Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) 2020 Previous Year Question Paper With Answer Key
DU BEd
Topic: BED S2 eng P1
1) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
As 15yearold Perry shuffled into my office, with his parents trailing tentatively behind, he glanced at me with a strained
neutral expression that I'd found usually masked either great anger or great distress; in Perry's case it was both. Although
anorexia is a disorder most often associated with girls, Perry was the third in a line of anorexic boys I had recently seen.
When he came to see me, Perry's weight had dropped to within 10 pounds of the threshold requiring forced hospitalization,
yet he denied there was any problem.
"He just won't eat," his mother began. Then, turning to Perry as if to show me the routine they'd been enacting, she asked
with tears in her eyes, "Perry, why can't you at least have a simple dinner with us?" Perry refused to eat with his family,
always claiming he wasn't hungry at the time and that he preferred to eat later in his room, except that rarely happened.
New menus, gentle encouragement, veiled threats, nagging, and outright bribes had all been tried, to no avail. Why would
an otherwise healthy 15yearold boy be starving himself? The question hung urgently in the air as we all talked.
Let's be clear from the outset. Perry was a smart, good kid: shy, unassuming, and generally unlikely to cause trouble. He
was getting straight A's in a challenging and competitive public school honours curriculum that spring. And he later told me
that he hadn't gotten a B on his report card since fourth grade. In some ways he was every parent's dream child.
But beneath his academic success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually
the problems came pouring out. The problems weren't what I'd expected, though. Perry wasn't abused, he didn't do drugs,
and his family wasn't driven by conflict. Rather, at first glance, his problems would seem more like typical adolescent
complaints. And they were, in a way. But it was only as I got to understand him that I realized the adolescent problems
Perry experienced weren't just occasional irritations, as they'd been for me and my cohort as teens, but rather, had grown
to the point where they cast a large shadow over much of his daytoday world. I'd later come to realize that Perry wasn't
alone in that regard.
One big problem was that while Perry was a strong achiever, he was not at all a happy one. "I hate waking up in the
morning because there's all this stuff I have to do," he said. "I just keep making lists of things to do and checking them off
each day. Not just schoolwork, but extracurricular activities, so I can get into a good college."
Once he got started, Perry's discontent spilled out in a frustrated monologue.
"There's so much to do, and I have to really work to get myself motivated because I feel like none of it really matters... but
it's really important I do it anyway. At the end of it all, I stay up late, I get all my homework done, and I study really hard
for all my tests, and what do I get to show for it all? A single sheet of paper with five or six letters on it. It's just stupid!"
Perry was gifted enough to jump through the academic hoops that had been set for him, but it felt like little more than
hoopjumping, and this ate at him. But that wasn't his only problem.
Perry was well loved by his parents, as are most of the young people we see. But in their efforts to nurture and support
him, his parents inadvertently increased his mental strain. Over time, they had taken on all his household chores, in order
to leave him more time for schoolwork and activities. "That's his top priority," they said almost in unison when I asked about
this. Although removing the chores from Perry's plate gave him a bit more time, it ultimately left him feeling even more
useless and tense. He never really did anything for anyone except suck up their time and money, and he knew it. And if he
thought about backing off on his schoolwork...well, look how much his parents were pouring into making it go well.
Sandwiched between fury and guilt, Perry had literally begun to wither.
This passage is narrated from the point of view of:
[Question ID = 7522]
1. a college professor studying the effects of bulimia on young males.
[Option ID = 30082]
2. a young male named Perry, struggling with the effects of anorexia.
[Option ID = 30083]
3. a concerned therapist who works with struggling young adults.
[Option ID = 30084]
4. a doctor who treats eating, compulsive, and sleeping disorders.
[Option ID = 30085]
Correct Answer :
a concerned therapist who works with struggling young adults.
[Option ID = 30084]
2) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
As 15yearold Perry shuffled into my office, with his parents trailing tentatively behind, he glanced at me with a strained
neutral expression that I'd found usually masked either great anger or great distress; in Perry's case it was both. Although
anorexia is a disorder most often associated with girls, Perry was the third in a line of anorexic boys I had recently seen.
When he came to see me, Perry's weight had dropped to within 10 pounds of the threshold requiring forced hospitalization,
yet he denied there was any problem.
"He just won't eat," his mother began. Then, turning to Perry as if to show me the routine they'd been enacting, she asked
with tears in her eyes, "Perry, why can't you at least have a simple dinner with us?" Perry refused to eat with his family,
always claiming he wasn't hungry at the time and that he preferred to eat later in his room, except that rarely happened.
New menus, gentle encouragement, veiled threats, nagging, and outright bribes had all been tried, to no avail. Why would
an otherwise healthy 15yearold boy be starving himself? The question hung urgently in the air as we all talked.
Let's be clear from the outset. Perry was a smart, good kid: shy, unassuming, and generally unlikely to cause trouble. He
was getting straight A's in a challenging and competitive public school honours curriculum that spring. And he later told me
that he hadn't gotten a B on his report card since fourth grade. In some ways he was every parent's dream child.
But beneath his academic success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually
the problems came pouring out. The problems weren't what I'd expected, though. Perry wasn't abused, he didn't do drugs,
and his family wasn't driven by conflict. Rather, at first glance, his problems would seem more like typical adolescent
complaints. And they were, in a way. But it was only as I got to understand him that I realized the adolescent problems
Perry experienced weren't just occasional irritations, as they'd been for me and my cohort as teens, but rather, had grown
to the point where they cast a large shadow over much of his daytoday world. I'd later come to realize that Perry wasn't
alone in that regard.
One big problem was that while Perry was a strong achiever, he was not at all a happy one. "I hate waking up in the
morning because there's all this stuff I have to do," he said. "I just keep making lists of things to do and checking them off
each day. Not just schoolwork, but extracurricular activities, so I can get into a good college."
Once he got started, Perry's discontent spilled out in a frustrated monologue.
"There's so much to do, and I have to really work to get myself motivated because I feel like none of it really matters... but
it's really important I do it anyway. At the end of it all, I stay up late, I get all my homework done, and I study really hard
for all my tests, and what do I get to show for it all? A single sheet of paper with five or six letters on it. It's just stupid!"
Perry was gifted enough to jump through the academic hoops that had been set for him, but it felt like little more than
hoopjumping, and this ate at him. But that wasn't his only problem.
Perry was well loved by his parents, as are most of the young people we see. But in their efforts to nurture and support
him, his parents inadvertently increased his mental strain. Over time, they had taken on all his household chores, in order
to leave him more time for schoolwork and activities. "That's his top priority," they said almost in unison when I asked about
this. Although removing the chores from Perry's plate gave him a bit more time, it ultimately left him feeling even more
useless and tense. He never really did anything for anyone except suck up their time and money, and he knew it. And if he
thought about backing off on his schoolwork...well, look how much his parents were pouring into making it go well.
Sandwiched between fury and guilt, Perry had literally begun to wither.
According to the passage, Perry's two biggest problems were:
[Question ID = 7523]
1. being an unhappy achiever and his parents' role in increasing his mental strain.
[Option ID = 30086]
2. his poor attitude towards school and his consumption of everyone's time and money.
[Option ID = 30087]
3. his work load and his inability to express himself.
[Option ID = 30088]
4. his inability to prioritize his activities and anorexia.
[Option ID = 30089]
Correct Answer :
being an unhappy achiever and his parents' role in increasing his mental strain.
[Option ID = 30086]
3) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
As 15yearold Perry shuffled into my office, with his parents trailing tentatively behind, he glanced at me with a strained
neutral expression that I'd found usually masked either great anger or great distress; in Perry's case it was both. Although
anorexia is a disorder most often associated with girls, Perry was the third in a line of anorexic boys I had recently seen.
When he came to see me, Perry's weight had dropped to within 10 pounds of the threshold requiring forced hospitalization,
yet he denied there was any problem.
"He just won't eat," his mother began. Then, turning to Perry as if to show me the routine they'd been enacting, she asked
with tears in her eyes, "Perry, why can't you at least have a simple dinner with us?" Perry refused to eat with his family,
always claiming he wasn't hungry at the time and that he preferred to eat later in his room, except that rarely happened.
New menus, gentle encouragement, veiled threats, nagging, and outright bribes had all been tried, to no avail. Why would
an otherwise healthy 15yearold boy be starving himself? The question hung urgently in the air as we all talked.
Let's be clear from the outset. Perry was a smart, good kid: shy, unassuming, and generally unlikely to cause trouble. He
was getting straight A's in a challenging and competitive public school honours curriculum that spring. And he later told me
that he hadn't gotten a B on his report card since fourth grade. In some ways he was every parent's dream child.
But beneath his academic success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually
the problems came pouring out. The problems weren't what I'd expected, though. Perry wasn't abused, he didn't do drugs,
and his family wasn't driven by conflict. Rather, at first glance, his problems would seem more like typical adolescent
complaints. And they were, in a way. But it was only as I got to understand him that I realized the adolescent problems
Perry experienced weren't just occasional irritations, as they'd been for me and my cohort as teens, but rather, had grown
to the point where they cast a large shadow over much of his daytoday world. I'd later come to realize that Perry wasn't
alone in that regard.
One big problem was that while Perry was a strong achiever, he was not at all a happy one. "I hate waking up in the
morning because there's all this stuff I have to do," he said. "I just keep making lists of things to do and checking them off
each day. Not just schoolwork, but extracurricular activities, so I can get into a good college."
Once he got started, Perry's discontent spilled out in a frustrated monologue.
"There's so much to do, and I have to really work to get myself motivated because I feel like none of it really matters... but
it's really important I do it anyway. At the end of it all, I stay up late, I get all my homework done, and I study really hard
for all my tests, and what do I get to show for it all? A single sheet of paper with five or six letters on it. It's just stupid!"
Perry was gifted enough to jump through the academic hoops that had been set for him, but it felt like little more than
hoopjumping, and this ate at him. But that wasn't his only problem.
Perry was well loved by his parents, as are most of the young people we see. But in their efforts to nurture and support
him, his parents inadvertently increased his mental strain. Over time, they had taken on all his household chores, in order
to leave him more time for schoolwork and activities. "That's his top priority," they said almost in unison when I asked about
this. Although removing the chores from Perry's plate gave him a bit more time, it ultimately left him feeling even more
useless and tense. He never really did anything for anyone except suck up their time and money, and he knew it. And if he
thought about backing off on his schoolwork...well, look how much his parents were pouring into making it go well.
Sandwiched between fury and guilt, Perry had literally begun to wither.
The primary purpose of the passage is to:
[Question ID = 7524]
1. describe a young man's struggle with anorexia and, in doing so, provide possible reasons a young person may use to defend an eating disorder.
[Option ID = 30090]
2. advocate for young males who are struggling with an eating disorder and the decisions they have made that have brought them to that struggle.
[Option ID = 30091]
3. relate an emotional reaction to the shock of an eating disorder, such as that of Perry's, a typical young adult.
[Option ID = 30092]
4. explain how today's youth often develop eating disorders and other terrible issues in their overactive lives.
[Option ID = 30093]
Correct Answer :
describe a young man's struggle with anorexia and, in doing so, provide possible reasons a young person may use to defend an eating disorder.
[Option ID = 30090]
4) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
As 15yearold Perry shuffled into my office, with his parents trailing tentatively behind, he glanced at me with a strained
neutral expression that I'd found usually masked either great anger or great distress; in Perry's case it was both. Although
anorexia is a disorder most often associated with girls, Perry was the third in a line of anorexic boys I had recently seen.
When he came to see me, Perry's weight had dropped to within 10 pounds of the threshold requiring forced hospitalization,
yet he denied there was any problem.
"He just won't eat," his mother began. Then, turning to Perry as if to show me the routine they'd been enacting, she asked
with tears in her eyes, "Perry, why can't you at least have a simple dinner with us?" Perry refused to eat with his family,
always claiming he wasn't hungry at the time and that he preferred to eat later in his room, except that rarely happened.
New menus, gentle encouragement, veiled threats, nagging, and outright bribes had all been tried, to no avail. Why would
an otherwise healthy 15yearold boy be starving himself? The question hung urgently in the air as we all talked.
Let's be clear from the outset. Perry was a smart, good kid: shy, unassuming, and generally unlikely to cause trouble. He
was getting straight A's in a challenging and competitive public school honours curriculum that spring. And he later told me
that he hadn't gotten a B on his report card since fourth grade. In some ways he was every parent's dream child.
But beneath his academic success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually
the problems came pouring out. The problems weren't what I'd expected, though. Perry wasn't abused, he didn't do drugs,
and his family wasn't driven by conflict. Rather, at first glance, his problems would seem more like typical adolescent
complaints. And they were, in a way. But it was only as I got to understand him that I realized the adolescent problems
Perry experienced weren't just occasional irritations, as they'd been for me and my cohort as teens, but rather, had grown
to the point where they cast a large shadow over much of his daytoday world. I'd later come to realize that Perry wasn't
alone in that regard.
One big problem was that while Perry was a strong achiever, he was not at all a happy one. "I hate waking up in the
morning because there's all this stuff I have to do," he said. "I just keep making lists of things to do and checking them off
each day. Not just schoolwork, but extracurricular activities, so I can get into a good college."
Once he got started, Perry's discontent spilled out in a frustrated monologue.
"There's so much to do, and I have to really work to get myself motivated because I feel like none of it really matters... but
it's really important I do it anyway. At the end of it all, I stay up late, I get all my homework done, and I study really hard
for all my tests, and what do I get to show for it all? A single sheet of paper with five or six letters on it. It's just stupid!"
Perry was gifted enough to jump through the academic hoops that had been set for him, but it felt like little more than
hoopjumping, and this ate at him. But that wasn't his only problem.
Perry was well loved by his parents, as are most of the young people we see. But in their efforts to nurture and support
him, his parents inadvertently increased his mental strain. Over time, they had taken on all his household chores, in order
to leave him more time for schoolwork and activities. "That's his top priority," they said almost in unison when I asked about
this. Although removing the chores from Perry's plate gave him a bit more time, it ultimately left him feeling even more
useless and tense. He never really did anything for anyone except suck up their time and money, and he knew it. And if he
thought about backing off on his schoolwork...well, look how much his parents were pouring into making it go well.
Sandwiched between fury and guilt, Perry had literally begun to wither.
Which of the following does the author use in the sentence starting of the fourth paragraph "But beneath his academic
success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually the problems came pouring
out"?
[Question ID = 7525]
1. simile
[Option ID = 30094]
2. anecdote
[Option ID = 30095]
3. irony
[Option ID = 30096]
4. metaphor
[Option ID = 30097]
Correct Answer :
metaphor
[Option ID = 30097]
5) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
As 15yearold Perry shuffled into my office, with his parents trailing tentatively behind, he glanced at me with a strained
neutral expression that I'd found usually masked either great anger or great distress; in Perry's case it was both. Although
anorexia is a disorder most often associated with girls, Perry was the third in a line of anorexic boys I had recently seen.
When he came to see me, Perry's weight had dropped to within 10 pounds of the threshold requiring forced hospitalization,
yet he denied there was any problem.
"He just won't eat," his mother began. Then, turning to Perry as if to show me the routine they'd been enacting, she asked
with tears in her eyes, "Perry, why can't you at least have a simple dinner with us?" Perry refused to eat with his family,
always claiming he wasn't hungry at the time and that he preferred to eat later in his room, except that rarely happened.
New menus, gentle encouragement, veiled threats, nagging, and outright bribes had all been tried, to no avail. Why would
an otherwise healthy 15yearold boy be starving himself? The question hung urgently in the air as we all talked.
Let's be clear from the outset. Perry was a smart, good kid: shy, unassuming, and generally unlikely to cause trouble. He
was getting straight A's in a challenging and competitive public school honours curriculum that spring. And he later told me
that he hadn't gotten a B on his report card since fourth grade. In some ways he was every parent's dream child.
But beneath his academic success, Perry faced a world of troubles, and while he took a while to get to know, eventually
the problems came pouring out. The problems weren't what I'd expected, though. Perry wasn't abused, he didn't do drugs,
and his family wasn't driven by conflict. Rather, at first glance, his problems would seem more like typical adolescent
complaints. And they were, in a way. But it was only as I got to understand him that I realized the adolescent problems
Perry experienced weren't just occasional irritations, as they'd been for me and my cohort as teens, but rather, had grown
to the point where they cast a large shadow over much of his daytoday world. I'd later come to realize that Perry wasn't
alone in that regard.
One big problem was that while Perry was a strong achiever, he was not at all a happy one. "I hate waking up in the
morning because there's all this stuff I have to do," he said. "I just keep making lists of things to do and checking them off
each day. Not just schoolwork, but extracurricular activities, so I can get into a good college."
Once he got started, Perry's discontent spilled out in a frustrated monologue.
"There's so much to do, and I have to really work to get myself motivated because I feel like none of it really matters... but
it's really important I do it anyway. At the end of it all, I stay up late, I get all my homework done, and I study really hard
for all my tests, and what do I get to show for it all? A single sheet of paper with five or six letters on it. It's just stupid!"
Perry was gifted enough to jump through the academic hoops that had been set for him, but it felt like little more than
hoopjumping, and this ate at him. But that wasn't his only problem.
Perry was well loved by his parents, as are most of the young people we see. But in their efforts to nurture and support
him, his parents inadvertently increased his mental strain. Over time, they had taken on all his household chores, in order
to leave him more time for schoolwork and activities. "That's his top priority," they said almost in unison when I asked about
this. Although removing the chores from Perry's plate gave him a bit more time, it ultimately left him feeling even more
useless and tense. He never really did anything for anyone except suck up their time and money, and he knew it. And if he
thought about backing off on his schoolwork...well, look how much his parents were pouring into making it go well.
Sandwiched between fury and guilt, Perry had literally begun to wither.
In the second sentence of the last paragraph, the word "inadvertently" most nearly means:
[Question ID = 7526]
1. steadily
[Option ID = 30098]
2. monumentally
[Option ID = 30099]
3. incrementally
[Option ID = 30100]
4. mistakenly
[Option ID = 30101]
Correct Answer :
mistakenly
[Option ID = 30101]
Topic: BED S2 bil
1) Let f and g be real functions defined by f(x) = 2x5 and g(x) = 4x+7. For all the real numbers x, such that f(x)=g(x)
which of the following statements is true?
f(x) = 2x5 g(x) = 4x+7 f g x, f(x)=g(x) ,
?
[Question ID = 7883]
1. A straight line parallel to y axis cutting two points towards the positive side of the x axis/x y
[Option ID = 31526]
2. A straight line parallel to y axis cutting two points towards the negative side of the x axis/x y
[Option ID = 31527]
3. A straight line parallel to x axis cutting two points towards the positive side of the y axis/y x
[Option ID = 31528]
4. A straight line parallel to x axis cutting two points towards the negative side of the y axis/y x
[Option ID = 31529]
Correct Answer :
A straight line parallel to y axis cutting two points towards the positive side of the x axis/x y
[Option ID = 31526]
2) If the zeroes of the polynomial ax +3bx
3
+3cx+d are increasing succeedingly by a constant `r' then which of the following
2
relations are true?
ax +3bx
3
+3cx+d
2
`r' ?
[Question ID = 7884]
1. 2b3 3abc + a d = 0
2
[Option ID = 31530]
2. 2b3 3abc a d = 0
2
[Option ID = 31531]
3. 2b3 + 3abc + a d = 0
2
[Option ID = 31532]
4. 2b3 + 3abc a d = 0
2
[Option ID = 31533]
Correct Answer :
2b3 3abc + a d = 0
2
[Option ID = 31530]
3) Cards marked from 10 to 50 are put in a box and given a thorough mix. What is the probability of drawing a card with a
squared number written on it, if the probability of drawing each card is equally likely?
10 50
, ?
[Question ID = 7885]
1. 1/4
[Option ID = 31534]
2. 4/41
[Option ID = 31535]
3. 7/40
[Option ID = 31536]
4. 10/41
[Option ID = 31537]
Correct Answer :
4/41
[Option ID = 31535]
4) The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7,6) and (3, 4) in the ratio 1:2 internally lies in the:
(7,6) (3,4) 1:2 :
[Question ID = 7886]
1. First quadrant/ [Option ID = 31538]
2. Second quadrant/ [Option ID = 31539]
3. Third quadrant/ [Option ID = 31540]
4. Fourth quadrant/ [Option ID = 31541]
Correct Answer :
Fourth quadrant/ [Option ID = 31541]
5) In a windmill the power generated:
:
[Question ID = 7887]
1. Depends on the height of the tower/ [Option ID = 31542]
2. Is more in rainy season since damp air would mean more air mass hitting the blades/ ,
[Option ID = 31543]
3. Depends on wind velocity/ [Option ID = 31544]
4. Can be increased by planting tall trees close to the tower/ [Option ID = 31545]
Correct Answer :
Depends on wind velocity/ [Option ID = 31544]
6) Which of the following statement is / are true for a stationary wave?
(a) Every particle has fixed amplitude which is different from the amplitude of its nearest particle.
(b) All the particles cross their mean position at the same time.
(c) All the particles are oscillating with same amplitude.
(d) There is no net transfer of energy across any plane.
(e) There are some particles which are always at rest.
?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
[Question ID = 7888]
1. (a) and (b)/(a) (b)
[Option ID = 31546]
2. (c)
[Option ID = 31547]
3. (e)
[Option ID = 31548]
4. (d)
[Option ID = 31549]
Correct Answer :
(c)
[Option ID = 31547]
7) Kepler's second law is based on which of the following?
:
[Question ID = 7889]
1. Newton's first law/ [Option ID = 31550]
2. Conservation of energy/ [Option ID = 31551]
3. Newton's second law/ [Option ID = 31552]
4. Conservation of angular momentum/ [Option ID = 31553]
Correct Answer :
Conservation of angular momentum/ [Option ID = 31553]
8) If the mass of sun were ten times smaller and the gravitational constant G were ten times larger in magnitude, which of
the following would be false?
10 G 10 , :
[Question ID = 7890]
1. Airplanes will have to travel much faster./ [Option ID = 31554]
2. Raindrops will fall much faster./ [Option ID = 31555]
3. The acceleration due to gravity on earth will not change./ [Option ID = 31556]
4. Walking on ground would become more difficult./ [Option ID = 31557]
Correct Answer :
The acceleration due to gravity on earth will not change./ [Option ID = 31556]
9) Which of the following is a vitamin?
?
[Question ID = 7891]
1. Aspartic acid/ [Option ID = 31558]
2. Ascorbic acid/ [Option ID = 31559]
3. Adipic acid/ [Option ID = 31560]
4. Saccharic acid/ [Option ID = 31561]
Correct Answer :
Ascorbic acid/ [Option ID = 31559]
10) White fumes appear around the bottle of anhydrous AlCl . The reason for this is:
3
AlCl
3
:
[Question ID = 7892]
1. AlCl is partially oxidised with atmospheric oxygen to liberate Al
3
O
2
which appears white in colour/
3
AlCl
3
Al O
2
3 ,
[Option ID = 31562]
2. AlCl is partially hydrolysed with atmospheric moisture to liberate HCl gas which appears white in colour/AlCl
3
3
HCl ,
[Option ID = 31563]
3. AlCl reacts with atmospheric Nitrogen to liberate AlN which appears white in colour/AlCl
3
3 AlN ,
[Option ID = 31564]
4. AlCl reacts with atmospheric pollution to liberate white fumes/AlCl
3
3
[Option ID = 31565]
Correct Answer :
AlCl is partially hydrolysed with atmospheric moisture to liberate HCl gas which appears white in colour/AlCl
3
3
HCl ,
[Option ID = 31563]
11) The given reaction is an example of a:
4NH (g) + 5O
3
(g)
2
4NO(g) + 6H O(g)
2
a. displacement reaction
b. combination reaction
c. redox reaction
d. neutralisation reaction
:
4NH (g) + 5O
3
(g)
2
4NO(g) + 6H O(g)
2
a.
b.
c. ? ( )
d.
[Question ID = 7893]
1. (a) and (d)/(a) (d)
[Option ID = 31566]
2. (b) and (c)/(b) (c)
[Option ID = 31567]
3. (a) and (c)/(a) (c)
[Option ID = 31568]
4. (c) and (d)/(c) (d)
[Option ID = 31569]
Correct Answer :
(a) and (c)/(a) (c)
[Option ID = 31568]
12) Two chemical species X and Y combine together to form a product P which contains both X and Y
X + Y
P
X and Y cannot be broken down into simpler substances by simple chemical reactions. Which of the following concerning the
species X, Y and P are correct?
a. P is a compound
b. X and Y are compounds
c. X and Y are elements
d. P has a fixed composition
X Y P X Y :
X + Y
P
X Y X, Y P ?
a. P
b. X Y
c. X Y
d. P
[Question ID = 7894]
1. (a), (b) and (c)/(a), (b) (c)
[Option ID = 31570]
2. (a), (b) and (d)/(a), (b) (d)
[Option ID = 31571]
3. (b), (c) and (d)/(b), (c) (d)
[Option ID = 31572]
4. (a), (c) and (d)/(a), (c) (d)
[Option ID = 31573]
Correct Answer :
(a), (c) and (d)/(a), (c) (d)
[Option ID = 31573]
13) ____________ are stimulated by bright light and can distinguish colour, but they do not function in night vision.
______ ,
[Question ID = 7895]
1. Cones/ [Option ID = 31574]
2. Rods/ [Option ID = 31575]
3. Optic nerve/ ( ) [Option ID = 31576]
4. Retina/ () [Option ID = 31577]
Correct Answer :
Cones/ [Option ID = 31574]
14) Which of the following components are seen in a slide of human cheek cell when observed under a microscope (40x
magnification)?
() (4 ) ?
[Question ID = 7896]
1. Cell membrane, plastids, nucleus/ , ,
[Option ID = 31578]
2. Cell wall, cytoplasm, nucleus/ , ,
[Option ID = 31579]
3. Cell wall, Protoplasm, nucleus/ , ,
[Option ID = 31580]
4. Cell Membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus/ , ,
[Option ID = 31581]
Correct Answer :
Cell Membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus/ , ,
[Option ID = 31581]
15) Increase in the level of accumulation of nonbiodegradable pesticides in the food chain at each higher trophic level is
known as:
?
[Question ID = 7897]
1. Biomagnification/ [Option ID = 31582]
2. Accumulation/ [Option ID = 31583]
3. Pollution/ [Option ID = 31584]
4. Eutrophication/ [Option ID = 31585]
Correct Answer :
Biomagnification/ [Option ID = 31582]
16) A student was asked to identify the process which occurs when the raisins are soaked in water. The process is known
as:
:
[Question ID = 7898]
1. Osmosis/ [Option ID = 31586]
2. Plasmolysis/ [Option ID = 31587]
3. Endocytosis/ [Option ID = 31588]
4. Diffusion/ [Option ID = 31589]
Correct Answer :
Osmosis/ [Option ID = 31586]
17) Green colour coating on copper utensils is due to the formation of :
?
[Question ID = 7899]
1. CuCO3
[Option ID = 31590]
2. Cu (OH)2
[Option ID = 31591]
3. CuO
[Option ID = 31592]
4. CuS
[Option ID = 31593]
Correct Answer :
CuCO3
[Option ID = 31590]
18) Pieces of preweighed cloth of silk, nylon, cotton and wool of equal measurements are taken and soaked in a beaker
filled with water. After a few minutes, the cloth pieces were taken out of the beaker and weighed again. Which of the
following options places them in the correct order of their final weights?
, , , ,
?
[Question ID = 7900]
1. Wool > silk > nylon > cotton/ > > > [Option ID = 31594]
2. Cotton > Silk > nylon > wool/ > > > [Option ID = 31595]
3. Wool > cotton > silk > nylon/ > > > [Option ID = 31596]
4. Silk > wool > cotton > nylon/ > > > [Option ID = 31597]
Correct Answer :
Wool > cotton > silk > nylon/ > > > [Option ID = 31596]
19) A food sample turned blue ? black after addition of a few drops of iodine solution. This sample contains:
:
[Question ID = 7901]
1. Fat/ [Option ID = 31598]
2. Glucose/ [Option ID = 31599]
3. Starch/ [Option ID = 31600]
4. Protein/ [Option ID = 31601]
Correct Answer :
Starch/ [Option ID = 31600]
20) The process by which blood is cleared of metabolic wastes in case of kidney failure is called:
, :
[Question ID = 7902]
1. Dialysis/ [Option ID = 31602]
2. Artificial kidney/ [Option ID = 31603]
3. Transplantation/ [Option ID = 31604]
4. Filtration/ [Option ID = 31605]
Correct Answer :
Dialysis/ [Option ID = 31602]
21) Which of the following were the effects of colonial forestry in India?
I. Ban on network of forest reserves.
II. Supply of captive labour for forest operations.
III. Scientific cultivation of certain species of trees.
IV. Promotion of grazing, hunting, fishing and exploitation of forests.
?
I.
II.
III.
IV. , ,
[Question ID = 7903]
1. I and III only/ I III
[Option ID = 31606]
2. II and III only/ II III
[Option ID = 31607]
3. I, II and III only/ I, II, III
[Option ID = 31608]
4. II, III and IV only/ II, III IV
[Option ID = 31609]
Correct Answer :
II and III only/ II III
[Option ID = 31607]
22) M.K. Gandhi chose to clothe the whole nation in khadi because:
I. it would be a means of erasing differences between religions.
II. it would be a means of erasing differences between the classes.
III. those who were deprived by caste norms would wear it for self respect.
IV. most people were easily able to take to the single peasant loincloth as he (Gandhi) had.
. . :
I.
II.
III. ,
IV.
[Question ID = 7904]
1. I and II only/ I II [Option ID = 31610]
2. I and III only/ I III [Option ID = 31611]
3. I, II and III only/ I, II, III [Option ID = 31612]
4. I, II and IV only/ I, II IV [Option ID = 31613]
Correct Answer :
I and II only/ I II [Option ID = 31610]
23) Examine the two statements and select the correct answer from the options given below:
Statement I: The system of indentured labour unfolded as a new system of slavery in the nineteenth century.
Statement II: Workers discovered their own ways of surviving and creating new forms of cultural fusion like `chutney
music'.
:
I:
II: ' '
[Question ID = 7905]
1. Statement I is false but Statement II is true./ I II
[Option ID = 31614]
2. Statement I is true but Statement II is false./ I II
[Option ID = 31615]
3. Statement I and II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation for I./ I II II I
[Option ID = 31616]
4. Statement I and II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of I./ I II II I
[Option ID = 31617]
Correct Answer :
Statement I and II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of I./ I II II I
[Option ID = 31617]
24) How do we know today that ostriches were found in India during the Palaeolothic period?
?
[Question ID = 7906]
1. We have vivid portrayal of these birds in the paintings of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh./
[Option ID = 31618]
2. Large quantities of ostrich egg shells were found at Patne in Maharashtra./ [Option ID = 31619]
3. We have pictographic records on ostriches in Delhi's National Museum./ [Option ID =
31620]
4. These are described in the memoirs of earliest foreign travellers from Africa./ [Option ID =
31621]
Correct Answer :
Large quantities of ostrich egg shells were found at Patne in Maharashtra./ [Option ID = 31619]
25) The Preamble of the Constitution of India was amended by the:
?
[Question ID = 7907]
1. Seventieth Amendment/ [Option ID = 31622]
2. Fortieth Amendment/ [Option ID = 31623]
3. Twenty fourth Amendment/ [Option ID = 31624]
4. Forty second Amendment/ [Option ID = 31625]
Correct Answer :
Forty second Amendment/ [Option ID = 31625]
26) Which statement is true about Panchayati Raj?
:
[Question ID = 7908]
1. The panchayat samiti and zila parishad should be constituted with directly elected members./
[Option ID = 31626]
2. To contest election Minimum age should be 18 years./ [Option ID = 31627]
3. Election of the Panchayati Raj institutions is conducted under the guidance of the State Election Commission./
[Option ID = 31628]
4. For the financial review of Panchayats, the state Finance Commission is established every 6 years./
[Option ID = 31629]
Correct Answer :
Election of the Panchayati Raj institutions is conducted under the guidance of the State Election Commission./
[Option ID = 31628]
27) The First general elections held in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and __________.
1952 __________ ?
[Question ID = 7909]
1. The Vice President of India/ [Option ID = 31630]
2. State Assemblies/ [Option ID = 31631]
3. Rajya Sabha/ [Option ID = 31632]
4. President of India/ [Option ID = 31633]
Correct Answer :
State Assemblies/ [Option ID = 31631]
28) _________ is a landlocked country in South Asia, and has transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a
constitutional monarchy.
________ ,
[Question ID = 7910]
1. India/ [Option ID = 31634]
2. Pakistan/ [Option ID = 31635]
3. Sri Lanka/ [Option ID = 31636]
4. Bhutan/ [Option ID = 31637]
Correct Answer :
Bhutan/ [Option ID = 31637]
29) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion (A): The difference between the durations of day and night is hardly felt at Kanyakumari but not so in Kashmir.
Reason (R): The longitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night as we move from south to north.
Select the correct option from the given alternatives:
(A): ,
(R):
[Question ID = 7911]
1. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) does not explain (A)./ (A) (R) , (R) (A)
[Option ID = 31638]
2. (A) is true and (R) is false./(A) (R)
[Option ID = 31639]
3. (A) is false and (R) is true./(A) (R)
[Option ID = 31640]
4. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) explains (A)./ (A) (R) , (R) (A)
[Option ID = 31641]
Correct Answer :
(A) is true and (R) is false./(A) (R)
[Option ID = 31639]
30) Consider the following:
A. Temperature and moisture
B. Latitude and Altitude
C. Slope and thickness of soil
D. Direction of blowing of winds
The type and thickness of natural vegetation vary from place to place because of the variation in which of the above
factors:
:
A.
B.
C.
D.
?
[Question ID = 7912]
1. A and C only./ A C
[Option ID = 31642]
2. C and D only./ C D
[Option ID = 31643]
3. A, B and C only./ A, B C
[Option ID = 31644]
4. A, B and D only./ A, B D
[Option ID = 31645]
Correct Answer :
A, B and C only./ A, B C
[Option ID = 31644]
31) The main reason for the fact that the earth experiences the highest temperatures in the subtropics in the northern
hemisphere rather than at the equator is :
, :
[Question ID = 7913]
1. Subtropical areas tend to have less cloud cover than equatorial areas./ [Option ID = 31646]
2. Subtropical areas have longer day hours in the summer than the equatorial./ [Option ID
= 31647]
3. Subtropical areas have an enhanced "greenhouse effect" compared to equatorial areas./
[Option ID = 31648]
4. Subtropical areas are nearer to the oceanic areas than the equatorial locations./
[Option ID = 31649]
Correct Answer :
Subtropical areas have longer day hours in the summer than the equatorial./ [Option ID
= 31647]
32) Consider the following list: Alps, Aravali, Appalachians, Himalaya, Ural , Vosges In this list which one of the following is
different from the others?
: , , , , , ?
[Question ID = 7914]
1. Vosges/ [Option ID = 31650]
2. Alps/ [Option ID = 31651]
3. Ural/ [Option ID = 31652]
4. Aravali/ [Option ID = 31653]
Correct Answer :
Vosges/ [Option ID = 31650]
33) Which of the following policies would increase production by taking it to a point closer to the production possibility
frontier curve, but would not shift the frontier curve?
, ?
[Question ID = 7915]
1. A policy that encourages firms to buy more industrial plant./ [Option ID = 31654]
2. A policy that encourages firms to develop and introduce improved technology./
[Option ID = 31655]
3. A policy that encourages firms to provide training to their labour./ [Option ID =
31656]
4. A policy that encourages firms to optimally utilize already available resources./
[Option ID = 31657]
Correct Answer :
A policy that encourages firms to optimally utilize already available resources./
[Option ID = 31657]
34) If the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) adopts an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will:
( ) , :
[Question ID = 7916]
1. buy securities from nongovernment holders/ [Option ID = 31658]
2. sell securities in the open market/ [Option ID = 31659]
3. offer commercial banks more credit in the open market/ [Option ID = 31660]
4. openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit/ [Option ID = 31661]
Correct Answer :
offer commercial banks more credit in the open market/ [Option ID = 31660]
35) Consider the following statements regarding the change in economic activities over the last forty years in India.
A. Secondary sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the primary sector.
B. There has been a change in the share of the three sectors in GDP; a similar shift has not taken place in employment.
Choose the correct option:
:
A.
B. ,
:
[Question ID = 7917]
1. Both A and B are true./
[Option ID = 31662]
2. A is true but B is false./A B
[Option ID = 31663]
3. A is false but B is true./A B
[Option ID = 31664]
4. Both A and B are false./
[Option ID = 31665]
Correct Answer :
A is false but B is true./A B
[Option ID = 31664]
36) Food security is ensured in a country only if:
A. Enough food is available for all the persons
B. All men have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality
C. There is no barrier on access to food.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
:
A.
B.
C.
:
[Question ID = 7918]
1. A and B only/ A B
[Option ID = 31666]
2. B and C only/ B C
[Option ID = 31667]
3. A and C only/ A C
[Option ID = 31668]
4. A, B and C/ A, B C
[Option ID = 31669]
Correct Answer :
A and C only/ A C
[Option ID = 31668]
37) The components of material culture are __________ and objective.
A. External
B. Internal
C. Tangible
Select the correct option from the code given below:
_______
A.
B.
C.
:
[Question ID = 7919]
1. A/ A
[Option ID = 31670]
2. B/ B
[Option ID = 31671]
3. C/ C
[Option ID = 31672]
4. Both A and C/A C
[Option ID = 31673]
Correct Answer :
Both A and C/A C
[Option ID = 31673]
38) Thomas Robert Malthus, who wrote the famous `An essay on the principle of population' was born in which year?
, ' ' , ?
[Question ID = 7920]
1. 1766
[Option ID = 31674]
2. 1778
[Option ID = 31675]
3. 1834
[Option ID = 31676]
4. 1938
[Option ID = 31677]
Correct Answer :
1766
[Option ID = 31674]
39) The evaluation of the behaviour and beliefs of people from other cultures according to one's own cultural values is:
:
[Question ID = 7921]
1. Cosmopolitanism/ ( ) [Option ID = 31678]
2. Ethnocentrism/ ( ) [Option ID = 31679]
3. Xenocentrism/ ( ) [Option ID = 31680]
4. Extremism/ [Option ID = 31681]
Correct Answer :
Ethnocentrism/ ( ) [Option ID = 31679]
40) Which of the following sociologists has studied the relationship of suicide with other aspects of social and economic
behaviour ?
, :
[Question ID = 7922]
1. Karl Marx/ [Option ID = 31682]
2. M. N. Srinivas/.. [Option ID = 31683]
3. Max Weber/ [Option ID = 31684]
4. Emile Durkheim/ [Option ID = 31685]
Correct Answer :
Emile Durkheim/ [Option ID = 31685]
41) Choose one word that is suitable for both sentences:
Sentence 1: The ......... of wood selected by the interior designer was exceptionally beautiful.
Sentence 2: It was a state of crisis. Immediately, the government constituted a .......... to discuss the course of action
required to calm the situation.
Choose one word that is suitable for both sentences:
[Question ID = 7923]
1. Panel
[Option ID = 31686]
2. Committee
[Option ID = 31687]
3. Plank
[Option ID = 31688]
4. Consortium
[Option ID = 31689]
Correct Answer :
Panel
[Option ID = 31686]
42) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks:
"Now it was Ali's turn to travel, ..................who gathered at every station ....................... to passionate speeches."
[Question ID = 7924]
1. rouse the crowds; to listen
[Option ID = 31690]
2. rousing the crowds; to listen
[Option ID = 31691]
3. rouse the crowds; for listening
[Option ID = 31692]
4. rousing the crowds; to listening
[Option ID = 31693]
Correct Answer :
rousing the crowds; to listen
[Option ID = 31691]
43) ` . 203 ' :
[Question ID = 7925]
1. [Option ID = 31694]
2. [Option ID = 31695]
3. [Option ID = 31696]
4. [Option ID = 31697]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31696]
44) ` ' ?
[Question ID = 7926]
1. [Option ID = 31698]
2. [Option ID = 31699]
3. [Option ID = 31700]
4. [Option ID = 31701]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31698]
45) Josh Malihabadi is famous for his:
?
[Question ID = 7927]
1. Novels/ [Option ID = 31702]
2. Short stories/ [Option ID = 31703]
3. Poems/ [Option ID = 31704]
4. Plays/ [Option ID = 31705]
Correct Answer :
Poems/ [Option ID = 31704]
46) Rubai is a form of poem which consists of line(s):
, ........
[Question ID = 7928]
1. Two/ [Option ID = 31706]
2. Four/ [Option ID = 31707]
3. Six/ [Option ID = 31708]
4. Eight/ [Option ID = 31709]
Correct Answer :
Four/ [Option ID = 31707]
47) Who wrote the poem, `Kambdi Kalai'?
` ' ?
[Question ID = 7929]
1. Prem Chand/ [Option ID = 31710]
2. Mohan Singh/ [Option ID = 31711]
3. Bhai Vir Singh/ [Option ID = 31712]
4. Shiv Kumar Batalvi/ [Option ID = 31713]
Correct Answer :
Bhai Vir Singh/ [Option ID = 31712]
48) `Rasidi ticket' is the autobiography of which of the following?
` ' ?
[Question ID = 7930]
1. Ajeet Kaur/ [Option ID = 31714]
2. Dalip Kaur/ [Option ID = 31715]
3. Amrita Pritam/ [Option ID = 31716]
4. Khushwant Singh/ [Option ID = 31717]
Correct Answer :
Amrita Pritam/ [Option ID = 31716]
49) Which of the following subject area has been explicated in `Lilavati' written by Bhaskaracharya ?
`' ?
[Question ID = 7931]
1. Mathematics/
[Option ID = 31718]
2. Surgery/
[Option ID = 31719]
3. Grammar/
[Option ID = 31720]
4. Theatre/
[Option ID = 31721]
Correct Answer :
Mathematics/
[Option ID = 31718]
50) Which one of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
?
[Question ID = 7932]
1. Meghdoot/ [Option ID = 31722]
2. Geet Govind/ [Option ID = 31723]
3. Raghuvansham/ [Option ID = 31724]
4. Kumarsambhava/ [Option ID = 31725]
Correct Answer :
Geet Govind/ [Option ID = 31723]
51) Complete the series: ADR, VGP, RJN, NML, ?
: ADR, VGP,RJN,NML,?
[Question ID = 7933]
1. JPJ [Option ID = 31726]
2. JOJ [Option ID = 31727]
3. JPK [Option ID = 31728]
4. IPJ [Option ID = 31729]
Correct Answer :
JPJ [Option ID = 31726]
52) In the question below three statements are given, followed by conclusions I, II, III, IV.
You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read
the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding
commonly known facts.
Statements: Some Cats are Rats. All bats are tables. All Rats are Bats.
Conclusion:
I. Some cats are bats.
II. All bats are rats.
III. All tables are cats.
IV. All bats are cats
, I, II, III, IV
,
:
:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
[Question ID = 7934]
1. Only I & II are true/ I II
[Option ID = 31730]
2. Only I is true/ I
[Option ID = 31731]
3. Only I & IV are true/ I IV
[Option ID = 31732]
4. Only II true/ II
[Option ID = 31733]
Correct Answer :
Only I is true/ I
[Option ID = 31731]
53) `>' represents greater than; `<' represents less than.
Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
Q > T > N
A > S > Q
A < M
Conclusions:
I. N < A
II. M > T
`>' ` '; `<' ` '
Q > T > N
A > S > Q
A < M
:
I. N < A
II. M > T
[Question ID = 7935]
1. both conclusion I and II are true./ I II
[Option ID = 31734]
2. neither conclusion I nor II is true./ I II
[Option ID = 31735]
3. only conclusion I is true/ I
[Option ID = 31736]
4. only conclusion II is true/ II
[Option ID = 31737]
Correct Answer :
both conclusion I and II are true./ I II
[Option ID = 31734]
54) The letters in the first set have certain relationship. On the basis of this relationship what is the right choice for the
second set?
AST : BRU : : NQV : ?
, ?
AST : BRU :: NQV : ?
[Question ID = 7936]
1. ORW
[Option ID = 31738]
2. MPU
[Option ID = 31739]
3. MRW
[Option ID = 31740]
4. OPW
[Option ID = 31741]
Correct Answer :
OPW
[Option ID = 31741]
55) The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. The largest of these numbers is:
27 :
[Question ID = 7937]
1. 36 [Option ID = 31742]
2. 32 [Option ID = 31743]
3. 30 [Option ID = 31744]
4. 28 [Option ID = 31745]
Correct Answer :
30 [Option ID = 31744]
56) Monday falls on 20 March 1995. What was the day on 3
th
November 1994?
rd
20 1995 3 1994 ?
[Question ID = 7938]
1. Thursday/ [Option ID = 31746]
2. Sunday/ [Option ID = 31747]
3. Tuesday/ [Option ID = 31748]
4. Saturday/ [Option ID = 31749]
Correct Answer :
Thursday/ [Option ID = 31746]
57) In a certain code, PAN is written as 31 and PAR as 35. In this code PAT is written as:
, 31 PAR 35 PAT :
[Question ID = 7939]
1. 30
[Option ID = 31750]
2. 37
[Option ID = 31751]
3. 38
[Option ID = 31752]
4. 39
[Option ID = 31753]
Correct Answer :
37
[Option ID = 31751]
58) In a crosscountry race, Ritesh is behind Lalit but ahead of Amar. Amar is ahead of Vikas. Pankaj is ahead of Amar but
behind Ritesh. Who is at the end?
, ?
[Question ID = 7940]
1. Amar/
[Option ID = 31754]
2. Vikas/
[Option ID = 31755]
3. Pankaj/
[Option ID = 31756]
4. Ritesh/
[Option ID = 31757]
Correct Answer :
Vikas/
[Option ID = 31755]
59) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the
woman related to the man in the photograph?
, , " "
?
[Question ID = 7941]
1. Aunt/
[Option ID = 31758]
2. Sister/
[Option ID = 31759]
3. Mother/
[Option ID = 31760]
4. Daughter/
[Option ID = 31761]
Correct Answer :
Sister/
[Option ID = 31759]
60) In the following question, find the value of x:
x + 3x + 4x + 5x = 39
x ?
x + 3x + 4x + 5x = 39
[Question ID = 7942]
1. 3
[Option ID = 31762]
2. 4
[Option ID = 31763]
3. 2
[Option ID = 31764]
4. 5
[Option ID = 31765]
Correct Answer :
3
[Option ID = 31762]
61) Given below are one question and two statements numbered I and II. You have to decide whether the data provided in
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give the answer:
Question: What is the distance between point P and Q?
Statement I: Point S is 4m away in east direction from point P. Point T is at a distance of 2m north of point S.
Statement II: Point Q is in northwest of point T.
I II
:
: P Q ?
I : S, P 4 T, S 2
II: Q, T
[Question ID = 7943]
1. The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the
question./ I , II
[Option ID = 31766]
2. The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the
question./ II , I
[Option ID = 31767]
3. The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question./ I II
[Option ID = 31768]
4. The data even in both statements I and II together is not sufficient to answer the question./I II
[Option ID = 31769]
Correct Answer :
The data even in both statements I and II together is not sufficient to answer the question./I II
[Option ID = 31769]
62) Riya goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes 15 km. After turning to her
right, she goes 30 km. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point?
30 , 15 30
?
[Question ID = 7944]
1. 15 km East/15 [Option ID = 31770]
2. 15 km West/15 [Option ID = 31771]
3. 30 km East/30 [Option ID = 31772]
4. 30 km South/30 [Option ID = 31773]
Correct Answer :
15 km East/15 [Option ID = 31770]
63) Given below are two statements. Read both the statements and choose the correct option:
Statements: All laptops are computers
Some laptops are notebooks.
Conclusions: I. Some notebook are computers
II. All notebooks are computers.
:
:
: I
II.
[Question ID = 7945]
1. only conclusion I follows/ I
[Option ID = 31774]
2. only conclusion II follows/ II
[Option ID = 31775]
3. both conclusions I and II follows/ I II
[Option ID = 31776]
4. either conclusion I or conclusion II follows/ I II
[Option ID = 31777]
Correct Answer :
only conclusion I follows/ I
[Option ID = 31774]
64) Which sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh has been declared as EcoSensitive Zone by the Government of India?
?
[Question ID = 7946]
1. Ghatigaon Wildlife Sanctuary/ [Option ID = 31778]
2. National Chambal Sanctuary/ [Option ID = 31779]
3. Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary/ [Option ID = 31780]
4. Ratapani Tiger Reserve/ [Option ID = 31781]
Correct Answer :
National Chambal Sanctuary/ [Option ID = 31779]
65) When was the International Finance Corporation (IFC) established?
(IFC) ?
[Question ID = 7947]
1. July 1956/ 1956 [Option ID = 31782]
2. April 1956/ 1956 [Option ID = 31783]
3. June 1980/ 1980 [Option ID = 31784]
4. August 1980/ 1980 [Option ID = 31785]
Correct Answer :
July 1956/ 1956 [Option ID = 31782]
66) The supercomputer `PARAM' was developed by:
'PARAM' ?
[Question ID = 7948]
1. IITKanpur/ [Option ID = 31786]
2. CDAC/ [Option ID = 31787]
3. IITKharagpur/ [Option ID = 31788]
4. TATA/ [Option ID = 31789]
Correct Answer :
CDAC/ [Option ID = 31787]
67) The first Indian chronicler of Indian history was:
:
[Question ID = 7949]
1. Megasthanese/ [Option ID = 31790]
2. FaHien/ [Option ID = 31791]
3. Huan Tsang/ [Option ID = 31792]
4. Kalhan/ [Option ID = 31793]
Correct Answer :
Kalhan/ [Option ID = 31793]
68) Tamil Nadu coastal belt has drinking water shortage due to:
:
[Question ID = 7950]
1. high evaporation/ [Option ID = 31794]
2. sea water flooding due to tsunami/ [Option ID = 31795]
3. over exploitation of ground water by tube wells/ [Option ID = 31796]
4. seepage of sea water/ [Option ID = 31797]
Correct Answer :
seepage of sea water/ [Option ID = 31797]
69) Which of the following has recently received World Heritage Certificate from UNESCO in February 2020?
2020 ?
[Question ID = 7951]
1. Pushkar/ [Option ID = 31798]
2. Ajmer/ [Option ID = 31799]
3. Jaipur/ [Option ID = 31800]
4. Jodhpur/ [Option ID = 31801]
Correct Answer :
Jaipur/ [Option ID = 31800]
70) The paperless session of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly began with the implementation of which app?
?
[Question ID = 7952]
1. Esabha/ [Option ID = 31802]
2. Evidhan/ [Option ID = 31803]
3. EArunachal/ [Option ID = 31804]
4. EDesh/ [Option ID = 31805]
Correct Answer :
Evidhan/ [Option ID = 31803]
71) For which well known industrialist did Mahatma Gandhi say that while he (Gandhi) was fighting for India's political
freedom, the industrialist was fighting for India's industrial freedom from the British?
() ,
?
[Question ID = 7953]
1. Ardeshir Godrej/ [Option ID = 31806]
2. Ramnarain Ruia/ [Option ID = 31807]
3. Jamsetji Tata/ [Option ID = 31808]
4. Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad/ [Option ID = 31809]
Correct Answer :
Jamsetji Tata/ [Option ID = 31808]
72) Which of the following events led to a fear of global recession and fall in stock markets in the first quarter of 2020?
2020 ?
[Question ID = 7954]
1. Outbreak of coronavirus/ [Option ID = 31810]
2. News of melting of ice caps/ [Option ID = 31811]
3. Introduction of Bitcoins as a substitute of rupee coins/ [Option ID = 31812]
4. The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan/ [Option ID = 31813]
Correct Answer :
Outbreak of coronavirus/ [Option ID = 31810]
73) Which of the following country is going to host Commonwealth shooting and archery championship in January 2022?
2022 ?
[Question ID = 7955]
1. Russia/ [Option ID = 31814]
2. India/ [Option ID = 31815]
3. China/ [Option ID = 31816]
4. England/ [Option ID = 31817]
Correct Answer :
India/ [Option ID = 31815]
74) Which country is ranked at the top in the year 2019, for crude steel production in the world:
2019 ?
[Question ID = 7956]
1. USA/ [Option ID = 31818]
2. China/ [Option ID = 31819]
3. India/ [Option ID = 31820]
4. Japan/ [Option ID = 31821]
Correct Answer :
China/ [Option ID = 31819]
75) Which of the following are features of `Safe Digital Banking'?
A. Registering mobile number and email with banks for transaction alerts.
B. Storing banking data safely in email apps for easy and safe access.
C. Changing banking password regularly.
D. Sharing banking passwords with family members or friends in times of emergency.
?
A.
B.
C.
D
[Question ID = 7957]
1. Only A, B and C./ A, B C
[Option ID = 31822]
2. Only A and B./ A B
[Option ID = 31823]
3. Only B, C, and D./ B, C D
[Option ID = 31824]
4. Only A and C./ A C
[Option ID = 31825]
Correct Answer :
Only A and C./ A C
[Option ID = 31825]
76) National workshop on Explosive Detection has developed a new Explosive detection device named as .................?
() .................
[Question ID = 7958]
1. FinderX/X [Option ID = 31826]
2. TLocX/ X [Option ID = 31827]
3. EDetectionX/ X [Option ID = 31828]
4. RalderX/ X [Option ID = 31829]
Correct Answer :
RalderX/ X [Option ID = 31829]
77) A boy often complains of poor sense of numbers and is not able to do simple operations of addition and subtraction.
Which of the following learning disability he must be likely to suffer from?
?
[Question ID = 7959]
1. Dyspraxia/ [Option ID = 31830]
2. Dyslexia/ [Option ID = 31831]
3. Dyscalculia/ [Option ID = 31832]
4. Dysphasia/ [Option ID = 31833]
Correct Answer :
Dyscalculia/ [Option ID = 31832]
78) Name the area in the brain which is associated with strong emotions:
:
[Question ID = 7960]
1. Medulla/ ( )
[Option ID = 31834]
2. Cerebellum/ ( )
[Option ID = 31835]
3. Cerebral cortex/ ( )
[Option ID = 31836]
4. Limbic system/ ( )
[Option ID = 31837]
Correct Answer :
Limbic system/ ( )
[Option ID = 31837]
79) Children who have marked difficulties in social interaction and communication across different contexts, a restricted
range of interests, and strong desire for routine may have which of the following:
,
[Question ID = 7961]
1. AttentionDeficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/ [Option ID = 31838]
2. Autism Spectrum Disorder/ [Option ID = 31839]
3. Intellectual Disability/ [Option ID = 31840]
4. Specific Learning Disorder/ [Option ID = 31841]
Correct Answer :
Autism Spectrum Disorder/ [Option ID = 31839]
80) Identify one of the primary goals of any treatment for anorexia nervosa is to:
( ) :
[Question ID = 7962]
1. Replace binge eating with other behaviours/ [Option ID = 31842]
2. Reduce weight to normal levels/ [Option ID = 31843]
3. Increase weight to normal levels/ [Option ID = 31844]
4. Stop the individual from eating/ [Option ID = 31845]
Correct Answer :
Increase weight to normal levels/ [Option ID = 31844]
Topic: BED S2 hindi P1
1) :
` ' | ,
|
, ? | ,
| |
|
| |
, |
, |
?
[Question ID = 7964]
1.
[Option ID = 31850]
2.
[Option ID = 31851]
3.
[Option ID = 31852]
4.
[Option ID = 31853]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31851]
2) :
` ' | ,
|
, ? | ,
| |
|
| |
, |
, |
|
"" ...... |
[Question ID = 7965]
1.
[Option ID = 31854]
2.
[Option ID = 31855]
3.
[Option ID = 31856]
4.
[Option ID = 31857]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31856]
3) :
` ' | ,
|
, ? | ,
| |
|
| |
, |
, |
|
.........
[Question ID = 7966]
1.
[Option ID = 31858]
2.
[Option ID = 31859]
3.
[Option ID = 31860]
4.
[Option ID = 31861]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31861]
4) :
` ' | ,
|
, ? | ,
| |
|
| |
, |
, |
|
` ' ?
[Question ID = 7967]
1.
[Option ID = 31862]
2.
[Option ID = 31863]
3.
[Option ID = 31864]
4.
[Option ID = 31865]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31862]
5) :
` ' | ,
|
, ? | ,
| |
|
| |
, |
, |
|
?
[Question ID = 7968]
1.
[Option ID = 31866]
2.
[Option ID = 31867]
3.
[Option ID = 31868]
4.
[Option ID = 31869]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31866]
Topic: BED S2 hindi P2
1) :
,
,
( )
,
, ,
? ,
, ,
, , ,
, ,
( , , 2003)
` ' ?
[Question ID = 7970]
1.
[Option ID = 31874]
2.
[Option ID = 31875]
3.
[Option ID = 31876]
4.
[Option ID = 31877]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31875]
2) :
,
,
( )
,
, ,
? ,
, ,
, , ,
, ,
( , , 2003)
?
[Question ID = 7971]
1.
[Option ID = 31878]
2.
[Option ID = 31879]
3.
[Option ID = 31880]
4.
[Option ID = 31881]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31881]
3) :
,
,
( )
,
, ,
? ,
, ,
, , ,
, ,
( , , 2003)
:
[Question ID = 7972]
1.
[Option ID = 31882]
2.
[Option ID = 31883]
3.
[Option ID = 31884]
4.
[Option ID = 31885]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31883]
4) :
,
,
( )
,
, ,
? ,
, ,
, , ,
, ,
( , , 2003)
:
[Question ID = 7973]
1.
[Option ID = 31886]
2.
[Option ID = 31887]
3.
[Option ID = 31888]
4.
[Option ID = 31889]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31889]
5) :
,
,
( )
,
, ,
? ,
, ,
, , ,
, ,
( , , 2003)
:
[Question ID = 7974]
1.
[Option ID = 31890]
2.
[Option ID = 31891]
3.
[Option ID = 31892]
4.
[Option ID = 31893]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 31890]
Topic: BED S2 eng P2
1) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The phrase "white privilege" is one that rubs a lot of white people the wrong way. It can trigger something in them that
shuts down conversation or at least makes them very defensive. (Especially those who grew up relatively less privileged
than other folks around them). And I've seen more than once where this happens and the next move in the conversation is
for the person who brought up white privilege to say, "The reason you're getting defensive is because you're feeling the
discomfort of having your privilege exposed."
I'm sure that's true sometimes. And I'm sure there are a lot of people, white and otherwise, who can attest to a kind of a
ha moment or paradigm shift where they "got" what privilege means and they did realize they had been getting defensive
because they were uncomfortable at having their privilege exposed. But I would guess that more often than not, the
frustration and the shutting down is about something else. It comes from the fact that nobody wants to be a racist. And the
move "you only think that because you're looking at this from the perspective of privilege" or the more terse and
confrontational "check your privilege!" kind of sound like an accusation that someone is a racist (if they don't already
understand privilege). And the phrase "white privilege" kind of sounds like, "You are a racist and there's nothing you can
do about it because you were born that way."
And if this were what "white privilege" meant--which it is not--defensiveness and frustration would be the appropriate
response. But privilege talk is not intended to make a moral assessment or a moral claim about the privileged at all. It is
about systemic imbalance. It is about injustices that have arisen because of the history of racism that birthed the way things
are now. It's not saying, "You're a bad person because you're white." It's saying, "The system is skewed in ways that you
maybe haven't realized or had to think about precisely because it's skewed in YOUR favor."
I am white. So I have not experienced racial privilege from the "under" side firsthand. But my children (and a lot of other
people I love) are not white. And so I care about privilege and what it means for racial justice in our country. And one
experience I have had firsthand, which has helped me to understand privilege and listen to privilege talk without feeling
defensive, is riding my bike.
If I am on the sidewalk--which is sometimes the safest place to be--people will yell at me to get on the road. People in cars
think it's funny to roll down their window and yell something right when they get beside me. Or to splash me on purpose.
People I have never met are angry at me for just being on a bike in "their" road and they let me know with colorful
language and other acts of aggression.
I can imagine that for people of color life in a whitemajority context feels a bit like being on a bicycle in midst of traffic.
They have the right to be on the road, and laws on the books to make it equitable, but that doesn't change the fact that
they are on a bike in a world made for cars. Experiencing this when I'm on my bike in traffic has helped me to understand
what privilege talk is really about.
...This is what privilege is about. Like drivers, nice, nonaggressive white people can move in the world without thinking
about the "potholes" or the "gravel" that people of color have to navigate, or how things that they do--not intending to
hurt or endanger anyone--might actually be making life more difficult or more dangerous for a person of color. Talk about
white privilege is a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a levelplaying field, it's not
the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our
culture.
The author has used the analogy of bike riding to talk about white privilege. From the statements given below choose the
one which is an example of an analogy.
[Question ID = 7976]
1. That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
[Option ID = 31898]
2. The promise between us was a delicate flower.
[Option ID = 31899]
3. That new car cost an arm and a leg.
[Option ID = 31900]
4. Elsa said that she has changed but actions speak louder than words.
[Option ID = 31901]
Correct Answer :
That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
[Option ID = 31898]
2) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The phrase "white privilege" is one that rubs a lot of white people the wrong way. It can trigger something in them that
shuts down conversation or at least makes them very defensive. (Especially those who grew up relatively less privileged
than other folks around them). And I've seen more than once where this happens and the next move in the conversation is
for the person who brought up white privilege to say, "The reason you're getting defensive is because you're feeling the
discomfort of having your privilege exposed."
I'm sure that's true sometimes. And I'm sure there are a lot of people, white and otherwise, who can attest to a kind of a
ha moment or paradigm shift where they "got" what privilege means and they did realize they had been getting defensive
because they were uncomfortable at having their privilege exposed. But I would guess that more often than not, the
frustration and the shutting down is about something else. It comes from the fact that nobody wants to be a racist. And the
move "you only think that because you're looking at this from the perspective of privilege" or the more terse and
confrontational "check your privilege!" kind of sound like an accusation that someone is a racist (if they don't already
understand privilege). And the phrase "white privilege" kind of sounds like, "You are a racist and there's nothing you can
do about it because you were born that way."
And if this were what "white privilege" meant--which it is not--defensiveness and frustration would be the appropriate
response. But privilege talk is not intended to make a moral assessment or a moral claim about the privileged at all. It is
about systemic imbalance. It is about injustices that have arisen because of the history of racism that birthed the way things
are now. It's not saying, "You're a bad person because you're white." It's saying, "The system is skewed in ways that you
maybe haven't realized or had to think about precisely because it's skewed in YOUR favor."
I am white. So I have not experienced racial privilege from the "under" side firsthand. But my children (and a lot of other
people I love) are not white. And so I care about privilege and what it means for racial justice in our country. And one
experience I have had firsthand, which has helped me to understand privilege and listen to privilege talk without feeling
defensive, is riding my bike.
If I am on the sidewalk--which is sometimes the safest place to be--people will yell at me to get on the road. People in cars
think it's funny to roll down their window and yell something right when they get beside me. Or to splash me on purpose.
People I have never met are angry at me for just being on a bike in "their" road and they let me know with colorful
language and other acts of aggression.
I can imagine that for people of color life in a whitemajority context feels a bit like being on a bicycle in midst of traffic.
They have the right to be on the road, and laws on the books to make it equitable, but that doesn't change the fact that
they are on a bike in a world made for cars. Experiencing this when I'm on my bike in traffic has helped me to understand
what privilege talk is really about.
...This is what privilege is about. Like drivers, nice, nonaggressive white people can move in the world without thinking
about the "potholes" or the "gravel" that people of color have to navigate, or how things that they do--not intending to
hurt or endanger anyone--might actually be making life more difficult or more dangerous for a person of color. Talk about
white privilege is a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a levelplaying field, it's not
the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our
culture.
In the context of the passage which of the following is not true?
[Question ID = 7977]
1. Talk about white privilege causes discomfort among a lot of Whites
[Option ID = 31902]
2. Talk about white privilege has the purpose of making moral assessment about the Whites
[Option ID = 31903]
3. White privilege is caused by systemic imbalances
[Option ID = 31904]
4. White privilege is about inequalities rooted in racism
[Option ID = 31905]
Correct Answer :
Talk about white privilege has the purpose of making moral assessment about the Whites
[Option ID = 31903]
3) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The phrase "white privilege" is one that rubs a lot of white people the wrong way. It can trigger something in them that
shuts down conversation or at least makes them very defensive. (Especially those who grew up relatively less privileged
than other folks around them). And I've seen more than once where this happens and the next move in the conversation is
for the person who brought up white privilege to say, "The reason you're getting defensive is because you're feeling the
discomfort of having your privilege exposed."
I'm sure that's true sometimes. And I'm sure there are a lot of people, white and otherwise, who can attest to a kind of a
ha moment or paradigm shift where they "got" what privilege means and they did realize they had been getting defensive
because they were uncomfortable at having their privilege exposed. But I would guess that more often than not, the
frustration and the shutting down is about something else. It comes from the fact that nobody wants to be a racist. And the
move "you only think that because you're looking at this from the perspective of privilege" or the more terse and
confrontational "check your privilege!" kind of sound like an accusation that someone is a racist (if they don't already
understand privilege). And the phrase "white privilege" kind of sounds like, "You are a racist and there's nothing you can
do about it because you were born that way."
And if this were what "white privilege" meant--which it is not--defensiveness and frustration would be the appropriate
response. But privilege talk is not intended to make a moral assessment or a moral claim about the privileged at all. It is
about systemic imbalance. It is about injustices that have arisen because of the history of racism that birthed the way things
are now. It's not saying, "You're a bad person because you're white." It's saying, "The system is skewed in ways that you
maybe haven't realized or had to think about precisely because it's skewed in YOUR favor."
I am white. So I have not experienced racial privilege from the "under" side firsthand. But my children (and a lot of other
people I love) are not white. And so I care about privilege and what it means for racial justice in our country. And one
experience I have had firsthand, which has helped me to understand privilege and listen to privilege talk without feeling
defensive, is riding my bike. If I am on the sidewalk--which is sometimes the safest place to be--people will yell at me to get
on the road. People in cars think it's funny to roll down their window and yell something right when they get beside me. Or
to splash me on purpose. People I have never met are angry at me for just being on a bike in "their" road and they let me
know with colorful language and other acts of aggression.
I can imagine that for people of color life in a whitemajority context feels a bit like being on a bicycle in midst of traffic.
They have the right to be on the road, and laws on the books to make it equitable, but that doesn't change the fact that
they are on a bike in a world made for cars. Experiencing this when I'm on my bike in traffic has helped me to understand
what privilege talk is really about.
...This is what privilege is about. Like drivers, nice, nonaggressive white people can move in the world without thinking
about the "potholes" or the "gravel" that people of color have to navigate, or how things that they do--not intending to
hurt or endanger anyone--might actually be making life more difficult or more dangerous for a person of color. Talk about
white privilege is a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a levelplaying field, it's not
the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our
culture.
Which of the following is not implied by the author in the passage?
[Question ID = 7978]
1. Talk about white privilege can be a source of embarrassment for the Whites
[Option ID = 31906]
2. What the law states is entirely different from what happens in the real world
[Option ID = 31907]
3. White people can navigate their day to day life without thinking about white privilege
[Option ID = 31908]
4. White people can never truly understand the concept of white privilege
[Option ID = 31909]
Correct Answer :
White people can never truly understand the concept of white privilege
[Option ID = 31909]
4) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The phrase "white privilege" is one that rubs a lot of white people the wrong way. It can trigger something in them that
shuts down conversation or at least makes them very defensive. (Especially those who grew up relatively less privileged
than other folks around them). And I've seen more than once where this happens and the next move in the conversation is
for the person who brought up white privilege to say, "The reason you're getting defensive is because you're feeling the
discomfort of having your privilege exposed."
I'm sure that's true sometimes. And I'm sure there are a lot of people, white and otherwise, who can attest to a kind of a
ha moment or paradigm shift where they "got" what privilege means and they did realize they had been getting defensive
because they were uncomfortable at having their privilege exposed. But I would guess that more often than not, the
frustration and the shutting down is about something else. It comes from the fact that nobody wants to be a racist. And the
move "you only think that because you're looking at this from the perspective of privilege" or the more terse and
confrontational "check your privilege!" kind of sound like an accusation that someone is a racist (if they don't already
understand privilege). And the phrase "white privilege" kind of sounds like, "You are a racist and there's nothing you can
do about it because you were born that way."
And if this were what "white privilege" meant--which it is not--defensiveness and frustration would be the appropriate
response. But privilege talk is not intended to make a moral assessment or a moral claim about the privileged at all. It is
about systemic imbalance. It is about injustices that have arisen because of the history of racism that birthed the way things
are now. It's not saying, "You're a bad person because you're white." It's saying, "The system is skewed in ways that you
maybe haven't realized or had to think about precisely because it's skewed in YOUR favor."
I am white. So I have not experienced racial privilege from the "under" side firsthand. But my children (and a lot of other
people I love) are not white. And so I care about privilege and what it means for racial justice in our country. And one
experience I have had firsthand, which has helped me to understand privilege and listen to privilege talk without feeling
defensive, is riding my bike.
If I am on the sidewalk--which is sometimes the safest place to be--people will yell at me to get on the road. People in cars
think it's funny to roll down their window and yell something right when they get beside me. Or to splash me on purpose.
People I have never met are angry at me for just being on a bike in "their" road and they let me know with colorful
language and other acts of aggression.
I can imagine that for people of color life in a whitemajority context feels a bit like being on a bicycle in midst of traffic.
They have the right to be on the road, and laws on the books to make it equitable, but that doesn't change the fact that
they are on a bike in a world made for cars. Experiencing this when I'm on my bike in traffic has helped me to understand
what privilege talk is really about.
...This is what privilege is about. Like drivers, nice, nonaggressive white people can move in the world without thinking
about the "potholes" or the "gravel" that people of color have to navigate, or how things that they do--not intending to
hurt or endanger anyone--might actually be making life more difficult or more dangerous for a person of color. Talk about
white privilege is a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a levelplaying field, it's not
the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our
culture.
"Virat Kohli is known for his hostility towards opponents on field." Which of the following forms of words from the passage
can best replace the underlined word?
[Question ID = 7979]
1. aggression
[Option ID = 31910]
2. defensiveness
[Option ID = 31911]
3. frustration
[Option ID = 31912]
4. racism
[Option ID = 31913]
Correct Answer :
aggression
[Option ID = 31910]
5) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The phrase "white privilege" is one that rubs a lot of white people the wrong way. It can trigger something in them that
shuts down conversation or at least makes them very defensive. (Especially those who grew up relatively less privileged
than other folks around them). And I've seen more than once where this happens and the next move in the conversation is
for the person who brought up white privilege to say, "The reason you're getting defensive is because you're feeling the
discomfort of having your privilege exposed."
I'm sure that's true sometimes. And I'm sure there are a lot of people, white and otherwise, who can attest to a kind of a
ha moment or paradigm shift where they "got" what privilege means and they did realize they had been getting defensive
because they were uncomfortable at having their privilege exposed. But I would guess that more often than not, the
frustration and the shutting down is about something else. It comes from the fact that nobody wants to be a racist. And the
move "you only think that because you're looking at this from the perspective of privilege" or the more terse and
confrontational "check your privilege!" kind of sound like an accusation that someone is a racist (if they don't already
understand privilege). And the phrase "white privilege" kind of sounds like, "You are a racist and there's nothing you can
do about it because you were born that way."
And if this were what "white privilege" meant--which it is not--defensiveness and frustration would be the appropriate
response. But privilege talk is not intended to make a moral assessment or a moral claim about the privileged at all. It is
about systemic imbalance. It is about injustices that have arisen because of the history of racism that birthed the way things
are now. It's not saying, "You're a bad person because you're white." It's saying, "The system is skewed in ways that you
maybe haven't realized or had to think about precisely because it's skewed in YOUR favor."
I am white. So I have not experienced racial privilege from the "under" side firsthand. But my children (and a lot of other
people I love) are not white. And so I care about privilege and what it means for racial justice in our country. And one
experience I have had firsthand, which has helped me to understand privilege and listen to privilege talk without feeling
defensive, is riding my bike.
If I am on the sidewalk--which is sometimes the safest place to be--people will yell at me to get on the road. People in cars
think it's funny to roll down their window and yell something right when they get beside me. Or to splash me on purpose.
People I have never met are angry at me for just being on a bike in "their" road and they let me know with colorful
language and other acts of aggression.
I can imagine that for people of color life in a whitemajority context feels a bit like being on a bicycle in midst of traffic.
They have the right to be on the road, and laws on the books to make it equitable, but that doesn't change the fact that
they are on a bike in a world made for cars. Experiencing this when I'm on my bike in traffic has helped me to understand
what privilege talk is really about.
...This is what privilege is about. Like drivers, nice, nonaggressive white people can move in the world without thinking
about the "potholes" or the "gravel" that people of color have to navigate, or how things that they do--not intending to
hurt or endanger anyone--might actually be making life more difficult or more dangerous for a person of color. Talk about
white privilege is a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a levelplaying field, it's not
the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our
culture.
Which of the following things is not true in the context of bike riding?
[Question ID = 7980]
1. Roads are built for automobile owners
[Option ID = 31914]
2. People intentionally endanger the lives of bike riders
[Option ID = 31915]
3. Laws on the books are not equitable after all
[Option ID = 31916]
4. Bike riders get yelled at from both pedestrians and automobile owners
[Option ID = 31917]
Correct Answer :
People intentionally endanger the lives of bike riders
[Option ID = 31915]
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