Q.2251·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyThe ‘law’ is an enterprise that seeks to rule us all from cradle to the grave, whether as constitution conferring citizen, or as citizen confronting constitution, or the wider linked role of law within society, such as of how the ‘law’ seeks to eradicate wrongs made endemic, such as caste-based oppression as well as human rights failures or institutional evils like female foeticide. At the same time, the failure of legal institutions to fulfill their constitutional objectives is pointed to as the need to engage law’s multiple failures. ‘Law’ is not fully constructed and defined, nor equally hoped to be obeyed as that we may be willing to trust all citizens or ourselves equally with such laws given, and to obey them. It is in this area of ambiguity, especially when the failure of legal institutions is deeply political, that the citizen may take recourse to a politics of reinterpretation or civil disobedience. Hence, citizens and citizens’ education in a plural society need to be premised on understanding law not as rule-following, nor as rule-breaking, nor as inevitable submission to rules. Citizens should be able to see law as a terrain of contestation, where ideas of justice, ethics, and care are shaped constantly. A good citizen is one who constantly seeks to engage with law, not just obey it. The notion that law and justice must always mean the same thing is an important learning outcome for any understanding of multiple sources of law in India, both statutory law as well as customary law. It is this literacy, and awareness, that is much more empowering than rote learning of legal terms. Legal literacy now needs to encompass not just how to file an FIR or read laws, but genuinely evoke what sources of justice all of us can refer and care for or reject. As a citizen one is supposed toView question
Q.2252·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyWhat is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them, as was in those of the ancients. But it is not only the difficulty and labour, which men take in finding out of truth, nor again, that when it is found, it imposeth upon man’s thoughts, that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchants; but for the lie’s sake. But I cannot tell; this same truth, is a naked, and open day-light, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs, of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men’s minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves? What would happen if truths were not mixed with lies?View question
Q.2253·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyWhat is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them, as was in those of the ancients. But it is not only the difficulty and labour, which men take in finding out of truth, nor again, that when it is found, it imposeth upon man’s thoughts, that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchants; but for the lie’s sake. But I cannot tell; this same truth, is a naked, and open day-light, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs, of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men’s minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves? What is the writer's idea of 'truth' in the paragraph?View question
Q.2254·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyIn this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the answer sheet. S1: The period branded as the era of the Industrial Revolution was essentially a period of transformation. S6: This wage was however, not enough to keep the worker properly clothed or fed and thus, the Industrial Revolution could not solve the problem of distribution. Arrange the following sentences between S1 and S6: P: A definite polarisation of industrial society between two main classes – capitalists and workers – was visible. Q: It marked the beginning of the final phase of the broader transformation from feudalism to capitalism and capitalism made its presence felt all over the Europe. R: Actual production in the factories was done by the workers but the workers had very little and so for survival, they were required to continuously sell their labour power for wages. S: In the capitalist mode of production the factories and heavy machineries were owned and controlled by the capitalist class.View question
Q.2255·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyWhat is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them, as was in those of the ancients. But it is not only the difficulty and labour, which men take in finding out of truth, nor again, that when it is found, it imposeth upon man’s thoughts, that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchants; but for the lie’s sake. But I cannot tell; this same truth, is a naked, and open day-light, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs, of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men’s minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves? What literary device does the author use when he says, “truth is naked”?View question
Q.2256·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly. The business floundered during the pandemic.View question
Q.2257·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. The horror and abomination of the system of Sati in India was condemned thoroughly.View question
Q.2258·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. This ushered in a large-scale social, economic, and political transformation.View question
Q.2259·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. The first step in precipitation is condensation .View question
Q.2260·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. The writer obfuscated the real issue with small details.View question
Q.2261·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyIn this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: The period heralded as the era of industrial revolution was also a period of transition from feudalism to capitalism. S6: In the capitalist mode of production, the basic motive of economic activity is the accumulation of capital, controlled by the capitalist class. P: A definite Polarisation of Indian society had taken place with zamindars, moneylenders and rulers on one side. Q: A ruralised beginning of the industrial phase of the transition had set in. R: Actual production in the factory system was based on wage-labour, where the capitalist paid labourers for their time and labour, and owned the machines and raw materials. S: It was the beginning of the capitalist mode of production which altered Indian society at all levels.View question
Q.2262·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyIn this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: There exists a close relation ship between meteorology and climatology. S6: In other words, it is concerned with the immediate and current state of the atmosphere and its associated phenomena. P: In other words, it is concerned with the physics of the lower atmosphere. Q: They include temperature, pressure, wind and moisture. R: Climatology, on the other hand, is concerned with the observation and analysis of the elements of weather and their variations and changes from time to time and place to place. S: Meteorology, however, is the study of the atmospheric composition and physical characteristics of the atmosphere.View question
Q.2263·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly. We must not become complacent about the progress of the technology.View question
Q.2264·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyIn this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: Europe was going through a political, social, economic, and cultural transformation in the eighteenth century. S6: Great Britain emerged victorious in the Seven Years War and France lost all her colonial possessions except some of her minor possessions. P: Therefore, the European continent has now been clearly confined to the border of only politics. Q: This century saw the reaching climax of the transformation that had started long ago. R: However, the Treaty of Paris could not restore peace to Europe forever. S: The Treaty of Paris (1763) brought an end to the Seven Years War.View question
Q.2265·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. American Independence was a great blow to the invincible image of Great Britain.View question
Q.2266·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. He was rebuked for his infraction of the discipline.View question
Q.2267·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response. It is the general reaction of some people to denounce any new proposal by enthusiastic professionals.View question
Q.2268·Miscellaneous·2023·EasyEach item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly. He first convulsed and then collapsed on the floor.View question