Reading Comprehension Test 17

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]English education, which was introduced in India in the earlier part of the nineteenth century, established India's cultural contact with the West. Prior to this, India had for centuries remained in a state of isolation, although in very early times she had sent out cultural missions to the other Asiatic countries. India really began to borrow from the West and assimilate new ideas on an extensive scale only after the British had taken up the direction of her educational policy. It is true that Western education at first exerted an unsettling influence on young men and led to errors in life and conduct. They hated everything Indian, aped western manners and modes of life, and forgot their glorious past. There were scholars who ignored modern Indian languages, avoided classical Indian literature, and made a fetish of speaking and writing English.

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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Each nation has its own peculiar character which distinguishes it from others. But the people of the world have more points in which they are all like each other than points in which they are different. One type of person that is common in every country is the one who always tries to do as little as he possibly can and to get as much in return as he can. His opposite, the man who is in the habit of doing more than is strictly necessary and is ready to accept what is offered in return, is rare everywhere. Both these types are usually unconscious of their character. The man who avoids effort is always talking about his 'rights'; he appears to think that society owes him a pleasant, easy life. The man who is always doing more than his sheer talks of 'duties' feels that the individual is in debt to society, and not society to the individual. As a result of their view, neither of these men thinks that he behaves at all strangely. 

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The history of civilization shows how man always has to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. This has never been more true than in our own age. In a brief period, amazing discoveries have been made and applied to practical purpose. It would be ungrateful not to recognize how immense the boons, which science has given to mankind, are. It has brought within the reach of multitudes benefits and advantages which only a short time ago were the privilege of the few. It has shown how malnutrition, hunger, and disease can be overcome. It has not only lengthened life but it has deepened its quality. Fields of knowledge, experience and recreation open in the past to only a few, have now been thrown open to millions. Through the work of science, the ordinary man today has been given the opportunity of a longer and fuller life than that which was possible for his grandparents.

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The history of civilization shows how man always has to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. This has never been more true than in our own age. In a brief period, amazing discoveries have been made and applied to practical purpose. It would be ungrateful not to recognize how immense the boons, which science has given to mankind, are. It has brought within the reach of multitudes benefits and advantages which only a short time ago were the privilege of the few. It has shown how malnutrition, hunger, and disease can be overcome. It has not only lengthened life but it has deepened its quality. Fields of knowledge, experience and recreation open in the past to only a few, have now been thrown open to millions. Through the work of science, the ordinary man today has been given the opportunity of a longer and fuller life than that which was possible for his grandparents.

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]It is said that wars are fought for the sake of peace. Many politicians justify wars as being the means of bringing about stability in the international relations. So far as the aim of those who are always busy in society is concerned, their motive is not always to achieve freedom from work. Their ultimate purpose is not to be idle. To be busy is a mode of life or habit. Those who are busy in society, say, businessmen, or people in authority, politicians or statesmen, officials or employees, are all part of the continuous machine which keeps the society going. People are busy so that different activities of a society are carried out and the wherewithals which mankind badly needs are provided. No society, however prosperous and endowed with bounties of nature, can afford to have the objective of being idle in the long run. No doubt, advanced countries ensure maximum facilities of living and amenities of work for their workmen; they even fix their working hours so that after their busy day's life they can have some leisure at their disposal for self-development or peace of mind. Yet, with the passage of time a busy society has the tendency to become busier. Even with the best computers and automation at the disposal of the modern technocrats manpower continues to remain busy, as one phase of achievement leads automatically to the second phase of work. War may have the intention of peace but business is unending so long as a society has the objective of progress and does not become stationary, stagnant or decadent.

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The history of civilization shows how man always has to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. This has never been more true than in our own age. In a brief period, amazing discoveries have been made and applied to practical purpose. It would be ungrateful not to recognize how immense the boons, which science has given to mankind, are. It has brought within the reach of multitudes benefits and advantages which only a short time ago were the privilege of the few. It has shown how malnutrition, hunger, and disease can be overcome. It has not only lengthened life but it has deepened its quality. Fields of knowledge, experience and recreation open in the past to only a few, have now been thrown open to millions. Through the work of science, the ordinary man today has been given the opportunity of a longer and fuller life than that which was possible for his grandparents.

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The history of civilization shows how man always has to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. This has never been more true than in our own age. In a brief period, amazing discoveries have been made and applied to practical purpose. It would be ungrateful not to recognize how immense the boons, which science has given to mankind, are. It has brought within the reach of multitudes benefits and advantages which only a short time ago were the privilege of the few. It has shown how malnutrition, hunger, and disease can be overcome. It has not only lengthened life but it has deepened its quality. Fields of knowledge, experience and recreation open in the past to only a few, have now been thrown open to millions. Through the work of science, the ordinary man today has been given the opportunity of a longer and fuller life than that which was possible for his grandparents.