Q1-2. “Gandhi’s greatest challenge was post-truth. The Indian social universe was overflowing with ways of living established by the powerful that inevitably oppressed the powerless. In order to tackle this inequality, Gandhi changed the understanding of truth that the powerful had inherited and internalized. He dislodged truth from its long-held. theological location of an ultimate divine compassion. Only goodness mattered. If that quality could be inculcated, truth would take care of itself.”
1. Which of the following notions is compatible with Gandhi’s idea of Truth?
A. Truth is inherited and internalized
B. Truth is ultimate divine revelation
C. Truth is a byproduct of honesty, humanism and compassion
D. Truth directly corresponds with goodness
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A A, B only
B A, C only
C B, C only
D C, D only
EXPLANATION
Answer: D
Explanation:
Option A suggests that truth is something that is passed down or acquired through inheritance or internalization. However, the passage explicitly states that Gandhi changed the understanding of truth by giving more importance to goodness. Thus, this is not the correct statement.
The passage explicitly mentions that Gandhi dislodged truth from its long-held theological location of an ultimate divine compassion. This suggests that Gandhi did not view truth as a singular, divine revelation but rather shifted the understanding of truth away from its theological association. Thus, option B is not a correct statement.
The passage explicitly mentions that truth is a byproduct of goodness. Honesty, humanism and compassion are the subsets of goodness. Thus, option C is a correct statement.
Similarly, option D will also be a correct statement.
2. In the given passage, the term “inevitably” connotes __.
A Uncertainty
B Impossibility
C Certainty
D Possibility
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Explanation:
The term “inevitably” suggests that the ways of living established by the powerful in the Indian social universe inevitably oppressed the powerless. It indicates a sense of certainty, implying that oppression was bound to happen as a result of the established power dynamics.
Q3. To Ratanbabu, the hotel seemed quite adequate. His room wasn’t large, but that didn’t matter. There were windows to the east and the south with pleasant views of the country side. The servant Pancha seemed an amiable sort. Ratanbabu was in the habit of bathing twice a day in tepid water throughout the year and Pancha had assured him that there would be no trouble about that.
In the given passage, the phrase “tepid water” means:
A Steaming hot water
B Ice – cold water
C Luke – Warm water
D Running water
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Explanation:
In the given passage, the phrase “tepid water” means water that is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm in temperature. It implies that Ratanbabu prefers to bathe with water that is moderately warm, rather than extremely hot or cold.
Lukewarm water is neither hot nor cold.
The correct option is C
Q4. “Poetry is the language of the imagination and the passions. It relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to the human mind. It comes home to the bosoms and business of men for nothing but what comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape can be a subject for poetry. Poetry is the universal language which the health holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. Wherever there is a sense of beauty or harmony, as in the motion of a wave of the sea in the growth of a flower there is poetry in its birth.”
Which of the following expressions duly correspond with the given passage:
A . Poetry ensures for the immediate pleasure and pain experienced by the creative mind.
B . It revolves around the general and intelligible feelings of the people.
C . A contempt for poetry and self-respect ate mutually compatible.
D . It unavoidably relates to mankind’s sense of beauty, power and harmony.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A A, B, C only
B A, B, D only
C A, C, D only
D B, C, D only
EXPLANATION
Answer: B
Explanation:
The passage starts by stating that poetry is the language of the imagination and the passions, relating to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to the human mind. Thus, option A can be inferred from the first two lines of the passage
Additionally, the passage mentions that poetry comes home to the bosoms and business of men, and only what comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape can be a subject for poetry. This implies that poetry revolves around the general and intelligible feelings of the people, which corresponds to
option B.
Furthermore, the passage suggests that having contempt for poetry reflects a lack of respect for oneself and other things. This contradicts the idea that contempt for poetry and self-respect are mutually compatible, so option C is not accurate.
Lastly, the passage implies that poetry relates to mankind’s sense of beauty, power, and harmony, as seen in the examples of the motion of a wave of the sea and the growth of a flower. This aligns with option D, which states that poetry unavoidably relates to mankind’s sense of beauty, power, and harmony.
The correct option is B.
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