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1 Verbal
Directions for questions 1- 3: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Few doctor have any time for the study of philosophy, for their profession is an exacting one, and it is all they can do to keep abreast of its advances. What is true of Medical Science is also true of the whole civilized world. Men at present are so engrossed in their various occupations, in manufacturing goods, in buying and selling, in accumulating wealth or in struggling merely to maintain themselves that they have no time left to wonder what living is all about.
The expression “it is all they can do” in the first sentence conveystheidea of all that
A. doctor can manage to do
B. philosopherssay is good for man
C. doctors are expected to do
D. people todayare willing to do
2 Verbal
Directions for questions 1- 3: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Few doctor have any time for the study of philosophy, for their profession is an exacting one, and it is all they can do to keep abreast of its advances. What is true of Medical Science is also true of the whole civilized world. Men at present are so engrossed in their various occupations, in manufacturing goods, in buying and selling, in accumulating wealth or in struggling merely to maintain themselves that they have no time left to wonder what living is all about.
The expression that “their profession is an exacting one” is the best described by which one of the following statements?
A. Doctors have to be very precise in their work
B. Medical Science is a well-defined subject
C. Doctors have a challenging job with hardly any spare time
D. Medical Science is a more exact subject than philosophy
3 Verbal
Directions for questions 1- 3: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Few doctor have any time for the study of philosophy, for their profession is an exacting one, and it is all they can do to keep abreast of its advances. What is true of Medical Science is also true of the whole civilized world. Men at present are so engrossed in their various occupations, in manufacturing goods, in buying and selling, in accumulating wealth or in struggling merely to maintain themselves that they have no time left to wonder what living is all about.
The author compares medical profession with various other occupation in order to show that
A. Doctors are much more busy than peoplein other occupations
B. Doctor had to read a great deal online people in other occupations
C. Thestudyofphilosophyis particularly importantto doctors
D. People in their occupations have no more time to study philosophy than doctors have
D. People in their occupations have no more time to study philosophy than doctors have
4 Verbal
Directions for questions 4-7: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Our government has taken/ propose a number of major initiatives during the eleventh Five Year Plan. Some of the new initiative in the school and literacy sector and higher and technical education sector include : right of children to free and compulsory education, launching a Saakshar Bharat, ICT in secondary school and in open and distance learning. evolving a national curriculum framework for teacher education, examination reform in accordance with NCF- 2005, introducing a system of replacement of marks by grades at the secondary stage in school affiliated to CBSE. recommendation of Yash Pal Committee and National Knowledge Commission, establishment of 14 innovation Universities aiming at world class standards, setting up 10 new national institutes of technology.
launching of new scheme of interest. subsidy on educational loan taken for professional courses by the economically weaker students, scheme for setting up of 374 model degree colleges in districts, 150 women’s hostels for women of weaker sections and minorities, academic reforms like semester system, choice based credit system, regular revision of syllabi, impetus to research etc.
The free and compulsory education bill of the eleventh Five Year Plan is a major initiative towards.
A. Technical Education
B. Mass education
C. Replacing Grade to marks
D. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
5 Verbal
Directions for questions 4-7: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Our government has taken/ propose a number of major initiatives during the eleventh Five Year Plan. Some of the new initiative in the school and literacy sector and higher and technical education sector include : right of children to free and compulsory education, launching a Saakshar Bharat, ICT in secondary school and in open and distance learning. evolving a national curriculum framework for teacher education, examination reform in accordance with NCF- 2005, introducing a system of replacement of marks by grades at the secondary stage in school affiliated to CBSE. recommendation of Yash Pal Committee and National Knowledge Commission, establishment of 14 innovation Universities aiming at world class standards, setting up 10 new national institutes of technology.
launching of new scheme of interest. subsidy on educational loan taken for professional courses by the economically weaker students, scheme for setting up of 374 model degree colleges in districts, 150 women’s hostels for women of weaker sections and minorities, academic reforms like semester system, choice based credit system, regular revision of syllabi, impetus to research etc.
In order to ensure all round development in the field of education our government should take steps towards
A. Educating all women andpeople below poverty line
B. The enhancement of the learning achievements
C. The implementation of the eleventh Five Year Plan and the eradication of caste, creed and gender bias
D. all of the above
6 Verbal
Directions for questions 4-7: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Our government has taken/ propose a number of major initiatives during the eleventh Five Year Plan. Some of the new initiative in the school and literacy sector and higher and technical education sector include : right of children to free and compulsory education, launching a Saakshar Bharat, ICT in secondary school and in open and distance learning. evolving a national curriculum framework for teacher education, examination reform in accordance with NCF- 2005, introducing a system of replacement of marks by grades at the secondary stage in school affiliated to CBSE. recommendation of Yash Pal Committee and National Knowledge Commission, establishment of 14 innovation Universities aiming at world class standards, setting up 10 new national institutes of technology.
launching of new scheme of interest. subsidy on educational loan taken for professional courses by the economically weaker students, scheme for setting up of 374 model degree colleges in districts, 150 women’s hostels for women of weaker sections and minorities, academic reforms like semester system, choice based credit system, regular revision of syllabi, impetus to research etc.
The overall Idea behind the passage is
A. Importance to higher education
B. Importance to people below poverty line
C. Women’s education
D. None of these
7 Verbal
The overall Idea behind the passage is
A. Importance to higher education
B. Importance to people below poverty line
C. Women’s education
D. None of these
8 Verbal
Directions for questions 8-10: Read the given passage and answerthe questionsthat follow.
Education is not only an instrument for enhancingefficiency but also an effective tool of augmenting and widening democratic participation and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society. India has a vast population and to capture the potential demographic dividend to remove the acute regional, social and gender imbalances. the government is committed to make concerted efforts for improving the quality of education as mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.
High quality education can help the individual to balance between
A. the mark system and the grading system
B. regional, social and gender differences
C. the inequalities between the rich and the poor
D. the past, present and the future
9 Verbal
Directions for questions 8-10: Read the given passage and answerthe questionsthat follow.
Education is not only an instrument for enhancingefficiency but also an effective tool of augmenting and widening democratic participation and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society. India has a vast population and to capture the potential demographic dividend to remove the acute regional, social and gender imbalances. the government is committed to make concerted efforts for improving the quality of education as mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.
According to the author, education not only enhancestheefficiency of the learner, it also
A. widens his / her democratic participation
B. upgrading overall quality of individual
C. improving society
D. all of the above
10 Verbal
Directions for questions 8-10: Read the given passage and answerthe questionsthat follow.
Education is not only an instrument for enhancingefficiency but also an effective tool of augmenting and widening democratic participation and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society. India has a vast population and to capture the potential demographic dividend to remove the acute regional, social and gender imbalances. the government is committed to make concerted efforts for improving the quality of education as mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.
Mere quantitative expression of education doesn't deliver the desired results, because
A. education is the overall growth of a person
B. the fast-changing global scenario is challenging
C. it is the duty of the government to improve the quality of education
D. people are willing to invest more on education
11 Verbal
Directiosn for questions 11-14: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills and imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of.
Many educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be useful.
But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt
that their work has helped shape the practice of education over the millennia.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in "The Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates’ emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education,literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach those things deemed to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time), and that one should teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular perennialism developed.
Whatis the difference between the approachesof Socrates and Aristotle?
A. Aristotle felt the need for repetition to develop good habits in students: Socrates felt that students need to be constantly questioned
B. Aristotle felt the need for rote-learning: Socrates emphasized on dialogic learning
C. There wasnodifference
D. Aristotle emphasized on the importance of paying attention to human nature; Socrates emphasized upon science
A. Aristotle felt the need for repetition to develop good habits in students: Socrates felt that students need to be constantly questioned
12 Verbal
Directiosn for questions 11-14: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills and imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of.
Many educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be useful.
But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt
that their work has helped shape the practice of education over the millennia.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in "The Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates’ emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education,literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach those things deemed to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time), and that one should teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular perennialism developed.
Whydo educationists consider philosophy a 'weak and woolly’ field?
A. It is not practically applicable
B. Its theoretical concepts are easily understood
C. It is irrelevant for education
D. Noneofthe above
13 Verbal
Directiosn for questions 11-14: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills and imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of.
Many educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be useful.
But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt
that their work has helped shape the practice of education over the millennia.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in "The Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates’ emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education,literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach those things deemed to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time), and that one should teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular perennialism developed.
Were Plato's beliefs about education democratic?
A. He believed that only the rich have the right to acquire education
B. Yes
C0 He believed that only a select few are meant to attend schools
D. Hebelieved that all pupils are not talented
14 Verbal
Directiosn for questions 11-14: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills and imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of.
Many educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be useful.
But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt
that their work has helped shape the practice of education over the millennia.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in "The Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates’ emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education,literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach those things deemed to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time), and that one should teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular perennialism developed.
Why did Aquinas propose a modelof education which did not lay much emphasis on facts?
a.
B. Facts do not lead to holistic education
C. Facts change with the changing times
D. Facts are frozen in time
15 Verbal
Rama told his wife, he would not mind standing and eat the dinner.
Choose the appropriate option for the underlined phrase
A. stand and eat the dinner
B. stand and eating the dinner
C. standing andeating the dinner
D. no correction
16 Verbal
The sentence is underlined in three separate parts and each one is labeled as (a), (b), (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error. If you think there is no error in any part. You can choose option (d) :
If she will be promoted (a)/ she will get (b)/ a higher salary.(c)/ No error(d).
A. a
B. b
C. c
D. d
17 Verbal
Sabotage came from the French saboter, which means "to clatter with wooden shoes (sabots)".
A. which means "to
B. which means,"to
C. that means "to
D. that means -"to
18 Verbal
Choose the word that is most nearly like that expressed in following statement: One who is extremely fond of his wife :
A. Utopia
B. Uxorious
C. Polygamist
D. Recluse
19 Verbal
The train is expected to arrive between 11 pm to 12 pm Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear and precise
A. The train is expecting to between by 11 pm to 12 pm.B.
B. The train is expected to arrive between 11 pm and 12 pm.
C. The train is expected to arrive between 11 pm or 12 pm.
D. The train is expected for arrival between 11 pm to 12 pm.
20 Verbal
The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman Find the alternative statement which meets the requirements of standard
written English
A. The hardworking salesman collects the payment
B. The hardworking salesman was able to collect the payment.
C. The hardworking salesman collected the payment
D. To collect the payment the salesman had to work hard.
21 Verbal
Select the alternative that is the best substitute of the phrase.‘a loud. harsh. piercing cry’.
A. howl
B. Noise
C. Scream
D. Screech
22 Verbal
Choose the correct word/words to fill in the blanks.
Mr. Mehta,a biologist. spends three seasons in the US and returned with clear perceptions of that ____ and uninhabitable place.
A. arid
B. deserted
C. rare
D. nomadic
23 Verbal
In light of her extraordinary creative budgeting proposal, a recent poll put Susan ahead of George in the race for governor and found her to be the best candidate of the two.
A. In light of her extraordinarily creative budgeting proposal, a recent poll put Susan ahead of George in the race for governor, finding Susan to be the best candidate of the two
B. A recent poll put Susan ahead of George. in the race for governor, found Susan to be the better candidate of the two because of her
extraordinarily creative budgeting proposal.
C. In light of her extraordinarily creative budgeting proposal, a recent poll put Susan ahead of George in the race for governor and found her to be the better candidate of the two.
D. In light of her extraordinary creative budgeting proposal, a recent poll put Susan ahead of George in the race for governor and found her to be the best candidate of the two
C. In light of her extraordinarily creative budgeting proposal, a recent poll put Susan ahead of George in the race for governor and found her to be the better candidate of the two.
24 Verbal
Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book that led eventually to an official investigation of the funeral industry.
Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise and meets the requirements of standard written English
A. that led eventually
B. that had led eventually
C. that eventually led
D. which eventually led
25 Verbal
Choose the preferred idiom for the blanks :
I don’t know I am ready to take the test now and I will ever be ready in the future.
A. if, if
B. whether, whether
C. if, whether
D. whether, if