SSC CGL (Tier – 1) Online Exam Paper – 2016 “held on 30 August 2016” Afternoon Shift
(Reasoning)
EXAM DATE : 30-August-2016
EXAM START TIME : 13:15:00
EXAM NAME : SSC Examination 2016
Question 1.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
EARTH : PLANET :: MOON : ?
Options:
1) SUN
2) UNIVERSE
3) VENUS
4) SATELLITE
Correct Answer: SATELLITE
Question 2.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
EJOT : ________::YDIN : VAFK
Options:
1) LQGB
2) BGLQ
3) QBGL
4) BGQL
Correct Answer: BGLQ
Question 3.Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
100 : 102 : : 100000 : ?
Options:
1) 105
2) 104
3) 1003
4) 1004
Correct Answer: 105
Question 4.
For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) Temple
2) Worship
3) Mosque
4) Church
Correct Answer: Worship
Question 5.
For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) M N O M
2) B D C B
3) X Z Y X
4) P R Q P
Correct Answer: M N O M
Question 6.
For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
Options:
1) 70, 80
2) 54, 62
3) 28, 32
4) 21, 24
Correct Answer: 54, 62
Question 7.Arrange the following words as per order in the dicitonary
1) Pearl 2) Peasant 3) Pea 4) Peanut
Options:
1) 3, 1, 4, 2
2) 3, 4, 1, 2
3) 1, 3, 2, 4
4) 1, 2, 3, 4
Correct Answer: 3, 4, 1, 2
Question 8.Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
g f e _ i g_e i i _f e i_g f _i i
Options:
1) i f g i e
2) f i g i e
3) e i f g i
4) i f i g e
Correct Answer: i f g i e
Question 9.Which one number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the series
3, 6, 18, 72, …?…, 2160
Options:
1) 144
2) 216
3) 288
4) 360
Correct Answer: 360
Question 10.Introducing a lady, a lady said, “She is the only daughter of Mohan’s grandfather who is my husband’s father”. How does the lady relate herself with the introduced lady?
Options:
1) Aunt
2) Mother
3) Mother-in-law
4) Sister-in-law
Correct Answer: Sister-in-law
Question 11.Two years ago, Aadhya was three times as old as his son and two years hence, twice her age will be equal to five times that of her son. Find Aadhya’s present age.
Options:
1) 38 years
2) 36 years
3) 34 years
4) 42 years
Correct Answer: 38 years
Question 12.From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:
ADMINISTRATION
Options:
1) STRAIN
2) TRADITION
3) SITUATION
4) RATION
Correct Answer: SITUATION
Question 13.If MOTHER is coded as KMRFCP, then HOUSE is coded as
Options:
1) FMRPC
2) GNSQD
3) GNRQD
4) FMSQC
Correct Answer: FMSQC
Question 14.If D stands for x, S stands for +, A stands for – and M stands for ÷, what is the value of the given expression
Options:
1) 558
2) 3312
3) 137
4) 31
Correct Answer: 137
Question 15.If 3 * 4 = 10, 5 * 8 = 18, 7 * 7 = ?
Options:
1) 26
2) 21
3) 28
4) 49
Correct Answer: 21
Question 16.In the following question, a series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
Options:
1) 19
2) 16
3) 15
4) 17
Correct Answer: 16
Question 17.Rahul starts and walks towards the south, he then turns to his right and walks 5 kms, then again turns left and walks 3 kms and then again turns left and walks 5 kms. In which direction is he from the starting point?
Options:
1) NORTH
2) SOUTH
3) EAST
4) WEST
Correct Answer: SOUTH
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.
Statements:
a) Odisha is still an underdeveloped state.
b) Problems like poverty, unemployment and illiteracy have not been solved.
Conclusions:
I) The administration of Orissa is not sensitive enough.II) It is the Will of God.
Options:
1) Only I follows
2) Only II follows
3) Both I and II follow
4) Neither I and II follows
Correct Answer: Neither I and II follows
Question 19.How many triangles are there in the following figure?
Options:
1) 12
2) 16
3) 10
4) 20
Correct Answer: 20
Question 20.Which illustrates the relationship amongst Judges, thieves and criminals?
Question 21.Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
Question 22.From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded?
Question 23.A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below. From the given responses, indicate how will it appear when open?
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?
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., K can be represented by 00, 24, etc. and A can be represented by 55 etc. You have to identify the set for the word ‘SHIP’
Options:
1) 31, 56, 43, 10
2) 89, 12, 40, 99
3) 04, 21, 76, 44
4) 89, 56, 34, 11
Correct Answer: 31, 56, 43, 10
(General Awareness)
Question 26.Silver gets corroded due to ________________ in air.
Options:
1) Oxygen
2) Hydrogen Sulphide
3) Carbon dioxide
4) Nitrogen
Correct Answer: Hydrogen Sulphide
Question 27.Which of the following is a radioactive element?
Options:
1) Cobalt
2) Uranium
3) Argon
4) Chromium
Correct Answer: Uranium
Question 28.Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under ________________
Options:
1) Legal rights
2) Fundamental rights
3) Human rights
4) Natural rights
Correct Answer: Fundamental rights
Question 29.Which of the digestive organs contains acid?
Options:
1) Stomach
2) Small intestine
3) Appendix
4) Colon
Correct Answer: Stomach
Question 30.Which country is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
Options:
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) Pakistan
Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
Question 31.Which of the following fibres is considered as the strongest natural fibre?
Options:
1) Cotton
2) Jute
3) Wool
4) Silk
Correct Answer: Silk
Question 32.Purpose of an optical filter is to : ________
Options:
1) reflect lights of different colours
2) dispense light into component colours
3) refract light of different colours
4) transmit or absorb light of different colours
Correct Answer: transmit or absorb light of different colours
Question 33.Which of the following is not a weighted code?
Options:
1) Excess 3 – Code
2) Binary Number System
3) Decimal Number System
4) BCD Number System
Correct Answer: Excess 3 – Code
Question 34.’Residex’ is associated with :
Options:
1) Share prices
2) Price inflation
3) Mutual fund prices
4) Land prices
Correct Answer: Land prices
Question 35.Ozone saves the biosphere by absorbing high energy radiations called __________ .
Options:
1) Infra-red (IR)
2) Gamma rays
3) Ultraviolet rays (UV)
4) X-rays
Correct Answer: Ultraviolet rays (UV)
Question 36.Birju Maharaj is a well known exponent of
Options:
1) Manipuri dance
2) Kathak
3) Odissi
4) Kathakali
Correct Answer: Kathak
Question 37.In the absence of the earth’s atmosphere, sky would appear
Options:
1) blue
2) deep red
3) white
4) black
Correct Answer: black
Question 38.The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress was
Options:
1) Sarojini Naidu
2) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
3) Annie Besant
4) Kadambani Ganguli
Correct Answer: Annie Besant
Question 39.Which of the following programmes meet the credit needs of poor women?
Options:
1) Mahila Samriddhi Yojna
2) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
3) Indira Mahila Yojna
4) Mahila Samakhya Programme
Correct Answer: Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
Question 40.The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India submits his report relating to the accounts of the Union to the ______________ .
Options:
1) Finance Minister
2) Prime Minister
3) President
4) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Correct Answer: President
Question 41.The first Buddhist Council was held at _____________ .
Options:
1) Kashmir
2) Rajagriha
3) Pataliputra
4) Vaisali
Correct Answer: Rajagriha
Question 42.Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet?
Options:
1) Nilgiri hills
2) Cardamom hills
3) Palani hills
4) Annamalai hills
Correct Answer: Nilgiri hills
Question 43.Who was the founder of the Satvahana Empire?
Options:
1) Kanha
2) Simuka
3) Hala
4) Gautamiputra
Correct Answer: Simuka
Question 44.Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at
Options:
1) Allahabad
2) Calcutta
3) Surat
4) Lahore
Correct Answer: Surat
Question 45.Silica gel is a
Options:
1) moisturizer
2) flavouring agent
3) drying agent
4) delicious food
Correct Answer: drying agent
Question 46.Which Superfast train has AC Coach having Braille Signals?
Options:
1) Purushottam Express
2) Shramjeevi Express
3) Himgiri Express
4) Purva Express
Correct Answer: Purushottam Express
Question 47.Biofertilizers convert nitrogen to _________ .
Options:
1) nitrates
2) ammonia
3) nitrogenase
4) amino acids
Correct Answer: ammonia
Question 48.Shiva Thapa is associated with which of the following sports?
Options:
1) Boxing
2) Golf
3) Shooting
4) Badminton
Correct Answer: Boxing
Question 49.The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is
Options:
1) Bharatpur
2) Gir forest
3) Khaziranga
4) Nilgiris
Correct Answer: Khaziranga
Question 50.Which country recently voted to leave the European Union (EU)?
Options:
1) Greece
2) Spain
3) United Kingdom
4) Germany
Correct Answer: United Kingdom
(Quantitative Aptitude)
Question 51.36 men together can build a wall 140 m long in 21 days ; the number of men working at the same rate required to build the same wall in 14 days is
Options:
1) 54
2) 48
3) 36
4) 18
Correct Answer: 54
Question 52.The perimeters of a square and a rectangle are equal . If their area be ‘A’ m2 and ‘B’ m2 then correct statement is
Options:
1) A < B
2) A ≤ B
3) A > B
4) A ≥ B
Correct Answer: A > B
Question 53.A man bought a watch for 10% discount.If he had bought for 20% discount he would have got the watch for ₹ 125 less . The marked price of the watch is
Options:
1) rs. 2500
2) rs. 1250
3) rs. 3750
4) rs. 1000
Correct Answer: rs. 1250
Question 54.The compound ratio of the inverse ratios of the ratios x : yz , y : zx , z : xy is :
Options:
1) 1 : xyz
2) xyz : 1
3) 1: 1
4) x : yz
Correct Answer: xyz : 1
Question 55.By selling a tape – recorder for ₹ 1040 a man gains 4% . If he sells if for ₹ 950 , his loss will be
Options:
1) 5%
2) 4%
3) 4.5%
4) 9%
Correct Answer: 5%
Question 56.What will be the percentage of increase in the area of a square when each of the its sides is increased by 10% ?
Options:
1) 20
2) 11
3) 121
4) 21
Correct Answer: 21
Question 57.Every Sunday , Gin jogs3 miles . For the rest of the week , each day he jogs1 mile more than the previous day . How many miles Gin jogs in 2 weeks ?
Options:
1) 42
2) 63
3) 84
4) 98
Correct Answer: 84
Question 58.If p3 – q3 = ( p – q ) { ( p + q )2 – x p q } then the value of x is
Options:
1) 1
2) -1
3) 2
4) -2
Correct Answer: 1
Question 59.
Options:
1) 2√2 – 1
2) 1 – 2√2
3) 1 – √2
4) -2√2
Correct Answer: 1 – 2√2
Question 60.A rectangle with one side of length 4 cm is inscribed in a circle of diameter 5 cm . Find area of the rectangle
Options:
1) 21 cm2
2) 12 cm2
3) 4 cm2
4) 3 cm2
Correct Answer: 12 cm2
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Question 61.ABCD is a cyclic trapezium with AD || BC . If ∠A = 105° , then other three angles are
Options:
1) ∠B = 75° , ∠C = 75° , ∠D = 105°
2) ∠B = 105° , ∠C = 75° , ∠D = 75°
3) ∠B = 75° , ∠C = 105° , ∠D = 75°
4) ∠B = 105° , ∠C = 105° , ∠D = 75°
Correct Answer: ∠B = 75° , ∠C = 75° , ∠D = 105°
Question 62.If sec 15θ = cosec 15θ (0° < θ < 10°) then value of θ is
Options:
1) 9°
2) 5°
3) 8°
4) 3°
Correct Answer: 3°
Question 63.
Options:
1) Y > X > Z
2) x > y > z
3) Z > X > Y
4) X > Z > Y
Correct Answer: Z > X > Y
Question 64.Average runs scored by 11 players of a cricket team is 23 runs . If the first player scored 113 runs . Find the average runs of the remaining players
Options:
1) 8 runs
2) 12 runs
3) 14 runs
4) 27 runs
Correct Answer: 14 runs
Question 65.
Options:
1) 1
2) a + b + c
3) 1/b + 1/b + 1/c
4) 0
Correct Answer: 1
Question 66.
Options:
1) -7/3
2) 7/3
3) 3/7
4) -3/7
Correct Answer: 7/3
Question 67.The ratio of circumradius and radius of an equilateral triangle is
Options:
1) 1:2
2) 3:1
3) 2:1
4) 1:3
Correct Answer: 2:1
Question 68.AB is a diameter of the circle with centre O , CD is chord of the circle , If ∠BOC = 120° , then the value of ∠ADC is
Options:
1) 42°
2) 30°
3) 60°
4) 35°
Correct Answer: 30°
Question 69.A straight tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle of 30° with the ground . The distance from the foot of the tree to the point , where the top touches the ground is 10 m. Find the total height of the tree?
Options:
1) 10√3 m
2) 10√3 /3 m
3) 10 ( √3 + 1) m
4) 10 ( √3 – 1) m
Correct Answer: 10√3 m
Question 70.The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 yearsat 10% per annum isRs. 525 . The simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is :
Options:
1) Rs.520
2) Rs.550
3) Rs. 500
4) Rs. 515
Correct Answer: Rs. 500
Question 71.If tan θ = tan 30° . tan 60° and θ is an acute angle , then 2θ is equal to
Options:
1) 30°
2) 45°
3) 90°
4) 0°
Correct Answer: 90°
(Question 72-75)
Question 72.Study the following Bar graph and answer the question . The Bar Graph gives the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.
From 1975 to 1987 , inflation rate increased in the third world countries approximately by
Options:
1) 10%
2) 20%
3) 30%
4) 36%
Correct Answer: 36%
Question 73.Study the following Bar graph and answer the question . The Bar Graph gives the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.
The change in rate of inflation was least in which of the following .
Options:
1) Developed Nations
2) UK
3) World
4) Third world
Correct Answer: World
Question 74.Study the following Bar graph and answer the question . The Bar Graph gives the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.
Comparing the figures for USA vis-a-vis the developed nations , it can be concluded that
Options:
1) USA had better control on inflation
2) Developed nations had better control on inflation
3) The inflation rate continues to be the same for USA and developed nations
4) No conclusions can be drawn
Correct Answer: USA had better control on inflatio
Question 75.Study the following Bar graph and answer the question . The Bar Graph gives the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.
In the year 1987 , the inflation rate in the third world countries vis-a-vis the world jumped approximately by
Options:
1) 135%
2) 126%
3) 122%
4) 200%
Correct Answer: 126%
(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.
RECTIFY
Options:
1)SATISFY
2)CORRECT
3)REDUCE
4)PACIFY
Correct Answer:CORRECT
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.
VANQUISH
Options:
1)VANISH
2)VARNISH
3)SURRENDER
4)TRAMPLE
Correct Answer:SURRENDER
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)Groteasque
2)Grotasque
3)Growtesque
4)Grotesque
Correct Answer:Grotesque
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.
Here is something pretty (A) / that you can (B) / wear on the party (C) / No Error (D)
Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:C
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.
He was for all (A) / selling the car (B)/ and buying a bicycle (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.
Look at what (A) / I am doing (B) / and do like I do (C) / No Error (D)
Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:C
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.
See me tomorrow without __________.
Options:
1)fails
2)failure
3)fail
4)failing
Correct Answer:fail
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.
Radium __________ rays that blind the eyes.
Options:
1)gives away
2)gives over
3)gives up
4)gives off
Correct Answer:gives off
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.
You will have to work __________ you are in the office.
Options:
1)as long as
2)as good as
3)as far as
4)so far as
Correct Answer:as long as
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.
To add fuel to the fire
Options:
1)Prevent fire from dying out
2)Make the fire burn brightly
3)Make things worse
4)Waste fuel for no reason.
Correct Answer:Make things worse
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.
To take to heart
Options:
1)To be greatly affected
2)To take something heartily
3)To strike at the heart, out of enjoyment
4)To suffer from heart disease
Correct Answer:To be greatly affected
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.
To bring to light
Options:
1)To put on light
2)To reveal
3)To bring a light
4)To arrange light sufficiently
Correct Answer:To reveal
Question 88.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”.
Lying in my room,the music could be heard
Options:
1)I could hear the music
2)The music can be heard
3)The music can be heard by me
4)No improvement
Correct Answer:I could hear the music
Question 89.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”.
Come quickly ifyou willcatch the train
Options:
1)you want to
2)you shall
3)you could
4)No improvement
Correct Answer:you want to
Question 90.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”.
At the sound of foot steps he turned roundfast really
Options:
1)real fast
2)real fastly
3)real faster
4)No improvement
Correct Answer:real fast
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”.
Onlya fewpeople came to the art exhibition as it was raining hard all day.
Options:
1)few
2)little
3)a small amount of
4)No improvement
Correct Answer:No improvement
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”.
His immediateambitionwas to find a place to live in.
Options:
1)Strategy
2)Design
3)Aim
4)No improvement
Correct Answer:Aim
Question 93.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
A large body of people playing various musical instruments.
Options:
1)Melody
2)Harmony
3)Elocution
4)Orchestra
Correct Answer:Orchestra
Question 94.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Solemn religious acts
Options:
1)Demonstrations
2)Celebrations
3)Rites
4)Functions
Correct Answer:Rites
Question 95.Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
That which cannot be averted
Options:
1)Inevitable
2)Irreparable
3)Incomparable
4)Indisputable
Correct Answer:Inevitable
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.
The function of education is to prepare young people to understand the whole process of life. The end of education is not merely to pass some examinations and get a job and earn one’s livelihood. If education is to make people understand life, then surely life is not merely a job or an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we prepare ourselves only to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life. To understand life is much more important than to get a degree or pass an examination for a job. Life, with all its subtleties, is such a vast expanse. It has its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. It also has its hidden things of the mind such as envies, ambitions, passions, fears, fulfilments and anxieties. The birds, the flowers, the flourishing trees, the heavens, the stars, the rivers and the fishes therein – all this is life. When we are young we must seek and find out what life is all about. Thus we cultivate intelligence with the help of education. Intelligence is the capacity to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that we begin to discover for ourselves what is real and what is true. Anyone who is gripped with fear will never be intelligent. Most of us have fear in one form or another. Where there is fear there is no intelligence. Thus what education should do is help us understand the need of freedom. Unless we are free we will not understand the whole process of living. When we are free we have no fear. We do not imitate but we discover.
What is the effect of fear on humans?
Options:
1)We understand life’s great mystery.
2)We are not able to develop our intelligence.
3)We think freely.
4)We see the vast expanse of life.
Correct Answer:We are not able to develop our intelligence.
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.
The function of education is to prepare young people to understand the whole process of life. The end of education is not merely to pass some examinations and get a job and earn one’s livelihood. If education is to make people understand life, then surely life is not merely a job or an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we prepare ourselves only to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life. To understand life is much more important than to get a degree or pass an examination for a job. Life, with all its subtleties, is such a vast expanse. It has its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. It also has its hidden things of the mind such as envies, ambitions, passions, fears, fulfilments and anxieties. The birds, the flowers, the flourishing trees, the heavens, the stars, the rivers and the fishes therein – all this is life. When we are young we must seek and find out what life is all about. Thus we cultivate intelligence with the help of education. Intelligence is the capacity to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that we begin to discover for ourselves what is real and what is true. Anyone who is gripped with fear will never be intelligent. Most of us have fear in one form or another. Where there is fear there is no intelligence. Thus what education should do is help us understand the need of freedom. Unless we are free we will not understand the whole process of living. When we are free we have no fear. We do not imitate but we discover.
The aim of education is to make us realise the need of __________ .
Options:
1)understanding science
2)freedom
3)jobs
4)passing examinations
Correct Answer:freedom
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.
The function of education is to prepare young people to understand the whole process of life. The end of education is not merely to pass some examinations and get a job and earn one’s livelihood. If education is to make people understand life, then surely life is not merely a job or an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we prepare ourselves only to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life. To understand life is much more important than to get a degree or pass an examination for a job. Life, with all its subtleties, is such a vast expanse. It has its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. It also has its hidden things of the mind such as envies, ambitions, passions, fears, fulfilments and anxieties. The birds, the flowers, the flourishing trees, the heavens, the stars, the rivers and the fishes therein – all this is life. When we are young we must seek and find out what life is all about. Thus we cultivate intelligence with the help of education. Intelligence is the capacity to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that we begin to discover for ourselves what is real and what is true. Anyone who is gripped with fear will never be intelligent. Most of us have fear in one form or another. Where there is fear there is no intelligence. Thus what education should do is help us understand the need of freedom. Unless we are free we will not understand the whole process of living. When we are free we have no fear. We do not imitate but we discover.
When we are young we should __________ .
Options:
1)seek the meaning of life
2)study and get a degree
3)try for a good job
4)study science
Correct Answer:seek the meaning of life
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.
The function of education is to prepare young people to understand the whole process of life. The end of education is not merely to pass some examinations and get a job and earn one’s livelihood. If education is to make people understand life, then surely life is not merely a job or an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we prepare ourselves only to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life. To understand life is much more important than to get a degree or pass an examination for a job. Life, with all its subtleties, is such a vast expanse. It has its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. It also has its hidden things of the mind such as envies, ambitions, passions, fears, fulfilments and anxieties. The birds, the flowers, the flourishing trees, the heavens, the stars, the rivers and the fishes therein – all this is life. When we are young we must seek and find out what life is all about. Thus we cultivate intelligence with the help of education. Intelligence is the capacity to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that we begin to discover for ourselves what is real and what is true. Anyone who is gripped with fear will never be intelligent. Most of us have fear in one form or another. Where there is fear there is no intelligence. Thus what education should do is help us understand the need of freedom. Unless we are free we will not understand the whole process of living. When we are free we have no fear. We do not imitate but we discover.
Education helps us realize the ___________ .
Options:
1)way to develop our career
2)need for good health
3)meaning of fear
4)necessity of freedom
Correct Answer:necessity of freedom
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.
The function of education is to prepare young people to understand the whole process of life. The end of education is not merely to pass some examinations and get a job and earn one’s livelihood. If education is to make people understand life, then surely life is not merely a job or an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we prepare ourselves only to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life. To understand life is much more important than to get a degree or pass an examination for a job. Life, with all its subtleties, is such a vast expanse. It has its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. It also has its hidden things of the mind such as envies, ambitions, passions, fears, fulfilments and anxieties. The birds, the flowers, the flourishing trees, the heavens, the stars, the rivers and the fishes therein – all this is life. When we are young we must seek and find out what life is all about. Thus we cultivate intelligence with the help of education. Intelligence is the capacity to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that we begin to discover for ourselves what is real and what is true. Anyone who is gripped with fear will never be intelligent. Most of us have fear in one form or another. Where there is fear there is no intelligence. Thus what education should do is help us understand the need of freedom. Unless we are free we will not understand the whole process of living. When we are free we have no fear. We do not imitate but we discover.
The passage is about __________ .
Options:
1)Education
2)Freedom
3)Intelligence
4)Livelihood
Correct Answer:Education