svigr2024 Mock Analysis aspiration.ai All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) Scorecard (ScoreCard jsp?sid-aaaHmV'1ezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021 8qsetld=S9LppedgbjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021)) Accuracy (AccSelectGraph.jsp?sid-aaaHmV 1 ezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021 &qsetld=S9LppedgbjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021)) Qs Analysis (QsAnalysis.jsp?sid=aaaHmnV1ezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021 &qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021)) Video Attempt (VideoAnalysis.jsp?sid=aaaHmnV1 ezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021 &qsetld=S9Lppe4gbjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) Solutions (Solution jsp?sid=aaaHrnV 1ezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021 &qsetld=S9LppedgbjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) Bookmarks (Bookmarks.jsp?sid-aaaHrnV lezfiRfS7KkyCxTue Jan 19 11:03:40 IST 2021&qsetld=S9L ppedghjE=&qsetName=All India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) English Language Current Affairs Including General Knowledge Legal Reasoning Reasoning Quantitative Techniques Sec1 hitpesiww aspiration ailLAWisie'Soluionjep?qsetld=SL poedgbiE=BqsetName=Al India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 1215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 1 The United States government does not usually block or censor lawful websites, foreign or domestic, because it subscribes to the idea that the internet was designed to be open and connect everyone on earth. On its face, then, President Trump's recent treatment of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, which he threatened to ban from the United States unless they could find American buyers, looks close-minded and belligerent. There is more to this situation, though, than meets the eye. Were almost any country other than China involved, Mr. Trump's demands would be indefensible. But the threatened bans on TikTok and WeChat, whatever their motivations, can also be seen as an overdue response, a tit for tat, in a long battle for the soul of the internet. In China, the foreign equivalents of TikTok and WeChat - video and messaging apps such as YouTube and WhatsApp - have been banned for years. The country's extensive blocking, censorship and surveillance violate just about every principle of internet openness and decency. China keeps a closed and censorial internet ‘economy at home while its products enjoy full access to open markets abroad, ‘The asymmetry is unfair and ought no longer be tolerated. The privilege of full internet access - the open internet - should be extended only to companies from countries that respect that openness themselves. Behind the TikTok controversy is an important struggle between two dueling visions of the internet. The first is an older vision: the idea that the internet should, in a neutral fashion, connect everyone, and that blocking and censorship of sites by nation-states should be rare and justified by more than the will of the ruler. The second and newer vision, of which China has been the leading exponent, is “net nationalism’ which views the country’s internet primarily as a tool of state power. Economic growth, surveillance and thought control, from this perspective, are the internet's most important functions, China, in furtherance of this vision, bans not only most foreign competitors to its tech businesses but also foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information, while using the internet to promote state propaganda and engage [1] foreign electoral interference. Though China is the pioneer of net nationalism, itis on the rise elsewhere, particularly in nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran and, more recently, Turkey. For many years, laboring under the vain expectation that China, succumbing to inexorable worlt-historical forces, would become more like us, Western democracies have allowed China to exploit this situation. We have accepted, with only muted complaints, Chinese censorship and blocking of content from abroad while allowing Chinese companies to explore and exploit whatever markets it likes. Few foreign companies are allowed to reach Chinese citizens with ideas or services, but the world is fully open to China's online companies. Q.1 [11627021] The United States subscribes to the idea that: a Othe use of the internet in China must be monitored constantly. bO the internet must be made available for all sorts of websites. htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 2015sviare0z4 Mock Analysis cO the internet must be restricted to only those people who are willing to pay for it. dO the purpose of the internet is to connect people across the globe. Answer key/Solution htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) atssvigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 1 The United States government does not usually block or censor lawful websites, foreign or domestic, because it subscribes to the idea that the internet was designed to be open and connect everyone on earth. On its face, then, President Trump's recent treatment of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, which he threatened to ban from the United States unless they could find American buyers, looks close-minded and belligerent. There is more to this situation, though, than meets the eye. Were almost any country other than China involved, Mr. Trump's demands would be indefensible. But the threatened bans on TikTok and WeChat, whatever their motivations, can also be seen as an overdue response, a tit for tat, in a long battle for the soul of the internet. In China, the foreign equivalents of TikTok and WeChat - video and messaging apps such as YouTube and WhatsApp - have been banned for years. The country's extensive blocking, censorship and surveillance violate just about every principle of internet openness and decency. China keeps a closed and censorial internet economy at home while its products enjoy full access to open markets abroad, ‘The asymmetry is unfair and ought no longer be tolerated. The privilege of full internet access - the open internet - should be extended only to companies from countries that respect that openness themselves. Behind the TikTok controversy is an important struggle between two dueling visions of the internet. The first is an older vision: the idea that the internet should, in a neutral fashion, connect everyone, and that blocking and censorship of sites by nation-states should be rare and justified by more than the will of the ruler. The second and newer vision, of which China has been the leading exponent, is “net nationalism’ which views the country’s internet primarily as a tool of state power. Economic growth, surveillance and thought control, from this perspective, are the internet's most important functions. China, in furtherance of this vision, bans not only most foreign competitors to its tech businesses but also foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information, while using the internet to promote state propaganda and engage [1] foreign electoral interference. Though China is the pioneer of net nationalism, itis on the rise elsewhere, particularly in nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran and, more recently, Turkey. For many years, laboring under the vain expectation that China, succumbing to inexorable worlt-historical forces, would become more like us, Western democracies have allowed China to exploit this situation. We have accepted, with only muted complaints, Chinese censorship and blocking of content from abroad while allowing Chinese companies to explore and exploit whatever markets it likes. Few foreign companies are allowed to reach Chinese citizens with ideas or services, but the world is fully open to China's online companies. Q.2[11627021] Choose the correct preposition in place of '[1] from the following a Ofer bOwith htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: Windia Mock CLAT 03 (2021) anssvigr2021 Mock Analysis cOin dOto (+) Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 5215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, mote than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 1 The United States government does not usually block or censor lawful websites, foreign or domestic, because it subscribes to the idea that the internet was designed to be open and connect everyone on earth. On its face, then, President Trump's recent treatment of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, which he threatened to ban {from the United States unless they could find American buyers, looks close-minded and belligerent. There is more to this situation, though, than meets the eye. Were almost any country other than China involved, Mr. Trump's demands would be indefensible. But the threatened bans on TikTok and WeChat, whatever their motivations, can also be seen as an overdue response, a tit for tat, in a long battle for the soul of the internet. In China, the foreign equivalents of TikTok and WeChat - video and messaging apps such as YouTube and WhatsApp - have been banned for years. The country's extensive blocking, censorship and surveillance violate just about every principle of internet openness and decency. China keeps a closed and censorial internet ‘economy at home while its products enjoy full access to open markets abroad, ‘The asymmetry is unfair and ought no longer be tolerated. The privilege of full internet access - the open internet - should be extended only to companies from countries that respect that openness themselves. Behind the TikTok controversy is an important struggle between two dueling visions of the internet. The first is an older vision: the idea that the internet should, in a neutral fashion, connect everyone, and that blocking and censorship of sites by nation-states should be rare and justified by more than the will of the ruler. The second and newer vision, of which China has been the leading exponent, is “net nationalism’ which views the country’s internet primarily as a tool of state power. Economic growth, surveillance and thought control, from this perspective, are the internet's most important functions. China, in furtherance of this vision, bans not only most foreign competitors to its tech businesses but also foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information, while using the internet to promote state propaganda and engage [1] foreign electoral interference. Though China is the pioneer of net nationalism, itis ‘on the rise elsewhere, particularly in nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran and, more recently, Turkey. For many years, laboring under the vain expectation that China, succumbing to inexorable worlt-historical forces, would become more like us, Western democracies have allowed China to exploit this situation. We have accepted, with only muted complaints, Chinese censorship and blocking of content from abroad while allowing Chinese companies to explore and exploit whatever markets it likes. Few foreign companies are allowed to reach Chinese citizens with ideas or services, but the world is fully open to China's online companies. Q.3 [11627021] Which of the following is the author of the given passage likely to agree with the most: a O The Chinese government has banned foreign equivalents of Tiktok and WeChat in China bO In China, people are allowed to use YouTube and WhatsApp now. htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) stssvigr2021 Mock Analysis c O In china, the government refrains from using the internetto promote state propaganda, dO Foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information are now slowly being allowed in China. (+) Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 7218svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 1 The United States government does not usually block or censor lawful websites, foreign or domestic, because it subscribes to the idea that the internet was designed to be open and connect everyone on earth. On its face, then, President Trump's recent treatment of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, which he threatened to ban {from the United States unless they could find American buyers, looks close-minded and belligerent. There is more to this situation, though, than meets the eye. Were almost any country other than China involved, Mr. Trump's demands would be indefensible. But the threatened bans on TikTok and WeChat, whatever their motivations, can also be seen as an overdue response, a tit for tat, in a long battle for the soul of the internet. In China, the foreign equivalents of TikTok and WeChat - video and messaging apps such as YouTube and WhatsApp - have been banned for years. The country's extensive blocking, censorship and surveillance violate just about every principle of internet openness and decency. China keeps a closed and censorial internet ‘economy at home while its products enjoy full access to open markets abroad, ‘The asymmetry is unfair and ought no longer be tolerated. The privilege of full internet access - the open internet - should be extended only to companies from countries that respect that openness themselves. Behind the TikTok controversy is an important struggle between two dueling visions of the internet. The first is an older vision: the idea that the internet should, in a neutral fashion, connect everyone, and that blocking and censorship of sites by nation-states should be rare and justified by more than the will of the ruler. The second and newer vision, of which China has been the leading exponent, is “net nationalism’ which views the country’s internet primarily as a tool of state power. Economic growth, surveillance and thought control, from this perspective, are the internet's most important functions, China, in furtherance of this vision, bans not only most foreign competitors to its tech businesses but also foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information, while using the internet to promote state propaganda and engage [1] foreign electoral interference. Though China is the pioneer of net nationalism, itis on the rise elsewhere, particularly in nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran and, more recently, Turkey. For many years, laboring under the vain expectation that China, succumbing to inexorable worlt-historical forces, would become more like us, Western democracies have allowed China to exploit this situation. We have accepted, with only muted complaints, Chinese censorship and blocking of content from abroad while allowing Chinese companies to explore and exploit whatever markets it likes. Few foreign companies are allowed to reach Chinese citizens with ideas or services, but the world is fully open to China's online companies. Q.4 [11627021] Which of the following would be the most suitable title to the given passage? a O America’s threat to ban Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat bO China's double standard on the principle of internet openness and decency htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) artssvigr2021 Mock Analysis ¢ OChina bans YouTube and WhatsApp in China dO The Western countries’ take on China on the internet issue Answer key/Solution htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 921ssvigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 1 The United States government does not usually block or censor lawful websites, foreign or domestic, because it subscribes to the idea that the internet was designed to be open and connect everyone on earth. On its face, then, President Trump's recent treatment of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, which he threatened to ban {from the United States unless they could find American buyers, looks close-minded and belligerent. There is more to this situation, though, than meets the eye. Were almost any country other than China involved, Mr. Trump's demands would be indefensible. But the threatened bans on TikTok and WeChat, whatever their motivations, can also be seen as an overdue response, a tit for tat, in a long battle for the soul of the internet. In China, the foreign equivalents of TikTok and WeChat - video and messaging apps such as YouTube and WhatsApp - have been banned for years. The country's extensive blocking, censorship and surveillance violate just about every principle of internet openness and decency. China keeps a closed and censorial internet ‘economy at home while its products enjoy full access to open markets abroad, ‘The asymmetry is unfair and ought no longer be tolerated. The privilege of full internet access - the open internet - should be extended only to companies from countries that respect that openness themselves. Behind the TikTok controversy is an important struggle between two dueling visions of the internet. The first is an older vision: the idea that the internet should, in a neutral fashion, connect everyone, and that blocking and censorship of sites by nation-states should be rare and justified by more than the will of the ruler. The second and newer vision, of which China has been the leading exponent, is “net nationalism’ which views the country’s internet primarily as a tool of state power. Economic growth, surveillance and thought control, from this perspective, are the internet's most important functions. China, in furtherance of this vision, bans not only most foreign competitors to its tech businesses but also foreign sources of news, religious instruction and other information, while using the internet to promote state propaganda and engage [1] foreign electoral interference. Though China is the pioneer of net nationalism, itis on the rise elsewhere, particularly in nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran and, more recently, Turkey. For many years, laboring under the vain expectation that China, succumbing to inexorable worlt-historical forces, would become more like us, Western democracies have allowed China to exploit this situation. We have accepted, with only muted complaints, Chinese censorship and blocking of content from abroad while allowing Chinese companies to explore and exploit whatever markets it likes. Few foreign companies are allowed to reach Chinese citizens with ideas or services, but the world is fully open to China's online companies. Q.5 [11627021] Which of the following is the synonym of the word ‘exponent according to the given context? a O€xporter bO Opponent htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 101215svigr2021 Mock Analysis O Promoter dO Possessor Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 1215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question, Passage - 2 Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death's, edge. ‘Touch comes before sight, before speech’ writes Margaret Atwood in her novel The Blind Assassin (2000). 1t is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth’ Our biology bears this out. Human foetuses are covered in fine hairs known as lanugo, which appear around 16 weeks of pregnancy. Some researchers believe that these delicate filaments enhance the pleasant sensations of our mother's amniotic fluid gently washing over our skin, a precursor to the warm and calming feeling that a child, once born, will derive from being hugged. Lately, though, touch has been going through a ‘prohibition era’ i's been a rough time for this most important of the senses, The 2020 pandemic served to make touch the ultimate taboo, next to coughing and sneezing in public. While people suffering from COVID-19 can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all of us, test-positive or not, symptomatic or not, hospitalised or not. Touch is the sense that has paid the highest price. But if physical distance is what protects us, i's also what stands in the way of care and nurturance. Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them - from the very basic needs of bathing, dressing, lifting, assisting and medical treatment (usually referred to as instrumental touch), to the more affective tactile exchanges that aim to communicate, provide comfort and offer support (defined as expressive touch). There is no care, there is no cure, without touch, ‘The present touch drought arrived after a period in which people were already growing more afraid of touching ‘one another. Technology has enabled this distance, as social networking sites have become the primary source of social interaction for children and adolescents. A recent survey showed that 95 per cent of teens have access toa smartphone, and 45 per cent say that they are online ‘almost constantly’ ‘Another reason for touch-skepticism is the growing global awareness of how touch is a weapon that men use to impose their power over women, The #MeToo movement exposed how women are expected to acquiesce to inappropriate touch as the cost of gaining access to certain kinds of opportunities. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, teachers and salespeople are all guided against being too ‘hands-on’. Yet a prominent study suggests that touch actually improves the quality of our encounters with any of these professionals and makes us evaluate the experience more positively, For example, we are likely to give a more generous tip to a waiter who absently touches our shoulder when taking the order than to those who keep their distance. Q.6 [11627021] According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT: a O45 percent of teens say that they are online almost constantly. bO People give a generous tip to a waiter who absently touches their shoulder. ¢ O Touch can serve various purposes. htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 12215svigr2021 Mock Analysis dO The pandemic has made touch a taboo similar to sneezing in public. Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 13215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question, Passage - 2 Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death's, edge. ‘Touch comes before sight, before speech’ writes Margaret Atwood in her novel The Blind Assassin (2000). It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth’ Our biology bears this out. Human foetuses are covered in fine hairs known as lanugo, which appear around 16 weeks of pregnancy. Some researchers believe that these delicate filaments enhance the pleasant sensations of our mother's amniotic fluid gently washing over our skin, a precursor to the warm and calming feeling that a child, once born, will derive from being hugged. Lately, though, touch has been going through a ‘prohibition era’ i's been a rough time for this most important of the senses, The 2020 pandemic served to make touch the ultimate taboo, next to coughing and sneezing in public. While people suffering from COVID-19 can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all of us, test-positive or not, symptomatic or not, hospitalised or not. Touch is the sense that has paid the highest price. But if physical distance is what protects us, i's also what stands in the way of care and nurturance. Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them - from the very basic needs of bathing, dressing, lifting, assisting and medical treatment (usually referred to as instrumental touch), to the more affective tactile exchanges that aim to communicate, provide comfort and offer support (defined as expressive touch). There is no care, there is no cure, without touch, ‘The present touch drought arrived after a period in which people were already growing more afraid of touching ‘one another. Technology has enabled this distance, as social networking sites have become the primary source of social interaction for children and adolescents. A recent survey showed that 95 per cent of teens have access toa smartphone, and 45 per cent say that they are online ‘almost constantly’ ‘Another reason for touch-skepticism is the growing global awareness of how touch is a weapon that men use to impose their power over women, The #MeToo movement exposed how women are expected to acquiesce to inappropriate touch as the cost of gaining access to certain kinds of opportunities. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, teachers and salespeople are all guided against being too ‘hands-on’. Yet a prominent study suggests that touch actually improves the quality of our encounters with any of these professionals and makes us evaluate the experience more positively, For example, we are likely to give a more generous tip to a waiter who absently touches our shoulder when taking the order than to those who keep their distance. Q.7 [11627021] What does the author imply by the sentence, “Touch is the sense that has paid the ‘highest price. a OTouch has become unpopular because of the negativity it amassed due to #MeToo. bO The pandemic and technology have made people unnecessarily wary of touch. ¢.O Social distancing in the pandemic has reduced touch for nearly everyone. htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 141s,svigr2021 Mock Analysis dO The virus has deprived people of taste and smell, and social distancing, of touch, Answer key/Solution htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 15215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 2 Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death's, edge. ‘Touch comes before sight, before speech’ writes Margaret Atwood in her novel The Blind Assassin (2000). It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth’ Our biology bears this out. Human foetuses are covered in fine hairs known as lanugo, which appear around 16 weeks of pregnancy. Some researchers believe that these delicate filaments enhance the pleasant sensations of our mother's amniotic fluid gently washing over our skin, a precursor to the warm and calming feeling that a child, once born, will derive from being hugged. Lately, though, touch has been going through a ‘prohibition era’ i's been a rough time for this most important of the senses, The 2020 pandemic served to make touch the ultimate taboo, next to coughing and sneezing in public. While people suffering from COVID-19 can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all of us, test-positive or not, symptomatic or not, hospitalised or not. Touch is the sense that has paid the highest price. But if physical distance is what protects us, i's also what stands in the way of care and nurturance. Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them - from the very basic needs of bathing, dressing, lifting, assisting and medical treatment (usually referred to as instrumental touch), to the more affective tactile exchanges that aim to communicate, provide comfort and offer support (defined as expressive touch). There is no care, there is no cure, without touch, ‘The present touch drought arrived after a period in which people were already growing more afraid of touching ‘one another. Technology has enabled this distance, as social networking sites have become the primary source of social interaction for children and adolescents. A recent survey showed that 95 per cent of teens have access toa smartphone, and 45 per cent say that they are online ‘almost constantly’ ‘Another reason for touch-skepticism is the growing global awareness of how touch is a weapon that men use to impose their power over women. The #MeToo movement exposed how women are expected to acquiesce to inappropriate touch as the cost of gaining access to certain kinds of opportunities. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, teachers and salespeople are all guided against being too ‘hands-on’. Yet a prominent study suggests that touch actually improves the quality of our encounters with any of these professionals and makes us evaluate the experience more positively, For example, we are likely to give a more generous tip to a waiter who absently touches our shoulder when taking the order than to those who keep their distance. Q.8 [11627021] A\lof the following, if true, weaken the second sentence of Para 4, "Technology has enabled..and adolescents.” EXCEPT: a O The relationship between technology and physical distance is a complex one. bO By connecting like-minded people, social media has facilitated physical interactions. htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 16215svigr2021 Mock Analysis cO ltis not technology, but distrust that has created distance among children and teens. dO Schools remain the primary source of social interaction among children and teens, (+) Answer key/Solution htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 17215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 2 Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death's, edge. ‘Touch comes before sight, before speech’ writes Margaret Atwood in her novel The Blind Assassin (2000). It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth’ Our biology bears this out. Human foetuses are covered in fine hairs known as lanugo, which appear around 16 weeks of pregnancy. Some researchers believe that these delicate filaments enhance the pleasant sensations of our mother's amniotic fluid gently washing over our skin, a precursor to the warm and calming feeling that a child, once born, will derive from being hugged. Lately, though, touch has been going through a ‘prohibition era’ i's been a rough time for this most important of the senses, The 2020 pandemic served to make touch the ultimate taboo, next to coughing and sneezing in public. While people suffering from COVID-19 can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all of us, test-positive or not, symptomatic or not, hospitalised or not. Touch is the sense that has paid the highest price. But if physical distance is what protects us, i's also what stands in the way of care and nurturance. Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them - from the very basic needs of bathing, dressing, lifting, assisting and medical treatment (usually referred to as instrumental touch), to the more affective tactile exchanges that aim to communicate, provide comfort and offer support (defined as expressive touch). There is no care, there is no cure, without touch, ‘The present touch drought arrived after a period in which people were already growing more afraid of touching ‘one another. Technology has enabled this distance, as social networking sites have become the primary source of social interaction for children and adolescents. A recent survey showed that 95 per cent of teens have access toa smartphone, and 45 per cent say that they are online ‘almost constantly’ ‘Another reason for touch-skepticism is the growing global awareness of how touch is a weapon that men use to impose their power over women. The #MeToo movement exposed how women are expected to acquiesce to inappropriate touch as the cost of gaining access to certain kinds of opportunities. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, teachers and salespeople are all guided against being too ‘hands-on’. Yet a prominent study suggests that touch actually improves the quality of our encounters with any of these professionals and makes us evaluate the experience more positively, For example, we are likely to give a more generous tip to a waiter who absently touches our shoulder when taking the order than to those who keep their distance. Q.9 [11627021] Which of the following best highlights the structure of the discussion ‘Meanwhile, doctors...keep their distance.” in the last para? a OA study and its illustration attempt to disprove the rationale behind a practice. bO A study and an example demonstrating its findings are used to question an idea htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 18215sviare0z4 Mock Analysis ¢O The author, using a relevant study, but an irrelevant example, counters a statement. dO The author, with the help of a study and its illustration, counters a practice. Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 19215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 2 Touch is the first sense by which we encounter the world, and the final one to leave us as we approach death's, edge. ‘Touch comes before sight, before speech’ writes Margaret Atwood in her novel The Blind Assassin (2000). 1t is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth’ Our biology bears this out. Human foetuses are covered in fine hairs known as lanugo, which appear around 16 weeks of pregnancy. Some researchers believe that these delicate filaments enhance the pleasant sensations of our mother's amniotic fluid gently washing over our skin, a precursor to the warm and calming feeling that a child, once born, will derive from being hugged. Lately, though, touch has been going through a ‘prohibition era’ i's been a rough time for this most important of the senses, The 2020 pandemic served to make touch the ultimate taboo, next to coughing and sneezing in public. While people suffering from COVID-19 can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all of us, test-positive or not, symptomatic or not, hospitalised or not. Touch is the sense that has paid the highest price. But if physical distance is what protects us, i's also what stands in the way of care and nurturance. Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them - from the very basic needs of bathing, dressing, lifting, assisting and medical treatment (usually referred to as instrumental touch), to the more affective tactile exchanges that im to communicate, provide comfort and offer support (defined as expressive touch). There is no care, there is no cure, without touch, ‘The present touch drought arrived after a period in which people were already growing more afraid of touching ‘one another. Technology has enabled this distance, as social networking sites have become the primary source of social interaction for children and adolescents. A recent survey showed that 95 per cent of teens have access toa smartphone, and 45 per cent say that they are online ‘almost constantly’ ‘Another reason for touch-skepticism is the growing global awareness of how touch is a weapon that men use to impose their power over women. The #MeToo movement exposed how women are expected to acquiesce to inappropriate touch as the cost of gaining access to certain kinds of opportunities. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, teachers and salespeople are all guided against being too ‘hands-on’. Yet a prominent study suggests that touch actually improves the quality of our encounters with any of these professionals and makes us evaluate the experience more positively, For example, we are likely to give a more generous tip to a waiter who absently touches our shoulder when taking the order than to those who keep their distance. Q.10 [11627021] Identify the synonym of the word ‘acquiesce’ from the options given a OAssent bO Forbid cO Proscribe htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluon jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=AqsstName=Al India Mack CLAT 03 (2021) 2o15svigr2021 Mock Analysis dO Block Answer key/Solution Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question, Passage - 3 ‘The most troublesome concepts are the ones we take for granted. This is not because they are familiar but because they are embedded in our way of thinking. They roll off our tongues without our even attempting to think what they really mean, We take them axiomatically as established truths. One of these concepts is the idea that nationalism is the antonym of globalism. And indeed, when you read a newspaper today, you get the impression that the nationalist challenges confronting the globalist model have moved to the centre of political discourse, winning supporters in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as many other places in Europe, and rising in strength all over the globe. The rise of nationalism looks like the decisive character of the day, placing globalism on the defensive side. ‘The so-called anti-globalization wave has become one of the most popular themes in panel discussions, articles, television programmes and the like. Do not take it too seriously. Globalization cannot be stopped. A short article will not suffice for dealing with such complex issues, but to begin with, globalization is a much ‘older phenomenon than the notion of nations. Contrary to widespread misperception that a nation is something “natural and primordial’, while globalization was “imposed” on the world by Friedrich Hayek and other liberal ‘economists of Mont Pelerin Society following the end of World War II, globalization as an objective process, according to a majority of historians, which dates back to the 15th century. It was then that, thanks to some great geographical discoveries, human history became global and human societies started exchanging goods, ideas, diseases and people within a single global network. After that the rapid improvements in communications and transportation have steadily tightened these links, integrating the entire world into a single network of exchange Nations in their turn, according to modern theories, are the product of mainly 17th and 18th centuries. Their creation was largely rooted in the process of globalization and was to a certain extent a social construct rather than a natural phenomenon, as brilliantly put forth by Benedict Anderson in his 1983 classic Imagined Communities. What is labelled today as the “nationalist wave" is reflective of dissatisfaction with domestic affairs rather than a conscious disengagement with the rest of the world. While public sentiment regarding changing national identity or political and economic power is very real, de-globalization is highly unlikely htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) averssvigr2024 Mock Analysis Look at Brexit that is used as a “canonical argument” supporting the crisis of globalization. if we look a little deeper than media laments, we will see that this process can hardly serve as a proof for de-globalization. On the contrary, the brexitiers wishing to leave EU were in fact seeking more globalization, more free market, more deregulation than the EU provided. One of the major drivers of Brexit were British based hedge funds that Wanted to get rid of EU limitations and regulations which complicated their global aspirations. Next, demographic shifts suggest multiculturalism is refining our present and future. in the US, for instance, ‘demographers are predicting a “minority majority” in the next 40 years. The fact that Silicon Valley CEOs have vocally opposed the Trump administration's “Muslim ban’ demonstrates that aside from being unethical, xenophobia is actually bad for business. In fact, terms like “domestic” and “foreign” have become increasingly obscure, and for good reason: during the last few decades, transnational corporations have increasingly constructed global value chains in which the “head firm” outsources production through intricate global networks that it establishes and controls. “American” cars, for instance, often contain less than half of locally produced parts while “Japanese” cars are often ‘comprised mainly of US parts and assembled in Kentucky or Ohio. No matter what political leaders say and how often antiimmigration proponents go to the streets to demand, interdependence is growing. The volumes of goods, services and capital crossing borders continue to increase, and so do the numbers of people working outside their home countries. So why then did the entire world hold its breath due to what appeared to be routine votational process (Brexit, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, the Netherlands, France, Venezuela, Filipinas, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Catalonia etc.)? ‘The answer is simple: what was at stake was neither the electoral success of one party or another, nor globalism versus nationalism battles but the victory of defeat of democratic values. The fear of catastrophe, which was palpable in the case of all these elections, demonstrates the consensus collapse in the area of fundamental values on which the democratic system is buit. Therefore, the name of the threat is populism, not nationalism that it camouflages in, and consequentially itis ‘not globalism that is the victim but pluralism of modem political culture rooted in the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism which stands basically for respect for freedom as the highest human value. Q.11 [11627021] The passage primarily argues that a O Globalization and nationalism are complementary ideas. bO Nationalism is not the opposite of globalization ¢O Populism is the right term to replace globalism, dO Globalization is a temporary phenomenon, but it can't be prevented through nationalism. htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) zan1s‘vigr2021 Mock Analysis Answer key/Solution Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 3 ‘The most troublesome concepts are the ones we take for granted. This is not because they are familiar but because they are embedded in our way of thinking. They roll off our tongues without our even attempting to think what they really mean, We take them axiomatically as established truths. One of these concepts is the idea that nationalism is the antonym of globalism, ‘And indeed, when you read a newspaper today, you get the impression that the nationalist challenges confronting the globalist model have moved to the centre of political discourse, winning supporters in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as many other places in Europe, and rising in strength all over the globe. The rise of nationalism looks like the decisive character of the day, placing globalism on the defensive side. The so-called anti-globalization wave has become one of the most popular themes in panel discussions, articles, television programmes and the like. Do not take it too seriously. Globalization cannot be stopped. A short article will not suffice for dealing with such complex issues, but to begin with, globalization is a much ‘older phenomenon than the notion of nations. Contrary to widespread misperception that a nation is something “natural and primordial", while globalization was ‘imposed’ on the world by Friedrich Hayek and other liberal economists of Mont Pelerin Society following the end of World War Il, globalization as an objective process, according to a majority of historians, which dates back to the 15th century. It was then that, thanks to some great geographical discoveries, human history became global and human societies started exchanging goods, ideas, diseases and people within a single global network. After that the rapid improvements in communications and transportation have steadily tightened these links, integrating the entire world into a single network of exchange Nations in their turn, according to modern theories, are the product of mainly 17th and 18th centuries. Their creation was largely rooted in the process of globalization and was to a certain extent a social construct rather than a natural phenomenon, as brilliantly put forth by Benedict Anderson in his 1983 classic Imagined Communities What is labelled today as the “nationalist wave" is reflective of dissatisfaction with domestic affairs rather than a conscious disengagement with the rest of the world. While public sentiment regarding changing national identity or political and economic power is very real, de-globalization is highly unlikely. Look at Brexit that is used as a “canonical argument” supporting the crisis of globalization. If we look a little htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 2ai215sviare0z4 Mock Analysis deeper than media laments, we will see that this process can hardly serve as a proof for de-globalization. On the contrary, the brexitiers wishing to leave EU were in fact seeking more globalization, more free market, more deregulation than the EU provided. One of the major drivers of Brexit were British based hedge funds that, wanted to get rid of EU limitations and regulations which complicated their global aspirations. Next, demographic shifts suggest multiculturalism is refining our present and future. In the US, for instance, demographers are predicting a “minority majority” in the next 40 years. The fact that Silicon Valley CEOs have vocally opposed the Trump administration's “Muslim ban” demonstrates that aside from being unethical, xenophobia is actually bad for business. In fact, terms like “domestic” and “foreign” have become increasingly obscure, and for good reason: during the last few decades, transnational corporations have increasingly constructed global value chains in which the “head firm" outsources production through intricate global networks that it establishes and controls. “American” ‘ears, for instance, often contain less than half of locally produced parts while "Japanese" cars are often ‘comprised mainly of US parts and assembled in Kentucky or Ohio. No matter what political leaders say and how often anti-immigration proponents go to the streets to demand, interdependence is growing. The volumes of goods, services and capital crossing borders continue to increase, and so do the numbers of people working outside their home countries. ‘So why then did the entire world hold its breath due to what appeared to be routine votational process (Brexit, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, the Netherlands, France, Venezuela, Filipinas, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Catalonia etc,)? The answer is simple: what was at stake was neither the electoral success of one party or another, nor globalism versus nationalism battles but the victory or defeat of democratic values. The fear of catastrophe, which was palpable in the case of all these elections, demonstrates the consensus collapse in the area of, fundamental values on which the democratic system is built Therefore, the name of the threat is populism, not nationalism that it camoufiages in, and consequential itis not globalism that is the victim but pluralism of modern political culture rooted in the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism which stands basically for respect for freedom as the highest human value. Q.12 [11627021] ‘The writer of the passage strongly believes in a Othe dominance of nationalism. bO the inevitability of globalization c O threat of populism dO destruction of the fundamental democratic values, Answer key/Solution htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 241215svigr2024 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 3 ‘The most troublesome concepts are the ones we take for granted. This is not because they are familiar but because they are embedded in our way of thinking. They roll off our tongues without our even attempting to think what they really mean, We take them axiomatically as established truths. One of these concepts is the idea that nationalism is the antonym of globalism, ‘And indeed, when you read a newspaper today, you get the impression that the nationalist challenges confronting the globalist model have moved to the centre of political discourse, winning supporters in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as many other places in Europe, and rising in strength all over the globe. The rise of nationalism looks like the decisive character of the day, placing globalism on the defensive side. The so-called anti-globalization wave has become one of the most popular themes in panel discussions, articles, television programmes and the like, Do not take it too seriously. Globalization cannot be stopped. A short article will not suffice for dealing with such complex issues, but to begin with, globalization is a much ‘older phenomenon than the notion of nations. Contrary to widespread misperception that a nation is something “natural and primordial’, while globalization was ‘imposed’ on the world by Friedrich Hayek and other liberal economists of Mont Pelerin Society following the end of World War II, globalization as an objective process, according to a majority of historians, which dates back to the 15th century. it was then that, thanks to some great geographical discoveries, human history became global and human societies started exchanging goods, ideas, diseases and people within a single global network. After that the rapid improvements in communications and transportation have steadily tightened these links, integrating the entire world into a single network of exchange Nations in their turn, according to modern theories, are the product of mainly 17th and 18th centuries. Their creation was largely rooted in the process of globalization and was to a certain extent a social construct rather than a natural phenomenon, as brilliantly put forth by Benedict Anderson in his 1983 classic Imagined Communities What is labelled today as the “nationalist wave" is reflective of dissatisfaction with domestic affairs rather than a conscious disengagement with the rest of the world, While public sentiment regarding changing national identity or political and economic power is very real, de-globalization is highly unlikely Look at Brexit that is used as a “canonical argument” supporting the crisis of globalization. If we look a little deeper than media laments, we will see that this process can hardly serve as a proof for de-globalization. On the contrary, the brexitiers wishing to leave EU were in fact seeking more globalization, more free market, more deregulation than the EU provided. One of the major drivers of Brexit were British based hedge funds that, wanted to get rid of EU limitations and regulations which complicated their global aspirations. htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 25215sviare0z4 Mock Analysis Next, demographic shifts suggest multiculturalism is refining our present and future. In the US, for instance, demographers are predicting a “minority majority” in the next 40 years. The fact that Silicon Valley CEOs have vocally opposed the Trump administration's “Muslim ban” demonstrates that aside from being unethical, xenophobia is actually bad for business. In fact, terms like “domestic” and “foreign” have become increasingly obscure, and for good reason: during the last few decades, transnational corporations have increasingly constructed global value chains in which the “head firm” outsources production through intricate global networks that it establishes and controls. “American” cars, for instance, often contain less than half of locally produced parts while “Japanese” cars are often ‘comprised mainly of US parts and assembled in Kentucky or Ohio. No matter what political leaders say and how often anti-immigration proponents go to the streets to demand, interdependence is growing. The volumes of goods, services and capital crossing borders continue to increase, and so do the numbers of people working outside their home countries. So why then did the entire world hold its breath due to what appeared to be routine votational process (Brexit, ‘Trump, Putin, Erdogan, the Netherlands, France, Venezuela, Filipinas, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Catalonia etc.)? ‘The answer is simple: what was at stake was neither the electoral success of one party or another, nor globalism versus nationalism battles but the victory or defeat of democratic values. The fear of catastrophe, which was palpable in the case of all these elections, demonstrates the consensus collapse in the area of fundamental values on which the democratic system is built Therefore, the name of the threat is populism, not nationalism that it camouflages in, and consequentially itis not globalism that is the victim but pluralism of modern political culture rooted in the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism which stands basically for respect for freedom as the highest human value. Q.13 [11627021] ‘As mentioned in the passage, which of the following statement is correct? a O The formation of nations was a natural phenomenon. bO Globalization as a phenomenon preceded the idea of nations. ‘¢O Nationalism arises from the hate for the global community. dO Brexit can be served as chief argument for the growing trend of de-globalization. Answer key/Solution Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, mote than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 201215svigr2024 Mock Analysis Passage - 3 ‘The most troublesome concepts are the ones we take for granted. This is not because they are familiar but because they are embedded in our way of thinking. They roll off our tongues without our even attempting to think what they really mean, We take them axiomatically as established truths. One of these concepts is the idea that nationalism is the antonym of globalism, ‘And indeed, when you read a newspaper today, you get the impression that the nationalist challenges confronting the globalist model have moved to the centre of political discourse, winning supporters in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as many other places in Europe, and rising in strength all over the globe. The rise of nationalism looks like the decisive character of the day, placing globalism on the defensive side. The so-called anti-globalization wave has become one of the most popular themes in panel discussions, articles, television programmes and the like. Do not take it too seriously. Globalization cannot be stopped. A short article will not suffice for dealing with such complex issues, but to begin with, globalization is a much ‘older phenomenon than the notion of nations. Contrary to widespread misperception that a nation is something “natural and primordial’, while globalization was ‘imposed’ on the world by Friedrich Hayek and other liberal ‘economists of Mont Pelerin Society following the end of World War Il, globalization as an objective process, according to a majority of historians, which dates back to the 15th century. It was then that, thanks to some great geographical discoveries, human history became global and human societies started exchanging goods, ideas, diseases and people within a single global network. After that the rapid improvements in communications and transportation have steadily tightened these links, integrating the entire world into a single network of exchange Nations in their turn, according to modern theories, are the product of mainly 17th and 18th centuries. Their creation was largely rooted in the process of globalization and was to a certain extent a social construct rather than a natural phenomenon, as brilliantly put forth by Benedict Anderson in his 1983 classic Imagined Communities. What is labelled today as the “nationalist wave" is reflective of dissatisfaction with domestic affairs rather than a conscious disengagement with the rest of the world. While public sentiment regarding changing national identity or political and economic power is very real, de-globalization is highly unlikely. Look at Brexit that is used as a “canonical argument” supporting the crisis of globalization. if we look a little deeper than media laments, we will see that this process can hardly serve as a proof for de-globalization. On the contrary, the brexitiers wishing to leave EU were in fact seeking more globalization, more free market, more deregulation than the EU provided. One of the major drivers of Brexit were British based hedge funds that Wanted to get rid of EU limitations and regulations which complicated their global aspirations. Next, demographic shifts suggest multiculturalism is refining our present and future. in the US, for instance, ‘demographers are predicting a “minority majority” in the next 40 years. The fact that Silicon Valley CEOs have vocally opposed the Trump administration's “Muslim ban” demonstrates that aside from being unethical, xenophobia is actually bad for business. In fact, terms like “domestic” and “foreign” have become increasingly obscure, and for good reason: during the htpsshwww aspiration alLAWsis/Soluion jsp2qsetld=S9L ppedgbjE=SqsstName=Al India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 2ra1ssviare0z4 Mock Analysis last few decades, transnational corporations have increasingly constructed global value chains in which the “head firm” outsources production through intricate global networks that it establishes and controls. “American” cars, for instance, often contain less than half of locally produced parts while “Japanese” cars are often ‘comprised mainly of US parts and assembled in Kentucky or Ohio. No matter what political leaders say and how often anti-immigration proponents go to the streets to demand, interdependence is growing. The volumes of goods, services and capital crossing borders continue to increase, and so do the numbers of people working outside their home countries. So why then did the entire world hold its breath due to what appeared to be routine votational process (Brexit, ‘Trump, Putin, Erdogan, the Netherlands, France, Venezuela, Filipinas, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Catalonia etc.)? The answer is simple: what was at stake was neither the electoral success of one party or another, nor globalism versus nationalism battles but the victory or defeat of democratic values. The fear of catastrophe, which was palpable in the case of all these elections, demonstrates the consensus collapse in the area of fundamental values on which the democratic system is buit. Therefore, the name of the threat is populism, not nationalism that it camouflages in, and consequentially itis ‘not globalism that is the victim but pluralism of modem political culture rooted in the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism which stands basically for respect for freedom as the highest human value. .14 [11627021] Strictly referring to the passage, which of the following could be cited as the key reason behind the wave of nationalism? a Distrust in the democratic values. bO Misconception about the idea of globalization. c.O Dissatisfaction with domestic affairs. dO Xenophobic tendencies in the society. Answer key/Solution Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question. Passage - 3 The most troublesome concepts are the ones we take for granted. This is not because they are familiar but because they are embedded in our way of thinking. They roll off our tongues without our even attempting to htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 2ai215svigr2024 Mock Analysis think what they really mean, We take them axiomatically as established truths. One of these concepts is the idea that nationalism is the antonym of globalism, ‘And indeed, when you read a newspaper today, you get the impression that the nationalist challenges confronting the globalist model have moved to the centre of political discourse, winning supporters in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as many other places in Europe, and rising in strength all over the globe. The rise of nationalism looks like the decisive character of the day, placing globalism on the defensive side. The so-called anti-globalization wave has become one of the most popular themes in panel discussions, articles, television programmes and the like. Do not take it too seriously. Globalization cannot be stopped. Ashort article will not suffice for dealing with such complex issues, but to begin with, globalization is a much ‘older phenomenon than the notion of nations. Contrary to widespread misperception that a nation is something “natural and primordial’, while globalization was ‘imposed’ on the world by Friedrich Hayek and other liberal ‘economists of Mont Pelerin Society following the end of World War Il, globalization as an objective process, according to a majority of historians, which dates back to the 15th century. It was then that, thanks to some great geographical discoveries, human history became global and human societies started exchanging goods, ideas, diseases and people within a single global network. After that the rapid improvements in communications and transportation have steadily tightened these links, integrating the entire world into a single network of exchange Nations in their turn, according to modern theories, are the product of mainly 17th and 18th centuries. Their creation was largely rooted in the process of globalization and was to a certain extent a social construct rather than a natural phenomenon, as brilliantly put forth by Benedict Anderson in his 1983 classic Imagined Communities. What is labelled today as the “nationalist wave" is reflective of dissatisfaction with domestic affairs rather than a conscious disengagement with the rest of the world. While public sentiment regarding changing national identity or political and economic power is very real, de-globalization is highly unlikely Look at Brexit that is used as a “canonical argument” supporting the crisis of globalization, if we look a little deeper than media laments, we will see that this process can hardly serve as a proof for de-globalization. On the contrary, the brexitiers wishing to leave EU were in fact seeking more globalization, more free market, more deregulation than the EU provided. One of the major drivers of Brexit were British based hedge funds that, Wanted to get rid of EU limitations and regulations which complicated their global aspirations. Next, demographic shifts suggest multiculturalism is refining our present and future. in the US, for instance, ‘demographers are predicting a “minority majority” in the next 40 years. The fact that Silicon Valley CEOs have vocally opposed the Trump administration's "Muslim ban’ demonstrates that aside from being unethical, xenophobia is actually bad for business, In fact, terms like “domestic” and “foreign” have become increasingly obscure, and for good reason: during the last few decades, transnational corporations have increasingly constructed global value chains in which the “head firm" outsources production through intricate global networks that it establishes and controls. “American” cats, for instance, often contain less than half of locally produced parts while “Japanese” cars are often ‘comprised mainly of US parts and assembled in Kentucky or Ohio. htpsshwww aspiration alLAW/sis!Soluon jspqsetld=SSL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 2or15svigr2024 Mock Analysis No matter what political leaders say and how often antiimmigration proponents go to the streets to demand, interdependence is growing. The volumes of goods, services and capital crossing borders continue to increase, and so do the numbers of people working outside their home countries. So why then did the entire world hold its breath due to what appeared to be routine votational process (Brexit, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, the Netherlands, France, Venezuela, Filipinas, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Catalonia etc.)? ‘The answer is simple: what was at stake was neither the electoral success of one party or another, nor globalism versus nationalism battles but the victory of defeat of democratic values. The fear of catastrophe, which was palpable in the case of all these elections, demonstrates the consensus collapse in the area of fundamental values on which the democratic system is buit. Therefore, the name of the threat is populism, not nationalism that it camouflages in, and consequentially itis ‘not globalism that is the victim but pluralism of modern political culture rooted in the Enlightenment ideas of liberalism which stands basically for respect for freedom as the highest human value. Q.15 [11627021] The victory of the right wing in recent elections around the world suggests which of the following? a O Collapse of elitism. bO Collapse of fundamental values of democratic systems. ¢O Rejection of the mythology of the left wing globally. dO Migration towards national identities at the cost of globalism. & Answer key/Solution htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) 30215svigr2021 Mock Analysis Directions for questions 1 to 30: Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage. Please answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage. In some instances, more than one option may be the answer to the question; in such a case, please choose the option that most accurately and comprehensively answers the question, Passage - 4 Itis surely a coincidence to find two books published almost simultaneously on the exploits of the French in India and their reverberations in France, and a delight to be asked to review them. The authors of both books, Danna Agmon and Jyoti Mohan, are based in the United States (US). Are these two publications a sign that French colonial history is staging a comeback and is once again on the American academic agenda? Although both books under review, Commerce, Conversion and Scandal in French india: A Colonial Affair, and French Scholars and the Preoccupation with India in the Nineteenth Century, deal with the French in india and similar notions of imperial power and authoritarian pageantry run through their volumes, their contents as well as the authors’ approaches are quite dissimilar. Moreover, the time span covered is different. The first book privileges the early 18th century when France was an ascending power on the Coromandel coast of peninsular India; in the second, the 19th century, when the French were finished off in India as an imperial power, is focal The focus of Agmon's work is the exercise of French imperial sovereignty on the early 18th century Coromandel coast. Her concern is to understand how sovereignty was furthered (or hampered) by the interactions between the French administrators, merchants and missionaries (the celebrated Guy Tachard among them) on the one hand and local intermediaries on the other. The book sheds light on the dynamics of French cross-cultural networking in South India and the information contained therein provides a template for European interactions ‘on the subcontinent, Using Tamil and French sources, Agmon sensitively sifts through the documentation available on a colonial scandal and its aftermath—punishment, exile, death, royal pardon, conversion and restitution—to understand the functioning of a different kind of imperial sovereignty in colonial India. Her focus ‘on the French juridical system and her account of how French sovereignty was exercised at Pondicherry between 1716 and 1720 provides a counterpoint to the many studies on the operation of British imperial sovereignty in colonial Calcutta and Madras. Mohan has very different interests. Her book is concerned with the process of knowing India in 19th-century scholarly circles in France or, as she puts it, with the French scholarly project of “claiming” India in the intellectual and academic sense. Much of France's fixation with india, Blake Smith points out in his review of Mohan's book in Caravan, can be seen as a “troubled obsession.” The scholarly project in France was formed in the shadow of a failed empire, Although, in the imperial gamble, Britain won and France lost, France never lost its fascination with the Indian civilization. Highlighting this preoccupation with India in 19th-century France, Mohan delves into the French tradition of Indology, wherein Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil Duperron, who pioneered European study of the Upanishads in the last decades of the 18th century, is the best known. His Oriental Legislation attacked the British variant of Oriental Despotism, which saw Asian states lacking any form of law. Officials of the British East India Company such as Warren Hastings, governor of Bengal between 1772 and 1785 used this theory to justify arbitrary and rapacious rule, arguing that Indians did not understand any other form of government aside from oppression. Another variant of British Indology, which has subsequently been seen as orientalist or romantic, was personified by William Jones and a host of scholar-administrators who followed him, both at Calcutta and in Madras, but this more benign strain would never be dominant in the functioning of an empire. htpsswww- aspiration alLAW/sis'Soluonjsp?qsetld= SL ppedgbiE=AqsetName: W India Mock CLAT 03 (2021) vais