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Directions Read the following passage carefully and give the answers.
Will the government succeed in resisting indefinitely the demand for higher wages even if prices keep rising? Where a particular group of employees have neglected their public relations in the past or belong to the more comfortably placed segment of the working class, the authorities may for a while get away with their policy of confrontation. If the industry is not an essential one, the pressure of the employees may he successfully withstood. On the other hand, if, as a result of a stir by strategically located groups of employees, the movement of essential commodities is affected or the schedule of fairly large sections of the population is disturbed, the government will find it most difficult to stick it out and refuse to come to a settlement with the workers.
The ability of the authorities to browbeat labour will, quite evidently, he a function of time and circumstances. In the initial phase of an inflationary process, even if real wages have begun to decline, employees may still he undecided whether to start agitating for compensatory adjustments in earnings. They may even possess a fund of goodwill towards the authorities, who may therefore succeed in persuading them to accept the hardship inflicted upon them. But this attitude cannot but change if the price rise is prolonged and sharp and if a recessionary trend sets in, the discontent of
the working class is further aggravated.
1. The passage begins with a question. The author asks this because
(a) he does not know its answer
(b) he wants to confirm what he knows
(c) he warns to test the knowledge of the readers
(d) he wants to create an effect or impress the readers
Ans. (d)
2. “Where a particular group of employees have neglected their public relations in the past.......” Here ‘neglecting public relations’ means not
(a) giving proper attention to the public
(b) keeping the public fully informed of something
(c) respecting the wishes of the public
(d) making their relations public
Ans. (a)
3………. the government will find it most difficult to stick it out and to refuse to come to a settlement with the workers.”
Here the phrase ‘stick it out’ means
(a) bear or endure
(b) oppose strongly
(c) find unreasonable
(d) accept willingly
Ans. (d)
4. The workers are not prepared in the beginning for effective industrial action because
(a) time and circumstances are not favourable for it
(b) job opportunities and living standards go on declining
(c) they have a fund of goodwill for authorities
(d) inflationary trend in the market prevents them from doing so
Ans. (a)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions—
The strength of the electronics industry in Japan is the Japanese ability to organise production and marketing rather than their achievements in original research. The British are generally recognised as a far more inventive collection of individuals, but never seem able to exploit what they invent. There are many examples, from TSRZ hovercraft, high speed train and Sinclair scooter to the Triumph, BSA and Norton motor-cycle which all prove this sad rule. The Japanese were able to exploit their strengths in marketing and development many years ago, and their success was at first either not understood in the west or was dismissed as some thing which could have been produced only at their low price. They were sold because they were cheap copies of other people’s ideas churned out of a workhouse which was dedicated to hard grind above all else.
5. The main theme of this passage—
(A) electronic industry in Japan
(B) industrial comparison between Japan and Britain
(C) the importance of original research in industry
(D) the role of marketing efficiency in industrial prosperity
Ans. (D)
6. The TSRZ hovercraft, high speed train, Sinclair Scooter, etc. are the symbols of—
(A) Japanese failure
(B) Japanese success
(C) British failure
(D) British success
Ans. (C)
7. The sad rule mentioned in this passage refers to.—
(A) the lack of variety in Japanese inventions
(B) the inability of the Japanese to be inventive like the British
(C) the poorer marketing ability of the British
(D) the inability of the British to be industrious like the Japan
8. According to the passage, prosperity in industry depends upon—
(A) marketing ability
(B) productivity
(C) official patronage
(D) inventiveness
Ans. (A)
9. It is evident from this passage that the strength of a country’s Industry depends upon—
(A) electronic development
(B) edicated work force
(C) original research
(D) international co-operation
Ans. (B)
Directions—(Q. 10—14): Choose the exact meaning of the idioms/phrases.
10. To pull strings—
(A) To tease someone
(B) To exert hidden influence
(C) To speed up
(D) To start something
Ans. (B)
11. To give one a long rope—
(A) To speak ill of
(B) To get into trouble
(C) To dismiss
(D) To allow a man to continue his mistakes or crimes
Ans. (D)
12. Fair and square—
(A) Successful
(B) Honest means
(C) Honest
(D) Worthy
Ans. (B)
13. To show the white feather—
(A) To show friendship
(B) To show signs of cowardice
(C) To seek peace
(D) To accept defeat
14. A snake in the grass—
(A) Secret or hidden enemy
(B) Unforeseen happening
(C) Unrecognisable danger
(D) Unreliable person
Ans. (A)
Directions—(Q. 15—190): Select the appropriate preposition to fill up the blanks:
15. …….. the rain stopped, the play had to be suspended.
(A) While
(B) When
(C) Since
(D) Until
Ans. (D)
16. You should never laugh ……… the poor.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) over
(D) for
Ans. (B)
17. You ………. better wait for your turn.
(A) could
(B) had
(C) should
(D) may
Ans. (B)
18. The lady takes pride ………. her beauty.
(A) over
(B) of
(C) in
(D) at
Ans. (C)
19. Hearing of his mother’s illness, he at once started ……… Kanpur.
(A) to
(B) towards
(C) for
(D) upto
Ans. (C)
20. The child did not approve……… the father’s plan.
(A) to
(B) by
(C) of
(D) with
Ans. (C)
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