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1. Read the passage given below and solve the questions based on the passage
Emile Duke, the first person to be formally recognized as a sociologist and the most scientific of the pioneers, conducted a study that stands as a research model for sociologists today. His investigation of suicide was, in fact, the first sociological study to use statistics. In Suicide (1964, originally published in 1897) Duke documented his contention that some aspects of human behavior- even something as allegedly invidualistic as suicide-can be explained without reference to individuals.
Like all of Dukes work, suicide must be viewed in the context of his concern for social integration. Duke wanted to see if suicide rates within a social entity (for example, a group, organisation, or society) are related to the degree to which individuals are socially involved (integrated and regulated). Duke described three types of suicide: egoistic, altruistic and anomic. Egoistic suicide is promoted when individuals do not have sufficient social ties: since single (never married) adults, for example, are not heavily involved with family life, they are more likely to commit suicide than the married adults. Altruistic suicide, on the other hand, is more likely to occur when social integration is too strong. The ritual suicide of Hindu widows on their husbands funeral pyres is one example. Military personnel, trained to lay down their lives for their country, provide another illustration.
Dukes third type of suicide-anomic suicide-increases when the social regulation of individuals is disrupted. For example, suicide rates increase during economic depression. People who suddenly find themselves without a job or without hope of finding one are more prone to kill themselves. Suicides may also increase during periods of prosperity. People may loosen their social ties by taking new jobs, moving to new communities, or finding new mates.
Using data from the government population reports of several countries (much of it from the French Government Statistical Office), Duke found strong support for his line of reasoning. Suicide rates were higher among single than married people, among military personnel than civilians, among divorced than married people, and among people involved in nationwide economic crises.
It is important to realise that Dukes primary interest was not in the empirical (observable) indicators he used, such as suicide rates among military personnel, married people, and so forth. Rather, Duke used the following indicators to support several of his contentions. (a) Social behaviour can be explained by social rather than psychological factors. (b) Suicide is affected by the degree of integration and regulation within social entities; and (c) Since society can be studied scientifically, sociology is worthy of recognition in the academic world.
Duke was successful on all three counts.
1. In this study of suicide, Dukes main purpose was:
Ans. A
Refer to the lines from paragraph 1: Duke documented his contention that some aspects of human behaviour even something as allegedly individualistic as suicide-can be explained without reference to individuals.
This shows that Duke’s main purpose was to document that suicide can be explained without reference to the individual. Hence, option A is the right answer choice.
Option D might confuse you here a little but then you need to remember that option D is picked from another context in the passage. It is one of contentions that Duke proves with respect to the subject of sociology. The given question here pertains to suicide and therefore, we need select option A in the given case.
2. According to Duke, suicide rates within a social entity can be explained in terms of:
Ans. D
According to Duke, suicide rates within a social entity can be explained in terms of absence of social ties, disruption of social regulation and nature of social integration. This is evident from paragraph 2 of the passage wherein the author describes the different kinds of suicide. Hence, option D is the right answer choice.
3. Since single adults are not heavily involved with family life, they are more likely to commit suicide which Duke categories as:
Ans. C
Refer to the line from paragraph 2: Egoistic suicide is promoted when individuals do not have sufficient social ties: Since single (never married) adults, for example, are not heavily involved with family life, they are more likely to commit suicide than the married adults.
This is a direct question and answer can be directly found from the lines above. The correct answer is option (C).
4. Higher suicide rate during rapid progress in a society is a manifestation of:
Ans. B
Refer to the line from paragraph 3: Dukes third type of suicide-anomic suicide-increases when the social regulation of individuals is disrupted. For example, suicide rates increase during economic depression. People who suddenly find themselves without a job or without hope of finding one are more prone to kill themselves. Suicides may also increase during periods of prosperity. The answer can be directly derived from the lines above. The correct answer is option (B).
5. Ritual suicide of Hindu widows on their husbands funeral pyres was:
Ans. A
Refer to the line from paragraph 2: Altruistic suicide, on the other hand, is more likely to occur when social integration is too strong. The ritual suicide of Hindu widows on their husbands funeral pyres is one example.
The lines above explain why option A is the correct answer.
2.Read the passage given below and solve the questions based on the passage
How quickly things change in the technology business! A decade ago,Google was the awesome and undisputed king of the computer trade, universally feared and respected. A decade ago, two little companies called Intel and IBM were mere blips on the radar screen of the industry, upstart start-ups that had signed on to make the chips and software for Googles new line of personal computers. Though their products soon became industry standards, the two companies remained protected children of the market leader.
What has happened since is a startling reversal of fortune. Google is being ravaged by the worst crisis in the company’s 79-year history. It is undergoing its fifth restructuring in the past seven years well as seemingly endless rounds of job cuts and firings that have eliminated 100,000 jobs since 1985. Last week,Google announced to its shell-shocked investors that it lost $4.97 billion last year-the biggest loss in American corporate history.
And just when Google is losing ground in one market after another, Intel and IBM have emerged as the computer industry’s most fearsome pair of competitors. The numbers on Wall Street tell a stunning story. Ten years ago, the market value of the stock of Intel and IBM combined amounted to about a tenth of Googles. Last week, with Googles stock at an 11-years low, IBM’s value surpassed its old mentors value for the very first time ($26.76 billion to $26.48 billion) and Intel ($ 24.3 billion) is not far behind. While Google is posting losses, Intel’s profits jumped 30%, and IBM’s rose 44%.
Both Intel, the worlds largest supplier of computer chips, and IBM, the worlds largest supplier of computer software, have assumed the role long played by Big Blue as the industry’s pacesetter. What is taking place is a generational shift unprecedented in the information age-one recalls a transition in the US auto industry 70 years ago, when Alfred Solans upstart General Motors surpassed Ford Motor as Americas No. 1 car maker. The transition also reflects the decline of computer manufacturers like Google, Wang and Unisys, and the rise of companies like IBM, Intel and A T & T that create the chips and software to make the computers work. Just like Dr. Frankenstein,Google is in danger of being trampled by the creations it unleashed.
Although Intel and IBM still have close relationship with Big Blue, there is little love lost between Google and its potent progeny. Google had an ugly falling-out with former partner IBM over the future of personal-computer software. IBM developed the now famous disk operating system for Google-PC-called DOS and later created the operation software for the next generation of Google personal computers the Personal System/2. When PS/2 and its operating system OS/2, failed to catch on, a feud erupted over how the two companies would upgrade the system. Although they publicly patched things up, the partnership was tattered. Google developed its own version of OS/2, which has so far failed to capture the industry’s imagination. IBM’s competing version dubbed New Technology, or NT, offered several programmers at once. Window NT, however, will offer more new features, such as the ability to link many computers together in a network and to safeguard them against unauthorized use.
Google and Intel have also parted company. After relying almost exclusively on the Santa Clara, California company for the silicon chips that serve as computer brains,Google has moved to reduce its dependence on Intel by turning to competing vendors. In Europe,Google last year began selling a low cost line of PCs called Ambra, which runs on chips made by Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices. Google also demonstrated a sample PC using a chip made by another Intel enemy, Cyrix. And last October Google said it would begin selling the company’s own chips to outsiders in direct competition with Intel.
Google clearly feels threatened. And the wounded giant still poses the biggest threat to any further dominance by Intel and IBM. Last year it teamed up with both companies most bitter rivals-Google Computers and Motorola,Google by passed its long-time partners. Just as IBM’s standard operating system runs only on computers built around Intel’s computer chips,Googles software runs only on Motorola’s chips. Although Google has pledged that the new system will eventually run out of a variety of machines, it will initially run only computer programs written for Googles Machintosh or Googles Os/2. Its competitive juice now flowing,Google last week announced that it and Google Computer will deliver the operating system in 1994-a year ahead of schedule.
1. As a result of greater competition in the US computer industry:
Ans. A
Refer to the following extract from the passage: And just when Google is losing ground in one market after another, Intel and IBM have emerged . While Google is posting losses, Intels profits jumped 30%, and IBM’s rose 44%.
From these lines, we can conclude option A as the correct answer.
Option B is incorrect as there in no mention of employment going down in the IT industry. There is only a mention of Google job cuts.
Option C is incorrect as it states the opposite of what is implied in the passage. The author implies that the industry is becoming competitive with IBM, Intel,Google, Motorola and Google all involved in a highly competitive market in their respective capacities. Monopoly means dominance by one company and this is clearly invalid in the given context.
Option D is the easiest option to reject in the given passage. It goes against the stated fact in the passage: with Google’s stock at an 11-years low, IBM’s value surpassed its old mentors for the very first time ($26.76 billion to $26.48 billion) and Intel ($ 24.3 billion) is not far behind.
2. Why is something that happened 70 years ago in the US auto industry being mentioned here?
Ans. B
Refer to the following lines: What is taking place transition in the US auto industry 70 years ago, when Alfred Solans upstart General Motors surpassed Ford Motor as Americas No. 1 car maker. The transition also reflects the decline of computer manufacturers like Google, Wang and Unisys, and the rise of companies like IBM, Intel and A T & T.
In the given case, the author of the passage cites the example of the US auto industry to showcase how change took place in that industry and how a new company surpassed an old one. He wants to draw a parallel with the current situation and therefore, uses this example. Keeping this sentiment in mind, we find that option B is the correct answer in the given case.
3. Who is mentioned as the principal supplier of silicon chips to Google?
Ans. D
This is a fact-based question and the answer can be derived from the lines: After relying almost exclusively on the Santa Clara, California company for the silicon chips that serve as computer brains,Google has moved to reduce its dependence on Intel by turning to competing vendors.
4. The personal computer called Ambra is marketed by:
Ans. B
This is a fact-based question and the answer can be derived from the lines: In Europe,Google last year began selling a low cost line of PCs called Ambra. Thus, option B is correct answer.
5. What was the original reason for the feud between Google and IBM?
Ans. A
Refer to the lines: Google had an ugly falling-out with former partner IBM…IBM developed the now famous disk operating system for Google-PC-called DOS and later created the operation software for the next generation of Google personal computers the Personal System/2. When PS/2 and its operating system OS/2, failed to catch on, a feud erupted over how the two companies would upgrade the system.
Option A can be derived from the lines above. It is essentially what is implied by the lines above.
Options B, C and D find no relation to the passage and are incorrect statements.
3. She is too important for tolerating any delay.
Answer: Option A
4. The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.
Answer: Option B
5. Why did you not threw the stick away?
Answer: Option A
6. The crime has growth rapidly in New York since the disintegration of the communist system.
Answer: Option B
7. I earnestly believe that you will visit our relatives during your forthcoming trip to Dubai.
Answer: Option E
8. Catching the earlier bus will give us the …… to do some shopping.
Answer: Option A
9. Success in this test depends …… hard work alone.
Answer: Option D
10. Raj behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets …… with him.
Answer: Option C
11. I have read one novel by Oscar. I want to read …… novel by him.
Answer: Option B
12. My first lesson …… forgiveness came from my father.
Answer: Option D
13. MASTERLY
Answer: Option B
showing great skill; very accomplished.
14. SCINTILLATING
Answer: Option B
sparkling or shining brightly.
15. UNITE
Answer: Option C
come or bring together for a common purpose or action
16. REFECTORY
Answer: Option D
a room used for communal meals in an educational or religious institution.
17. CONCEDE
Answer: Option B
18. VIRTUOUS
Answer: Option A
19. PRELIMINARY
Answer: Option A
20. DEFIANCE
Answer: Option B
21. ENCOURAGE
Answer: Option C
22. LIABILITY
Answer: Option B
23. To smell a rat
Answer: Option C
24. To hit the nail right on the head
Answer: Option A
25. To set one’s face against
Answer: option A
26. To leave someone in the lurch
Answer: Option D
27. A man of straw
Answer: Option A
28. He exclaimed with joy that Sri Lanka had won the Sahara Cup.
Answer: Option D
29. The little girl said to her mother, “Did the sun rise in the West?”
Answer: Option B
30. The woman said, “No, I refused to confers guilt.”
Answer: Option A
31. Rachel ordered her servant to bring her cup of tea.
Answer: Option C
32.. My sister said, “My room-mate had snored throughout the night.”
Answer: Option A
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