VA RC FULL LENGTH TEST-3-complete-test PDF

7/11/2020 VA RC FULL LENGTH TEST-3-complete-test
VA RC FULL LENGTH TEST-3

A RC FULL LENGTH TEST-3
Instruction: I wrote wBack in October 2019, when all of us lived in a di erent world,hat I called an “American
Meditation,” the occasion for which was the New York Times’s announcement of its 1619 Project. A couple of
other meditations followed on the same theme. Many others wrote on the subject.
Then came impeachment, the virus, the lockdowns, the destruction of the economy, masks, social distancing,
and now, the riots.
Today, the country is in the midst of a crisis and catastrophe maybe as great as the crisis and catastrophe that
culminated in the Civil War.
The framework of my meditations is that while thousands, hundreds, and dozens—the few and the very few—
must think deeply over lifetimes about questions of vital interest to self-governing people, the rest of us
millions of self-governing people have to choose and act, often with urgency, in the midst of relative chaos,
and with the greatest stakes. I think it is not melodramatic to say that what is at stake in the forthcoming
November elections is the American way of life.
The Claremont Institute’s recent statement on the crisis expresses some essential truths about the present
crisis and the choice facing America:
The pretext for this entire nationwide riot is that America is a racist country…. Why is it that so many of our
citizens believe that America is racist to its core? Because this lie has been preached by our universities and
media like the Gospel for a generation. From there it has traveled throughout society, particularly among the
elite. Even most leaders on the Right are unwilling to refute this destructive untruth. In failing to do so, they
promote the falsehood, the riots that it has engendered, and ultimately America’s destruction. This is to say,
the riots are the handiwork of the elite….
As we see written in ames in these riots and hear in all the commentary on them, the great divide in America
is between those who believe that America is evil and needs to be destroyed, and those who believe that
America is good and needs to be preserved. A version of that question is what the 2016 elections were about,
and what the elections in 2020 will be about. The nation has a party devoted to transforming the American
way of life; it needs a party devoted to preserving the American way of life.
America must have a full accounting of how the riots happened, who made them happen, and who let them
happen. Those in power must be held to account. Most fundamentally, the lies that have been the core
curriculum of American education must be replaced with the truth. The only way America can survive is as a
united country dedicated to living out the true meaning of its creed. The elite want to rob us of that future.
The rest of us should pledge our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to stopping them.
No one in America teaches with more authority and ambition that America is racist to the core than the New
York Times’s 1619 Project.
In her MacArthur Foundation-supported, Pulitzer prize-winning essay expressing the project’s animating idea,
celebrity New York Times columnist Nikole Hannah-Jones asserts that “anti-black racism runs in the very DNA
of this country.” In her commentary on the ongoing riots, she lays bare the project’s underlying morality:
“Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.”
I have called the party devoted to preserving the American way of life “the Party of 1776.” The party devoted
to transforming (and destroying) the American way of life I have called “the Party of 1619.” It remains to be
seen whether the Republican Party will make itself the Party of 1776. But if there had been any doubt, this
crisis makes clear that the Democratic Party now belongs to the Party of 1619.
The full account of this historic catastrophe will take deep thinkers’ years, volumes, and even libraries to
produce. To begin, we must publicly recognize that these are the 1619 Riots, proudly co-sponsored by the
MacArthur Foundation, the Pulitzer Prize Board, the New York Times, the Party of 1619, and their elite friends
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and allies
Q.1) Author associates New York Times’s 1619 Project. With all of the followings except?
[A] Anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country.
[B] A party devoted to preserving the American way of life.
[C] Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.”
[D] The party devoted to transforming (and destroying) the American way of life
Instruction: Back in October 2019, when all of us lived in a di erent world, I wrote what I called an “American
and now, the riots.
and allies
Q.2) What is the tone of author when he writes “No one in America teaches with more authority and ambition
that America is racist to the core than the New York Times’s 1619 Project”?
[A] Matter of fact
[B] Sarcastic
[C] Mocking
[D] Accusative
and now, the riots.
and allies
Q.3) What is the objective of the meditation the passage is about?
[A] To lay bare the conspiracy by the New York Times, the Party of 1619, and their elite friends and allies
[B] To warn Americans of an impending catastrophe that may culminated in the Civil War.
[C] To expose the lie that has been preached by American universities and media like the Gospel for a
generation.
[D] To call into action those who believe that America is good and needs to be preserved.
and now, the riots.
crisis and the choice facing America:The pretext for this entire nationwide riot is that America is a racist
country…. Why is it that so many of our citizens believe that America is racist to its core? Because this lie has
been preached by our universities and media like the Gospel for a generation. From there it has traveled
throughout society, particularly among the elite. Even most leaders on the Right are unwilling to refute this
destructive untruth. In failing to do so, they promote the falsehood, the riots that it has engendered, and
ultimately America’s destruction. This is to say, the riots are the handiwork of the elite….
and allies
Q.4) Author is least likely to agree with which of the following statements?
[A] The MacArthur Foundation, the Pulitzer Prize Board are supporting the perpetrators of riots.
[B] Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.
[C] There is a great divide between those who believe that America is evil and needs to be destroyed, and
those who believe that America is good and needs to be preserved
[D] The elite want to rob us of that future. The rest of us should pledge our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor
to stopping them.
and now, the riots.
and allies
Q.5) Author demands all but one of the following.
[A] The lies that have been the core curriculum of American education must be replaced with the truth.
[B] The people of America to pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to stop 1619 Project.
[C] Calls upon the Democratic party to preserve the American way of life.
[D] The country must have a full accounting of how the riots happened, who made them happen, and who let
them happen.
and now, the riots.
and allies
Q.6) Which of the following is an inference from the passage?
[A] To say that at stake is the American way of life is melodramatic.
[B] Republican Party may make up its mind to do as author wishes.
[C] Celebrity New York Times columnist Nikole Hannah-Jones isanti-black.
[D] The riots are the handiwork of the elite.
Instruction: In 1714, philosopher Bernard Mandeville set out in over 400 lines of doggerel the most enduring
argument for the value of the free market. The Fable of the Bees tells of a hive full of sel sh, deceitful, mean-
spirited insects. However, the consequence of each looking after their own was a thriving community. “Thus
every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise”. Subtitled Private Vices, Public Bene ts, The Fable of
the Bees anticipated every argument made since for the virtues of not just tolerating sel shness and
pro teering but celebrating their productive power.
Proponents of free markets ever since have played the same card, most obviously when appealing to a
Darwinian survival of the ttest to justify the “creative destruction” in free markets.
Coupled with this appeal to the glory of mother nature was a dim view of human nature. This view has been
celebrated and defended as robust realism. As Mandeville said in his discussion of his fable, “Most writers are
always teaching men what they should be, and hardly ever trouble their heads with telling them What they
really are.”
But Mandeville’s logic contained two fatal aws. In the fable, main character Jove becomes so indignant at the
vice of the bees that he “in anger swore, he’d rid The bawling hive of fraud.” The result was calamity. The
economy collapses and everything runs to ruin.
Mandeville gives private vice all the credit for creating general prosperity and portrays private virtue as wholly
harmful. Half a century later, Adam Smith saw through this caricature of human nature
Smith explicitly condemned “the system of Dr Mandeville” saying that it is “wholly pernicious.” Smith’s attack
on Mandeville came in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) in which he argued that “How sel sh soever
man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of
others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of
seeing it.”
Not only did Smith believe that human motivation cannot be reduced to pure egotistical drives, he also saw
that whatever the natural bene ts of markets it took arti ce to preserve them. In The Wealth of Nations
(1766) he argued that without regulation, monopolists would arti cially restrict production and raise prices. A
beehive many not need regulating but the human hive most certainly does. If the “invisible hand” is attached
to a corrupt, unchecked body, it will wreak havoc.
The plight of present-day pollinators alerts us to a deeper problem with both Mandeville’s logic and the
cruder applications of Smith’s. Both appeal to the “naturalness” of market mechanisms and human avarice.
But human civilisation is not a hive and human beings not wholly bad. What’s more, bees never alter nature,
human beings often do. In doing so, we can undermine precisely what makes nature work.
This is was has happened with the real bees. As with so much in agriculture we looked at what nature can do
and decided that we could do it more e ciently. Critical elements of farming, such as feed, fertiliser and
pollinators, used to be supplied almost entirely from within the mixed farm. Monocultures outsource the lot,
seemingly creating e ciencies but actually creating vulnerabilities.
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the problems many of our hubristic “improvements” of nature have
created. A recent brie ng published by The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems in
response to Covid-19 says that “Industrial agriculture is driving habitat loss and creating the conditions for
viruses to emerge and spread.” Not only that but the disruptions caused by the pandemic “are testing the
resilience of food supply chains and revealing underlying vulnerabilities.”
Agriculture is not the only sector to pay the price for Mandevillian cynicism. Just-in-time production methods,
razor-thin margins and a lack of savings have created a global economy which is frighteningly fragile. Naive
belief in the naturalness of markets leads to extremely unnatural economies which are proving vulnerable to
disruption. Mandeville saw in the hive a model of the natural order of things that a market economy would
preserve. What actually happened is that we hacked the hive so much as to destroy what made it work.
Q.7) What is the main argument of the passage?
[A] Belief in the naturalness of markets has created a global economy which is frighteningly fragile.
[B] Agriculture is not the only sector to pay the price for Mandevillian cynicism, whole economy has.
[C] Mandevillian cynicism has hacked the hive so much as to destroy what made it work.
[D] The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the problems of our hubristic improvements.
really are.”
seeing it.”
Q.8) What is the essence of The Fable of the Bees ?
[A] It is doggerel for the value of the free market.
[B] It tells of a hive full of sel sh, deceitful, mean-spirited insects.
[C] Each person looking after its own leads to a thriving community
[D] Bees individually are not a virtuous lot but collectively are.
really are.”
seeing it.”
Q.9) Which of the following is not true of Bernard Mandeville?
[A] Mandeville gives private vice all the credit for creating general prosperity.
[B] He believed in, every Part full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise
[C] Through Bees hive he developed the argument about economy
[D] He preferred private virtues over public virtues in the quest of prosperity.
really are.”
seeing it.”Not only did Smith believe that human motivation cannot be reduced to pure egotistical drives, he
also saw that whatever the natural bene ts of markets it took arti ce to preserve them. In The Wealth of
Nations (1766) he argued that without regulation, monopolists would arti cially restrict production and raise
prices. A beehive many not need regulating but the human hive most certainly does. If the “invisible hand” is
attached to a corrupt, unchecked body, it will wreak havoc.
Q.10) What is an inference from the passage?
[A] Invisible hand mentioned in the passage is that of a regulator.
[B] Mandeville wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759.
[C] Both Mandeville and Smith criticised o human avarice.
[D] Darwin justi ed the creative destruction of free markets
really are.”
Q.11) Most writers are ……………………what they really are. What does author suggest?
[A] The quali cations we all pretend to be ashamed of are the great support to human prosperity.
[B] Unless you tell men what they really are you cannot expect them to become what you want.’
[C] Writers should rst teach men what they really and then what you can become.
[D] A writer should have courage to tell the truth rst and then instruct.
really are.”
Q.12) In the fable, main character ……… runs to ruin. The moral of the story is?
[A] Exposing a fraud in anger without an afterthought will lead to the collapse of economy.
[B] A loan crusader in his zeal to correct the thing unintentionally destroys the thing.
[C] You destroy the private vices and you have destroyed the whole economy.
[D] Public vice is the backbone of a prospering economy; do not think of destroying them.
Instruction: Luck surrounds us — from something as mundane as walking to work and getting there safely to
the other extreme, like surviving a disease when someone just like us wasn’t spared. But in the countless
instances when chance is on our side, we disregard it: It is an invisible ally.
I rst came across poker in the foundational text of game theory, “Theory of Games and Economic Behavior,”
by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. Von Neumann, I learned, wasn’t just a poker player. He
believed that poker held the key to answering the very question that was on my mind — What do we control
and what don’t we control? — and whether we can make the most of the former while making our peace with
the latter.
Poker is a game of incomplete information. There are the cards I hold, known only to me. There are the
community cards we all see, coming out in a set rhythm. I need to make the best decision I can based on what
I know for certain and what I infer from your actions — all the while knowing that not only will I never have all
the puzzle pieces, but regardless of how skilled my decision, the cards can break against me. I can make the
best decision possible and still lose. And I can make a horrible mistake and luck out. The process and the
outcome are not equivalent.
In life, we can often get away with con ating the two. Things go well, and we take credit. Things go poorly, and
we blame the world. Poker forces you to confront the di erence — if, that is, you want to be successful. If you
blame the cards when you lose and think yourself a genius when you win, you will eventually go broke: In the
immediate term, you can get lucky; in the long term, variance evens out, and if your decision process is awed
you will start losing.
Poker forces you to realize that, no matter your skill, luck is a powerful friend and foe, both at the table and
away from it. Sure, we control our decisions, the things that make up the usness of life. But there’s no skill in
being dealt the winning hand, just as there is no skill in our birth — and that single fact is a governing factor in
how our lives will play out.
“Even intelligence is rather an accident of Nature,” White writes, “and to say that an intelligent man deserves
his rewards in life is to say that he is entitled to be lucky.” It doesn’t seem like coincidence that White played
poker.
There’s nothing quite like that game of cards to consolidate one central lesson: Chance is just chance. It is
neither good nor bad. Without us to supply meaning, it’s simple noise. The cards don’t know or care who you
are. They have no concept of fairness. They are just dealt — and we are left to deal with the fallout, to
interpret the noise. And so, the most we can do is learn to set aside what we can do nothing about and,
instead, focus on controlling what we can.
“Some things are in our control and others not,” the Stoic philosopher Epictetus writes in “The Enchiridion.”
“Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions.
Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our
own actions.”
Experiencing smaller one‐o events during play has taught me both the mathematical and the emotional
forbearance to accept them for what they are — and to emerge on the other side. Seeing, over and over, how
removed the runout of the cards at a table can be from the calculations I made, the plans I’d laid so carefully:
It’s a powerful lesson in letting go, when you nd you’ve come to the end of the decision process and the rest
is no longer up to you.
Nothing is all skill. I shy away from absolutes, but this one I embrace. Luck will always be a factor in anything
we might undertake. Skill can open up new vistas, allow us to see the chance that others less skilled than us,
less observant or less keen, may miss — but should chance go against us, all our skill can do is mitigate the
damage.
And the biggest blu of all? That skill can ever be enough. That’s the hope that allows us to move forward in
those moments when luck is most stacked against us, the useful delusion that lets us push on rather than give
up. “It would be a very ne thing for the world if everyone were entitled, in some slight degree, to be lucky,”
White says. We can’t ever know if we’ll manage to uphold that delusion or not. But we must convince
ourselves that we can. That, in the end, our skill will be enough to carry the day. Because it has to be.
Q.13) Poker is a game of incomplete information, which of the following statements does not support this
statement?
[A] Cards I hold are known only to me.
[B] There are the community cards we all see
[C] Cards others hold are not known to me.
[D] The process and the outcome are not equivalent.
the latter.
poker.
own actions.”
damage.
Q.14) And the biggest blu of all? Choose the right answer?
[A] That skill can ever be enough, luck is needed.
[B] Clarity that luck favours the brave.
[C] Everyone was entitled to be lucky
[D] A delusion that we can be lucky.
the latter.
poker.
own actions.”
damage.
Q.15) What is not true according to the passage?
[A] Our skills can mitigate the damage
[B] Intelligence is an accident of Nature.
[C] Everyone is entitled to be lucky.
[D] Luck is not in our control
the latter.
poker.There’s nothing quite like that game of cards to consolidate one central lesson: Chance is just chance. It
is neither good nor bad. Without us to supply meaning, it’s simple noise. The cards don’t know or care who
you are. They have no concept of fairness. They are just dealt — and we are left to deal with the fallout, to
own actions.”
damage.
Q.16) If this article were a lecture who would be the most suitable audience?
[A] A religious gathering
[B] A group of management trainees
[C] A philosophy classes
[D] A political discourse.
the latter.
own actions.”
damage.
Q.17) In life, we can often get away with con ating the two. This con ating –
[A] Is bene cial if your decision process is awed.
[B] Is damaging if your decision process is awed.
[C] Is bene cial if your decision process is awless.
[D] Is damaging if your decision process is awless.
the latter.
own actions.”
damage.
Q.18) Author is least likely to agree with which of the following?
[A] There is a clear division about things those are in our control and those not in our control.
[B] If luck is not on our side skill can do nothing.
[C] Skill can open up new vistas, allow us to see the chance that others less skilled than us, may miss
[D] Luck is a powerful friend and foe, both at the table and in life also.
Instruction: If you have a complaint with someone, speak to the person once, If you have complaints with
many, talk to yourself once!
Recently, I conducted a webinar training session for parents, and the theme was, “New Normal for Parenting”.
I requested the participants to share all their queries in advance. To my surprise, there were no queries, only
complaints!
Complaining is a loser’s habit, winners never complaint, they strive to take the situation in their stride. Each
one of us is born with a clean slate of mind. However, some of us learn to pass the buck of their
responsibilities in the format of complaints, accusations, allegations etc. Remember, if you are in a
complaining mode, it is a symptom that you have resigned from your willingness to win and be successful.
Most of the parents in my session had a common complaint, and that was about their kids misbehaving at
home. The solutions which I o ered them was easy but not palatable for all. I said, “If you desire to have well-
mannered kids, rst you need to demonstrate them the idea of a well-behaved parent!” This is all the more
relevant because children don’t do what they are asked to do, they do what they see their parents do!
The same concept applies to the professional world of work. Usually, management has a host of issues with
its team. Many bosses complain of team members killing time over unproductive activities. The only solution
for such situations at the workplace is available with the superiors in the hierarchy. Leaders as supposed to
play as role models, else they cannot command commitment. The moment they demonstrate by doing it
themselves, they actually authoritatively dictate a particular behaviour!
I recall the story of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa. A lady met him with a complaint about her kid. She said,
“Teacher, please teach him not to eat excess jaggery, it’s harmful to health,” The teacher asked the lady to
come to him after 21 days. When she came back after three weeks, the guru advised the student not to eat
excess sweet. Her job was done, but the mother was still curious. Why did he ask me to wait for 21 days?
Swami Ji could read her face. He smiled and said, “Mother, I am myself fond of jaggery, with what authenticity
I could have admonished the boy? In these days, I learned to live without that sweet and acquired my rights to
mentor this kid!”
Parents, if you spend long hours on social media, you lose a stand to complain about your kid’s ever in ating
screen time!
Professionals, if you publicly abuse and communicate using harsh words, you have no authority to complain
about the foul language used by your team members!
A great idea is to replace the word “complaint” with “upgrade” in your dictionary. The shop of complaints has
no buyers, instead, start a parlor of thoughtful understanding. The idea is to upgrade oneself, nd a way to
deal with any situation whatsoever it might be – but never indulge in complaints. Even your kith and kin will
not want to be around if you keep nagging all the time.
It must also be remembered that complaints are costly expenditures. The cost can range from nancial loss to
the generation of anger, frustration and disappointment. A complaining mind is never peaceful. Likewise, a
con dent and peaceful mind never complains!
A parallel lesson can be drawn from a river. People use and misuse it, but rivers do not complaint. They throw
dirt, stones and whatnot into it, but the river never stops. It gushes through all the rocks and keeps moving
ahead. As we all know, the force of the river water is enormous, which can be gauged when it falls down like a
waterfall. Rivers are transparent and all-powerful. Most probably the river water knows that it has a short
journey and the ultimate destination is the sea. Hence, it never complains!
There is an old saying which goes like this, “When you point ngers at someone, three ngers turn back and
point at you!”. We are ourselves responsible for mending our situations. Whatever be the eventuality, we
should have a minimum stake in our decisions. If you can change the situation, go for it. If you have the
option to eject out of the circumstances, take the call as soon as possible. But, if you can’t do either, never
complain.
Friends, if you are not happy, you are not living the right way. Life is short. Breaths are limited. Just accept life
as it comes and learn to make a truce with it. It’s not di cult to complain, why do the easy job? Rather take
out time, look inwards and do some soul searching for yourself. Joyful people speak less and listen more.
They never make complaints.
Q.19) The quotation in the beginning is--
[A] An indication of the topic to come
[B] Main point ,the passage starts with the conclusion
[C] Gist of the passage
[D] An attention clincher
Instruction: If you have a complaint with someone, speak to the person once,If you have complaints with
complaints!
mentor this kid!”
screen time!
complain. Friends, if you are not happy, you are not living the right way. Life is short. Breaths are limited. Just
accept life as it comes and learn to make a truce with it. It’s not di cult to complain, why do the easy job?
Rather take out time, look inwards and do some soul searching for yourself. Joyful people speak less and
listen more. They never make complaints.
Q.20) Which of the followings is not a learning from the passage?
[A] Leaders lead by actions.
[B] A doer cannot be a complainer
[C] Complainers never pass the buck.
[D] Complaining is easy but costly a air.
Instruction: If you have a complaint with someone, speak to the person once,If you have complaints with
complaints!
mentor this kid!”
screen time!
Q.21) Which of the following is not in tune with the passage?
[A] If you don’t complain you will never face kids misbehaving at home
[B] winners strive to take the situation in their stride.
[C] If the kids misbehaving at home, they have learned from their parents.
[D] Some concepts are the same for parents as well as leaders.
complaints!
mentor this kid!”
screen time!
Q.22) What can be the profession of the author?
[A] An educationalist
[B] A counsellor
[C] A psychologist
[D] A management guru.
complaints!
mentor this kid!”
screen time!
Q.23) Which of the following is an inference from the passage?
[A] Children’s behaviour is a mirror to the fathers/mothers behaviour.
[B] People who are happy have lived their life rightly.
[C] All the complaints are wrong
[D] Queries and complaints are the one and the same thing
complaints!
mentor this kid!”
screen time!
Q.24) Which is not an assumption of the author?
[A] There are multiple factors outside parents control in uencing child’s behaviour.
[B] Children do not pickup bad habits from outside.
[C] Parents attending the webinar knew the di erence between queries and complaints.
[D] If parents would watch Ramayana, then children will also invariable watch Ramayana
Instruction: The sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3………) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a
coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of
the numbers as your answer.
Q.25) 1. I published an op-ed there that said simply, while we respect peaceful protesters, we can have zero
tolerance for looting and rioting.
2. The publisher defended the decision publicly, but a child mob at the New York Times rose up and
demanded heads on pikes.
3. And if the police are overwhelmed or outnumbered, the National Guard—and, if necessary, federal troops
—have to restore order.
4. It’s got support from a large majority of Americans, if you believe the polls. New York Times published it.
The editorial page editor defended it publicly.
5. We saw an instance of it just last week at the New York Times.
Answer: _________________
Q.26) 1. They put the frame on you, you look guilty before you know what even happened.
2. Before we called it cancel culture, it was called a frame-up:
3. Even our liberal elites, who make the narratives, talk about them.
4. It’s happening every day to somebody, so much so that we all talk about narratives.
Answer: _________________
Q.27) 1. Yet what we see is a vacuum of leadership.
2. Not since the late 1960s, with riots, political violence, assassinations, and war in Southeast Asia, have we
seen the multiple disasters like the present pandemic layered with mass urban rioting.
3. It has been at least 50 years since America faced an internal con agration on the level which we experience
these days.
4. If leadership is like steel, tempered in the heat of the crisis, remarkable individuals should be rising to the
current challenge and steering the nation through these turbulent times.
Answer: _________________
Q.28) 1. We don’t really care about this useless, frozen valley, and we’re happy to leave it as a no-man’s land.
2. Don’t mess with us.
3. What message?
4. But if you keep pushing forward, we’re going to smack you down.
5. And we can.
Answer: _________________
Instruction: Five sentences related to a topic are given below in a jumbled order. Four of them form a
coherent and uni ed paragraph. Identify the odd sentence that does not go with the four. Key in the number
of the option that you choose.
Q.29) 1. So, if such a longing has come, it should come because you have nurtured the innermost longing
within you.
2. It means you cease to exist.
3. The reason why there is so much failure on the spiritual path is simply because they are going into
spirituality as they’re frustrated with life.
4. Liberation means obliterating you.
5. You cannot seek liberation out of frustration.
Answer: _________________
Q.30) 1. Trump just grovels before his blinkered base.
2. And the Supreme Court just told him so.
3. He’s stuck somewhere closer to the Stone Age than to Stonewall.
4. There are leaders who are ahead of their times, leaders who are behind their times, and then there’s
Donald Trump, who comes from another time altogether.
5. In a 6-to-3 decision, the justices ruled on Monday that gay and transgender people are protected by a
landmark federal civil rights law.
Answer: _________________
Q.31) 1. The insecurity is still there. It just feels a bit safer. It’s like earthworms clumping together in a ball to
look stronger.
2. These wild swings of success and failure can take a huge toll on mental health.
3. To minimize insecurity, people form cliques or camps.
4. Actors, directors and producers come together, to ensure some future work security.
5. The so called ‘parties’ are usually a camp hanging out together.
Answer: _________________
Q.32) 1. What pierces millions of hearts is that Sushant was one of us – neither born to lineage, nor someone
who just got a lucky break.
2. As accusations, slurs and counter-slurs y, everyone is just trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy.
3. A young, handsome actor doing well professionally after years of struggle kills himself.
4. What is happening here?
5. Why has a sensitive, well-loved man’s tragedy become a frenzied social media circus? Understandable,
really
Answer: _________________
Instruction: The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best
captures the essence of the passage
Q.33) How the hell are you going to boycott China? China isn’t Huawei, or Baidu or Alibaba or TikTok, China is
in the phone you are typing from, the cheap toy you bought for your neighbor’s kid, the knife you cut the
apple with, the pot you cooked your lunch in, it’s in our supply chains, in the components of “Made in USA” or
“Made in India” marketed products, it’s in the very fabric of modern existence. Chinese state money is
invested in companies you buy from or work in, from the moment you are born to the moment you die.
[A] Chinese products have invaded every nook and corner of our life, we must correct it.
[B] Use of Chinese products is so pervasive that boycotting them is next to impossible.
[C] It is China or USA either way we will be better o as it is.
[D] We owe our modern existence to either China or USA.
Instruction: The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best
captures the essence of the passage
Q.34) There is no need to take all the responsibility of your decisions upon your shoulders, share it. No, it isn’t
Karma-you aren’t being punished-it’s just life. Talking about something makes you see things in a di erent
light & perspective and helps you sort things out. It’s not easy or it’s not your car which you will mend using
your tools but you do have one tool in your kit you can always use, talking about your feelings. You can, of
course, solve all the problem of your life but sometimes need someone to talk. Once you share you will nd
that they are ready to invest their emotions for you.
[A] Talking and sharing your feelings will see the things di erently and people will invest their emotions for
you.
[B] You can, of course, solve all the problem of your life but you need somebody to talk to.
[C] Your karma is not punishing you it is life share the responsibilities of your decisions.
[D] Its not your karma alone share the responsibilities of your decisions as well as your feelings.

Answers
Q.1)B Q.2)D Q.3)D Q.4)B Q.5)C Q.6)B Q.7)A Q.8)C Q.9)D Q.10)A Q.11)A Q.12)C
Q.13)B Q.14)D Q.15)C Q.16)B Q.17)B Q.18)B Q.19)B Q.20)C Q.21)A Q.22)D Q.23)A
Q.24)A Q.25)51342 Q.26)2143 Q.27)3241 Q.28)32145 Q.29)1 Q.30)1 Q.31)2 Q.32)1
Q.33)B Q.34)A

Explanations
Q.1) Explanation:
After the introduction of the New York Times' 1619 project in paragraph 9, All of the options A, C and D can be
found addressed to the 1619 Project. But option B is not one of them, Since in para 10, rst line, the author
refers "A party devoted to preserving the American way of life" as "The party of 1776." Not the party of 1619.
Q.2) Explanation:
The author accuses the New York Times' 1619 Project to propagate racism in America. Therefore the tone is
accusative.
Q.3) Explanation:
Para 7, last line, "The nation has a party devoted to transforming the American way of life; it needs a party
devoted to preserving the American way of life." Option D is the answer.
Q.4) Explanation:
The statement given in option B is the New York Times' 1619 Project's ideology and the author does not
subscribe to it. Author blames the 1619 Party to teach racism in America. Thus option B is the answer.
Q.5) Explanation:
Penultimate paragraph, last line clearly mentions that Democratic Party belongs to the Party of 1619. The
party of 1619 is devoted to destroying the American way of life (same paragraph). Thus, Author cannot and
does not calls upon Democratic party to preserve the American way of life.
Q.6) Explanation:
A and D are directly given in the passage thus they cannot be inferences. Option C is not true. Option B is
inferred from penultimate paragraph.
Q.7) Explanation:
Last paragraph, "Agriculture is not the only sector to pay the price for Mandevillian cynicism. Just-in-time
production methods, razor-thin margins and a lack of savings have created a global economy which is
frighteningly fragile. Naive belief in the naturalness of markets leads to extremely unnatural economies which
are proving vulnerable to disruption." Thus, option A is the answer.
Q.8) Explanation:
First para, "However, the consequence of each looking after their own was a thriving community." Option C is
in tune with the passage.
Q.9) Explanation:
Option A can be understood from paragraph 5. Option B and C from paragraphs from paragraph 1 and 2
respectively. But nowhere in the passage there is a preference of private virtues over public virtues by
Mandeville
Q.10) Explanation:
Option A is inferred from last two lines of sixth paragraph, "A beehive may not need regulating but the human
hive most de nitely does. If the "invisible hand" is attached to a corrupt, unchecked body, it will wreak havoc."
Q.11) Explanation:
) In the given line the author aims at the point that writers focus on telling men what they should be instead of
telling them what they really are. Which means that sometimes if we focus on what we really are can help
make way for human prosperity more than that of focusing on what we should be. Option A is the answer.
Q.12) Explanation:
Through the example of Mandeville's fable the author wants to convey that private vices make the whole
economy stronger. Thus if you destroy private vices, you have destroyed the whole economy. Option C is the
answer.
Q.13) Explanation:
The statement says that Poker is a game of 'incomplete' information. Thus options that have incomplete
information are in tune witb the passages and the one that is not in tune, is our answer. Option B says that
community cards can be seen so it is a complete information.
Q.14) Explanation:
From the last paragraph we understand that not everyone is lucky but still people hold a delusion that they
could get lucky which pushes them farther. Moreover, delusion and blu are similar in meaning so the answer
is option D.
Q.15) Explanation:
From the last paragraph we understand that not everyone is entitled to be lucky and option C is contradicting
this. Thus options D is not true according to the passage.
Q.16) Explanation:
A cannot be the answer since the article is not on the religious side. In second paragraph, "He believed that
poker held the key to answering the very question that was on my mind ------- what do we control and what
don't we control?" This misleads us to think it could be based on psychology but it's not. Author casually puts
a question that has been there in his mind, not everyone else's. Option D is outrightly rejected because there
is no political argument put forward in this article. Thus, option B should be the answer.
Q.17) Explanation:
Para 4, last line, "in the long term variance evens out, and if your decision process is awed you will start
losing." This sentence has a negative tone and only option B conveys the same message with the same tone.
Q.18) Explanation:
Penultimate line of the passage, "That, in the end, our skill will be enough to carry the day." Option B is in
direct contradiction with it thus author will be least likely to agree with it.
Q.19) Explanation:
it is the main pont stop complaining.
Q.20) Explanation:
Paragraph 3, "However some of us learn to pass the buck of their responsibilities in the format of complaints,
accusations, allegations etc." Option C is contradicting this.
Q.21) Explanation:
Option B, C and D are in tune with paragraph 3, 4 and 5 respectively. But option A is not.
Q.22) Explanation:
The author correlates teachings in a webinar session with parents with that to the professional world. Thus,
he/she could be a management guru.
Q.23) Explanation:
Option B, C and D are not in tune with the passage. Option A is the only right answer inferred from paragraph
4.
Q.24) Explanation:
Author blames parents behaviour for their kids' behaviours entirely so author assumes that everything is in
parents' control. Thus option A is the answer.
Q.25) Explanation:
5 is the opener because an instance is mentioned. 1 follows because it describes that instance. 3 completes
the sentence in 1. 42 is a pair because the pronoun used in 4 is for the op-ed in 1.
Q.26) Explanation:
21 is a pair. In 2 frame up is introduced and in 1 its de nition is given. In 4 narratives are introduced and in 3
the topic continues.
Q.27) Explanation:
3 opens the paragraph with an American problem. 2 gives more insights. 4 has the ideal reaction to the
problem and 1 has the disappointment due to the lack of it.
Q.28) Explanation:
3 asks a question. 2 starts the answer with a warning. 145 is a pair because in 1 it says they don't care, and in
4 they say that although they don't care but if they are pushed forward they will retaliate and in 5 they a rm
their power.
Q.29) Explanation:
In 1 a longing is mentioned. But no other statement mentions that longing.
Q.30) Explanation:
The logical sequence to be formed is - 4325. 1 talks about Trump's base which is irrelevant.
Q.31) Explanation:
The logical sequence so formed is - 4135. 2 talks about mental health which is irrelevant to the topic
mentioned here.
Q.32) Explanation:
3452 is the possible sequence. 1 is the odd one out because it is not the answer to any of the questions
mentioned in the paragraph.
Q.33) Explanation:
The paragraph starts with a question that how is boycotting China possible and then the author goes on to
tell that it's nearly impossible because China is embedded in our supply chain. Option B is the answer.
Q.34) Explanation:
Option B is negated because the paragraph is not just about someone to talk to, it goes beyond that. Option C
is not the answer because it doesn't cover all aspects of the paragraph. Option D is not the answer because
the paragraph mentions the idea of sharing feelings, not the responsibilities. Option A is the most appropriate
answer.

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[A] Anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country.

[B] A party devoted to preserving the American way of life.

[C] Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.”

[A] Matter of fact

Q.3) What is the objective of the meditation the passage is about?

[B] Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.

Q.5) Author demands all but one of the following.

Q.6) Which of the following is an inference from the passage?

[A] To say that at stake is the American way of life is melodramatic.

[B] Republican Party may make up its mind to do as author wishes.

[C] Celebrity New York Times columnist Nikole Hannah-Jones isanti-black.

[D] The riots are the handiwork of the elite.

Q.7) What is the main argument of the passage?

Q.8) What is the essence of The Fable of the Bees ?

[A] It is doggerel for the value of the free market.

[B] It tells of a hive full of sel sh, deceitful, mean-spirited insects.

Q.9) Which of the following is not true of Bernard Mandeville?

[C] Through Bees hive he developed the argument about economy

Q.10) What is an inference from the passage?

[A] Invisible hand mentioned in the passage is that of a regulator.

[B] Mandeville wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759.

[C] Both Mandeville and Smith criticised o human avarice.

[D] Darwin justi ed the creative destruction of free markets

[A] Cards I hold are known only to me.

[B] There are the community cards we all see

[C] Cards others hold are not known to me.

[D] The process and the outcome are not equivalent.

[A] That skill can ever be enough, luck is needed.

[B] Clarity that luck favours the brave.

[C] Everyone was entitled to be lucky

[D] A delusion that we can be lucky.

Q.15) What is not true according to the passage?

[A] Our skills can mitigate the damage

[B] Intelligence is an accident of Nature.

[C] Everyone is entitled to be lucky.

[D] Luck is not in our control

[A] A religious gathering

[B] A group of management trainees

[C] A philosophy classes

[D] A political discourse.

[A] Is bene cial if your decision process is awed.

[B] Is damaging if your decision process is awed.

[C] Is bene cial if your decision process is awless.

[D] Is damaging if your decision process is awless.

Q.18) Author is least likely to agree with which of the following?

[B] If luck is not on our side skill can do nothing.

Q.19) The quotation in the beginning is--

[A] An indication of the topic to come

[B] Main point ,the passage starts with the conclusion

[C] Gist of the passage

[D] An attention clincher

Q.20) Which of the followings is not a learning from the passage?

[A] Leaders lead by actions.

[B] A doer cannot be a complainer

[C] Complainers never pass the buck.

[D] Complaining is easy but costly a air.

Q.21) Which of the following is not in tune with the passage?

[B] winners strive to take the situation in their stride.

not want to be around if you keep nagging all the time.

Q.22) What can be the profession of the author?

[D] A management guru.