CDS General English(2) Questions and answers

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Directions (Q.91-93): Read the following passages and answer the items that follow. Read the following passages and answer the items that follow.
PASSAGE-I
Those responsible for teaching young people have resorted to a variety of means to make their pupils learn. The earliest of these was the threat of punishment. This meant that the pupil who was slow, careless or inattentive risked either physical chastisement or the loss of some expected privilege. Learning was thus associated with feat. At a later period, pupils were encouraged to learn in the hope of some kind of reward. This often took the form of marks awarded for work done and sometimes of prizes given at the end of the year to the best scholar. Such a system appealed to the competitive spirit, but was just as depressing as the older system for the slow pupil.

In the nineteenth century sprang up a new type of teacher, convinced that learning was worthwhile for its own sake and that the young pupil’s principal stimulus should neither be anxiety to avoid a penalty nor ambition to win a reward, but sheer desire to learn. Interest, direct or indirect, became the keyword of instruction.

91). The educational system which caused fear in the pupil's mind was based on:
A). rewards
B). labour
C). punishment
D). competition
92). The system based on rewards satisfied all except:
A). the slow pupil
B). the very intelligent pupil
C). the laborious pupil
D). the casual pupil
93). The system which appealed to the competitive spirit in the pupils was largely based on:
A). punishment
B). marks
C). chastisement
D). cash prizes

Directions (Q.94-95): Read the following passages and answer the items that follow. Read the following passages and answer the items that follow.
PASSAGE-II:
On a surface which is free from obstacles, such as a clear road or a path, only two or three species of snakes can hope to catch up with a human being, even if they are foolish to try. A snake seems to move  very fast but its movements are deceptive. In spite of the swift, wave-like motions of its body, the snake crawls along the ground at no more than the speed of man’s walk It may, however, have an advantage inside a jungle, where the progress of a man is obstructed . by thorny bushes. But in such places, the footsteps of  a man are usually more than enough to warn snakes to keep away. Although they have no ears the usual kind, they can feel slight vibrations of the ground through their bodies, and thus get in early warning of danger. 

94). The snake has an advantage over men inside a jungle, because there:
A). it can crawl faster ,
B). it gets advance warning
C). man's movement is obstructed (
D). it is dark inside a jungle
95). What helps the snakes to receive advance warning is their sensitivity to:
A). obstacles in the path
B). smell of other beings
C). sounds made by other beings
D). movements of other beings.


Directions (Q.96-100): Read the following passages and answer the items that follow. Read the following passages and answer the items that follow.

PASSAGE-III:
This rule of always trying to do things as well as one can do them has an important bearing upon the problem of ambition. No man or woman should be without ambition, which is the inspiration of activity. But if one allows ambition to drive one to attempt things which are beyond one’s own personal capacity, then unhappiness will result. If one imagines that one can do everything better than other people, then envy and jealousy, those twin monsters, will come to sadden one’s days. But if one concentrates one’s attention upon developing one’s own special capacities, the things one is best at, then one does not worry over much if other people are more successful.

96). Which one of the following alternatives brings out the meaning of 'to have a bearing upon' clearly?
A). to have an effect on
B). to carry the weight on oneself
C). to put up with
D). to decrease friction
97). Which one of the following statements is correct?
A). There is a close relationship between ambition and activity
B). Ambition and activity belong to two different areas
C). Ambition is useless
D). Activity is responsible for ambition
98). The statement 'if one allows ambition to drive one to attempt things which are beyond one's own personal capacity, than unhappiness will result,' means that:
A). One must always try to do less than one's capacity
B). One must always try to do more than one's capacity
C). Ambition must be consistent with one's capacity
D). There should be no ambition at all
99). Which one of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?
A). One must do everything as well as one can
B). One must try to be better than others
C). One must continuously worry about others
D). One must try beyond one's capacity to get results
100). Which one of the following statements can be assumed to be true?
A). It is good to imagine oneself better than others
B). One should not imagine oneself always to be better than others
C). All persons have equal capacity
D). One should have more ambition than others.
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