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5401.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ Pankaj couldn't have seen us or he will have waved.

A. may
B. would have
C. should have
D. No improvement
Answer» C. should have
Discussion
5402.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ Elephants live in groups in the jungle.

A. crowds
B. herds
C. hoards
D. No improvement
Answer» C. hoards
Discussion
5403.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ The soldier mentioned that they had to pay a consideration of fifty pounds with accordance in the contract we signed.

A. by accordance with
B. in accordance with
C. with accordance to
D. No improvement
Answer» C. with accordance to
Discussion
5404.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ I tried to cane her, but of no purpose.

A. for
B. with
C. to
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5405.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ We were not the wiser after hearing the explanation

A. none
B. neither
C. nevertheless
D. No improvement
Answer» B. neither
Discussion
5406.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ He would surely assist me if I had requested him to do so.

A. would surely assisted me
B. would have surely assisted me
C. will have surely assisted me
D. No improvement
Answer» C. will have surely assisted me
Discussion
5407.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ The alarming report of the plane crash left everyone in a state of shock.

A. alarmed report
B. alarmed reporting
C. reported alarm
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
5408.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ I will not buy some mangoes.

A. a little
B. much
C. any
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5409.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ Knowing that the area was prone to earthquakes, all the buildings were reinforced with additional concrete.

A. On being prone to earthquakes,
B. Having been knowing that the area was prone to earthquakes,
C. Since the area was known to be prone to earthquakes,
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5410.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ I purposely did that with a view to offend her.

A. with a view of offending her
B. with a view that I offend her
C. with a view to offending her
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5411.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ Would you find one absent, please don't forget to leave a message behind.

A. As you find
B. Should you find
C. Unless you find
D. No improvement
Answer» C. Unless you find
Discussion
5412.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ I bought four dozen of mangoes.

A. dozens of mango
B. dozens of mangoes
C. dozen mangoes
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5413.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ I have still to meet a person who is perfectly satisfied with his job.

A. would meet
B. am yet to meet
C. might still meet
D. No improvement
Answer» C. might still meet
Discussion
5414.

A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement"._x005F_x000D_ Kim is too impatient with tolerating any delay.

A. at tolerating
B. for tolerating
C. to tolerate
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
5415.

A restrictive clause is one that

A. usually occurs at the beginning of a sentence
B. should be set off by commas
C. limits the meaning of the word it describes
D. functions as an adverb
Answer» D. functions as an adverb
Discussion
5416.

A research paper is which of the following?

A. Argumentative papers
B. Definition papers
C. Interpretive papers
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
5417.

A pox on you for your loathsome chiding means

A. may you be diseased for your disgusting behavior
B. want to hit you because you've been hiding
C. curse you for your hateful scolding
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
Discussion
5418.

A place where monks live as a secluded community is

A. Monastery
B. Cathedral
C. Convent
D. Diocese
Answer» B. Cathedral
Discussion
5419.

A place where government records are kept

A. Coffer
B. Pantry
C. Archives
D. Scullery
Answer» D. Scullery
Discussion
5420.

A place where bees are kept

A. Sanctuary
B. Hive
C. Mile
D. Apiary
Answer» E.
Discussion
5421.

A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown in the figure. From the given options, indicate how it will appear when opened?_x005F_x000D_

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
Discussion
5422.

A person who writes books is called

A. Anthropologist
B. Archeologist
C. Author
D. Dendrologist
Answer» D. Dendrologist
Discussion
5423.

A person who speaks many languages_x005F_x000D_

A. Polyglot
B. Linguist
C. Bilingual
D. Monolingual
Answer» B. Linguist
Discussion
5424.

A person who sells houses_x005F_x000D_

A. Vendors
B. Realtors
C. Sellers
D. None
Answer» C. Sellers
Discussion
5425.

A person who loves everybody

A. Humanist
B. Cosmopolitan
C. Fatalist
D. Altruist
Answer» E.
Discussion
5426.

A person who is always dissatisfied

A. malcontent
B. surrogate
C. heresy
D. felon
Answer» B. surrogate
Discussion
5427.

A person who grows crops

A. Sharecropper
B. Freedman
C. Farmer
D. Slave
Answer» D. Slave
Discussion
5428.

A person who insists on something - one word substitute

A. Stickler
B. Boaster
C. Disciplinarian
D. Instantaneous
Answer» B. Boaster
Discussion
5429.

A person who enjoys pain is called

A. Sadist
B. Dipsomania
C. Masochist
D. Blogomaniac
Answer» D. Blogomaniac
Discussion
5430.

A person who does not believe in any religion

A. Atheist
B. Rationalist
C. Pagan
D. Philatelist
Answer» B. Rationalist
Discussion
5431.

A person who builds houses

A. Architect
B. Builder
C. Bricklayer
D. Contractor
Answer» C. Bricklayer
Discussion
5432.

A person who brings goods illegally into the country_x005F_x000D_

A. Exporter
B. Smuggler
C. Importer
D. Fraud
Answer» C. Importer
Discussion
5433.

A person who believes in fate

A. Predestinarianist
B. Determinist
C. Fatalist
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
5434.

A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.An __________ is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Participants bid openly against one another, with each subsequent bid required to be higher than the previous bid. An auctioneer may announce prices, bidders may call out their bids themselves (or have a proxy call out a bid on their behalf), or bids may be submitted electronically with the highest current bid publicly displayed. In a Dutch ____________, the auctioneer begins with a high asking price for some quantity of like items; the price is lowered until a participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price for some quantity of the goods in the lot or until the seller's reserve price is met. In economic theory, an ____________ may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

A. Assets
B. Auction
C. Autarky
D. Arbitrage
Answer» C. Autarky
Discussion
5435.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governingcouncil meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins werebeing traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “Wewill stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This senthuge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Why did Ms. Barbara Mass say “If I can change, so can anybody”?_x005F_x000D_

A. She never wanted to change but she still did, so anyone else can.
B. She was a complete vegan but still turned non vegetarian.
C. She did not believe in Buddhism but the religion attracted her.
D. She grew up eating non vegetarian but turned vegan.
Answer» E.
Discussion
5436.

A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.Emission ____________ are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission ___________ set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over specific timeframes. They are generally designed to achieve air quality standards and to protect human life. Many emissions ____________ focus on regulating pollutants released by automobiles (motor cars) and other powered vehicles. Others regulate emissions from industry, power plants, small equipment such as lawn mowers and diesel generators, and other sources of air pollution. While this have been used to dictate limits for conventional pollutants such as oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulphur (NOx and SOx), this regulatory technique may be used to regulate greenhouse gasses, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). In the US, this is given in pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour (lbs. CO2/MWhr), and kilograms CO2/MWhr elsewhere.

A. Norms
B. Pollutants
C. Factors
D. Standards
Answer» E.
Discussion
5437.

A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.In finance, a __________ is an instrument of indebtedness of the issuer to the holders. The ___________ is a debt security, under which the issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to pay them interest (the coupon) or to repay the principal at a later date, termed the maturity date. Interest is usually payable at fixed intervals (semi- annual, annual, sometimes monthly). Very often it is negotiable, that is, the ownership of the instrument can be transferred in the secondary market. This means that once the transfer agents at the bank medallion stamp the same, it is highly liquid on the secondary market. Thus, a __________ is a form of loan or IOU.

A. Brand
B. Stock
C. Bond
D. Barter
Answer» D. Barter
Discussion
5438.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governingcouncil meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins werebeing traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “Wewill stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This senthuge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Why is Ms. Barbara an ardent follower of vegan diet?_x005F_x000D_

A. She believes that “consuming meat and milk contributes more to climate change than all transport in the world”.
B. She believes that “turning vegan gives your skin an unmatchable glow and helps you stay away from diseases”.
C. She believes that “all living beings should be treated with love and compassion”.
D. She believes that “abstinence helps you win major battles of life”.
Answer» B. She believes that “turning vegan gives your skin an unmatchable glow and helps you stay away from diseases”.
Discussion
5439.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governingcouncil meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins werebeing traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “Wewill stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This senthuge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, what do you infer from ''The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive''?_x005F_x000D_

A. It means that the audience found the messenger attractive and that they wanted to listen to him more and more.
B. It means that audience’s reaction goes hand in hand with the speaker’s effectiveness.
C. It means that HH Dalai Lama was a perfect choice of messenger for the message to be received by the audience.
D. It means that messenger was tested and was working properly.
Answer» D. It means that messenger was tested and was working properly.
Discussion
5440.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governingcouncil meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins werebeing traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “Wewill stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This senthuge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, how can studying compassion and empathy in schools help?_x005F_x000D_

A. It can help us understand and connect Buddhism.
B. It can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation.
C. It can change our behaviours and make us more content person.
D. It can help us in turning vegetarian.
Answer» C. It can change our behaviours and make us more content person.
Discussion
5441.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governingcouncil meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins werebeing traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “Wewill stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This senthuge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ What did HH Dalai Lama said to his followers which came as a blow to them?_x005F_x000D_

A. He said “we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion.
B. He said that if he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living.
C. He said Buddhism is an ideal vehicles it makes people more contented.
D. He said “we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion”.
Answer» C. He said Buddhism is an ideal vehicles it makes people more contented.
Discussion
5442.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, what did Mother Teresa learned the hard way in her life?_x005F_x000D_

A. That there are no great acts, only small acts are done with great love.
B. That she had been so busy striving that she had missed out on living.
C. That her days were over scheduled and her mind was over worked.
D. That she was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that she had missed out on the little one’s.
Answer» B. That she had been so busy striving that she had missed out on living.
Discussion
5443.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, what took Tolstoy forty years to discover?_x005F_x000D_

A. Simple point of happiness.
B. That we live for ourselves only when we live for others.
C. That his spirit was undeterred.
D. That he was a great leader of human hearts.
Answer» C. That his spirit was undeterred.
Discussion
5444.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ What according to the passage is success?_x005F_x000D_

A. Success cannot be pursued.
B. Success is an unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of others..
C. Success is true fulfillment.
D. Success is incremental act of decency.
Answer» C. Success is true fulfillment.
Discussion
5445.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last, but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat is certainly the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents. Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known as Mahatma – led India's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly without carrying much of a big stick, facing down the British colonialists with stirring speeches and non-violent protest. More than anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved that one man has the power to take on an empire, using both ethics and intelligence._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Urges Britain to quit India_x005F_x000D_ It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi working in the rough and tumble world of law, but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the local Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried over his desire to improve the situation of the lower classes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi quickly became a leader within the Indian National Congress, a growing political party supporting independence, and traveled widely with the party to learn about the local struggles of various Indian communities._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ It was during those travels that his legend grew among the Indian people, historians say._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi was known as much for his wit and intelligence as for his piety. When he was arrested several more times over the years for his actions during the movement,  Gandhi calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death would embarrass the British enough to spur independence, which had become the focus of his politics by 1920._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. His most famous protest came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, British had a monopoly of producing which of the product?

A. Indigo
B. Khadi
C. Salt
D. Rice
Answer» D. Rice
Discussion
5446.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Suggest a suitable title for the passage?_x005F_x000D_

A. True happiness as experienced by Mother Teresa
B. Forty years of discovery Tolstoy
C. Living truly
D. Learning it the hard way
Answer» D. Learning it the hard way
Discussion
5447.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ According to the passage, what does ''failing to truly live while we are alive means.''?_x005F_x000D_

A. End up thinking of death all our lives.
B. Never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day.
C. Focus on basic and incremental acts of decency.
D. Over scheduling our days and over paying ourselves.
Answer» C. Focus on basic and incremental acts of decency.
Discussion
5448.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last, but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat is certainly the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents. Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known as Mahatma – led India's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly without carrying much of a big stick, facing down the British colonialists with stirring speeches and non-violent protest. More than anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved that one man has the power to take on an empire, using both ethics and intelligence._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Urges Britain to quit India_x005F_x000D_ It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi working in the rough and tumble world of law, but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the local Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried over his desire to improve the situation of the lower classes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi quickly became a leader within the Indian National Congress, a growing political party supporting independence, and traveled widely with the party to learn about the local struggles of various Indian communities._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ It was during those travels that his legend grew among the Indian people, historians say._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi was known as much for his wit and intelligence as for his piety. When he was arrested several more times over the years for his actions during the movement,  Gandhi calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death would embarrass the British enough to spur independence, which had become the focus of his politics by 1920._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. His most famous protest came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Bapu was known for his:

A. intelligence
B. wit
C. piety
D. All of these
Answer» E.
Discussion
5449.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last, but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat is certainly the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents. Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known as Mahatma – led India's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly without carrying much of a big stick, facing down the British colonialists with stirring speeches and non-violent protest. More than anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved that one man has the power to take on an empire, using both ethics and intelligence._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Urges Britain to quit India_x005F_x000D_ It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi working in the rough and tumble world of law, but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the local Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried over his desire to improve the situation of the lower classes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi quickly became a leader within the Indian National Congress, a growing political party supporting independence, and traveled widely with the party to learn about the local struggles of various Indian communities._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ It was during those travels that his legend grew among the Indian people, historians say._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi was known as much for his wit and intelligence as for his piety. When he was arrested several more times over the years for his actions during the movement,  Gandhi calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death would embarrass the British enough to spur independence, which had become the focus of his politics by 1920._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. His most famous protest came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ What led to the growth of legend of Mahatma Gandhi among the Indians?

A. He being a very promising lawyer returning from South Africa.
B. His non-violent nature.
C. His travel to India with INC to learn about the local struggle of Indians.
D. His support to local Indian communities in South Africa.
Answer» D. His support to local Indian communities in South Africa.
Discussion
5450.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last, but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat is certainly the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents. Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known as Mahatma – led India's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly without carrying much of a big stick, facing down the British colonialists with stirring speeches and non-violent protest. More than anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved that one man has the power to take on an empire, using both ethics and intelligence._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Urges Britain to quit India_x005F_x000D_ It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi working in the rough and tumble world of law, but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the local Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried over his desire to improve the situation of the lower classes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi quickly became a leader within the Indian National Congress, a growing political party supporting independence, and traveled widely with the party to learn about the local struggles of various Indian communities._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ It was during those travels that his legend grew among the Indian people, historians say._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi was known as much for his wit and intelligence as for his piety. When he was arrested several more times over the years for his actions during the movement,  Gandhi calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death would embarrass the British enough to spur independence, which had become the focus of his politics by 1920._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. His most famous protest came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Which of the following can help one to "take on" an empire?

A. By acting ethically and intelligently.
B. By getting violent as and when required.
C. By being a good orator.
D. By speaking softly.
Answer» B. By getting violent as and when required.
Discussion