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(3) English Language (Q.No 61- 90)
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
Directions (Q. No 61-66) : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
The Hand Holders : A Tribute to Caregivers
There is no job more important than yours.
no job anywhere else in the land.
You are the keepers of the future.
you hold to smallest of hands.
Into your care you are trusted
to nurture and care for the young.
and for all of your everyday heroics,
your talents and skills go unsung.
You wipe tears from the eyes of the injured.
You rock babies brand new in your arms.
You encourage the shy and unsure child.
You make sure they are safe from all harm.
You foster the bonds of friendships.
letting no child go away mad.
You respect and you honour their emotions.
You give hugs to each child when they’re sad.
You have more impact than does a professor,
a child’s mind is moulded by four;
so whatever you lay on the table
is whatever the child will explore.
Give each child the tools for adventure,
let Them be artists and writers and more,
let they fly on the wind and dance on the stars
and build castles of sand on the shore.
It is true that you don’t make much money.
and you don’t get- a- whole lot of praise,
but when one small child says ” I love you,”
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61. The expression ‘ the smallest of hands’ refer to
a) Caregivers with small hands
b) Babies
c) Parents with small hands
d) People with small hands
Answer – a
62. Though caregivers look after the young they are
a) never tired of their work
b) not properly recognized
c) not loved by the children under their care
d) paid very well in return.
Answer – B
63. A caregiver has more influence on a child than a professor because
a) The child generally prefers a caregiver to a professor.
b) the professor is not capable of providing love to a child.
c) the child spends the formative years with the caregiver
d) the caregiver can teach better than a professor.
Answer – a
64. What is the most valuable gift that a caregiver gets?
a) Acknowledgement of the society.
b) Praise from the parents.
c) Money for the services
d) Love from children.
Answer – D
65. ‘You give hugs to each child when they’re sad.’ This act can be described as one of
a) empathy
b) encouragement
c) recrimination
d) reassurance
Answer – D
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66. ‘Letting no child go away mad’ – the meaning of this line is
a) no child is allowed to be angry for long
b) no child is permitted to go away from school without permission
c) no child is allowed to become mad
d) no caregiver is permitted to be mad with a child.
Answer – a
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Directions (Q. No 67-75)- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
Max Weber laid the foundation for my belief that decent and hard – working people with high aspirations make great nations, no matter what the odds are. This was the first piece of the development puzzle for me. Mahatma Gandhi opened my eyes to the importance of good leadership in raising the aspirations of people, making them accept, sacrifices to achieve a grand vision, and most importantly, in converting that vision into reality. He unleashed the most powerful instrument for gaining
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trust- leadership by example. He ate, dressed, travelled and lived like the poor. Walking the talk was extremely important to the Mahatma who understood the pulse of our people like no other Indian leader. The biggest lesson for me from Gandhi’s book and life is the importance of leading by example. I realized fairly early that this was the second piece of the development puzzle.
Frantz Fanon’s book on the colonizer mindset of elites in a post colonial society opened my eyes to the role of the bureaucracy and the elite in
decelerating the progress of the poor and the disenfranchised. The colonial mindset of the ‘dark elite in white masks’ in a post colonial society- the mindset that the ruled and the rulers have different sets of rights and responsibilities with a huge asymmetry in favour of the rulers- was indeed the third piece of the development puzzle. I see this attitude of the Indian elite every day in how they send
their children to English medium schools while
forcing the children of the poor into vernacular
schools, extol the virtues of poverty while living in luxury, and glorify the rural life while they sit comfortably in cities.
67. The main purpose of the author in the above passage is to
a) delineate the lesson he has learnt for the development of a nation.
b) prioritize goals for only economic development of India
c) discuss the different writers he has read.
d) argue why India should not be considered a developed country.
Answer – a
68. The first piece of the development puzzle, according to the author, is
a) imbuing the citizens of the country with decency and aspirations.
b) the need for making people understand the importance of leading an idealistic & simple life.
c) creating a team of industrious people for a national cause.
d) the importance of decent, inspired and industrious people for a nation’s Development.
Answer – D
69. Mahatma Gandhi proved that only leadership by example can
a) gain the trust of the people so that they are willing to make sacrifices for a larger cause
b) Inspire people to eat dress, travel and live like the poor.
c) Mobilize the people of a country against colonial rule.
d) Fully and properly understand the pulse of the people of a country.
Answer – a
70. The expression ‘walking the talk’ means
a) being diplomatic in one’s behaviour an words
b) practicing what one preaches.
c) addressing public gatherings in an election compaign.
d) talking to the common people by mingling with them.
Answer – B
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