Q.1-5.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
The greatest thing this age can be proud of is the birth of man in the consciousness of men. In his drunken orgies of power and national pride man may flout and jeer at it. when organised national selfishness, racial antipathy and commercial self-seeking begin to display their ugly deformities in all their nakedness, then comes the time for man to know that his salvation is not in political organisations and extended trade relations, not in any mechanical re-arrangement of social system but in a deeper transformation of life, in the liberation of consciousness in love, in the realisation of God in man
(A) God having assumed the shape of
(B) neither fully godly nor fully human
(C) man being transformed into God
(D) the divine qualities in man
Q.2. The author uses the expression ugly deformities; to show his indignation at
(A) political organisations
(B) the liberation of human
(C) selfishness and materialism of the
(D) the drunken orgies of power
Q.3. According to the author, salvation of human beings lies in the
(A) extended trade relations
(B) spiritual transformation of life
(C) orgy of national pride
(D) wholehearted participated in political
Q.4. In the phrase the birth of Man in the consciousness of men, MAN stands for
(A) power and arrogance
(B) egocentricity
(C) noble human qualities
(D) an idealistic notion of the human self
Q.5. People jeer at the birth of Man in the human consciousness when they
(A) begin to think of themselves as God
(B) become power hungry
(C) restructure the social system
(D) become mentally deranged
Q.6-10. ln the questions given below choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
Q.6. Dainty
(A) Splendid (B) Aggressive
(C) Vigorous (D) Towering
Q.7. Glut
(A) Limit (B) Dearth
(C) Drain (D) Supply
Q.8. Devout
(A) Irreverant (B) Sincere
(C) Homely (D) Magnificent
Q.9. Vanity
(A) Modesty (B) Kindness
(C) Compassion (D) Moderation
Q.10. Wrath
(A) Solace (B) Rage
(C) Delight (D) Choler
ANSWERS –
Q.1.(D)
Q.2.(C)
Q.3.(B)
Q.4.(D)
Q.5.(B)
Q.6.(C)
Q.7.(B)
Q.8.(A)
Q.9.(A)
Q.10.(C)
