Directions (Q.1-10):
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you
locate them.
Having come to power
on the strength of mega-promises centred on the prospect of achhe din
for all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot but feel the weight of
popular expectations on his government after an uneventful first
year. The vast majority of those who backed him, those who gave the
BJP he led a clear mandate in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, bought his
words of hope in toto, and believed he could bring in much-needed
change and put the country back on a trajectory of growth and
development. On the first anniversary, some of the promises remain as
proposals and many others appear too remote with little or
no chance of coming to fruition in the next four years. Given the
state of India’s slow-moving bureaucracy the expectations were
perhaps unrealistic to begin with, but Mr. Modi had fed them with
election-time rhetoric. From ensuring efficient delivery of
basic services and quickening clearance for infrastructure and
industrial projects to ending corruption and bringing back black
money kept in foreign banks, his was a long and exhaustive list of
promises. As the previous Congress-led government ended its
term entwined in scams and scandals, Mr. Modi marketed
himself as everything his predecessor Manmohan Singh was not, and
sought to represent the varied aspirations of whole classes of
people. He wanted to offer much more than a concrete programme of
action; he wanted to present a vision of the future, a vision of
India taking its place as an economic superpower in the first world.
Of course, it was not as if nothing got done during the year, but
the achievements pale in relation to the expectations. Inevitably,
the comparison being made is not between the last year of the
Manmohan Singh government and the first year of the Modi government,
but between Mr. Modi’s words and his deeds, between the promise of
achhe din and the harsh, unchanging realities on the ground. To the
government’s credit, inflation is down. Falling international oil
prices might have had a role as also the resoluteness of the Reserve
Bank of India in not lowering interest rates, but the government kept
a close watch on food prices. The push toward financial inclusion
through the Jan Dhan Yojana seems to have yielded quick results with
crores of poor people induced to open a bank account for the first
time in their lives. This is quite unlike the proposal for smart
cities and the Make in India project that have had
nosubstantial results to show for all their potential, and
haven’t so far made any tangible change in the lives of ordinary
people. Not surprisingly, the government appears to be aware of this
shortcoming and is preparing to announce a large-scale social sector
scheme. In contrast to the lack of forward movement in social welfare
programmes in the last one year, the government looked as if it were
in a hurry to accommodate big business by seeking to dilute the
safeguards in the land acquisition legislation and extending tax
benefits to the rich. While it was not enthusiastic about the
previous government’s rural employment guarantee and food security
schemes, it took up in all earnest the controversy-ridden Aadhaar
scheme, seen as a first step towards targeted social benefits and
capped subsidies. Instead of laying claim to a pro-growth label, the
government found itself trying to fend off an anti-poor tag. All told
and added up on the political ledger, the debit column has certainly
ended up being longer than the credit column.
-Source, The Hindu,
Delhi Edition, 26th May
Q.1.Choose an
appropriate title for the passage.
1) it’s All About:
Kursi
2) Fraud Schemes
3) Not Up to
Expectations
4) Promises not kept
5) The First Year,
The Best Year
Q.2.Which of the
following is true according to the passage?
A) The smart city
project and Make in India Project has not yielded any effect on the
lives of ordinary people so far.
B) For the last one
year, Govt. extended the tax benefits to the poorer and specially
guarantying the job in the land acquisition bill.
C) Instead of laying
claim to a pro-growth label, the government found itself trying to
fend off an anti-poor tag.
1) Only A and B
2) Only B and C
3) Only C and A
4) Only A, B and C
5) Only A
Q.3.Which of the
following is the reason for such comparison of Modi Govt. work?
1) Because recently
the Govt. completed its first year and the work done in this period
is less compared to what said during elections.
2) Because CAG has
published a report that said that Govt. is not working efficiently.
3) Because as
compared to congress led Govt. the BJP led Govt. is doing much
better.
4) Because BJP led
Govt. has done much than what was promised.
5) All of the Above
Q.4.Which of the
following is not true according to the passage?
A) The push toward
financial inclusion through the Jan Dhan Yojana seems to have yielded
quick results
B) Mr. Modi marketed
himself as everything his predecessor Manmohan Singh was.
C) The government
appears to be aware of this shortcoming and is preparing to announce
a large-scale social sector scheme
1) Only A and B
2) Only B and C
3) Only C and A
4) Only A, B and C
5) None of these
Q.5.What does the
author mean by the phrase, “but the achievements pale in relation
to the expectations”?
1) The achievements
were much more than the promises made.
2) The achievements
outshined the image of the previous Govt.
3) The ground
reality of achievements are totally different than what was promised.
4) The achievements
were negligible as compared to promises made during election.
5) None of the above
Q.6.Which of the
following is not the synonym of the word “entwined”?
1) Deviant
2) Unravel
3) Hide
4) Relive
5) Improve
Q.7.Which of the
following is not the synonym of the word “uneventful”?
1) Irregular
2) Dislike
3) Exciting
4) Relieve
5) Strenuous
Q.8.Which of the
following is the synonym of the word “remote”?
1) Control
2) Guile
3) Denial
4) Satisfy
5) Distant
Q.9.Which of the
following is the synonym of the word “substantial”?
1) Formal
2) Shine
3) Significant
4) Develop
5) Catalyst
Q.10.Which of the
following is the synonym of the word “rhetoric”?
1) Stimulate
2) Deception
3) Convince
4) Eloquence
5) Conclude
Solutions
1. (3)
2. (3)
3. (1)
4. (5)
5. (4)
6. (2)
7. (3)
8. (5)
9. (3)
10. (4)
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