MPSC TEST SERIES 10

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Directions (Questions 1-5): Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Your answers must be based on the passage only.

Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. And we are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves so very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is a very different one from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But that is a different thing from saying that we as individuals or groups are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine driver is more advanced than, or is superior to Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.

1. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) An engine driver cannot be compared to Plato or Socrates
(b) Plato or Socrates is in no way inferior to the engine driver
(c) Plato or Socrates surpassed the engine driver in every respect
(d) An engine driver is cleverer than Plato or Socrates

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

2. People today are very proud because they

(a) live in a philosophically advanced age
(b) live in a spiritually advanced age
(c) enjoy digital communications
(d) live in a scientifically advanced age

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

3. Many of us make use of machines

(a) with full knowledge of their genesis
(b) without knowing how they were invented
(c) with very little knowledge of their mechanism
(d) without any knowledge of their historical significance

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

4. In this passage, the writer mentions Plato and Socrates to emphasise that

(a) they had a great respect for learning
(b) they were men of great scholarship
(c) people as individuals in the modern age are not more advanced than their predecessors
(d) the engine is a better mode of locomotion than Plato’s chariot

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

5. The synonym for ‘absurdity’ is

(a) impracticality
(b) childishness
(c) ridiculousness
(d) Unintelligence

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Direction for Questions (66-70) : Identify the following by choosing one of the alternatives given.

6. Everyone present cheered.

(a) Exclamative
(b) Assertive
(c) Imperative
(d) Negative

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

7. I am never without love for my country.

(a) Exclamative
(b) Positive
(c) Imperative
(d) Negative

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

8. I wish I were young again.

(a) Affirmative
(b) Assertive
(c) Imperative
(d) Negative

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

9. What might be done, if men were wise!

(a) Imperative
(b) Interogative
(c) Negative
(d) Exclamatory

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

10. I wish I had the wings of a dove.

(a) Imperative
(b) Affirmative
(c) Assertive
(d) Negative

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

Directions (Questions 11-15): Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Your answers must be based on the passage only.

My father and mother were the complements of each other. My mother was fragile, my father robust. Her face was responsive, my father’s impassive. My mother’s face rippled to emotions as waters to the wind. My mother was not intellectual. Her natural propensity was intuitive. Her face illustrated the saying ‘Appearances are deceptive’, for it did not show the immense strength of her moral convictions. No one could have inferred from it that she was capable of such fanaticism as she showed over them.

11. By saying that his mother was the complement of his father, the author suggests that she was

(a) like his father

(b) opposed to his father

(d) indifferent to his father

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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12. The words ‘her face was responsive’ mean that

(a) her face clearly showed her feelings
(b) her face was very attractive
(C) her face was passive
(d) one had to look at her face when she spoke

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

13. The author’s mother held strong views based on

(a) religious scriptures
(b) legal provisions
(c) social customs
(d) ethical judgements

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

14. If it is true that ‘appearances are deceptive’, how should we judge appearances?

(a) We should believe them automatically
(b) We should investigate them further
(c) We should refuse to believe them
(d) We should ignore them

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

15. The antonym of ‘fanaticism’ is

(a) devotion
(b) moderation
(c) bigotry
(d) restraint

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Direction for (Questions 76-82) : Identify the parts of speech of each underlined words.
16. I know better.

(a) Adjective
(b) Adverb
(c) Verb
(d) Noun

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

17. You cannot have it both ways.

(a) Adjective
(b) Adverb
(c) Verb
(d) Noun

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

18. Much of it is true.

(a) Adjective
(b) Adverb
(c) Noun
(d) Pronoun

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

19. Once he hesitates we have him.

(a) Adverb
(b) Conjunction
(c) Pronoun
(d) Adjective

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

20. I will not take a no.

(a) Adverb
(b) Noun
(c) Verb
(d) Adjective

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

None

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Time is Up!

MPSC TEST SERIES 10

MPSC TEST SERIES 10

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