Directions (Q.1–11): Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold in the passage to
help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
1. What divides people of a country against another?(a) Different religions
(b) Different language
(c) Different social and political systems of different people
(d) Government of various countries
2. What is the urgent heed of the world today?(a) The establishment of an international economic order.
(b) The establishment of a world government.
(c) The creation of a cultural international social order.
(d) The raising of an international spiritual army.
3. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning as the word "righteousness" as used in the passage.(a) rectitude (b) religiosity
(c) requirement (d) scrupulousness5. Which of the following problems has not been mentioned in the passage as likely to be solved with the establishment of world Government?
(a) Social Problems (b) Political Problems
(c) Cultural Problems (d) Economic Problems
4. What will the world Government be expected to do?(a) it will arrange for interplanetary contacts
(b) it will end all wars for all time to come
(c) it will bring about a moral regeneration of mankind
(d) it will kill the evil spirit inman
6. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'implediments' as used in the passage. (a) handicaps (b) furtherance
(c) providence (d) hindrances
7. The most appropriate title of the above passage may be ...........(a) The evils of the world order.
(b) The man can make his destiny.
(c) The need of world Government.
(d) The role of Religion in theModern Times.
8. What was the factor, according to the passage, that set one man against another?(a) Material prosperity of certain people in the midst of grinding poverty.
(b) Superior physical strength of some persons.
(c) Colour of skin or shape of the body.
(d) Some people being educated and other illiterate.
9. The theory of racial superiority stands falsified today by ........(a) knowledge derived from scientific advances.
(b) the ascendancy of peoplewhowere here to fore considered of inferior racial stock.
(c) the achievements of the so called backward countries in every field of life.
(d) the precedence given to the physical powers of different races.
10. In the part religious sects .............(a) united the people with one another.
(b) Interfered in political affairs.
(c) did a good job by way of spreading message of
love and peace.
(d) divided one set of people from another.
What is immediately needed today is the establishement of a
Wrold Government or an International Federation of mankind. It is the utmost
necessity of the world today, and all those persons who wish to see all human
beings happy and prosperous naturally feel it keenly. Of course, at times we
feel that many of the problem of our political, social, linguistic and cultural
life would come to an end if there were one Govenment all ovet the world.
Travellers, businessmen, seekers of knowledge and teachers of righteousness
knowvery well that great impediments and obstructions are faced by them when
they pass from one country to another, exchange goods, get information, and make
an efforts to spread their good gospel among their fellow-men. In the past,
religious sects divided one set of people against another, colour of skin or
shape of the body set one against the other.
But today when philosophical light has exploded the darkness
that was created by religious differences, and when scientific knowledge has
flasified the superstitions, they have enabled human beings of all religious
views and of all races and colours to come in frequent contactwith one another .
It is the governments of various countries that keep poeple of one country apart
from, those of another. They create artificial barriers, unnatural distinctions,
unhealthy isolation, unnecessary fears and dangers in theminds of common menwho
by their naturewant to live in friendshipwith their fellow-men.But all these
evilswould cease to exist if there were one Government all over the world.
(b) Different language
(c) Different social and political systems of different people
(d) Government of various countries
2. What is the urgent heed of the world today?(a) The establishment of an international economic order.
(b) The establishment of a world government.
(c) The creation of a cultural international social order.
(d) The raising of an international spiritual army.
3. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning as the word "righteousness" as used in the passage.(a) rectitude (b) religiosity
(c) requirement (d) scrupulousness5. Which of the following problems has not been mentioned in the passage as likely to be solved with the establishment of world Government?
(a) Social Problems (b) Political Problems
(c) Cultural Problems (d) Economic Problems
4. What will the world Government be expected to do?(a) it will arrange for interplanetary contacts
(b) it will end all wars for all time to come
(c) it will bring about a moral regeneration of mankind
(d) it will kill the evil spirit inman
6. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'implediments' as used in the passage. (a) handicaps (b) furtherance
(c) providence (d) hindrances
7. The most appropriate title of the above passage may be ...........(a) The evils of the world order.
(b) The man can make his destiny.
(c) The need of world Government.
(d) The role of Religion in theModern Times.
8. What was the factor, according to the passage, that set one man against another?(a) Material prosperity of certain people in the midst of grinding poverty.
(b) Superior physical strength of some persons.
(c) Colour of skin or shape of the body.
(d) Some people being educated and other illiterate.
9. The theory of racial superiority stands falsified today by ........(a) knowledge derived from scientific advances.
(b) the ascendancy of peoplewhowere here to fore considered of inferior racial stock.
(c) the achievements of the so called backward countries in every field of life.
(d) the precedence given to the physical powers of different races.
10. In the part religious sects .............(a) united the people with one another.
(b) Interfered in political affairs.
(c) did a good job by way of spreading message of
love and peace.
(d) divided one set of people from another.
