with an
inevitable downturn in the car mar&et and the recent rise interest rates which has already
hit demand.
The managers issued their warning after a rise in the interest rates
According to the senior managers' the 6apanese investment in )ndia will lead to a
glut in the car mar&et
!ome senior managers said that more people will want to by new cars in the
future
The perception of the senior managers is the new 6apanese investment in )ndia is
leading to more automation of the car industry
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The increased rate of interest will mean that 6apanese firms will cease to operate
in this country
The increase in loan interest will adversely affect car sales
6apanese wor&ers are ta&ing over the $obs of )ndian industry
#anagers said that interests in car will go down after seeing the raise in interest
rates
5eople are very interested to buy the cars
Passage-11:
The new !tarfire has an advanced four%cylinder engine with catalytic converter and uses
only unleaded petrol. 7ersatility is a ma$or feature of the range and the 89:: and 8;::
models have the same high level of specification inside and out. The only obvious
visual difference' internally and e-ternally' is the use of alloy wheels on the 8;:: version'
together with a discreet change in badging. The !tarFire <::: is distinguished by its
tailgate spoiler and the rectangular fog and driving lamps integrated into the front
bumper which are also included in the specification.
)nternally' the !tarfire <::: loo&s li&e the 89:: model
Passage-12:
5ierre laude 6ean Alloue1 e-plored la&e superior from 8==9 to 8==>. At his little
mission station near the western end of the la&e' he heard from the )ndians of a great river
to the west. 5ierre 6acques #arquette determined to investigate. )n 8=>4'
accompanied by 3ouis 6olliet and five others' he left !t. )gnace mission and ascended the
fo- river' which flows into green bay crossed over to 0isconsin river and followed it to
the upper #ississippi. The party then descended the #ississippi to the mouth of
Ar&ansas. These Frenchmen were not first +uropeans to sight or travel the #ississippi.
?e !oto and #oscoso had done so a century and a half before. The report of the
e-ploration was rushed bac& to @uebec' where' in 8=><' ount Frontenac had arrived as
*overnor of the province. (e and his friend' the remar&able 3a !alle%who earlier may
have penetrated the ,hio river valley%listened with deep interest.
Alloue1 e-plored the western end of la&e superior
#arquette and his party were not the first French men to travel the #ississippi
river
3a !alle listened with deep interest% the report of e-ploration of ?e !oto and
#oscoso
3a !alle e-plored the #ississippi river valley
Passage-13:
?r. *oddard was the first to fire a roc&et that reached a speed faster than the speed of
sound. (e was the first to develop a gyroscopic steering apparatus for roc&ets. (e was the
first to use vanes in the $et stream for roc&et stabili1ation during the initial phase of a
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roc&et flight. And he was the first to patent the idea of step roc&ets. After proving on
paper and in actual tests that a roc&et can travel in vacuum' he developed the
mathematical theory of roc&et propulsion and roc&et flight' including basic designs for
long%range roc&ets. All of this information was available to our military men before
0orld 0ar ))' but evidently its immediate use didn.t seem applicable. Aear the end of
0orld 0ar )) we started intense wor& on roc&et%powered guided missiles' using the
e-periments and developments of ?r. *oddard and the American "oc&et !ociety.
The stabili1ation problem of roc&ets in the initial phase was solved by ?r.
*oddard.
"oc&ets can travel faster than sound' than&s to gyroscopic steering
*oddard lived before 0orld 0ar ))
After careful mathematical calculations' ?r. *oddard proved that roc&ets can
travel in vacuum
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)n #arch 8984' de 3eon sailed off confidently from 5euto "ico for the /ahamas. 3anding
briefly at !an !alvador' /ahamas' he wound through unchartered islands until he sighted
an e-tensive coastline. (e had no reason to suspect that it is anything more than
an island' but he followed the coast for a day without rounding its end or finding a
suitable landing place. (e named the BislandB 3a Florida. This name came to be applied
by the !panish to the entire !outheastern Cnited !tates and beyond. Then' near the 4:th
parallel' de 3eon landed at the mouth of the !t. 6ohns river. ?etermined to be
the first to circumnavigate the BislandB' he turned south' traced the coast around the tip of
the peninsula' moved to the west' perhaps reaching Tampa bay. After > wee&s' he gave up
hope of circling the northern tip of this BislandB2 it was incredibly large and he may
have suspected that he had discovered the long sought mainland. )f so' it all belonged to
his Ding' for he had earlier planted the !panish flag and claimed Florida for Ferdinand.
de 3eon is from !pain' ruled by Ferdinand
de 3eon is very patriotic
de 3eon discovered part of C! during his $ourney
Passage-15:
6ames #adison understood that interests groups will inevitably develop within a free
political system. The problem' as #adison saw it' was to prevent any single interest
group from becoming so strong that it was able to dominate the political system.
This could be accomplished by legislating restrictions on political behavior' but that
solution meant a sacrifice of some of the freedom that #adison pri1ed so highly. A better
solution' he thought' was to e-tend the territorial scope of the government. This would
allow for greater diversity of interests in the nation' and a greater number of
groups competing for power. +ach interest group would thereby find it more difficult to
appeal to a ma$ority of the people' and to dominate the political process.
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The more interest groups there are in a political system' the less freedom there is
for everyone
3egislating restrictions on political behavior is sometimes the only method of
preserving political freedom
)ncreasing the territorial scope of a government can help to preserve freedom
According to #adison' in a free political system' interest groups are undesirable
Passage-16:
The regulations and e-penses to invent' patent and mar&et new ideas and products
imposes a heavy burden on inventors. The cost is often absorbed by large corporations
with research and development facilities they provide. orporations also help creative
people contribute to society without suffering the loss of income or security of the private
inventor. The realities of this arrangement are that many good ideas are never brought
into the mar&etplace and the cost of products on the mar&et is high because of the
development cost. (owever' protection provided by the patents and the safety to the
public to avoid placing harmful products on the mar&et is important to maintain. Thus' as
is often the case' rules and regulations have their favorable and unfavorable
consequences.
The regulations and e-penses to invent' patent and mar&et new ideas is an
e-pensive proposition to the inventors
*ood ideas are never brought into the mar&etplace because of the costs involved
in inventing' patenting mar&eting them
orporations steal the individual inventor of their inventions
Passage-17:
/eing born female and blac& were two handicaps *wendolyn /roo&s states that she
faced from her birth' in 8E8>' in Dansas. /roo&s was determined to succeed. ?espite the
lac& of encouragement she received from her teachers and others' she was
determined to write and found the first publisher for one of her poems when she was 88.
)n 8EF9' she mar&eted and sold her first boo&2 national recognition ensued. !he applied
for and received grants and fellowships from such organi1ations as the AAA3 and the
*uggenheim Foundation. 3ater she received the 5ulit1er pri1e for poetry2 she was
the first blac& woman to receive such an honor. /roo&s. reaction to fame is atypical. !he
continues to wor& and wor& hard. !he writes' travels' and helps many who are interested
in writing. +specially important for her is increasing her &nowledge of her blac& heritage
and encouraging other people to do the same. !he encourages dedication to the art to
would%be writers.
/roo&s. story illustrates the power of strong determination
!he became the author of a boo& in her teens
*wendolyn received the 5ulit1er pri1e for her first poetry
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Passage-18:
A cave is a natural opening in the ground e-tending beyond the 1one of light and large
enough to permit the entry of man. ,ccurring in a wide variety of roc& types and caused
by widely differing geological processes' caves range in si1e from single small
rooms to interconnecting passages many miles long. The scientific study of caves is
called speleology. )t is a composite science based on geology' hydrology' biology and
archeology' and thus holds special interest for earth scientists. aves have been natural
attractions since prehistoric times. 5rolific evidence of early man.s interest has been
discovered in caves scattered throughout the world. !&eletons of some of the earliest
manli&e creatures (Australopithecines) have been discovered in cave deposit in !outh
Africa' and the first evidence of primitive Aeanderthal man was found in *ermany. ro%
#agnon man created his remar&able murals on the walls of caves in France.
5rimitive human form originated in *ermany
!tudy of caves is the study of earth' water' life and early man
ro%#agnon man was more intelligent than Aeanderthal man
aves are a natural attraction because they reveal information about the early man
Passage-19:
Although invaders represent the threat to the conservation of flora and fauna' there are
two special cases in which invasion have been deliberately brought about. ,ne is the
desire to control pests by natural predators' which may have to be brought from
other countries. The second is releasing organisms into the wild (or on to farms' from
which they might escape) that are completely novel' because they have been genetically
engineered. There is nothing intrinsically sinister about engineered organisms' but any
novelty must be regarded as potential invader.
5ests are more dangerous than their natural predators
Passage-20:
3ife in colonial times was harsh' and the refinements of the mother country were
ordinarily lac&ing. The colonists' however' soon began to mold their +nglish culture into
the fresh environment of new land. The influence of religion permeated the
entire way of life. )n most !outhern colonies' the Anglican church was the legally
established church. )n Aew +ngland' the 5uritans were dominant2 and in 5ennsylvania'
the @ua&ers. +specially in the Aew +ngland colonies' the local or village church was the
hub of community life2 the authorities strictly enforced the !abbath and sometimes
banished non%believers. Cnfortunately' the same sort of religious intolerance' bigotry and
superstition associated with the age of "eformation in +urope also prevailed in some of
the colonies' though on a lesser scale. )n the last half of the 8>th century'
during sporadic outbrea& of religious fanaticism and hysteria' onnecticut authorities
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tried and hanged several women as BwitchesB. +arly in the 8>th century' some other
witchcraft persecution occurred in 7irginia. As the decades passed' however' religious
tolerance developed in colonies.
Aew +ngland was part of the !outhern colonies
?uring the mid 8>th century there was significant improvement in religious
tolerance and superstition
3ife in colonial times was harsh due to the strong influence of religion
The Anglican church used to govern the people in most !outhern colonies
Passage-21:
onfucius said that to &now the future we have to understand the past. in his time'
transport' communications and scientific &nowledge were less developed than they are
today. news too& wee&s to travel whereas today satellite lin&s connect the
continents virtually instantaneously' but our technological advances in the field of
communications seem not to improved our capacity to understand one another.
0e understand each other better now than in onfucius. time because we can
travel more quic&ly
)n onfucius. day people were more intelligent
0e have made great improvements in transport since onfucius. day
Technological advances in communication and human capacity to understand one
another are directly proportional
)n onfucius. day time news too& months to travel
According to onfucius the past has a lin&age to the future
+ven with the fast developments of the technology we can.t live happily
Passage-22:
+very form of art is protected by copyright' upon the e-piration of which the property
passes to the public domain and becomes freely available to anyone wishing to e-ploit it
commercially. the time has come when all treasures should pass to the control of a trust'
and by this be made readily available to anyone on payment of a fee or royalty. The
income from the wor&s 7an *ogh would alone be enormous. Those who now gain
financial benefit from his genius should ma&e some contribution to the welfare of the arts
in general.
)nstead of buying a tic&et' museum goers should pay a fee to a trust for the benefit
of arts
)t is not desirable to pass the control of treasures to a trust
7an *ogh.s paintings are not protected by copyright
All artwor&s must be managed by a trust' so that the income generated can be
used for the welfare of the arts
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opyright in art is valid only for a limited period of time
7an *ogh.s descendants should be as&ed to ma&e some contribution to the arts
7an *ogh.s wor&s are under this copy right rule
5eople are free to go to the public because of the copy right rule
5eople gives to theater and collect the money for development
0e have as&ed the 7an *ogh descendants to help for the developments of art
Passage-23:
,rgani1ing the home can be perceived as conferring power' so large numbers of women
are unwilling to let go of chores' even when they have careers. A survey found that' out of
=9 new marriages' not one single wife e-pected her husband to share wor&
equally. According to the Family 5olicy !tudies enter' ;8G of wor&ing wives return
home to do all the coo&ing. The average male has nearly half as much as more free time
at wee&ends than his wife' and the typical new father spends $ust 4> seconds a day tal&ing
to his baby.
,nly career women perceive organi1ing the home as conferring power
The average wife has half as much free time at wee&ends as her husband
The family planning studies center shows that ;8G wor&ing wives do all the
coo&ing at home
8EG wor&ing wives do not want to do the coo&ing at home
(ousewives want the husbands to ta&e part equally in the household
0ives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have
4EG of the men will wor& equally in the house in cleaning and washing
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!tatistics show that millions of vehicles have been carried by shuttle over the past 4:
years through Alpine tunnels without one ever catching fire. )n the Alpine tunnels' drivers
and passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle trains. ,nly one
vehicle has ever caught fire on the busy French motorail equivalent system. This sort of
accident is not possible in a closed shuttle. Assertion that a vehicle fire will lead to
catastrophe have no basis. !ince the resources e-ist to detect' control and e-tinguish a
fire' and to remove any persons present safely to an ad$oining wagon' leaving any
surviving fire facing rapid e-tinction within a wagon built to contain fire for 4: minutes'
catastrophe seems very unli&ely.
)t is theoretically possible for a vehicle to catch fire even in a closed wagon
The French motorail system is inferior to the shuttle train system
Ao accident can occur in the closed tunnels
Fire is allowed to live for 4: min
All the cars that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters
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