Reading Comprehension

Read the passages given below and answer that follows each passage.

One simple physical concept lies behind the formation of the star : gravitational instability. The concept is not new. Newton first perceived it late in the 17th Century. Imagine a uniform , static cloud of gas in space. Imagine then that the gas is somehow disturbed so that one small spherical region becomes a little denser than the gas around it so that the small region's gravitational field becomes slightly stronger. It now attracts more matter to it and its gravity increases further, causing it to begin to contract. As it contracts its density increased, which increases its gravity even more, so that it picks up even more matter and contracts even further. The process continues until the small region of gas finally forms a gravitationally bound object.

The primary purpose of the passage is to:

Read the following passage care fully and answer the given questions.

Cyber-world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians-use it to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber-world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite know what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.

It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO as if Twitterers would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber-world for flexing the wrong headed is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.

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Read the following passage care fully and answer the given questions.

Cyber-world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians-use it to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber-world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite know what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.

It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO as if Twitterers would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber-world for flexing the wrong headed is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.

Similar word of 'Parody' as used in passage is-

In the following passage from some words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.

The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1) that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely and frustrated leading to psychiatrist problems, pressures and ___(2). A cross-section of children is interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3) showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4) where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or Dad works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5) in that knowledge.

Choose the correct option for (3)

In question given below, you have two passage with 5 questions in each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of four alternatives and mark your answer.

Passage I
The World Health organisation is briefly called W.H.O. it is specialised agency of the United Nations and was established in 1948.
International health workers can be seen working in all kinds of surroundings : in deserts, jungles, mountains, coconut groves, and rice fields. They help the sick to attain health and healthy to maintain their health.
This global health team assists the local health workers in stopping the spread of what are called communicable diseases, like cholera. These diseases can spread from one country to another and so can be a threat to world health.
W.H.O. assists different national health authorities not only in controlling diseases but also in preventing them altogether. Total prevention of diseases is possible in a number of ways. Everyone knows how people particularly children, are vaccinated against one disease or another. Similarly, most people are familiar with the spraying of houses with poisonous substances which kill disease carrying insects.
Passage II
Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are to chief reasons, because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat breathe, and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone ? Because I think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come, or irritating delay, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavoured with cheap face powder and chain-smoking, and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.
If you have a telephone in your house you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring when you are asleep or in the middle of a meal or conversation or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well it will be all the same in a hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number ? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If of course your telephone ring, and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

Ah well, it will be all the same in a hundred years time. This sentence means...

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1)___ that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely and frustrated leading to psychiatrist problems, pressures and ___(2)___. A cross-section of children is interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3)___ showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4)___ where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or Father works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5)___ in that knowledge.

Select an appropriate word for blank 1.

In the following passage from some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.

The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1) that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely and frustrated leading to psychiatrist problems, pressures and ___(2). A cross-section of children were interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3) showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4) where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or Daddy works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5) in that knowledge.

Choose the correct option for (5)

In the following passage from some words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.

The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1) that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely and frustrated leading to psychiatrist problems, pressures and ___(2). A cross-section of children is interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3) showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4) where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or Dad works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5) in that knowledge.

Choose the correct option for (4)

Fill in the blank with an appropriate determiner. Choose from the options that follow.

She is an expert on languages, but she knows _____ about physics.
 

What is "the most startling evidence of aboriginal technology and engineering to be found there"?

A passage is given with 2 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the five alternatives

There is a place forty kilometres north-east of Portland, Victoria, which makes for an unusual visit. It is Lake Condah. Here are to be found remains of aboriginal settlements: the circular stone bases of several hundred huts, rock-lined water channels, and stone tools chipped from rock not normally found in the area. One of the attractions of Lake Condah long ago was its fish and the most startling evidence of aboriginal technology and engineering to be found there are the systems built to trap fish. Water courses had been constructed by redirecting streams, building stone sides and even scraping out new channels. At strategic spots, they piled rocks across the water courses to create weirs and build funnels to channel eels and fish into conical baskets. This is an eel-fishing technique which has hardly changed to the present day. Beside some larger traps, there are the outlines of rectangular, stone-lined ponds, probably to hold fish and keep them fresh.

Lake Condah is seen as unusual, mainly because:

‘More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility.’ What can we infer from this?

Tailgating is not safe because:

A passage is given with 3 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the five alternatives.

Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them. The rules state that a driver must keep sufficient distance from the vehicle in the front in order to stop safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two seconds’ gap between their vehicle and the one ahead. At sixty kilometres an hour, this equates to thirty-three metres; at a hundred it equates to fifty-five metres. More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility.

Q1) What is tailgating?

In each of the following question, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

The evaluation of the economics is always performed from the perspective of the present. There should not be any crying over spilled milk. You need to decide if you can make money on the proposed marketing spending the future. For example, if the coffee blend was the product of millions of dollars of research,_____.

In each of the following question, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

There are many avenues that may be taken with any given product. In the case of my gourmet packaged coffee, a distinctive coffee "product" may require a distinctive package, a higher "price", a higher targeted promotion. But what really tells the story is the economics. That is,_____?

In each of the following question, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

The proponents of relativism believe that it is difficult to tag something right and wrong, or for that matter good and evil. In this world, things are seldom black or white. Therefore, the believers of Relativism argues that ethics are 'relative' to the personal, social, and cultural circumstance in which one finds oneself.(_____)

In each of the following questions, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Ethics takes on the assumption that businesses ought to cohere to a socially responsible approach while making any decision. Believers of the Social responsibility approach argue that corporations have societal obligations that go beyond maximising profits. Present-day, Business schools motivate their students to adopt this philosophy. (_____)

Direction : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in the bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The transformer is an essential component of modern electric power systems. Simply put, it can convert electricity with a low current and a high voltage into electricity with a high current and low voltage (and vice versa) with almost no loss of energy. The conversion is important because electric power is transmitted most efficiently at high voltages but is best generated and used at low voltages. Were it not for transformers, the distance separating generators from consumers would have to be minimized, many households and industries would require their own power stations, and electricity would be a much less practical form of energy.
In addition to its role in electric power systems, the transformer is an integral component of many things that run on electricity. Desk lamps, battery chargers, toy trains and television sets all rely on transformers to cut or boost voltage.
In all its multiplicity of applications, the transformer can range from tiny assemblies the size of a pea to behemoths weighing 500 tons or more. The principles that govern the functioning of electrical transformers are the same regardless of form or application.
The English physicist Michael Faraday discovered the basic action of the transformer during his pioneering investigations of electricity in 1831. Some fifty years later, the advent of a practical transformer, containing all the essential elements of the modern instrument, revolutionized the infant electric lighting industry. By the turn of the century, alternating-current power systems had been universally adopted and the transformer had assumed a key role in electrical transmission and distribution.
Yet, the transformer's tale does not end in 1900. Today's transformers can handle 500 times the power and 15 times the voltage of their turn-of-the-century ancestors; the weight per unit of power has dropped by a factor of ten and efficiency typically exceeds 99 per cent. These advances reflect the marriage of theoretical inquiry and engineering that first elucidated and then exploited the phenomena governing transformer action. The Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted, who had shown in 1820 that an electric current flowing through a conducting material creates a magnetic field around the conductor, inspired Faraday's investigations. At the time, Oersted's discovery was considered remarkable, since electricity and magnetism were thought to be separate and related forces. If an electric current could generate a magnetic field, it seemed likely that a magnetic field could give rise to an electric current.
In 1831, Faraday demonstrated that in order for a magnetic field to induce a current in a conductor, the field must be changing. Faraday caused the strength of the field to fluctuate by making and breaking the electric circuit generating the field; the same effect can be achieved with a current whose direction alternates in time. This fascinating interaction of electricity and magnetism came to be known as electromagnetic induction.

The passage suggests that advances in the efficiency of the transformer are....

Direction : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in the bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The transformer is an essential component of modern electric power systems. Simply put, it can convert electricity with a low current and a high voltage into electricity with a high current and low voltage (and vice versa) with almost no loss of energy. The conversion is important because electric power is transmitted most efficiently at high voltages but is best generated and used at low voltages. Were it not for transformers, the distance separating generators from consumers would have to be minimized, many households and industries would require their own power stations, and electricity would be a much less practical form of energy.
In addition to its role in electric power systems, the transformer is an integral component of many things that run on electricity. Desk lamps, battery chargers, toy trains and television sets all rely on transformers to cut or boost voltage.
In all its multiplicity of applications, the transformer can range from tiny assemblies the size of a pea to behemoths weighing 500 tons or more. The principles that govern the functioning of electrical transformers are the same regardless of form or application.
The English physicist Michael Faraday discovered the basic action of the transformer during his pioneering investigations of electricity in 1831. Some fifty years later, the advent of a practical transformer, containing all the essential elements of the modern instrument, revolutionized the infant electric lighting industry. By the turn of the century, alternating-current power systems had been universally adopted and the transformer had assumed a key role in electrical transmission and distribution.
Yet, the transformer's tale does not end in 1900. Today's transformers can handle 500 times the power and 15 times the voltage of their turn-of-the-century ancestors; the weight per unit of power has dropped by a factor of ten and efficiency typically exceeds 99 per cent. These advances reflect the marriage of theoretical inquiry and engineering that first elucidated and then exploited the phenomena governing transformer action. The Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted, who had shown in 1820 that an electric current flowing through a conducting material creates a magnetic field around the conductor, inspired Faraday's investigations. At the time, Oersted's discovery was considered remarkable, since electricity and magnetism were thought to be separate and related forces. If an electric current could generate a magnetic field, it seemed likely that a magnetic field could give rise to an electric current.
In 1831, Faraday demonstrated that in order for a magnetic field to induce a current in a conductor, the field must be changing. Faraday caused the strength of the field to fluctuate by making and breaking the electric circuit generating the field; the same effect can be achieved with a current whose direction alternates in time. This fascinating interaction of electricity and magnetism came to be known as electromagnetic induction.

According to the passage, Oersted's discovery regarding the production of a magnetic field is considered remarkable because -