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Passage 1:
It is undeniable that
some very useful analogies can be drawn between the relational systems of
computer mechanism and the relational systems of brain mechanism. The
comparison does not depend upon any close resemblance between the actual
mechanical links which occur in brains and computers; it depends on what the
machines do. Furthermore, brains and computers can both be organised so as to solve problems. The
mode of communication is very similar in both the cases, so much so that
computers can now be designed to generate artificial human speech and even, by
accident, to produce sequences of words which human beings recognise as poetry.
The implication is not that machines are gradually assuming human forms, but
that there is no sharp break of continuity between what is human and what is mechanical.
1. From the passage, it is evident that the author
thinks
(a) computers are now naturally programmed to
produce poetry.
(b) computers are likely to usurp the place of
intellectual superiority accorded to the human brain.
(c) the resemblance a computer bears to the
human brain is purely mechanical.
(d) the unintentional mixing up of word
sequences in the computer can result in poetry.
2. Computers have acquired a proven ability of
performing many functions of the human brain because
(a) the brain of modern man is unable to
discharge its functions properly due to over-reliance on machines.
(b) the sophisticated computer mechanism is on
the verge of outstripping human mental faculties.
(c) the process of organising and communicating
are similar in both cases.
(d) the mechanics of the human brain have been
introduced in the computer.
3. The resemblance between the human brain and the
computer is
(a) imaginary.
(b) intellectual.
(c) mechanical.
(d) functional.
4. The passage
implies that
(a) computers are assuming human forms.
(b) humans are assuming mechanical forms.
(c) computers and humans are substitutable.
(d) there is continuity between what is human and what is mechanical.
5. The author uses the word ‘recognise‘ in relation to computer poetry to convey a
(a) sense of sorrow at the reluctant admission of the superiority of
machines by mankind.
(b) feeling that computers have yet to conquer the emotional heights
man is capable of attaining.
(c) feeling of derision for the popular faith in the omnipotence of
the computer.
(d) feeling of a fatalistic acceptance of the computer’s encroachment upon human bastions.
6. Points of dissimilarity between the human brain and
the computer don‘t extend to
(a) the faculty of composing poetry.
(b) methods of communication.
(c) the faculty of composing poetry.
(d) the faculty of speaking naturally.
Passage 2:
If the more articulate
members of a community formed a coherent and united class with a common
interest, democracy would probably be replaced by the rule of that intelligent,
educated minority. As it is, democracies of the modern world are much closer to
this fate than they are to the much-canvassed dangers of mob rule. Far from
oppressing the cultured
minority, or any other minorities, democracy gives them more scope to have
their way then any other system does. This is the lesson of experience. It
might also have been derived from an analysis of the concept of democracy, if
the concept had been accurately analysed.
7. The word articulate here refers to
(a) the elite.
(b) people who are endowed with a native intelligence.
(c) that class which is well-educated.
(d) people who are endowed with clarity of speech.
8. What emerges as the truth after reading the
paragraph is that
(a) forms of government other than democracy give the mobs great scope
for self -expression.
(b) democracy provides greater scope for mob rule.
(c) democracy provides greater scope for the rule of the minority.
(d) forms of government other than democracy give the educated
minority greater scope for self-expression.
9. Our appreciation of the virtues of the democratic
system
(a) is the result of an illusory concept.
(b) is the result of our negative response to other forms of
government.
(c) is the result of a proven record of the success of democracy.
(d) is the result of centuries of accurate research on the theoretical
aspects of democracy.
10. The wide scope that democracy offers to the
minorities can be made known
(a) by our common sense.
(b) by our political theories.
(c) by our native intelligence.
(d) by proper analysis.
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Answers
1(d) 2(c)
3(d) 4(d) 5(b)
6(b) 7(c) 8(c)
9(c) 10(d)