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It all started twenty-five years ago. I was teaching Economics at a university in Bangladesh. The country was in the middle of a famine. I felt terrible. Here I was, teaching the elegant theories of Economics in the classroom with all the enthusiasm of a brand new Ph.D. from the United States. But I would walk out of the classroom and see skeletons all around me,people waiting to die
I felt that whatever I had learned, whatever I was teaching, was all make-believe stories, with no meaning for people’s lives. So I started trying to find out how people lived in the village next door to the university campus. I wanted to find out whether there was anything I could do as a human being to delay or stop the death, even for one single person. I abandoned the bird’s-eye view that lets you sec everything from above, from the sky. I assumed a worm’s-eye view, trying to find whatever comes right in front of you-smell it, touch it, see if you can do something about it.
One particular incident took me in a new direction. I met a woman who was making bamboo stools. After a long discussion, I found out that she made only two U.S. pennies each day. 1 couldn’t believe anybody could work so hard and make such
beautiful bamboo stools yet make such a tiny amount of profit. She explained to me that because she didn’t have the money to buy the bamboo to make the stools, she had to borrow from the trader and the trader imposed the condition that she had to sell the product to him alone, at a price that he decided
And that explains the two pennies–she was virtually in bonded labour to this person. And how much did the bamboo cost? She said, “Oh, about twenty cents. For a very good one twenty-five cents thought, “People suffer for twenty cents and there is nothing anyone can do about it?” I debated whether I should give her twenty cents, but then I came up with another idealet me make a list of people who needed that kind of money. I took a student of mine and we went around the village for several days and came up with a list of forty-two such people. When I added up the total amount they needed, I got the biggest shock of my life: It added up to twenty seven dollars! I felt ashamed of myself for being part of a society which could not provide even twenty even dollars to forty-two hard-working, skilled human beings
To escape that shame, I took the money out of my pocket and gave it to my student. I said, “You take this money and give it to those ſorty Iwo people that we met and tell them this is a loan, but they can pay me back whenever they are able to. In the meantime, they can get a good price. After receiving the money, they were very excited
1. Which of the following can be inferred about the author?
A. He studied in Bangladesh
B. He also belonged to a poor family
C. His Ph.D. was on poverty in Bangladesh
D. His Ph.Dwas in Economics
E. He started teaching in Bangladesh 25 years after getting his Ph.D. from the United States
Ans: D. His Ph. Dwas in Economics
2. The author of the passage seems to have
A. inspired several people through his lecture to make a living
B. transformed himself into an action-oriented person to emdicate poverty
C. continued his teachings excellently and with a lot of enthusiasm
D. helped his students in their endeavour to eradicate poverty
E. contributed money for the needy
Ans: D. His Ph. Dwas in Economics
3. Which of the following is most opposite of the word “Elegant” as used in the passage?
A. Irrelevant
B. Crude
C. Ignoble
D. Diluted
E. III proportioned
Ans: E. III proportioned
4. The contents of the passage prove that poverty can be alleviated
1. there is a strong will to do so.if
2. some funds and/or other resources are available.
3. there is a vision to identify and remedy the problems
A. Only (1) and (2)
B. Only (2) and (3)
C. Only (1) and (3)
D. All the three
E. None of these
Ans: C. Only (1) and (3)
5. The woman described in the passage could not cam reasonably good money because
A. the quality of the goods she made was son of excellence
B. the sale of her products was very scanty C. the raw material required to make finished products was in short supply
D. there were very few buyers for her goods due to the devastating mine
E. None of these
Ans: E None of these
6. The trader’s act to compel the woman to sell the stools only to him can be termed as
A. an act of kindness towards the needy woman
B. an ethical business strategy to maximize profit
C. sheer exploitation of the hopeless and needy People
D. contributing some help to the famine stricken victims
E. None of these
Ans: C. sheer exploitation of the hopeless and needy People
7. What made the author feel ashamed of himself?
A. He lacked in thorough knowledge of Economics and therefore wanted to study more
B. He was ignorant of the fact that even a small help was also going to be significant
C. He was a party to the exploitation of the poor by the trader
D. He was not in a position to take the culprit trader to task
E. He was providing a small amount as a loan and not as donation
Ans: B. He was ignorant of the fact that even a small help was also going to be significant
8. The survey conducted by the author revealed that
A. the amount needed to help the village poor to make a living was not very big
B. it was an unmanageable task for the author to help the needy people of the village
C. there were forty-two traders who were engaged in the act of exploitation of the poor
D. the number of the needy people in ie village was very large
E. none of these
Directions (9-10) : Choose the word group of words which is most nearly the SAME in meaning the word given in bold as given in passage.
Ans: A the amount needed to help the village poor to make a living was not very big
9. Abandoned
A. Gave up
B. Escaped from
C. Accepted
D. Enabled
E. took away
Ans: A. Gave up
10. Enthusiasm
A. Excellence
B. happiness
C. Force
D. Effervescence
E. Zeal
Ans: A. Excellence
PASSAGE-6
Comfort is now one of the causes of its own spread It has now become a physical habit, a fashion, an ideal to be pursued for its own sake. The more comfort is brought into the world, the more it is likely to be valued. To those who have known comfort, discomfort is a real torture. The fashion which now decrees the worship of comfort is quite as imperious as any other fashion. Moreover. enormous material interests are bound up with the supply of the means of comfort. The manufacturers of fumiture, of heating apparatus, of plumbing fixtures cannot afford to let the love of comfort die. In modem advertisements they have found a means for compelling it to live and grow. A man of means today, who builds a house is in general concerned primarily with the comfort of his future residence. He will spend a great deal of money on bathrooms, heating apparatus, padded furnishings, and having spent he will regard his house as perfect His counterpart in an earlier age would have been primarily concerned with the impressiveness and magnificence of his dwelling-with beauty, in a word, rather than comfort. The money our contemporary would spend on bath and central beatings would have been spent on marble staircases, frescoes, pictures and statues. I am inclined to think that our present passion for comfort is a little exaggerated. Though personally enjoy comfort. I have lived most happily
in houses devoid of everything that Anglo-Saxons deem indispensable. Orientals and even South Europeans who know not comfort and live very much as our ancestors did centuries ago seem to go on very well without our elaborate apparatus and padded our lusuries. However, comfort for me has a justification: it facilitates mental life. Discomfort handicaps thought it is difficult to use the mind when the body cold and aching
1. Choose the word that is SIMILAR in meaning of the word ‘devoid of as used in the passage.
A. available
B. lacking
C. empty
D. false
E. deficient
Ans: B. lacking
2. How people manage to keep the love of comfort alive?
A. By pumping in more comfort goods in the market
B. By sacrificing high profits on comfort goods
C. By targeting youth in the sales campaign
D. By appealing to the emotionality of people E None of these
Ans: A. By pumping in more comfort goods in the market
3. What is the author’s prediction about comfort?
A. The value of comfort will increase
B. People will value more spirituality thus reducing the value of comfort
C. People will desire simple life style
D. The advertisements will play down the comfort aspect of goods
E. None of these
Ans: A. The value of comfort will increase
4. What was the characteristic of affluent man of an earlier age?
A. He used to put higher premium on comfort
B. He was relying much on advertisements
C. He believed more in simple and cheaper things
D. He was more qualitative in his emphasis rather than being quantitative
E. His emphasis was on beauty
Ans: E. His emphasis was on beauty
5. What change according to the author has taken place in the attitude to comfort?
A. It is taken for granted in the modem way of living
B. It has become now an ideal to be pursued for its own sake
C. It is now believed that discomfort handicaps thought
D. It is thought that comfort helps body and mind to function effectively
E. None of these
Ans: B. It has become now an ideal to be pursued for its own sake
6. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning of the word ‘decree’ as used in the passage B. spread
A. order
B. spread
C. projected
D. attract
E. exhibit
Ans: E. exhibit
7. Why does the author value comfort?
A. It helps to project one’s image
B. It helps to project your values
C. t facilitates mental life
D. It encourages a blend of materialistic and spiritual thinking
E. None of these
Ans: C. t facilitates mental life
8. Why would manufacturers of various devicesnot permit comfort to die?
A. The want to manufacture more and more comfort goods
B. Manufacturers are mainly interested in creating new things
C. Manufacturer’s emphasis is beautiful things on producing
D. Their prosperity is closely linked with the people’s desire for comfort
E. None of these
Ans: D. Their prosperity is closely linked with the people’s desire for comfort
9. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word Indispensable’ as used in the passage
A. unattractive
B. avoidable
C. favourable
D. inelegant
E. comfortable
Ans: B. avoidable
10. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
A. Discomfort in comfort is not liked by those who live
B. The affluent man of an earlier age was interested more in beauty than in comfort
C. Discomfort handicaps thought
D. Orientals and South Europeans love comfort immensely
E. Author of the passage enjoys comfort
Ans: D. Orientals and South Europeans love comfort immensely
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