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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific sociology-economic and emotional environment, and authority. I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father: from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness and so did my three brothers and sister. But it was the time I spent with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin that perhaps contributed most to the uniqueness of my childhood and made all the difference in my later life. The unschooled wisdom of Jallaluddin and Samsuddin was so intuitive and responsive to non-verbal messages, that I can unhesitatingly attribute my subsequently manifested creativity to their company in my childhood.

I had three close friends in my childhood – Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All these boys were from orthodox Hindu Brahman families. As children, none of us ever felt any difference among ourselves because of our religious differences and upbringing. In fact, Ramanadha Sastry was the son of Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of the Rameswaram temple. Later, he took over the priesthood of the Aravindan went into the business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims; and Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for the Southern Railways.

Who was the high priest of Rameswaram Temple?



 

  • Ramanadha Sastry

  • Lakshmana Sastry

  • Aravindan

  • Aravindan

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates good-will between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred. One could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports praised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. In the village where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise, but as soon as the fun and exercise, but as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly n=mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe at any rate for short periods that running jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

The author of the passage believes that




 

  • sport creates good will

  • sport is entertainment

  • sport is not a test of courage

  • sport is not a test of courage

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred. One could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports praised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. In the village where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise, but as soon as the fun and exercise, but as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly n=mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe at any rate for short periods that running jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

By 'concrete examples' the writer is referring to _________.




 

  • cement buildings

  • historic events

  • specific cases

  • specific cases


B.

historic events

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred. One could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports praised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. In the village where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise, but as soon as the fun and exercise, but as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly n=mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe at any rate for short periods that running jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

In competitive games, you




 

  • plan to win

  • dream to win

  • hope to win

  • hope to win

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred. One could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports praised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. In the village where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise, but as soon as the fun and exercise, but as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly n=mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe at any rate for short periods that running jumping and kicking a ball are tests of
national virtue.

At the international level, sports





 

  • can lead to war

  • are an imitation of war

  • can result in players trying to kill each other

  • can result in players trying to kill each other

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred. One could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports praised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. In the village where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise, but as soon as the fun and exercise, but as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly n=mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe at any rate for short periods that running jumping and kicking a ball are tests of
national virtue.

Orgies are





 

  • wild riots

  • private shows

  • intense drama

  • intense drama

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Everyone constantly face, challenges – at home with our spouse, children and other family members, at work with our peers and bosses. Sometimes life itself becomes a challenge because it throws up so many relationship based and situational challenges.

But the biggest challenge of them all is one’s mind. Often, it is possible to control everything else but one’s mind. being master of the world. The Bhagwad Gita says, ‘Our mind is our best friend and our worst enemy. If we know how to manage our mind, we can manage our time, our relationships, our life, everything.

This is where spirituality comes in. It is the path to a mentally decluttered, value-based life. Spirituality teaches us to control our thoughts, emotions and desires. It is actually the science of managing one’s mind.

Once we start to have control over our actions we may also find the law of attraction coming into play, Inexplicable events occur and we find things falling. In place for us. They seem to be co-incidence, but that’s the law of attractions working for you. You attract what you think. When you think positive, you get positive results.

The central idea of the passage is

 




 

  • the importance of managing external challenges.

  • the need to understand the law of attraction

  • the value of spirituality in life

  • the value of spirituality in life

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Everyone constantly face, challenges – at home with our spouse, children and other family members, at work with our peers and bosses. Sometimes life itself becomes a challenge because it throws up so many relationship based and situational challenges.

But the biggest challenge of them all is one’s mind. Often, it is possible to control everything else but one’s mind. being master of the world. The Bhagwad Gita says, ‘Our mind is our best friend and our worst enemy. If we know how to manage our mind, we can manage our time, our relationships, our life, everything.

This is where spirituality comes in. It is the path to a mentally decluttered, value-based life. Spirituality teaches us to control our thoughts, emotions and desires. It is actually the science of managing one’s mind.

Once we start to have control over our actions we may also find the law of attraction coming into play, Inexplicable events occur and we find things falling. In place for us. They seem to be co-incidence, but that’s the law of attractions working for you. You attract what you think. When you think positive, you get positive results.

'It is possible to control everything else but one's mind' means

 

  • It is possible to control one’s mind more than anything else.

  • It is possible to control everything else except one’s mind.

  • Everything else is achievable if one controls one’s mind.

  • Everything else is achievable if one controls one’s mind.

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Everyone constantly face, challenges – at home with our spouse, children and other family members, at work with our peers and bosses. Sometimes life itself becomes a challenge because it throws up so many relationship based and situational challenges.

But the biggest challenge of them all is one’s mind. Often, it is possible to control everything else but one’s mind. being master of the world. The Bhagwad Gita says, ‘Our mind is our best friend and our worst enemy. If we know how to manage our mind, we can manage our time, our relationships, our life, everything.

This is where spirituality comes in. It is the path to a mentally decluttered, value-based life. Spirituality teaches us to control our thoughts, emotions and desires. It is actually the science of managing one’s mind.

Once we start to have control over our actions we may also find the law of attraction coming into play, Inexplicable events occur and we find things falling. In place for us. They seem to be co-incidence, but that’s the law of attractions working for you. You attract what you think. When you think positive, you get positive results.

The word 'decluttered' in paragraph 3 means

 




 

  • to accumulate unnecessary things

  • to remove unnecessary things

  • to clarify things

  • to clarify things

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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Everyone constantly face, challenges – at home with our spouse, children and other family members, at work with our peers and bosses. Sometimes life itself becomes a challenge because it throws up so many relationship based and situational challenges.

But the biggest challenge of them all is one’s mind. Often, it is possible to control everything else but one’s mind. being master of the world. The Bhagwad Gita says, ‘Our mind is our best friend and our worst enemy. If we know how to manage our mind, we can manage our time, our relationships, our life, everything.

This is where spirituality comes in. It is the path to a mentally decluttered, value-based life. Spirituality teaches us to control our thoughts, emotions and desires. It is actually the science of managing one’s mind.

Once we start to have control over our actions we may also find the law of attraction coming into play, Inexplicable events occur and we find things falling. In place for us. They seem to be co-incidence, but that’s the law of attractions working for you. You attract what you think. When you think positive, you get positive results.

What 'seems to be coincidence'?

 




 

  • Events happening all around us.

  • Events becoming inexplicable

  • Events falling short of our expectations.

  • Events falling short of our expectations.

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