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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.7/15: Which word from the passage can be used to fill in the blank to make it meaningful?
You are __________ your health by drinking too much.
Anot living
Bwiping
Cdooming
Dappreciating
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.8/15: Choose the word in the passage which means 'aware'_________
AConscious
BConspicuous
CClose
DMutual
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.9/15: Choose the word in the passage which means 'invaluable'
AConspicuous
BTreasure
CCommon
DPrecious
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.10/15: Fill in the blanks: You shouldn't _________ if he abuses you
Ahate
Breact
Cachieve
Dfear
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.11/15: It is strange that, according to his position in life, an extravagant man is admired or despised. A successful businessman does nothing to increase his popularity by being careful with his money. He is expected to display his success, to have a smart car, an expensive life, and to be lavish with his hospitality. If he is not so, he is considered mean and his reputation in business may even suffer in consequence. The paradox remains that if he had not been careful with his money in the first place, he would never have achieved his present wealth. Among the two income groups, a different set of values exists. The young clerk who makes his wife a present of a new dress when he hadn't paid his house rent, is condemned as extravagant. Carefulness with money to the point of meanness is applauded as a virtue. Nothing in his life is considered more worthy than paying his bills. The ideal wife for such a man separates her housekeeping money into joyless little piles- so much for rent, for food, for the children's shoes; she is able to face the milkman with equanimity and never knows the guilt of buying something she can't really afford. As for myself, I fall into neither of these categories. If I have money to spare, I can be extravagant, but when, as is usually the case, I am hard up, then I am the meanest man imaginable.
Question: In the opinion of the writer, a successful businessman:
Ais more popular if he appears to be doing nothing.
Bshould not bother about his popularity.
Cmust be extravagant before achieving success.
Dis expected to have expensive tastes.
Answer: Option D
Explanation:D
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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.12/15: The word paradox means:
Astatement based on facts.
Bthat which brings out the inner meaning.
Cthat which is contrary to received opinion.
Dstatement based on the popular opinion.
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.13/15: Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word applauded in the passage?
AHumiliated
BDecried
CCherished
DSuppressed
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.14/15: The phrase lavish with his hospitatlity signifies:
Amiserliness in dealing with his friends.
Bconsiderateness in spending on guests and strangers.
Cextravagance in entertaining guests.
Dindifference in treating his friends and relatives.
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.15/15: How does the housewife, described by the writer, feel when she saves money?
Ais content to be so thrifty.
Bwishes life were less burdensome.
Cis still troubled by a sense of guilt.
Dwishes she could sometimes be extravagant.
Answer: Option A
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Environmental toxins which can affect children are frighteningly commonplace. Besides lead, there are other heavy metals such as mercury, which is found frequently in fish, that are spewed into the air from coal-fired power plants, says Maureen Swanson, MPA, director of the Healthy Children Project at the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Mercury exposure can impair children's memory, attention, and language abilities and interfere with fine motor and visual spatial skills. A recent study of school districts in Texas showed significantly higher levels of autism in areas with elevated levels of mercury in the environment. Researchers are finding harmful effects at lower and lower levels of exposure, says Swanson.
They're now telling us that they don't know if there's a level of mercury that's safe. Unfortunately, some of these chemicals make good flame retardants and have been widely used in everything from upholstery to televisions to children's clothing. Studies have found them in high levels in household dust, as well as in breast milk. Two categories of these flame retardants have been banned in Europe and are starting to be banned by different states in the United States. The number of toxins in our environment that can affect children may seem overwhelming at times. On at least some fronts, however, there is progress in making the world a cleaner place for kids and just possibly, reducing the number of learning disabilities and neurological problems.With a number of efforts to clean up the environment stalled at the federal level, many state governments are starting to lead the way.And rather than tackle one chemical at a time, at least eight states are considering plans for comprehensive chemical reform bills, which would take toxic chemicals off the market.
Qs.1/4: "Besides lead, there are other heavy metals such as mercury, which are found frequently in fish, that are spewed into the air from coal-fired power plants". How can this line be worded differently.
ABesides lead, mercury is another heavy metal which is found frequently in discarded fish cooked in coal-fired power plants.
BBesides lead, fish contains mercury which is a heavy metal ejected in the air from power plants using coal.
CFish, contains mercury which is released in the air as industrial waste and which is also a heavy metal like lead.
DMercury relaeased in the air as industrial waste is another heavy metal like lead, found in fish.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:A
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