Monday 11 April 2016

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43. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with which of the following ?
a. Criticizing European and Australian patriotism
b. Attempting to learn from American patriotism.
c. Exploring the contrast between American and Australian patriotism.
d. Appreciating American patriotism in contrast with European and Australian patriotism.

44. The contextual meaning of the word 'organic' in the passage is closest to ?
a. Being Fluid in terms of cultural values.
b. Having Rigid Principles
c. Being Traditional and having common values.
d. Having Evolved together with a common history.


45. What does the author imply by stating "Yet this does not explain why the United States should be any
different to Australia."?
A. American patriotism is largely a result of the belief in individual liberty .
B. The US and Australia are both migrant nations but with different patriotic fervor.
C. Both the US and Australia are not anchored in ethnicity like Europe.
D. The ethnic factor which makes the dynamics of patriotism in Europe different from that in the US,
does not characterize Australia.

a. B and C a. B and C b. B, C and D c. A, B and C d. A, B, C and D


46. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage ?
a. Europe has supported the theme of multiculturalism which has led to a fractured sense of national
identity.
b. The sense of National Pride in America makes American people identify with the nation more than
anything else .
c. Australia's sense of National Pride is rooted in the past whereas America's sense of National Pride
is forward-looking.
d. None of the above.






















51. Which, according to the author, is the correct inference about Kant's view of 'positive science'?
a. 'Positive science' is based on false assumptions.
b. Human perception, by itself, places a limit on the correctness of 'positive science'.
c. The primary concern of science is to study properties and relationships of the matter and not what an
object is.
d. We do not have direct knowledge of what the object is.

52. Which of the following, best represents, the author's possible viewpoint about man's possible level of
self-understanding?
a. Man does not know anything about himself.
b. Man is not aware of how much he knows about himself.
c. Man has vast knowledge of self.
d. Man has very limited knowledge of self.


53. Which of the given situations does not illustrate the equivalent of a situation referred in
" the things which we intuit …………….disappear"?
a. revolution of the earth around the sun.
b. calculation of velocity of a ball falling freely under force of gravity.
c. identification of a rose by its smell.
d. None of the above.











56. The "things/objects" ,referred to in the passage, which often range from preparatory stuff to finished
work communicate which of the following to the author ?
a. They make the author feel inferior.
b. They issue a challenge to the author.
c. They push the author to renounce his artistic objectives.
d. They goad the author to give up his rigid beliefs.


57. Which of the following questions looks most likely to have been put to the author immediately before
he wrote the passage?
a. What is the relationship between Hesse's text on 'economy of loss' and your interpretation of it ,
and what have you come with today to this exhibition?
b. What are your views on Abstract Art and the objects of Abstract Art ?
c. What is the primary connection between Hesse's text on 'economy of loss' and your exhibition
today?
d. Today, why does your exhibition completely abandon your views on Hesse's 'economy of loss'
which you have expressed in your recent article?


58. Which of the following does not reflect an objective of the author in holding the exhibition?
A. An experiment which would facilitate writing a book on Hesse.
B. To display the clarity attained by the author as regards Hesse's works by virtue of years of research
on Hesse's theory and Art pieces.
C. To prove that the 'test pieces' of Hesse can be easily visualized as objects of Art.
D. To create a constructive enquiry regarding Hesse's work.
a. Only C b. B and C c. A, B and C d. A and D


59. What does the author imply by calling Hesse's art pieces as 'precarious?
a. The pieces can have dangerous interpretations.
b. The pieces cannot be understood by a superficial interpretation.
c. The pieces evade description or classification .
d. The pieces confound the layman.


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