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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.8/11: A person who belongs to preindustrial world
Aknows the utility of time
Bknows how to derive happiness by making use of time carefully
Cdoes not care about each minute
Dcares much for every minute
Answer: Option C
Explanation:A person who belongs to preindustrial world is accustomed to the slow pace of life and therefore does not care about each minute.
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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.9/11: According to the author
Athe Orientals are very punctual
Bthe Americans or the Englishmen are punctual
Cthe Greek and the Orientals are very punctual
Dthe Indians are very punctual
Answer: Option B
Explanation:According to the passage, the writer points towards the Americans and English being very punctual.
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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.10/11: The 'orient' in the passage refers to
AChina and Japan
BJapan and England
CEngland and America
DAmerica alone
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Orient' refers to Eastern Asia, and therefore it includes Japan and China.
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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.11/11: Pick a word from the passage that means the same as 'acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable'.
AAmusement
BResignation
CIndustrialization
DBland
Answer: Option B
Explanation:The meaning asked is exactly of that of resignation
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.1/15: Technology has annihilated_______
Avariety
Bunity
CPsychologicaldifferences
DPhysical difference
Answer: Option D
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.2/15: Consciousness of variety is the result of
AAnnihilation of technology
BMeeting the strangers closely
CPhysical neighbourhood
DPsychological and physical distance
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.3/15: The antonym of 'amity' is
Aenmity
Bfriendship
Cvariety
Dunity
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.4/15: The word 'conspicuous' mean
Aimportance
Badmirable
Cdistinct
Dby leaps and bounds
Answer: Option C
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.5/15: Heritage' is_____
ALand grabbed by the children
BPhysical difference
CMental development of the other people
DCultural traditions coming from ancestors
Answer: Option D
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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We are living in an age where technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Physically we are all now neighbors but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. We have never been so conscious of variety as we are now. What shall be the outcome now when we have come to such close quarters with our neighbors? How are we going to react? Are we going to let this consciousness of variety make us fear and hate each other? In that event, we shall be dooming others to wipe each other out. Or are we going to learn to live like a single family? This is the only alternative to mutual destruction; but to achieve this high degree of amity, we have to value the variety of human heritage. We are not only to appreciate our neighbor's distinctive contributions. We have to love these as precious parts of mankind's common treasure. And we have to love our neighbors
themselves as precious members of human family which is not exposed to the common danger of being wiped out by atomic warfare. This is why India's conspicuous achievement of variety-in-unity is of worldwide importance.
Qs.6/15: Which word from the passage can be used to fill in the blank to make it meaningful?
There is no _________ to this plan.
Aconspicuous
Balternative
Cmutual
Dconsciousness
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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