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1)Ramesh did not like leaving his old parents alone in the house but he had as he has to go out to work
2)I did not like his comments on my paper but I had no alternative as i had agreed to keep quiet
Word of the day - Mercurial (Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile)
Usage - Sir Viv Richards was a mercurial cricketer who terrorissed bowlers with his aggressive batting
I knew him from the days of my extreme youth, because he made my father's boots; inhabiting with his elder brothertwo little shops let into one. That tenement had a certain quiet distinction; there was no sign upon its face that he made for any of the Royal Family--merely his own German name of Gessler Brothers; and in the window a few pairs of boots. I remember that it always troubled me to account for those unvarying boots in the window, for he made only what was ordered, reaching nothing down, and it seemed so inconceivable that what he made could ever have failed to
fit. Had he bought them to put there? That, too, seemed inconceivable. He would never have tolerated in his house leather on which he had not worked himself. Besides, they were too beautiful--the pair of pumps, so inexpressibly slim, the patent leathers with cloth tops, making water come into one's mouth, the tall brown riding boots with marvellous sooty glow, as if, though new, they had been worn a hundred years. Those pairs could only have been made by one who saw before him the Soul of Boot--so truly were they prototypes incarnating the very spirit of all foot-gear. These thoughts, of course, came to me later, though even when I was promoted to him, at the age of perhaps
fourteen, some inkling haunted me of the dignity of himself and brother. For to make boots--such boots as he made-- seemed to me then, and still seems to me, mysterious and wonderful.
1. What is the style of the passage and why?
(1) Abstract (2) Descriptive (3) Narrative (4) Analytical
2. What is the tone of the passage and why?
(1) Reminiscent (2) Implicative (3) Appreciative (4) Euphoric
Two students from Lucknow have sent a legal notice to Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju for his comment at a seminar last week that "90% of Indians were idiots."
The notice to Katju was sent by law student Tanaya Thakur and her brother, Class XI student Aditya Thakur. Both said they found the comments hurtful: "We are deeply hurt and humiliated by Justice Katju's words," the duo said on
Monday, adding that Justice Katju's statements "would depreciate the reputation of India and its citizens. €? "A person of Justice Katju's stature should have deliberated on the implications of his statement," they said, and sought a public apology from the former Supreme Court judge.
The students said that if a public apology was not forthcoming, they would move the court in a month's time. At a seminar in New Delhi last week, Justice Katju had claimed that at least 90% of Indians are "idiots", easily be misled by mischievous elements in the name of religion. "I say 90% of Indians are idiots. You people don't have brains in
your heads. It is so easy to take you for a ride," he was quoted as saying at the seminar.
1. What is the style of the passage and why?
(1) Abstract (2) Descriptive (3) Analytical (4) Narrative
2. What is the tone of the passage and why?
(1) Objective (2) Tongue-in-cheek (3) Sarcastic (4)critical.
India's sex ratio, among children aged 0-6 years, is alarming. The ratio has declined from 976 females (for every 1000males) in 1961 to 914 in 2011. Every national census has documented a decline in the ratio, signalling a ubiquitoustrend. Preliminary data from the 2011 census have recorded many districts with sex ratios of less than 850. The ratio in urban areas is significantly lower than those in rural parts of the country. The overall steep and consistent decline in the ratio mandates serious review.
Medical technology (like amniocentesis and ultrasonography), employed in the prenatal period to diagnose genetic abnormalities, are being misused in India for detecting the sex of the unborn child and subsequently for sex-selection.Female foetuses, thus identified, are aborted.
A large, nationally representative investigation of married women living in 1.1 million households documented markedly reduced sex ratios of 759 and 719 for second and third births when the preceding children were girls. In contrast, sex ratios for second or third births, if one or both of the previous children were boys, were 1102 and 1176 respectively. A systematic study in Haryana documented the inverse relationship between the number of ultrasound machines in an area and the decline in sex ratios.The steady decline in the sex ratio suggests that marked improvements in the economy and literacy rates do not seem to have had any impact on this index. In fact, the availability of new technology and its easy access for the urban,wealthy and the educated have worsened the trend.
The social system of patriarchy, with males as the primary authority figures, is central to the organisation of much of Indian society. Patriarchal societies in most parts of India have translated their prejudice and bigotry into a compulsive preference for boys and discrimination against the girl child. They have also spawned practices such as female infanticide, dowry, bride-burning and sati. They have led to the neglect of nutrition, health care, education, and employment of girls. Women's work is also socially devalued with limited autonomy in decision-making. The intersections of caste, class and gender worsen the situation. Despite its social construction, patriarchal culture,
reinforced by the major religions in the country, maintains its stranglehold on gender inequality. It is this large base of discrimination against women that supports the declining sex ratio.
While strict implementation of the law will help reduce female foeticide and infanticide, it will not eliminate the problems. Simply exhorting the general population and the medical profession to desist from such practices without attempting to change patriarchy will prove futile.
The major barrier to gender inequality is socio-cultural issues. The systematic discrimination against girls and women needs to be tackled if interventions have to work. It is the hazy but dominant relationship between gender and patriarchy that has a major impact on the outcome. The failure to recognise this relationship and the refusal to tackle these issues result in the declining sex ratio. Debates on gender equality should not be reduced to talking about culture, tradition and religion. The prevalent patriarchal framework needs to be acknowledged as causal, interrogated
and laid bare.
While women are guaranteed equality under the Constitution, legal protection has little effect in the face of the prevailing patriarchal culture. India needs to confront its gender bias openly. It would appear that nothing short of a social revolution would bring about an improvement in the health and status of women in the country. Irony and hypocrisy are the two words that come to mind when patriarchal societies talk about justice for their women. Surely,the disappearance of millions of girls in India is reason enough to question the acceptance of patriarchy and search for
an egalitarian social order.
1. What is the style of the passage and why?
(1) Argumentative (2) Descriptive (3) Analytical (4) Data Based
2. What is the tone of the passage and why?
(1) Pensive and persuasive (2) Alarmist and prescriptive
(3) Sarcastic and persuasive (4) Persuasive and prescriptive
Two students from Lucknow have sent a legal notice to Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju for his comment at a seminar last week that "90% of Indians were idiots."
The notice to Katju was sent by law student Tanaya Thakur and her brother, Class XI student Aditya Thakur. Both said they found the comments hurtful: "We are deeply hurt and humiliated by Justice Katju's words," the duo said on
Monday, adding that Justice Katju's statements "would depreciate the reputation of India and its citizens. ‚Ĺš? "A person of Justice Katju's stature should have deliberated on the implications of his statement," they said, and sought a public apology from the former Supreme Court judge.
The students said that if a public apology was not forthcoming, they would move the court in a month's time. At a seminar in New Delhi last week, Justice Katju had claimed that at least 90% of Indians are "idiots", easily be misled by mischievous elements in the name of religion. "I say 90% of Indians are idiots. You people don't have brains in
your heads. It is so easy to take you for a ride," he was quoted as saying at the seminar.
1. What is the style of the passage and why?
(1) Abstract (2) Descriptive (3) Analytical (4) Narrative
2. What is the tone of the passage and why?
(1) Objective (2) Tongue-in-cheek (3) Sarcastic (4)critical.
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Fast-growth economies with high wage inflation such as India and China, which have seen double-digit wage growth for some years are now predicting salary increases of less than half of 2007.
Identify the grammatical error and correct the following sentences (Kindly add the explanation also):
1. Before he started out, he collected all the informations about the country he was going to visit.
2. After you will return from America I will come and see you.
3. Excellent cannot be achieved through luck; it is the result of a lot of hard work and practice.
4. It is not uncommon in seeing the prey outsmarting the predator, because one is running for food and the other for its life.
5. If you have someone with the ability but if he is not dependable do you want him as a part of your team?
6. Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial incentive have become increasingly difficult.
7. The man who I have often met is one whose property has been acquired by the government.
8. He resolved being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic to the striving and tolerant of the weak.
9. I ordered for a cup of tea but the bearer brought it only at the end of the tea-session.
10. Lack of honesty is something labelled as tact, public relations or politics.
11. In the aftermath of 11th of September, the American President's speech was broadcasted and televised all over the world.
12. Acceptance of responsibility is a reflection of our attitude and the environment we operate in.
Word of the day - Feckless (careless, irresponsible, lacking purpose or vitality; unlikely to be successful)
The CEO is making a feckless attempt to revive the company profits.
What is the difference between pacifist and pacifier ?
In its all-comprehensive dimension the Mahabharata compares with, and owes its existence to, the Vedas. Economics,sociology, politics, accountancy, the art of war, chemistry, astronomy €“ all this is included in here along with philosophy and spirituality. If the roots of them are to be found in the Vedas, the studies have taken a concrete shape in the epic. The novelty in the Mahabharata, as compared with the Vedas, is that it is itihasa, which, the Vedas are not.
Itihasa combines both old happenings, as well as words of advice regarding dharma, artha, kama and moksa. In other words, in order for history to be itihasa, the chronicles must be dealt with in a setting of the four vargas, i.e., the four ends of human life: dharma, artha, kama and moksa, indicative of all the dimensions of spirituality that they encompass in their interrelation. It is in this sense that Hindu history is not secular in its absolute severance from the spiritual setting. However, it is secular in that spirituality is acceptable here in its various expressions, in conformity with the individual's psychological leanings, as well as his aptitude to follow a path leading to the goal. In the Gita Sri
Krishna says to Arjuna: 'In whatever way one worships me, I reciprocate accordingly. O Partha! People follow my paths in all directions.' Secularism can be found present in the Vedas in its own way. The mantras in them are meant
for the well-being of the whole of humanity, extending even to the world beyond the sub-human level.
1. What is the style of the passage?
(1) Argumentative (2) Abstract (3) Analytical (4) Descriptive
2. What is the tone of the passage?
(1) Explanatory (2) Condescending (3) Allegorical (4) Rambling
While visiting my granddaughter in Florida last month, I noticed a change in my father. My father is a grouch; he has been one since he retired three years ago. He did not even want to go to Florida to visit Kelly, but I insisted, €œYou have to see your first great grandchild. €? Begrudgingly, with his Archie Bunker disposition, he gave in. After arriving in Florida, we stayed at my son Doug's home. In that week we shared together, my father grew close to his family.
We would sit around the kitchen table after dinner, playing monopoly; eating my spice cake, warm from the oven; and drinking hot coffee to ease the chill of Florida's winter nights. Father enjoyed his favourite things: mashed potatoes,
poker, Pabst beer, and long talks with Doug. After everyone was asleep, I would lie awake, listening to the soft, muffled voices of my father and son talking through the night. As the days went by, father's emotions began to show.
He held his tiny great-granddaughter, gently snuggled to his chest, worrying if she was cold. I even saw him slide his arm around Mother. My old father was back! And again he was the king or head of the tribe as he would say. He was expressing emotions that had been hidden too long. The change in my father, one winter week in Florida, will always have an enduring place in my memory.
5. What is the style of the passage?
(1) Analytical (2) Descriptive (3) Abstract (4) Narrative
6. What is the tone of the passage?
(1) Hopeful (2) Reminiscent (3) Symbolic (4) Nostalgic
Two students from Lucknow have sent a legal notice to Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju for his comment at a seminar last week that "90% of Indians were idiots."
The notice to Katju was sent by law student Tanaya Thakur and her brother, Class XI student Aditya Thakur. Both said they found the comments hurtful: "We are deeply hurt and humiliated by Justice Katju's words," the duo said on Monday, adding that Justice Katju's statements "would depreciate the reputation of India and its citizens. €? "A person of Justice Katju's stature should have deliberated on the implications of his statement," they said, and sought a public apology from the former Supreme Court judge.
The students said that if a public apology was not forthcoming, they would move the court in a month's time. At a seminar in New Delhi last week, Justice Katju had claimed that at least 90% of Indians are "idiots", easily be misled by mischievous elements in the name of religion. "I say 90% of Indians are idiots. You people don't have brains in your heads. It is so easy to take you for a ride," he was quoted as saying at the seminar.
1. What is the style of the passage and why?
(1) Abstract (2) Descriptive (3) Analytical (4) Narrative
2What is the tone of the passage and why?
(1) Objective (2) Tongue-in-cheek (3) Sarcastic (4) Critical
India's sex ratio, among children aged 0-6 years, is alarming. The ratio has declined from 976 females (for every 1000 males) in 1961 to 914 in 2011. Every national census has documented a decline in the ratio, signalling a ubiquitous trend. Preliminary data from the 2011 census have recorded many districts with sex ratios of less than 850. The ratio in urban areas is significantly lower than those in rural parts of the country. The overall steep and consistent decline in the ratio mandates serious review.Medical technology (like amniocentesis and ultrasonography), employed in the prenatal period to diagnose genetic abnormalities, are being misused in India for detecting the sex of the unborn child and subsequently for sex-selection.Female foetuses, thus identified, are aborted.A large, nationally representative investigation of married women living in 1.1 million households documented markedly reduced sex ratios of 759 and 719 for second and third births when the preceding children were girls. In contrast, sex ratios for second or third births, if one or both of the previous children were boys, were 1102 and 1176respectively. A systematic study in Haryana documented the inverse relationship between the number of ultrasound machines in an area and the decline in sex ratios. The steady decline in the sex ratio suggests that marked improvements in the economy and literacy rates do not seemto have had any impact on this index. In fact, the availability of new technology and its easy access for the urban, wealthy and the educated have worsened the trend.The social system of patriarchy, with males as the primary authority figures, is central to the organisation of much of Indian society. Patriarchal societies in most parts of India have translated their prejudice and bigotry into a compulsive preference for boys and discrimination against the girl child. They have also spawned practices such as femaleinfanticide, dowry, bride-burning and sati. They have led to the neglect of nutrition, health care, education, and employment of girls. Women's work is also socially devalued with limited autonomy in decision-making. Theintersections of caste, class and gender worsen the situation. Despite its social construction, patriarchal culture, reinforced by the major religions in the country, maintains its stranglehold on gender inequality. It is this large base of discrimination against women that supports the declining sex ratio.While strict implementation of the law will help reduce female foeticide and infanticide, it will not eliminate the problems. Simply exhorting the general population and the medical profession to desist from such practices without attempting to change patriarchy will prove futile.The major barrier to gender inequality is socio-cultural issues. The systematic discrimination against girls and womenneeds to be tackled if interventions have to work. It is the hazy but dominant relationship between gender and patriarchy that has a major impact on the outcome. The failure to recognise this relationship and the refusal to tackle these issues result in the declining sex ratio. Debates on gender equality should not be reduced to talking about culture, tradition and religion. The prevalent patriarchal framework needs to be acknowledged as causal, interrogated and laid bare.While women are guaranteed equality under the Constitution, legal protection has little effect in the face of the prevailing patriarchal culture. India needs to confront its gender bias openly. It would appear that nothing short of a social revolution would bring about an improvement in the health and status of women in the country. Irony andhypocrisy are the two words that come to mind when patriarchal societies talk about justice for their women. Surely, the disappearance of millions of girls in India is reason enough to question the acceptance of patriarchy and search for an egalitarian social order.1. What is the style of the passage and why?(1) Argumentative (2) Descriptive (3) Analytical (4) Data Based2. What is the tone of the passage and why?(1) Pensive and persuasive (2) Alarmist and prescriptive(3) Sarcastic and persuasive (4) Persuasive and prescriptive
When talks come to how India has done for itself in 50 years of independence, the world has nothing but praise forour success in remaining a democracy. On other fronts, the applause is less loud. In absolute terms, India hasn't done too badly, of course, life expectancy has increased. So has literacy. Industry, which was barely a fledging, has grown tremendously. And as far as agriculture is concerned, India has been transformed from a country perpetually on the
edge of starvation into a success story held up for others to emulate.
But these are competitive times when change is rapid, and to walk slowly when the rest of the world is running is almost as bad as standing still or walking backwards. Compared with large chunks of what was then the developing world €“ South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China and what was till lately a separate Hong Kong
- India has fared abysmally. It began with far better infrastructure than most of these countries had. It suffered hardly or not at all during World War II. It had advantages like an English speaking elite, quality scientific manpower (including a Nobel laureate and others who could be ranked among the world's best) and excellent business acumen. Yet, today, when countries are
ranked according to their global competitiveness, it is tiny Singapore that figures at the top. Hong Kong is an export powerhouse. So is Taiwan. If a symbol were needed of how far we have fallen back, note that while Korean Cielos are sold in India, no one in South Korea is rushing to buy an Indian car.
The reasons list themselves. Topmost is economic isolationism. The government discouraged imports and encouraged self-sufficiency. Whatever the aim was, the result was the creation of a totally inefficient industry that failed to keep pace with global trends and, therefore, became absolutely uncompetitive. Only when the trade gates were opened a little did this become apparent. The years since then have been spent in merely trying to catch up.
That the government actually sheltered its industrialists from foreign competition is a little strange. For, in all other respects, it operated under the conviction that businessmen were little more than crooks who were to be prevented from entering the most important areas of the economy, who were to be hamstrung in as many ways as possible, who were to be tolerated in the same way as an inexcisable wart. The high, expropriatory rates of taxation, the licensing
laws, the reservation of whole swathes of industry for the public sector, and the granting of monopolies to the public sector firms were the principal manifestations of this attitude. The government forgot that before wealth could be distributed, it had to be created. The government forgot that it itself could not create, but only squander wealth.
Some of the manifestations of the old attitude have changed. Tax rates have fallen. Licensing has been all but abolished. And the gates of global trade have been opened wide. But most of these changes were forced by circumstances, partly by the foreign exchange bankruptcy of 1991 and the recognition that the government could no longer muster the funds to support the public sector, leave alone expand it. Whether the attitude of the government itself or that of more than a handful of ministers has changed is open to question.
In many other ways, however, the government has not changed one whit. Business still has to negotiate a welter of negotiations. Transparency is still a longer way off. And there is no exit policy. In defending the existing policy, politicians betray an inability to see beyond their noses. A no-exit policy for labour is equivalent to a no-entry policy for new business. If one industry is not allowed to retrench labour, other industries will think a hundred times before employing new labour.
In other ways too, the government hurts industries. Public sector monopolies like the department of
telecommunications and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. make it possible for Indian businesses to operate only at a cost several times that of their counterparts abroad. Infrastructure is in shambles partly because it is unable to formulate a sufficiently remunerative policy for private business, and partly because it does not have the stomach to charge market rates for services.
After a burst of activity in the early nineties, the government is dragging its feet. At the rate it is going, it will be another 50 years before the government realises that a pro-business policy is the best pro-people policy. By then of
course, the world would have moved even farther ahead.
The writer's attitude towards the government is
(1) critical. (2) ironical. (3) sarcastic. (4) derisive.
The writer is surprised at the government's attitude towards its industrialists because
(1) the government did not need to protect its industrialists.
(2) the issue of competition was non-existent.
(3) the government looked upon its industrialists as crooks.
(4) the attitude was a conundrum.
. The government was compelled to open the economy due to
(1) pressure from international markets.
(2) pressure from domestic market.
(3) foreign exchange bankruptcy and paucity of funds with the government.
(4) All of these
The writer ends the passage on a note of
(1) Cautious optimism. (2) Pessimism.
(3) Optimism. (4) Pragmatism.
According to the writer, India should have performed better than the other Asian nations because
(1) it had adequate infrastructure.
(2) it had better infrastructure.
(3) it had better politicians who could take the required decisions.
(4) All of these
India was in a better condition than the other Asian nations because
(1) it did not face the ravages of the World War II.
(2) it had an English speaking populace and good business sense.
(3) it had enough wealth through its exports.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
Word of the day - Innocuous (Having no adverse affect; harmless; not likely to offend or provoke strong emotion)
Usage: The innocuous looking message cause a huge fight between Roger and his wife.
In addition, any tool that lends impetus to exerting control and authority becomes an agent of power. These tools include money, political access and the use of force. Hence, when someone has money, we say €œhe has power. €? These tools can be used coercively in relationships to assert domination. Whether these relationships exist on a micro scale between husband and wife or on a macro scale between various political parties, by narrowly defining power through the lens of domination, we limit the relationships of society to a never-ending struggle for influence and authority.____________________________
a) When viewed through a lens of dominance, there is an assumption that relations between people must conform to the dictates of competition.
b)Allegorically speaking, one arm of the body cannot be in a struggle for power with the other arm.
c)However, this narrow view ignores the extraordinary potential of the human spirit which has equal capacity for cooperation and reciprocity.
d)Viewed through this lens, empowerment is seen as the rise of vulnerable and marginalised communities so that they assert more control and authority over decisions that impact their lives.
Thought this might help you guys! My journey in Verbal Ability
How I went from 52 percentile to 96 percentile in Verbal section…
We have heard this multiple times that reading will improve English language, in my opinion it is not that simple! Firstly, don t just read, read quality material! Reading page 3 or sports page will never improve your English. Start reading newspaper Editorials, preferably The Hindu editorials.
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Which if the following is grammatically correct?
- Before you can see him he will have left the place.
- Before you go to see him he has left the place.
- Before you will go to see him he will leave the place.
- Before you will go to see him he will have left the place.
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