SSC CGL Verbal Ability Comprehension & Cohesion Online Test in English

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The greatest enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded. It is found that when there is peace, Science is constructive, when there is war, science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives us don’t necessarily create war, these make was increasingly more terrible. Until now it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem therefore is not to curb science but to stop war. This is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bomb of Hiroshima suddenly woke us to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late and our work has scarcely begun. Now we are face to face with this urgent question; “Can education and tolerance, understanding and creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?” This is the question which we will have to answer one way or the other in this generation. Science must help us in finding the answer, but ultimately the main decision lies within ourselves

According to the author, the real enemy of mankind is not science but war because

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The greatest enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded. It is found that when there is peace, Science is constructive, when there is war, science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives us don’t necessarily create war, these make was increasingly more terrible. Until now it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem therefore is not to curb science but to stop war. This is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bomb of Hiroshima suddenly woke us to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late and our work has scarcely begun. Now we are face to face with this urgent question; “Can education and tolerance, understanding and creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?” This is the question which we will have to answer one way or the other in this generation. Science must help us in finding the answer, but ultimately the main decision lies within ourselves

According to the author, the solution lies in

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The greatest enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded. It is found that when there is peace, Science is constructive, when there is war, science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives us don’t necessarily create war, these make was increasingly more terrible. Until now it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem therefore is not to curb science but to stop war. This is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bomb of Hiroshima suddenly woke us to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late and our work has scarcely begun. Now we are face to face with this urgent question; “Can education and tolerance, understanding and creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?” This is the question which we will have to answer one way or the other in this generation. Science must help us in finding the answer, but ultimately the main decision lies within ourselves

The expression ‘bring to the doorstep of doom’ means

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The greatest enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded. It is found that when there is peace, Science is constructive, when there is war, science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives us don’t necessarily create war, these make was increasingly more terrible. Until now it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem therefore is not to curb science but to stop war. This is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bomb of Hiroshima suddenly woke us to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late and our work has scarcely begun. Now we are face to face with this urgent question; “Can education and tolerance, understanding and creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?” This is the question which we will have to answer one way or the other in this generation. Science must help us in finding the answer, but ultimately the main decision lies within ourselves

The phrase, out work has scarcely begun’ implies that our work

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The greatest enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded. It is found that when there is peace, Science is constructive, when there is war, science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives us don’t necessarily create war, these make was increasingly more terrible. Until now it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem therefore is not to curb science but to stop war. This is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bomb of Hiroshima suddenly woke us to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late and our work has scarcely begun. Now we are face to face with this urgent question; “Can education and tolerance, understanding and creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?” This is the question which we will have to answer one way or the other in this generation. Science must help us in finding the answer, but ultimately the main decision lies within ourselves

Our mounting capacity to destroy can be kept under control by

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We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilization. If the eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilization brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a universal one. Both east and west are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols

What is man tempted to assume?

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We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilization. If the eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilization brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a universal one. Both east and west are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols

When do science and technology become dangerous?

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We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilization. If the eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilization brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a universal one. Both east and west are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols

What will happen if eastern people use machines?

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We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilization. If the eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilization brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a universal one. Both east and west are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols

Which of the following statements is/are true in the context of the passage?

1. Science and technology are neither good nor bad

2. Through machines, man can achieve all progress

3. Science and technology bring great risks and temptations

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We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilization. If the eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilization brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a universal one. Both east and west are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols

Choose the word which is similar in meaning as the word ‘tabooed’ used in the passage

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The energy crisis has been with us for a long time and will be with us even longer. Whether Arab oil flows freely or not, it is clear that the world industry cannot be allowed to depend on so fragile a base. The supply of oil can be shut off at whim any time. In any case, the oil wells will run dry in about thirty years. New sources of energy must be found and this will take time. But it is not likely to restore that sense of copious energy availability we had in the past

In the writer’s opinion, the energy crisis

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The energy crisis has been with us for a long time and will be with us even longer. Whether Arab oil flows freely or not, it is clear that the world industry cannot be allowed to depend on so fragile a base. The supply of oil can be shut off at whim any time. In any case, the oil wells will run dry in about thirty years. New sources of energy must be found and this will take time. But it is not likely to restore that sense of copious energy availability we had in the past

The phrase ‘so fragile a base’ refers to the

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The energy crisis has been with us for a long time and will be with us even longer. Whether Arab oil flows freely or not, it is clear that the world industry cannot be allowed to depend on so fragile a base. The supply of oil can be shut off at whim any time. In any case, the oil wells will run dry in about thirty years. New sources of energy must be found and this will take time. But it is not likely to restore that sense of copious energy availability we had in the past

The type of writing in the given passage could be called

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Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next does. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill

According to the author, discussions on drug addiction are generally concerned with

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Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next does. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill

Addicts take to criminal acts because

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Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next does. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill

The author seems to criticize the narcotics laws for

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Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next does. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill

The word ‘stupendous’ in the passage means

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Discussions on drug addiction should also be concerned with the vast majority of people who are not addicts. Their homes and lives are insecure because our narcotics laws drive such people to crime. The drug addict is almost never dangerous when he is under the influence of drugs. What makes him dangerous is the desperate need for money to buy the next does. Drugs are available only in an illegal black market. The costs are stupendous, and this is what drives the addict to steal, rob and even kill

With reference to the passage, consider the following statements

1.Addiction to drugs is a criminal act.

2.Drug addicts cannot be rehabilitated.

When of the statements given above is/are correct?

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All who have gone before you have submitted to the stroke of death. All who come after you shall undergo the same fate. The great and the good, prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure travel alike the road which leads to the grave. At the moment when you expire, thousands throughout the world shall with you be yielding up their breath. Can that be held to be great calamity which is common to you with everything that lives on the earth-which is an event as much according to the course of the nature as it is that leaves shall fall in autumn or that fruit should drop from the tree when it is fully ripe

Death is a natural phenomenon because

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All who have gone before you have submitted to the stroke of death. All who come after you shall undergo the same fate. The great and the good, prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure travel alike the road which leads to the grave. At the moment when you expire, thousands throughout the world shall with you be yielding up their breath. Can that be held to be great calamity which is common to you with everything that lives on the earth-which is an event as much according to the course of the nature as it is that leaves shall fall in autumn or that fruit should drop from the tree when it is fully ripe

The author compares death with the fall of the ripe fruit from a tree to show that death

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

The most important natural resource for national development is

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

Human power means

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

The ignored and overlooked factor in the development of the nation is

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

Women have hardly

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

Women power is

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

His wife has a twin who resembles each other so much that at first he had great trouble telling……….

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

At great length. that night they ……. the feasibility of their plans.

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

Will those of you who have objections to this proposal …… put up your hands. please ?

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

She has frequent toothaches. so the decided to ……………

In the following questions, you have a brief passage with five question following the passage. read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives.

Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development. possibly the most important is human labour : without productive labour force. including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization. one essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. the forgotten factor is the role of women. development will be handicapped as long as women remain second – class citizens. uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status. married when they are still practically children. and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. we can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving woman opportunity to develop themselves.

At one time, mr. shukla … this supermarket.