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Directions for the following 8 (eight) Passage - 2
items: By 2050, the Earth’s population will
Read the following six passage and likely have swelled from seven to nine
answer the items that f ollow. Your billion people. To fill all those stomachs
— while accounting for shifting
answers to these items should be based
consumption pattern, climate change,
on the passages only.
and a finite amount of arable land and
Passage - 1 potable water — some experts say food
Human history abounds in claims and production will have to double. How can
theories confining the right of governing we make the numbers add up? Experts
say higher yielding crop varieties and
to a few select citizens. Exclusion of the
more efficient farming methods will be
many is justified on the ground that
crucial. So will waste reduction. Experts
human beings may be rightfully
urge cities to reclaim nutrients and water
segregated for the good of society and from waste stream and preserve
viability of the political process. farmland. Poor countries, they say, can
01. Which one of the following improve crop storage and packaging and
statements is least essential as a rich nations could cut back on resource-
intensive foods like meat.
part of the argument in the above
passage? 02. Which one of the following
statements best sums up the above
(a) Man seeks control over external
passage?
things affecting him.
(a) The population of the world is
(b) In society, there are ‘super’ and growing very fast.
‘sub’ human beings. (b) Food security is a perennial
(c) Exceptions to universal citizen problem only in developing
participation are conducive to countries.
systemic efficacy. (c) The world does not have enough
resources to meet the impending
(d) Governing implies recognition of
food scarcity.
disparities in individual
(d) Food security is increasingly a
capacities.
collective challenge.
Passage - 3 — nearly 16 lakhs every year. Of these,
Many people in India feel that if we cut more than half die in the first month of
our defence expenditure on weapon- life. Officials believe that the reason for
building, we can create a climate of this is the absence of steps to propagate
peace with our neighbours, subsequently basic health practices relating to breast
reducing the conflict or creating a no- feeding and immunisation. Also, the
war situation. People who proclaim such large reproductive population of 2.6 crore
ideas are either the victims of war or the remains benefit of care during the critical
propagators of false argument. phases of pregnancy and post-delivery.
Added to this is the prevalence of child
03. With reference to the above passage,
marriages, anaemia among young women
which of the following is the most
and lack of focus on adolescent
valid assumption?
sanitation, all of which impact child
(a) Building of weapons systems by
death rates.
us has instigated our neighbours
04. Which is the critical inference that
to wage wars against us.
can be made from the above passage?
(b) The greater spending on
(a) A lot of Indians are illiterate and
weapon-building by us would
hence do not recognize the value
lessen the possibility of armed
of basic health practices.
conflict with our neighbours.
(b) India has a very huge population
(c) It is necessary to have state of the
and the government alone cannot
art weapons systems for national
manage public health services.
security.
(c) Universalization and integration
(d) Many people in India believe that
of maternal health and child
we are wasting our resources on
health services can effectively
weapon-building.
address the problem.
Passage - 4
(d) The nutrition of women in child
India accounts for nearly a fifth of the
bearing age does to affect child
world’s child deaths. In terms of
mortality rate.
numbers, it is the highest in the world
Passage - 5 Passage - 6
Food travel more than the people who I must say that, beyond occasionally
exposing me to laughter, my
eat them. Grocery stores and
constitutional shyness has been of no
supermarkets are located with preserved disadvantage whatever. In fact, I can see
and processed foods. This, however, often that, on the contrary, it has been all to
my advantage. My hesitancy in speech,
leads to environmental threats, such as
which was once an annoyance, is now a
pollution generated by long distance food pleasure. Its greatest benefit has been
transportation and wastage of food during that it has taught me the economy of
processing and transportation, words. I have naturally formed the habit
of restraining my thoughts. And I can
destruction of rain forests, reduced now give myself the certificate that a
nutritional content, increased demand thoughtless word hardly ever escapes my
for preservation and packaging. Food tongue or pen. I do not recollect ever
having had to regret anything in my
insecurity also increase as the produce speech or writing. I have thus been
comes from regions that are not feeding spared many a mishap and waste of time.
their own population properly. Experience has taught me that silence
is part of the spiritual discipline of a
05. With reference to the above passage, votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate,
which of the following statements is/ to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly
or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of
are true?
man, and silence is a natural weakness
1. Consuming regionally grown food of man, and silence is necessary in order
and not depending on long to surmount it. A man of few words will
rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he
travelled food is a part of eco- will measure every word. We find so many
friendly behaviour. people impatient to talk. There is no
chairman of a meeting who is not
2. Food processing industry puts a
pestered with notes for permission to
burden on our natural resources. speak. And whenever the permission is
Select the correct answer using the given the speaker generally exceeds the
time-limit, asks for more time, and keeps
code given below: on talking without permission. All this
(a) 1 only talking can hardly be said to be of any
benefit to the world. It is so much waste
(b) 2 only of time. My shyness has been in reality
(c) Both 1 and 2 my shield and buckler. It has allowed
me to grow. It has helped me in my
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 discernment of truth.
06. The author says that a thoughtless 09. Twelve people form a club. By picking
word hardly ever escapes his tongue lots, one of them will host a dinner
for all once in a month. The number
or pen. Which one of the following is
of dinners a particular member has
not a valid reason for this?
to host in one year is
(a) He has no intention to waste his (a) One
time.
(b) Zero
(b) He believes in the economy of (c) Three
words. (d) Cannot be predicated
(c) He believes in restraining his 10. An automobile owner reduced his
thoughts. monthly petrol consumption when
the prices went up. The price-
(d) He has hesitancy in his speech.
consumption relationship is as
07. The most appropriate reason for the follows:
author to be spared many a mishap Price (in Rs. per litre) 40 50 60 75
is that Monthly consumption (in litres) 60 48 40 32
(a) he hardly utters or writes a If the price goes up to Rs. 80 per litre,
thoughtless word. his expected consumption (in litres)
will be
(b) he is a man of immense patience.
(a) 30 (b) 28
(c) he believes that he is a spiritual
(c) 26 (d) 24
person.
11. Consider the figure given below:
(d) he is a votary of truth.
The price of a black pair was thrice the magazines is twice the
that of a brown pair. While preparing number of persons who read both
the bill, the bill clerk interchanged the magazines.
the number of black and brown pairs
Select the correct answer using the
by mistake which increased the bill
code given below:
by 100%. What was the number of
(a) 1 only
pairs of brown socks in the original
order? (b) 2 only
(d) 25
52. The graph depicts the earnings of A 54. Each of the six different faces of a
and B over the period 2000 to 2010: cube has been coated with a
different colour i.e., V, I, B, G, Y and
O. Following information is given:
1. Colours Y, O and B are on
adjacent faces.
2. Colours I, G and Y are on adjacent
faces.
(a) On the average A earned more Which is the colour of the face
than B during this period. opposite to the face coloured with O?
(a) The Right of personal property is of the dynamic nature of human society
a Natural Right duly supported by where old values and ideas constantly
cooperation. unresolved.
(d) The comprehensive idea of (b) Anarchy and chaos are the
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