English Test Passage Based Question Paper
English Comprehension Test Paper
Passage
English Comprehension Test Paper
Passage
Directions: Read
the following passage and answer the questions.
Today the import
duty on a complete machine is 35% for all practical purposes,
whereas the import duty on the raw materials and
components ranges nom 40%
to 85%. The story does not end here. After paying such
high import duties on
components, once a machine is made, it suffers excise
duty from 5% to 10%
(including on the customs duty already paid). At the time
of sale, the machine
tools suffer further taxation, i.e., central sales tax or
state sales" taxes which range
from 4% to 16%. This much for the tax angle. Another
factor which pushes the cost
of manufacture of machine tools is the very high rate of
interest payable to banks
ranging upto 22%, as against 4%-7% prevailing in advanced
countries.
The production
of machine tools in India being not of the same scale it is
in other countries, the price which India’s machine tools
builders have to pay for
components is more or less based on pattern of high
pricing applicable to the
prices of spares. The above represents only a few of the
extraneous reasons for
the high cost of
Indian machines.
The machine tool industry in
India has an enviable record of very quick
technology absorption, assimilation and development.
There are a number of
successes stories about how machine tool builders were of
help at the most critical
times. It will be a pity, in fact a tragedy, if we allow
this industry to die and disappear
from the scene.
It is to be noted that lndia is
at least 6000 km away from any dependable source
of supply of machine tools. The Government of India has
always given a great deal
of importance to the development of small scale and
medium scale industries. This
industry has also performed pretty well. Today, they are
in need of help from India’s
machine tool industry to enable them to produce quality
components at reduced costs.
Is it anybody’s
case that the needs of this fragile sector (which needs tender care) will be
met from 6000 km away?
Then, what is it that the
industry requests from the Government? It wants level playing
field. In fact, all of us must have a deep introspection
and recognize the fact that the machine
tool industry has a very special place in the country
from the point of strategic and vital interests
of the nation. Most important, it requests for the Govt’s
consideration and understanding.
1. According to the passage, assembling
imported components into machines proves ultimately
(a) Cheaper than importing complete machine
(b) Costlier than importing machine
(c) More cost effective than importing machine
(d) On par with the cost of imported machine
(e) A very stupendous and unmanageable task
Answer. (a)
2. If the bank's rate of interest in
India is made on par with that in advanced countries, the
cost of
manufacture of machine tools
(a) May go up by about 4 to 7%
(b) May increase by about 22%
(c) May decrease by about 4 to 7%
(d) May decrease by about 15 to 18%
(e) Will remain the same due to import duty
Answer. (d)
3. Which of
the following is true in the context of the passage?
(a) lndia’s machine tool industry has a praise-worthy
record of performance.
(b) In critical times, the machine tool builders allowed
the industry to perish.
(c) In the case of machines, the excise duty is levied
only on the cost price.
(d) lndia’s quantum of production of machine tools is
more than that of other advanced
countries.
(e) None of these
Answer. (a)
4. Which of
the following statements is definitely true in the context of the passage?
A. The vital
role of India’s machine tool industry has not been duly recognised
by the Government.
B. Small scale
industries performance can be further improved with the help from Indian
machine tool industry
C. The author
of the passage he not discussed all the factors which are responsible for high
cost of Indian machines.
(a) A & B
(b) A & C
(c) B & C
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Answer. (a)
5. Why do small and, medium scale
industries look for help from lndia’s machine
tool industry?
(a) To produce low cost component & without dilution
in quality
(b) To produce cheaper components notwithstanding the
poor quality
(c) To remain in Governments’ focus of attention
(d) To improve their poor financial status
(e) None of these
Answer. (a)
6. Which of
the following is the principal focus of the content of the passage?
(a) Reduction in rate of interest loans to machine tool
industry.
(b) Indian machine tool industry and vital role in
country’s development
(c) Encouragement to small and middle scale industries
(d) Unrealistic strategy of development of technology
(e) Exorbitant sales tax
Answer. (b)
7. According
to the passage, all the following factors are responsible for high cost of
Indian
machines except
(a) Higher import duty on spares
(b) Excise duty
(c) Bank’s rate of interest on loans for manufacture
(d) High profit margin expected by manufacturers
(e) Sales tax
Answer. (d)
8. The
availability of Indian machine tool industries help to small scale industry is
most
likely to result into
(a) Increase in the demand of imported machine tools
(b) Deterioration in the quality of components
manufactured by them
(c) Further increase in the customs duty on imported
machines
(d) Enhancement in' the quality and quantity of their
production at a cheaper cost
(e) Severe competition among the small and medium scale
industries
Answer. (d)
9. The
disparity in the quantum of machine production in India and that in other
countries
leads to
(a) The development of small scale and mediums scale
industries
(b) Lethargy in the process of absorption and
assimilation of new technology
(c) A need to pay higher for components and spares
(d) Overproduction of machines as compared to the actual
need
(e) The necessity to export the machine from India to
other countries
Answer. (c)
10. Which of
the following best explains the sentence ‘It wants a level playing field’ as
used in the passage? The machine tool industry in
India
(a) Wants -to adopt novel marketing strategies for sale
promotion
(b) Seeks to have small scale industry as its patron
(c) Needs freedom to import the desired components at a
low cost .
(d) Needs land for opening more factories
(e) None of these
Answer. (c)
11. Which of
the following inferences can draw from the content of the passage?
(a) The Govt. of India has duty recognised the role of
machine to industry.
(b) Levying heavy custom duty is absolutely necessary.
(c) The Govt of India was not considerate to the
difficulties faced by machine tool industry
(d) India should not waste its precious resources on the
production machine tools.
(e) Banks in other countries are running in loss owing to
a low interest rate.
Answer. (d)
Passage 2
Motivations for realism in under developed countries are
understandably different from
those in developed countries. There, it is a sheer
physical necessity for the very act of
man’s survival. ln the third world countries, which are
predominantly rural, the only lever
that can lift human life above its present subhuman
level, is rural development. Rural life
in such countries has been stagnating for countries on
end. Nothing worthwhile has been
done to ameliorate the conditions of the rural population
which is only slightly different
from that of their quadruped counterparts. Ignorance, ill
health and poverty have become
synonyms of rural life in the undeveloped and
underdeveloped countries. But the worst
tragedy is that the concerned human populations have
taken this state of affairs for
granted, as something unalterable, something for which
there is no remedy. Every ray of
hope has gone out of their lives. In such countries,
Rural Development is the inevitable
condition of any material or non-material advancement. As
such, enlightened sections of
all such countries have been taking ever growing interest
in the question of Rural
Development.
This was also part of the
legacy of their freedom struggle. ln countries like India,
It is well known that attempts at Rural Development were
an inseparable part of the
Independence Movement. Leaders like Gandhi realized
quite well that Real India
lived in her stagnating villages. Cities, which were
mostly the products of Western
colonialism, were just artificial showpieces. Even there,
there were two worlds. The
posh areas, where
the affluent few, mostly the products and custodians of imperial
interest lived, were little islands engulfed by the vast
ocean of dirt, represented by the
vast majority of
people.
Cities were by no means unknown
to India, but in ancient India, they were
integral parts, organically related to the rest of the country and society. But,
modern cities are exotic centres of commercial .and
industrial exploitation.
Cities in ancient India were the flowers of cultural and
artistic excellence of the
nation, modern cities are just parasites, preying on and
debilitating the country.
Hence, Gandhiji started the ‘Go
to Village Movement’ which alone, according
to him could bring freedom to India and sustain it. Rural
Development had the
pride of place in his strategy for the nation’s freedom.
Thus, it had its origin in
the freedom struggle.
1. Which of
the following is the ‘lever’ according to the passage?
(a) Upliftment of the rural masses
(b) Enlightenment of certain sections of the society
(c) Non-material advancement
(d) Stagnation of rural life
Answer. (a)
2. Which of
the following statements is not true in the context of the passage?
(a) Most of the rich people dwelling in modern cities are
genuinely concerned about rural
development.
(b) Rural development is a pre-requisite of any other
advancement and progress.
(c) The rural folk in the Third World countries feel that
their subhuman condition cannot
be improved.
(d) Only rural development can raise the standard of
living of people in the third World
countries.
Answer. (a)
3. The
standard of living of human beings in the Third World countries.
(a) Subhuman despite best efforts for improvement
(b) Not far better than that of animals
(c) Improving very rapidly
(d) Immune to any improvement
Answer. (b)
4. Which of
the following best describes the two divergent worlds of the modern cities?
(a) Commercial and industrial exploitation
(b) Patrons of western products and custodians of
imperial interests
(c) A few rich people and many poor people
(d) Posh area and affluent people
Answer. (c)
5. People are taking growing interest
in Rural Development because
(a) Nothing worthwhile can be done in the near future.
(b) They have now become optimistic about it.
(c) They have realized the indispensability of it.
(d) They have been suffering from severe health problems.
Answer. (c)
6. Which of
the following is the worst tragedy according to the author?
(a) Lack of realization of the importance of rural
development
(b) Exploitation of the rural people by the city-dwellers
(c) The subhuman
condition of the people
(d) The pessimism of the rural people about their own
conditions.
Answer. (d)
7. Rural
Development was considered as a part of India’s freedom movement because.
(a) Gandhi was against the Western colonialism.
(b) Real India was then under the British rule.
(c) Imperial, interest lived only in villages.
(d) The country comprised of mainly villages.
Answer. (d)
8. In which of
the following aspects were the ancient Indian cities different from
the modern ones?
(a) Wealth
(b) Growing population
(c) Trade and Commerce
(d) Oneness with the society
(e) Posh localities
Answer. (d)
9. Which of the following statements is
true in the context of the passage?
(a) The rural folk are very optimistic i about
improvement in their condition.
(b) ln the present context, ignorance poverty and ill
health are inseparable parts of rural
life.
(c) Most of the Third World countries are undergoing fast
urbanization.
(d) India’s struggle for freedom has been considered as a
part of rural development.
Answer. (b)
Directions (Questions 10-12) : Choose the
words which is most nearly the same in
meaning as the
given word as used in the passage.
10. SECTIONS
(a) Groups of people
(b) Combination of units
(c) Collection of thoughts
(d) Assembly of spectators
Answer. (a)
11. PREDOMINANTLY
(a) Extra-ordinarily
(b) Mostly
(c) Forcefully
(d) Undoubtedly
Answer. (b)
12. ENLIGHTENED
(a) Clearly visible
(b) Shining brightly
(c) Economically privileged
(d) Fully awakened
Answer. (d)
Directions
(Questions 13-15) : Choose antonyms to the given word as used
in the passage.
13. DEBILITATING
(a) Inhabiting
(b) Strengthening
(c) Enfeebling
(d) Occupying
Answer. (b)
14. AMELIORATE
(a) Expedite
(b) Hasten
(c) Worsen
(d) Lessen
Answer. (c)
15. ENGULFED
(a) Disfigured
(b) Dislocated
(c) Different
(d) Detached
Answer. (d)
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