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We inhabit a divided world; on one hand the rich are critical of our continuing poverty on the other they warn us against their own methods. We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large number of people. Are not poverty and greed the greatest polluters? For instance,unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily needs of the tribal people and those who live in or around jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation. When they themselves seem deprived how can we urge the preservation of animals? How we speak to those who live in villages and in slums about keeping the oceans, the rivers and the air clean when their own lives are contaminated at the source?The environment cannot be improved in conditions of poverty. Nor can poverty be eradicated without the use of science and technology.
Qs.3/5: We can uproot the poverty______
ABy providing employment to everyone
BWith the use of science and technology
CBy giving wealth to everyone
DBy giving education to everyone
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We inhabit a divided world; on one hand the rich are critical of our continuing poverty on the other they warn us against their own methods. We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large number of people. Are not poverty and greed the greatest polluters? For instance,unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily needs of the tribal people and those who live in or around jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation. When they themselves seem deprived how can we urge the preservation of animals? How we speak to those who live in villages and in slums about keeping the oceans, the rivers and the air clean when their own lives are contaminated at the source?The environment cannot be improved in conditions of poverty. Nor can poverty be eradicated without the use of science and technology.
Qs.4/5: The word 'poaching' means
Akilling of animals
Billegal killing of animals
Ccutting trees
Dspoiling vegetation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We inhabit a divided world; on one hand the rich are critical of our continuing poverty on the other they warn us against their own methods. We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large number of people. Are not poverty and greed the greatest polluters? For instance,unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily needs of the tribal people and those who live in or around jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation. When they themselves seem deprived how can we urge the preservation of animals? How we speak to those who live in villages and in slums about keeping the oceans, the rivers and the air clean when their own lives are contaminated at the source?The environment cannot be improved in conditions of poverty. Nor can poverty be eradicated without the use of science and technology.
Qs.5/5: Why do the tribal people and those who live in or around the jungles comb the forest?
AThey do so to earn money
BThey comb the forest for food and livelihood
CThey comb the forest to pollute the environment
DThey do so because they wanted to do so
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.1/11: Why do we suffer acutely?
AIn the company of people conscious of time
BAmong the people careless of time
COn account of much awareness of time
DOn account of the unpunctuality of the orient
Answer: Option C
Explanation:a
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.2/11: How does an Indian accept blank hours?
AHappily
BWith ease
CUnhappily
DUneasily
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.3/11: Pre-Industrial' means:
ABefore the industrial revolution
BAfter the Industrial revolution
CBefore there was a portfolio for industry in India
DBefore watches started being manufactured on a large scale
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.4/11: The opposite word for 'pre' is______
Apost
Bpast
Cfuture
Dlate
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.5/11: The word "appalling" means
Apitiable
Bpraiseworthy
Chateful
Dhorrible
Answer: Option D
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.6/11: What is the main theme of the passage?
AConcept of time in pre-industrial world
BThe Greek concept of time
CAwareness of time in the modem industrial world
DThe Orientals and their awareness of time
Answer: Option C
Explanation:The passage deals with the awareness of time in the contemporary world.
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Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes or seconds. The un-punctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.
Qs.7/11: The Orientals are alien to
Athe business of amusement
Bthe notion of time as a collection of minutes
Cindustrialization
Dthe fine art of doing nothing
Answer: Option B
Explanation:As we detect from the paragraph, the Orients are unaware about the notion of time as a collection of minutes.
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