SSC CGL (Tier – 1) Online Exam Paper – 2016 “held on 29 August 2016” Morning Shift
(Reasoning)
Question 1.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
Foot : Man :: Hoof : ?
Options:
1) Leg
2) Dog
3) Horse
4) Shoe
Correct Answer: Horse
Question 2.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
ACEG : ZXVT :: IKMO : ?
Options:
1) MNOP
2) PQRS
3) RPNL
4) LNPR
Correct Answer: RPNL
Question 3.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
68 : 130 :: 222 : ?
Options:
1) 345
2) 365
3) 355
4) 350
Correct Answer: 350
Question 4.For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) MARCH
2) MAY
3) JUNE
4) DECEMBER
Correct Answer: JUNE
Question 5. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) CZHK
2) SENO
3) XUBU
4) MLAG
Correct Answer: XUBU
Question 6. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) 1 : 8
2) 27 : 64
3) 125 : 218
4) 323 : 512
Correct Answer: 125 : 218
Question 7.Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary
1. Follicle 2.Folk 3.Follow 4.Foliage
Options:
1) 4, 2, 1, 3
2) 3, 4, 2, 1
3) 4, 3, 1, 2
4) 2, 4, 3, 1
Correct Answer: 4, 2, 1, 3
Question 8.A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
8, 15, 28, 53, ?
Options:
1) 106
2) 100
3) 108
4) 102
Correct Answer: 102
Question 9.A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
WFB, TGD, QHG, ?
Options:
1) NIL
2) NIK
3) NLK
4) NJL
Correct Answer: NIK
Question 10.The average age of 19 boys in a class is 21 years. If the teacher’s age is included, the average increases to 22 years. What is the teacher’s age?
Options:
1) 39 years
2) 41 years
3) 40 years
4) 44 years
Correct Answer: 41 years
Question 11.A man is 3 years older than his wife and four times as old as his son. If the son becomes 15 years old after 3 years. Then what is the present age of the wife?
Options:
1) 60 years
2) 51 years
3) 48 years
4) 45 years
Correct Answer: 45 years
Question 12.From the given alternative words, select the word which can not be formed using the letter of the given word:
UNIVERSALISATION
Options:
1) NATION
2) CURTAIN
3) LIVER
4) AVIATION
Correct Answer: CURTAIN
Question 13.If FRIEND is coded as HTKGPF then REVEAL will be coded as:
Options:
1) TGXFCN
2) TGXNGC
3) TXGNCG
4) TGXGCN
Correct Answer: TGXGCN
Question 14.Which of the following interchange of signs would make the equation correct?
5 + 3 x 8 – 12 ÷ 4 = 3
Options:
1) – and ÷
2) + and x
3) + and ÷
4) + and –
Correct Answer: – and ÷
Question 15.Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace * signs and to balance the equation.
48 * 4 * 6 * 3 * 30
Options:
1) -, +, =, x
2) ÷, =, x, +
3) ÷, +, x, =
4) -, =, x, +
Correct Answer: ÷, +, x, =
Question 16.Find the missing number from the alternatives
Options:
1) 125
2) 175
3) 225
4) 250
Correct Answer: 225
Question 17.Starting from a point, a person travels 3 km towards east and turns left and travels 4 km. Then again he turns to left by 45° and moves straight. Which direction is he facing now?
Options:
1) North-East
2) North-West
3) South-East
4) South-West
Correct Answer: North-West
Question 18.Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Statement: If he works hard he will be successful in life.
Conclusions: I. He is a hard worker.
Conclusions: II. Hard work pays
Options:
1) Both I and II follow
2) Only I follows
3) Only II follows
4) Neither I nor II follow
Correct Answer: Only II follows
Question 19.How many rectangles can you see in the figure?
Options:
1) 9
2) 8
3) 10
4) 7
Correct Answer: 9
Question 20.Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among classes given below
Tennis fans, Cricket players, Students
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer: 1
Question 21.Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer: 1
Question 22.From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer: 2
Question 23.A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer: 1
Question 24.If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer: 2
Question 25.In the question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g.,A can be represented by 02, 31, etc., and ‘K’ can be represented by 33, 78, etc.
Similarly you have to identify the set for the word ‘REST’
Options:
1) 22, 20, 79, 99
2) 66, 77, 68, 23
3) 44, 77, 24, 87
4) 22, 77, 79, 76
Correct Answer: 66, 77, 68, 23
(General Awareness)
Question 26.In a Parliamentary form of Government ___________
Options:
1) The Legislature is responsible to the Judiciary
2) The Executive is responsible to the Legislature.
3) The Legislature is responsible to the Executive
4) The Judiciary is responsible to the Legislature
Correct Answer: The Executive is responsible to the Legislature.
Question 27.Which of the following statements is correct about the President of India ?
Options:
1) Addresses first session of Parliament after each General Election.
2) Addresses first session of Parliament at the beginning of each year
3) Addresses every session of Parliament
4) Never addresses Parliament
Correct Answer: Addresses first session of Parliament after each General Election.
Question 28.Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?
Options:
1) Bande Mataram:Aurobindo Ghosh
2) New India:Bipin Chandra Pal
3) Yugantar:Bhupendranath Dutta
4) Sandhya:Barindra Ghosh
Correct Answer: Sandhya:Barindra Ghosh
Question 29.Silk worms feed on
Options:
1) Basil leaves
2) Curry leaves
3) Rose leaves
4) Mulberry leaves
Correct Answer: Mulberry leaves
Question 30.Who among the following has been appointed the new Coach of the Indian Cricket team by the BCCI recently?
Options:
1) Saurav Ganguly
2) Anil Kumble
3) Rahul Dravid
4) S. R. Kulkarni
Correct Answer: Anil Kumble
Question 31.What is the product formed when sodium bicarbonate is heated bly?
Options:
1) Sodium Carbonate
2) Sodium Hydroxide
3) Sodium Peroxide
4) Sodium Monoxide
Correct Answer: Sodium Carbonate
Question 32.Mission Indradhanush – a programme introduced recently in the country by the NDA Government is related to:
Options:
1) Systematic immunization of children against disease
2) Providing insurance cover to farmers against crop failure
3) Development of fisheries in rural areas
4) Development of multiple cropping in hilly region
Correct Answer: Systematic immunization of children against disease
Question 33.Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?
Options:
1) Mahesh Bhatt
2) Satyajit Ray
3) Mira Nair
4) G.P.Sippy
Correct Answer: Satyajit Ray
Question 34.What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?
Options:
1) Deficit budgeting
2) Zero-based budgeting
3) Performance-based budgeting
4) Surplus budgeting
Correct Answer: Deficit budgeting
Question 35.Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to
Options:
1) Agricultural sector
2) Rural Area
3) Factory sector
4) Urban Area
Correct Answer: Agricultural sector
Question 36.Which of the following is not guaranteed by Indian Constitution?
Options:
1) Right to Equality
2) Right of religious freedom
3) Right to Constitutional remedies
4) Right to free education for all
Correct Answer: Right to free education for all
Question 37.A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:
Options:
1) strait
2) Sound
3) Bay
4) Fjord
Correct Answer: Bay
Question 38.Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from
Options:
1) Jhelum river
2) Chenab river
3) Beas river
4) Sutlej river
Correct Answer: Sutlej river
Question 39.The sexual reproductive organs of aspergillus are :
Options:
1) Spermatium and Oogonium
2) Antheridium and Oogonium
3) Spermatium and Ascogonium
4) Antheridium and Ascogonium
Correct Answer: Antheridium and Ascogonium
Question 40.Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because
Options:
1) they emit light of a constant intensity
2) their distance from the earth does not change with time
3) they are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light
4) they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable
Correct Answer: they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable
Question 41.Which of the following is not true about X-rays?
Options:
1) have low penetrating power
2) travel with the speed of light
3) Can be reflected or refracted
4) can affect photographic plates
Correct Answer: have low penetrating power
Question 42._____changes each time it is installed to avoid detection by antivirus software.
Options:
1) Polymorphic virus
2) worm
3) logic bomb
4) trojan horse
Correct Answer: Polymorphic virus
Question 43.Which one of the following weeds is effective in controlling water pollution caused by industrial effluents?
Options:
1) Parthenium
2) Elephant grass
3) Water hycinth
4) Mogar grass
Correct Answer: Parthenium
Question 44.One of the following is also called as World Bank
Options:
1) IMF
2) IBRD
3) WTO
4) IDA
Correct Answer: IBRD
Question 45.The book entitled, ‘Playing it my way’ has been authored by
Options:
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) V V S Laxman
3) Saurav Ganguly
4) Chetan Chauhan
Correct Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Question 46.Which of the following is an example of Cartel?
Options:
1) OPEC
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) UNO
Correct Answer: OPEC
Candidate Answer: OPEC
Question 47.Sullage water is_______
Options:
1) Waste water released from kitchen
2) waste water released from toilets
3) waste water released from factories
4) waste water released from hospitals
Correct Answer: Waste water released from kitchen
Question 48.Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Options:
1) Annie Besant
2) Mayawati
3) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
4) Sucheta Kriplani
Correct Answer: Sucheta Kriplani
Question 49.The most pure form of carbon among the options is
Options:
1) Anthracite
2) Lampblack
3) Graphite
4) Wood Charcoal
Correct Answer: Anthracite
Question 50.Chalukya temples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in
Options:
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Rajasthan
4) Haryana
Correct Answer: Rajasthan
Question 51.The difference between the greatest and least five-digit numbers formed by the digits 2,5,0,6,8 is (repetition of digits are not allowed)
Options:
1) 69552
2) 65925
3) 65952
4) 63952
Correct Answer: 65952
(Quantitative Aptitude)
Question 52.The price of a shirt after 15% discount, is Rs.119. What was the marked price of the shirt before discount
Options:
1) Rs.129
2) Rs.140
3) Rs.150
4) Rs.160
Correct Answer: Rs.140
Question 53.
Options:
1) 0
2) 1
3) 2
4) -1
Correct Answer: 0
Question 54.The average of a,b,c is 20 and that of b,c,d is 25; if d=30, then the value of a is
Options:
1) 25
2) 45
3) 30
4) 15
Correct Answer: 15
Question 55.A store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of the cost. Then the percentage of profit against selling price is
Options:
1) 22%
2) 20%
3) 18%
4) 15%
Correct Answer: 20%
Question 56.If A is equal to 20% of B and B is equal to 25% of C; then what percent of C is equal to A?
Options:
1) 10
2) 15
3) 5
4) 20
Correct Answer: 5
Question 57.A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds. The speed of sound in meter per second is
Options:
1) 60
2) 62
3) 64
4) 68
Correct Answer: 68
Question 58.A sum of ₹ 3000 yields an interest of ₹ 1080 at 12% per annum simple interest in how many years ?
Options:
1) 4 Years
2) 3 Years
3) 5 years
4) 2½ Years
Correct Answer: 3 Years
Question 59.
Options:
1)
2) ⅔
3) ⅓
4) 2
Correct Answer: ⅔
Question 60.
Options:
1) 0
2)
3)
4) 1
Correct Answer: 0
Question 61.
Options:
1) 2
2) 1
3) 0
4) ½
Correct Answer: ½
Question 62.The area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle of radius 6m is
Options:
1) 36 m2
2) 72 m2
3) 18 m2
4) 12 m2
Correct Answer: 36 m2
Question 63.
Options:
1) 2sinθ
2) 2cosθ
3) 2secθ
4) 2cosecθ
Correct Answer: 2cosecθ
Question 64.Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is
Options:
1) 3:4
2) 4:3
3) 5:3
4) 5:7
Correct Answer: 4:3
Question 65.
Options:
1) 180
2) 198
3) 234
4) 252
Correct Answer: 198
Question 66.In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD ∠BCD=120° and passes through the centre of the circle. Then ∠ABD = ?
Options:
1) 30°
2) 40°
3) 50°
4) 60°
Correct Answer: 30°
Question 67.The midpoints of AB and AC of a triangle ABC are X and Y respectively. If BC+XY=12 units, then BC-XY is
Options:
1) 10 units
2) 8 units
3) 6 units
4) 4 units
Correct Answer: 4 units
Question 68.In an isosceles ΔABC, AD is the median to the unequal side meeting BC at D. DP is the angle disector of ∠ADB and PQ is drawn parallel to BC meeting AC at Q. Then the maeasure of ∠PDQ is
Options:
1) 130°
2) 90°
3) 180°
4) 45°
Correct Answer: 90°
Question 69.129 meter from the foot of a cliff on level of ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a cliff is 30°. The height of this cliff is
Options:
1) 50√3 metre
2) 45√3 metre
3) 43√3 metre
4) 47√3 metre
Correct Answer: 43√3 metre
Question 70.The volume of metallic cylindrical pipe of uniform thickness is 748 c.c. Its length is 14 cm and its external radius is 9 cm. The thickness of the pipe is
Options:
1) 0.5 cm
2) 1.5 cm
3) 1 cm
4) 2 cm
Correct Answer: 1 cm
Question 71.
Options:
1) ⅕
2) 2/5
3) ⅗
4) 0
Correct Answer: ⅗
The bar graph shows the production of table fans in a factory during one week. Study the bar graph and answer the question.
Question 72. The maximum production exceeds the minimum production by:
Options:
1) 400
2) 420
3) 500
4) 540
Correct Answer: 420
Question 73. The average production of table fan in that week is
Options:
1) 370
2) 280
3) 300
4) 250
Correct Answer: 300
Question 74. Ratio of the total production of table fans in the factory from Monday to Wednesday to that from Thursday to Saturday is
Options:
1) 19:26
2) 26:19
3) 29:16
4) 16:29
Correct Answer: 29:16
Question 75. The average production of table fans on Monday & Tuesdays exceeds the average production of table fans during the week by
Options:
1) 150 fans
2) 100 fans
3) 140 fans
4) 200 fans
Correct Answer: 100 fans
(English Comprehension)
Question 76.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
DECIMATED
Options:
1) CAPTURED
2) DESTROYED
3) DAMAGED
4) WORRIED
Correct Answer: DESTROYED
Question 77.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
INVINCIBLE
Options:
1) IMPREGNABLE
2) OMNIPRESENT
3) POWERLESS
4) POTENT
Correct Answer: POWERLESS
Question 78.Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
Options:
1) Diarrhoea
2) Diarhea
3) Diarrhea
4) Diarrohea
Correct Answer: Diarrhoea
Question 79.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
It took her a long time(A)/to get off (B)/the death of her husband.(C)/No Error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
Question 80.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
It is best(A)/ to be silent(B)/ than to speak in anger.(C)/No Error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
Question 81.In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
His father is disgusted(A)/against him for his(B)/addiction to drink.(C)/No Error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
Question 82.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
The aim of a Peace Council is ________ rather than cure.
Options:
1) salvation
2) preservation
3) maintenance
4) cultivation
Correct Answer: preservation
Question 83.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
He gives everyone _________ the class opportunities for practice.
Options:
1) at
2) in
3) of
4) on
Correct Answer: in
Question 84.The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
Harish soon gained _________ in English.
Options:
1) provincialism
2) proficiency
3) efficiency
4) eminency
Correct Answer: proficiency
Question 85.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Beggar description
Options:
1) Cannot be described
2) Something described by a beggar
3) A poor account of something
4) A description of a beggar
Correct Answer: Cannot be described
Question 86.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Drag one’s feet
Options:
1) Make someting more complicated
2) Expedite
3) Be reluctant to act
4) Stop working
Correct Answer: Be reluctant to act
Question 87.In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Hope against hope
Options:
1) Think wishfully from time to time
2) Hoped with good reason
3) Nurture an impossible hope
4) Pretend to hope
Correct Answer: Nurture an impossible hope
Question 88.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Lack of skill
Options:
1) Inertness
2) Insistence
3) Ineptness
4) Insolence
Correct Answer: Ineptness
Question 89.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding
Options:
1) Thistle
2) Stifle
3) Sceptre
4) Pestle
Correct Answer: Pestle
Question 90.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
An act when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person
Options:
1) Election
2) Exit-poll
3) By-election
4) Referendum
Correct Answer: Referendum
Question 91.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
Jane had told me that she hasn’t done her homework.
Options:
1) told
2) tells
3) was telling
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: tells
Question 92.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
This survey is concerning your health as well as that of your family.
Options:
1) concerns with
2) is concerned with
3) concerns to
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: is concerned with
Question 93.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Options:
1) be hid
2) hide
3) be hiding
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement
Question 94.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
A black and white goat were grazing.
Options:
1) The white and the black goat
2) A black and a white goat
3) A black and a white goat
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: A black and a white goat
Question 95.A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
I had took the papers to John’s office.
Options:
1) will took the papers
2) taken the papers
3) took the papers
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: took the papers
Question 96.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
“Tryst with Destiny” was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non-violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell”.
To whom did Nehru deliver this famous speech?
Options:
1) Nehru delivered this speech to a massive Indian crowd in attendance.
2) Nehru delivered this speech to the members of the Constituent Assembly.
3) Nehru delivered this speech to the members of the Lok Sabha
4) Nehru delivered this speech to the members of the Rajya Sabha.
Correct Answer: Nehru delivered this speech to the members of the Constituent Assembly.
Question 97.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
“Tryst with Destiny” was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non-violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell”.
Choose the answer which captures Nehru’s belief.
Options:
1) Nehru believed that India could achieve perfection immediately.
2) Nehru said the India’s struggle for freedom was new and sudden.
3) Nehru believed that India could take huge steps towards realising its dreams.
4) Nehru believed that India’s dreams were too unrealistic.
Correct Answer: Nehru believed that India could take huge steps towards realising its dreams.
Question 98.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
“Tryst with Destiny” was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non-violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell”.
The most dominant voice in the speech is
Options:
1) the voice of optimism
2) the voice of surrender
3) the voice of negligence
4) the voice of weakness
Correct Answer: the voice of optimism
Question 99.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
“Tryst with Destiny” was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non-violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell”.
Select the answer which best reflects Nehru’s point of view.
Options:
1) Nehru believed that Communalism would not be a problem.
2) Nehru believed that Communalism would be a positive force.
3) Nehru believed that Communalism would be dangerous for India.
4) Nehru believed that Communalism would make any nation great.
Correct Answer: Nehru believed that Communalism would be dangerous for India.
Question 100.A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
“Tryst with Destiny” was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non-violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell”.
What mansion did Nehru want to see built?
Options:
1) Nehru believed that the expensive mansion of India should be built.
2) Nehru believed that the honorable mansion of India should be built.
3) Nehru believed that the simple mansion of India should be built.
4) Nehru believed that the huge mansion of India should be built.
Correct Answer: Nehru believed that the honorable mansion of India should be built.