Q1. A.Where government resolve and action can really make a difference is in the area of investment.
B. The government’s mid-year review of the economy pares growth estimates for this fiscal down to less than 6%, from the upbeat 7.6% projected six months earlier.
C. So far, the government has focused on inclusion, which is not a bad thing.
D. The prediction may have dismayed markets, but this new show of realism should shake the government out of its cocoon of complacence.
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q2. A. Young adult literature assures teens that the world is capable of understanding and sympathizing, and that it can provide a safe space to explore the unknown, including the unknown parts of oneself.
B. But stories have always held the power to guide and influence their listeners and, moreover, teens often lack the tools or the cultural context to view works in a critical light.
C. As evidenced by studies as well as our own memories, teen girls are particularly vulnerable to self-doubt and self-esteem problems.
D. In this context, young adult novels can play a special role, with stories crafted specifically to validate their emotions and speak to young women’s concerns.
(a) only A
(b) only B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q3. A. In 1991 labourers were brought in from the villages of Tamil Nadu to work on the runway and once construction was completed, instead of returning to their villages they decided to stick around in the city of dreams and thus the slum “Annawadi” came to be.
B. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Katherine Boo spent three years in a Mumbai slum called “Annawadi” situated on the fringes of the city’s international airport.
C. Why anyone would want to live in “a sodden, snake-filled bit of brushland across the street from the international terminal” is a baffling question to many, but because rural poverty is bleaker than urban destitution, many rural migrants choose the latter.
D. Through the lives of several protagonists, the reader is able to get a glimpse into what life may be like in a Mumbai slum.
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q4. A. According to a 2010 study, fields of insect-resistant GM corn have an “area-wide suppression effect” on insects, benefiting neighbouring fields containing conventional corn varieties.
B. For example, modern techniques of genetic engineering-also known as biotechnology, recombinant DNA technology, or genetic modification (GM) – provide the tools to make old plants do spectacular new things.
C. It is a specialty of self-styled public-interest groups, whose agenda is often not to protect public health or the environment, but rather to oppose the research, products, or technology that they happen to dislike.
D. People everywhere are increasingly vulnerable to the use of what Nobel Prize-winning chemist Irving Langmuir dubbed “pathological science” – the “science of things that aren’t so” – to justify government regulation or other policies.
(a) only A
(b) only B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q5. A. In general, it is fair to say that these activities are performed more efficiently as a result.
B. Many activities that were previously performed “for free” such as home maintenance, and care for the sick and elderly, are now frequently outsourced and counted as economic output.
C. People whose skills are worth, say, $50 per hour spend more of their time earning $50, rather than performing chores “worth” $10 or $20 per hour.
D. But many individuals, most of the time, go online without any interest in buying something.
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q6. A. Developed countries, however, devote most of their research funds to the diseases from which their citizens suffer, and that seems likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
B. On which problems should we focus research in medicine and the biological sciences?
C. People in rich countries already can expect to live about 30 years longer that people in the poorest countries.
D. There is a strong argument for tackling the diseases that kill the most people – diseases like malaria, measles, and diarrhea, which kill malaria in developing countries, but very few in the developed world.
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q7. A. Drugs with serious adverse safety profiles are used to treat potentially fatal conditions – including various forms of cancer, inflammatory arthritis, and HIV – because they ultimately help more than they hurt.
B. Moreover, drug safety is a leading factor in determining how medicines are regulated.
C. Rather than assess a medicine’s safety in isolation, its adverse effects must be considered in relation to its efficacy.
D. In other words, a benefit-risk balance must be struck.
(a) only A
(b) only B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q8. A. And one of the things that struck me as I learned more and more about HIV was how strange epidemics were.
B. The word “Tipping Point,” for example, comes from the world of epidemiology.
C. If you talk to the people who study epidemics – epidemiologists – you realize that they have a strikingly different way of looking at the world.
D. Before I went to work for The New Yorker, I was a reporter for the Washington Post and I covered the AIDS epidemic.
(a) only A
(b) only B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q9. A. I guess what I’m saying is that I’m not sure that this book fits into any one category.
B. I profile three people who I think embody those types, and then I use the example of Paul Revere and his midnight ride to point out the subtle characteristics of this kind of social epidemic.
C. I think that word of mouth is something created by three very rare and special psychological types, whom I call Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen.
D. There’s a whole section of the book devoted to explaining the phenomenon of word of mouth, for example.
(a) only A
(b) only B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Q10. A. Much of the African surface is covered by savannas, or open grasslands, and by arid plains and deserts.
B. Africa is a continent of great size, almost 12 million square miles or about three times the size of the United States.
C. We have already noted the origins of humankind in East Africa where some of the earliest fossil remains of protohominids have been found.
D. Most of it lies in the tropics and, although we often think of Africa in terms of its rain forests, less than 10% of the continent is covered by tropical forests, and those are mostly in West Africa.
(a) only A
(b) A and B
(c) only C
(d) only D
(e) None of the above
Solution
S1. Ans.(c)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(d)
S4. Ans.(a)
S5. Ans.(d)
S6. Ans.(c)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(a)
S10. Ans.(c)
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