Comprehension


Direction: You have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passages. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development, possibly the most important is human labour; without productive labour force, including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance or natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernisation. One essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. The forgotten factor is the role of women. Development will be handicapped as long as women remain second-class citizens, uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status, married when they are still practically children, and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. We can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving women opportunity to develop themselves.

  1. The ignored and overlooked for factor in the development of the nation is









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    role of women

    Correct Option: A

    role of women


  1. Human power means









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    both men and women

    Correct Option: D

    both men and women



  1. The most important natural resource for national development is









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    human labour

    Correct Option: A

    human labour


Direction: You have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passages. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
The interview may be conducted by letter and by telephone, as well as in person. Letter and telephone interviews are less satisfactory. Direct contact with an individual and a face-to-face relationship often provide a stimulating situation for both interviewer and interviewee. Personal reaction and interaction aid not only in rapport but also in obtaining nuances and additional information by the reactions which are more fully observed in a face-to-face relationship. Adequate preparation for the interview is a “must”. Careful planning saves not only time but also energy of both parties concerned. The interview is used to obtain facts or subjective data such as individual opinions, attitudes, and preferences. Interviews are used to check on questionnaires which may have been used to obtain data, or when a problem being investigated is complex, or when the information needed to solve it cannot be secured easily in any other way. People will often give information orally but will not put it in writing.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
rapport :a friendly relationship in which people understand one another very well.
nuances : a very slight difference in meaning, sound, colour or somebody’s feelings that is usually not very obvious.
face-to-face : directly
stimulating : making you feel more active and healthy
subjective : based on your own ideas/opinions

  1. The author used ‘individual opinions’, ‘attitudes’ and ‘preferences’ as examples of









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    psychological properties particular to a given interviewee

    Correct Option: C

    psychological properties particular to a given interviewee



  1. Face-to-face interaction with the interviewees enables the interviewer to









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    understand shades of meaning not readily available in written responses

    Correct Option: A

    understand shades of meaning not readily available in written responses