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Which of the following is the most nearly the same in meaning as the word "met" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Introduced

  2. Found

  3. Death

  4. Discovered

  5. Satisfied with


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 To meet the targets means to achieve it or discover the mindset.

Which of the following is the most nearly the same in meaning as the word "rest" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Partial

  2. Remaining

  3. Relax

  4. All

  5. Everything


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Rest here means 'remaining'.

The modern value systems encourage the importance of which one of the following?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Craving for power and possession

  2. Basic respect for all individuals

  3. Spirit of inquiry and knowledge

  4. Spiritual development of all individuals

  5. Recognition of freedom and equality


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor meek and unorganized a pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

Which of the following is the most opposite in meaning to the word "deeply" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Widely

  2. Superficially

  3. Wrongly

  4. Openly

  5. Intensely


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Deeply here means 'strongly', rightly or intensely'.

The world 'Definitive' as used in the passage means _________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom & prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, & it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of the of the nineteenth century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
  1. incomplete

  2. defined

  3. temporary

  4. final


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Definitive in the context of the passage means 'permanent'.

The author feels sad about the later part of his life because ____________________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom & prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, & it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of the of the nineteenth century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
  1. the world had not become prosperous

  2. he was nostalgic about his childhood

  3. the world was painfully disturbed during that period of time

  4. the author had not won any further victories


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

During the Victorian age people believe that ____________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom & prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, & it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of the of the nineteenth century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
  1. there would be unlimited freedom

  2. strife would increase

  3. peace would prevail & happiness would engulf the whole world

  4. wars would be fought on bigger scale


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It was thought that freedom & prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, & it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish.

The victories of the past ________________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom & prosperity would speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, & it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of the of the nineteenth century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
  1. filled men with the sense of pessimism

  2. proved to be temporary events

  3. ended cruelty, tyranny & injustice

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 '... and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.'

The western renaissance could not make total impact on today's humanity because __________________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. it was conceptually weak

  2. it was against basic principle

  3. conscientious men opposed it

  4. old civilization was based on acquisitiveness and control over others

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The following lines indicate (4) as the answer - "Power and possession have been central pursuits of civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity".

Which of the following is the most opposite in meaning to the word "central" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Lateral

  2. Inadequate

  3. Peripheral

  4. Major

  5. Insignificant


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Peripheral meaning outside or away from central point is the correct opposite.

Which of the following best describes the behaviour of modern man?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Imaginative and sympathetic

  2. Cruel and greedy

  3. Conscientious and cooperative

  4. Perceptive and creative

  5. Seeker of truth and non-violence


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Power and possession are the driving forces of the modern man. Due to this, as per the passage, man has become an, "exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganised." So, option 2 is correct. 

According to the passage, why has modern man turned out as an enemy of everything that is non-human?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. He hates and distrusts other human beings.

  2. Non-human have refused cooperation to human being.

  3. He has been dominated by drives of acquisitiveness and power.

  4. He consciously practices spirit of cooperation.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The line, 'Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human...' gives the answer....which is option 3. 

The real attainment of any society can be adjudged by which of the following?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. The encouragement for acquisitive tendencies.

  2. Total victimisation of conscientious persons.

  3. The degree of freedom for pursuing more and more power.

  4. Strict adherence to authoritarian structure.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

It is inferred from the passage ....... 'the free and creative unfoldment of every man, woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society.' This is not given in any of the options....So, correct answer is option 5. 

Why were the people anxious to help the author?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. It was a result of natural hospitality.

  2. The author voluntary stay there evoked surprise.

  3. The author planned to journey through the cevennes.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As per the passage, all are true.

The author prepared himself for protection against ________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. cold

  2. heat

  3. rains

  4. fire


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. 

Which of the following statements is not true in context of the given passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Power and possession go hand in hand.

  2. There is a need for a new renaissance.

  3. Poor and weak people are oppressed by the modern man.

  4. The modern man is not individualist.

  5. Western renaissance had held so much promise for the mankind.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The passage supports that man who is individualistic and selfish and lives in false pride.

Which of the following is/are one of the features of Le Monastier?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. Lace-making

  2. Wining

  3. No restriction of language

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Monastire is notable for the making of lace , for drunkenness , for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties.

In the passage the author describes his stay at _____________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. Le puy

  2. Le Monastier

  3. Cevennes

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  Le Monastier

The sleeping - sack was _______.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. made of order

  2. ready - made

  3. unfit for the journey

  4. triumphant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

a sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready - you have only to get into it ; it serves a double purpose; I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers , a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.

What is the meaning of the expression ''to give each other the lie''?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. To expression gifts which carry nothing inside.

  2. To assemble with a fixed purpose.

  3. To talk in a rude manner with one's seniors.

  4. To prove what the other person says not true.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This was an instance when he found the villagers not kind and helpful. The phrase means to prove that the other person is lying.

Why did the author live in the village?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. He loved the hospitality of the villagers.

  2. He desired to do so.

  3. It provided a cheap accommodation to the author.

  4. He had to prepare for this journey.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

I found myself a rallying point everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. 

The author appears to be advocating which of the following approaches to be adopted by the society?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Capitalistic

  2. Communist

  3. Humanistic

  4. Authoritarian

  5. Socialist


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The lines - "The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human affort may this crisis be met and probably even overcome" reveal that the author is advocating "humanist" approach.

Which of the following parties has not been mentioned in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley 15 miles from Le Puy I spent about a month of fine days. Monastire is notable for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparalled political dissension there are adherents of each of the four French parties Legitimists, Orleanists Imperialist and  Republicans in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe decry and calumniate each other.
Except for a business purpose or to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl they have laid aside even the civility of speech in the midst of this Babylon, I found myself a rallying point. Everyone was anxious to be kind and helpful to the stranger. This was not merely from the natural hospitality of mountain people nor even from the surprise with which I was regarded as a man living of his own free will in Le Monastire when he might just as well have lived any where else in this big world; it arose a good deal from my projected journey southward through the Cevennes. A traveller of my sort was a thing hitherto unheard of in that district. I was looked upon with contempt like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a respectful interest like one setting for the inclement pole. All were ready to help in my preparation; a crowd of sympathizers supported me at the critical moment of a bargain; not a step was taken, but was heralded by glasses round and celebrated by a dinner or a breakfast.

It was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent is troublesome to pitch and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping - sack on the other hand is always ready you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose a bed by night a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer by. I decided on a sleeping sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping - sack was designed constructed and triumphantly brought home.
  1. Calvinists

  2. Imperialists

  3. Leitimists

  4. Orleanists


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Legitimists , Orleanists Imperialist and Republicans have been mentioned. Calvinists were never mentioned. 

The author hopes that the present crisis can be solved by ______________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. devoted individual efforts

  2. different political systems

  3. purposeful and collective human effort

  4. spiritually developed individuals

  5. powerful elite human beings


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The lines - "Conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human affort may this crisis be met and probably even overcome" indicate (3) as the answer.

Which of the following is one of the requirements bringing out the best in man?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The need for a new renaissance is deeply felt by those sensitive and conscientions men and women who not only perceive the dimension of the crisis of our age but who also realize that only through conscious and cooperative human effort these crisis can be met and probably even overcome.
  1. Money

  2. Success

  3. Power

  4. Understanding

  5. Acquisitiveness


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The following line indicates option 4 as the answer....."Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion, cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature."

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