Q.1 Why is radium very costly?
(A) It is powerful and dangerous.
(B) It is found in small quantities.
(C) It helps man do his work.
(D) It is very useful.
Ans B
Q.2 The world ‘fortune’ here means
(A) wealth
(B) freedom
(C) power
(D) inheritance
Ans A
Q.3 What is the main subject of discussion in the passage?
(A) Silver
(B) Radium
(C) Salt
(D) Gold
Ans B
Q.4 The antonym of ‘scarce’ is
(A) insufficient
(B) abundant
(C) wealth
(D) rare
Ans B
Q.5 Radium is considered dangerous because
(A) it would help us to turn other metals into gold.
(B) it would kill millions due to its radioactivity.
(C) it is so scarce.
(D) it would tell us how to get power from radium.
Ans B
To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are
prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free,
not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be
settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have
avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the
simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we
are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I
have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of
hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet.
Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all
about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid
dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.
Q.1 The attitude of the author is
(A) cultural
(B) scientific
(C) cynical
(D) philosophical
Ans B
Q.2 The author is in favour of drawing conclusions on the
basis of
(A) discussion
(B) consultation
(C) observation
(D) reasoning
Ans C
Q.3 The author implies that
(A) he has never seen hedgehogs eating beetles
(B) hedgehogs eat only black beetles
(C) they do not eat black beetles
(D) he is writing a book on hedgehogs.
Ans A
Q.4 According to the author, unicorns and salamanders
(A) have existed in the past
(B) are invisible
(C) caused writers to write strange stories.
(D) never really existed
Ans D
Q.5 The author portrays mankind as
(A) superhuman
(B) by and large ignorant
(C) intelligent
(D) ancient
Ans B ()
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