“The Fable is always made for the Moral, not the Moral for the Fable.” The above observation appears in which one of the following works?
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Correct answer: (C) The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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Question 102
Who among the following is an employer of Pamela in Samuel Richardson’s Pamela?
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Correct answer: (B) Mr. B
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Question 103
“His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.” In the above verse, the word ‘fall’ suggests which one of the following persons?
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Correct answer: (A) Charles XII
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Question 104
Who among the following is the author of A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful?
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Correct answer: (C) Edmund Burke
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Question 105
William Blake’s A Poison Tree suggests which one of the following aspects of the underlying idea?
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Correct answer: (A) Both the forbidden tree of knowledge and repressed emotion
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Question 106
Passage—1: Religion begins for us with an awareness that our life is not of ourselves alone. There is another, greater life enfolding and sustaining us. Religion as man’s search for this greater self will not accept any creeds as final or any laws as perfect. It will be evolutionary, moving ever onward. The witness to this spiritual view is borne not only by the great religious teachers and leaders of mankind, but by the ordinary man in the street, in whose inmost being the well of the spirit is set deep. In our normal experience events happen which imply the existence of a spiritual world. Prayer or meditation, the impulse to seek and appeal to a power beyond our normal self, the moving sense of revelation which the sudden impact of beauty brings, and decisive contacts with certain individuals that bring meaning and coherence into our scattered lives suggest that we are essentially spiritual. To know oneself is to know all we can know and all we need to know. A spiritual, as distinct from a dogmatic, view of life remains unaffected by the advance of science and criticism of history. Religion generally refers to something external, a system of sanctions and consolations, while spirituality points to the need for knowing and living in the highest self and raising life in all its parts. Spirituality is the core of religion and its inward essence, and mysticism emphasizes this side of religion. What is the primary difference between religion and spirituality?
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Correct answer: (A) Religion is focused on creeds and laws, while spirituality is inward and evolving
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Question 107
According to Passage—1, what is suggested by events like prayer, meditation and encounters with beauty?
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Correct answer: (A) The existence of a spiritual world
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Question 108
What does the author mean when he says, “To know oneself is to know all we can know and all we need to know”?
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Correct answer: (C) Understanding oneself is the key to spiritual enlightenment
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Question 109
According to the author, why does spirituality remain unaffected by science and historical criticism?
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Correct answer: (B) Because spirituality is rooted in personal experience
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Question 110
What is the relationship between religion and spirituality as described in Passage—1?
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Correct answer: (A) Spirituality is the core of religion
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Question 111
Passage—2: Arjuna is the fighter in the chariot with the Divine Krishna as his charioteer. In the Veda, too, there is the image of the human soul and the Divine riding in one chariot through a great battle toward a high-aspiring goal. There it is a pure figure and symbol. The Divine is Indra, Master of the World of Light and Immortality, the power of Divine Knowledge descending to the human seeker battling falsehood, darkness, limitation and mortality. The battle is with spiritual enemies barring the way to the higher world of our being. The goal is the plane of Vast Being, resplendent with supreme truth and uplifted to the conscious immortality of the Perfected Soul, of which Indra is Master. The human soul is Kutsa, who constantly seeks seer-knowledge, as his name implies. He is the son of Arjun or Arjuni, the white one, child of Switra, the white Mother: that is, the Sattvic or purified, light-filled soul open to the unbroken glories of Divine Knowledge. When the chariot reaches the end of its journey, the human Kutsa has grown into such an exact likeness of his Divine companion that he can only be distinguished by Sachi, Indra’s wife, because she is ‘truth-conscious’. The parable is the inner life of the eternal Divine through the increasing illumination of knowledge. But the Gita starts from action, and Arjuna is a man of action, a fighter, never the seer or thinker. What is the central theme of the image of Arjuna in the chariot with Krishna as his charioteer in the Veda?
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Correct answer: (B) The human soul’s journey with Divine assistance
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Question 112
According to Passage—2, who is Indra?
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Correct answer: (B) The power of Divine Knowledge aiding the seeker
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Question 113
What is the goal of the journey described in Passage—2?
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Correct answer: (B) The attainment of spiritual illumination and conscious immortality
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Question 114
Who is Kutsa in Passage—2, and what does his name imply?
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Correct answer: (B) Kutsa is the seer-knowledge seeker, as implied by his name
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Question 115
What distinguishes human Kutsa from his Divine companion at the end of the journey?
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Correct answer: (A) Sachi, the wife of Indra, because she is ‘truth-conscious’
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Question 116
Passage—3: For thinking minds to blossom and arts and sciences to flourish, the first necessary condition is a settled society providing security and leisure. A rich culture is impossible in a community of nomads, where people struggle for life and die of privation. Fate called India to a place where nature was free with her gifts and every prospect was pleasing. The Himalayas, with their immense range and elevation on one side and the sea on the other, helped keep India free from invasion for a long time. Bounteous nature yielded abundant food, relieving people of the toil and struggle for existence. The Indian never felt that the world was a field of battle where people struggled for power, wealth and domination. When we need not waste our energies on earthly problems, exploiting nature and controlling the forces of the world, we begin to think of the higher life. Perhaps an enervating climate inclined the Indian to rest and retirement. Huge forests with wide leafy avenues offered devoted souls the chance to wander peacefully, dream strange dreams and burst into joyous songs. In Ashramas and Tapovanas, or forest hermitages, India’s thinkers meditated on deeper problems of existence. Security of life, natural resources, freedom from worry and detachment from existential cares, and the absence of tyrannous practical interest stimulated the higher life of Indians. As a result, from the beginnings of history we find an impatience of spirit, love of wisdom and passion for saner pursuits of the mind. What does it call for being in a position to think and speculate?
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Correct answer: (A) A settled society having security and leisure
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Question 117
According to the author, which one of the following is suggestive of high culture?
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Correct answer: (A) Bounteous nature lays down universal forms of life affording freedom for reflection and speculation
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Question 118
The greatness of Indian philosophy is precisely because of which one of the following reasons?
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Correct answer: (A) It grew in the midst of bounteous nature and a prosperous society
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Question 119
Which one of the following best describes the eternal character of Indian philosophy?
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Correct answer: (B) An impatience of spirit, a love of wisdom, and a passion for saner pursuits of the mind
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Question 120
What does the author mean by “the absence of tyrannous practical interest”?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 121
Passage—4: The central theme of the Upanishads is the problem of philosophy: the search for what is true. Dissatisfaction with things and secondary causes raises questions such as those at the beginning of the Svetasvatara: “Whence are we born, where do we live and where do we go? O, ye who know Brahman, tell us at whose command we abide here, in pain or pleasure. Should time, nature, necessity, chance or the elements be considered the cause, or he who is called ‘Purusha’, the man who is the supreme spirit?” In the Kena Upanishad, the pupil asks, “At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand? At whose command does the first breath go forth, at whose wish do we utter this speech? What God directs the eye or the ear?” The thinkers did not take experience to be an inexplicable datum, as common sense does. They wondered whether the report of the senses could be taken as final. Are the mental faculties by which we acquire experience self-existent, or are they effects of something mightier that lies behind them? Which one of the following is the central theme of the Upanishads?
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Correct answer: (B) The nature of ultimate reality which is the cause of all causes
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Question 122
According to the Upanishads, the ultimate reality has which one of the following characteristics?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 123
Which one of the following meanings would best describe ‘Purusha’?
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Correct answer: (B) The ‘Purusha’ is an absolute who does not undergo any contradictions
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Question 124
According to Passage—4, which one of the following is true in terms of Upanishadic philosophy?
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Correct answer: (C) Brahman is the ultimate knowledge
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Question 125
“At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand?” In the above observation, the term ‘errand’ has which one of the following meanings?
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Correct answer: (A) Pursuit
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Question 126
She quickly picked up her books and left. In the above statement, the word ‘quickly’ belongs to which one of the following categories?
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Correct answer: (C) Adverb
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Question 127
This is a depressive time to be living here. In the above, the word ‘depressive’ belongs to which one of the following?
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Correct answer: (C) Adjective
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Question 128
We are going to sing and play at the camp. To which one of the following categories does the word ‘play’ belong?
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Correct answer: (B) Verb
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Question 129
Which one of the following is a synonym of the word ‘avert’?
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Correct answer: (C) Prevent
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Question 130
Prepositions link a _____ to another word or sentence part. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (C) noun
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Question 131
Which one of the following is a synonym of the word ‘erratic’?
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Correct answer: (B) Unpredictable
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Question 132
Which one of the following is an antonym of the word ‘modest’?
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Correct answer: (B) Conceited
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Question 133
Which one of the following is an antonym of the word ‘ecstasy’?
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Correct answer: (B) Agony
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Question 134
Which one of the following best explains the meaning of ‘afraid of one’s shadow’?
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Correct answer: (C) The person is very nervous or easily frightened
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Question 135
Which one of the following would best explain the meaning of the saying, “the darkest hour is just before the dawn”?
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Correct answer: (B) When things seem at their worst, they may just begin to improve
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Question 136
I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (B) who
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Question 137
I am very happy _____ in India. I miss India. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (A) to have lived
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Question 138
I wish I _____ those words. But now it’s too late. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (C) had never said
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Question 139
The Captain said, “Alas! Our foes are very strong.” Which one of the following is the best indirect form of the above?
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Correct answer: (C) The Captain exclaimed with sorrow that their foes were very strong.
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Question 140
You know you have got _____ family. Which of the following would be the most appropriate to fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (A) the nicest
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Question 141
What’s _____ river in the world? Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (C) the widest
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Question 142
I arrive _____ the station _____ a taxi. Which of the following would best fill in the blanks?
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Correct answer: (B) at, in
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Question 143
Your conduct was not consistent _____ your usual politeness. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (C) with
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Question 144
By whom was the chair stolen? Which one of the following would be the most appropriate active form of the above?
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Correct answer: (C) Who stole the chair?
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Question 145
He has helped these children. Which one of the following would be the best passive form of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) These children have been helped by him.
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Question 146
He helps me. Which one of the following would be the best passive form of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) I am helped by him.
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Question 147
Where are your luggages? Which one of the following would be the correct form of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) Where is your luggage?
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Question 148
Which one of the following is the antonym of the word ‘stingy’?
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Correct answer: (B) Liberal
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Question 149
Rahul and his friends _____ also invited to the party. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?
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Correct answer: (C) were
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Question 150
A bouquet of flowers _____ required for the event. Which one of the following would best fill in the blank?