PASSAGE-1 . The highly developed nations of the world are not only the immediate beneficiaries of the good that technology can do, that are also the first victims of environmental diseases that technology breeds. In the past, the environmental effects which accompanied technological progress were restricted to a small and relatively short time. the new hazards neither local nor brief. Modern air pollutions covers vast areas of continents: Radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion is worldwide. Radioactive pollutants now on the earth surface will be found there for generations, and in case of Carbon-14, for thousands of years. * The widespread use of insecticides has. 1) reduced the number of wild animals. 2) caused imbalance in the relationship between living beings and their environment. 3) eliminated diseases by killing mosquitoes and flies. 4) caused biological hazards. * The passage emphasis that modern technology. 1) is an unmixed blessing. 2) has caused serious hazards to life. 3) has produced powerful chemicals. 4) has benefited highly developed nations. * According to the passage the increasing use of fertilizers is responsible for. 1) abundance of food. 2) disturbance in the ecological system. 3) water pollution. 4) increase in diseases. * The harmful effects of modern technology are. 1) widespread but short-lived. 2) widespread and long-lasting. 3) limited and long-lasting. 4) severe but short-lived. * Radioactive pollutants. 1) are limited in their effect. 2) will infect the atmosphere for thousands of years. 3) will be on the surface of earth for a very long time. 4) will dissipate in short span of time. PASSAGE-2 The greatest thing this age can be proud of is the birth of man in the conciousness of men. In his drunken orgies of power and national pride man may flout and jeer at it. when organised national selfishness, racial antipathy and commercial self seeking begin to display their ugly deformities in all their nakedness, then comes the time for man to know that his salvation is not in political organisations and extended trade relations, not in any mechanical re-arrangement of social system but in a deeper transformation of life, in the liberation of consciousness in love, in the realisation of God in man. * In this passage, the phrase "God in man" implies 1) God having assumed the shape of man. 2) Neither fully godly nor fully human. 3) Man being transformed into God. 4) The divine qualities in man. * The author uses the expression kugly deformitiesl to show his indignation at. 1) Political organisations. 2) The liberation of human consciousness. 3) Selfishness and materialism of the people. 4) The drunken orgies of power. * According to the author, "salvation" of human beings lies in the. 1) Extended trade relations. 2) Spiritual transformation of life. 3) Orgy of national pride. 4) Wholehearted participated in political organizations. * In the phrase ‘the birth of Man in the consciousness of men,’ Man stands for. 1) Power and arrogance. 2) Egocentricity. 3) Noble human qualities. 4) An idealistic notion of the human self. * People jeer at the ‘birth of Man’ in the human consciousness when they. 1) Begin to think of themselves as God. 2) Become power hungry. 3) Restructure the social system. 4) Become mentally deranged.
