PC

53. A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,

choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

The answers to these questions about reality were many, but in Germany they tended to posit the

idea of an evolving harmony, a movement towards equilibrium between the two poles of an objective

reality and subjective human consciousness. The work of Mommsen, Eucken and Heyse was

characterized by this spirit of willingness to see reality in an explicable, idealized light, whereas

Hauptmann, the consummate naturalist, rejected all attempts to embellish reality. Like other

naturalists he adopted a critical position, under the banner of "truth", towards hypocrisy and convention

and under the banner of "modernity", towards the fashion for historical themes and subjects within

literature.

(a) It is this dichotomy that should be considered in evaluating these German prize winners' works.

(b) And thus there existed a dichotomy between the idealized and the naturalistic view of beauty.

(c) Equally important is that the industrial revolution introduced Germany to pragmatic thinking.

(d) This gave rise to a crisis within the educated bourgeoisie, nurtured by Goethean ideals of good.

54. A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,

choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Policy failures come in many shapes and sizes. But they are almost invariably accentuated by the

choices that have to be made in periods of financial shortage. Yesterday the coalition government

found itself confronted by two of them, one in policing policy and the other in higher education. The

failures are radically different in many details. But they have this in common: they are both serious

failures, and they were both foreseeable. They could both have been mitigated by clearer policymaking

at an earlier stage.

(a) On the policing cuts, it is the opinion that Britain has more police officers than it needs.

(b) Instead each has been allowed to fester and become more difficult to solve politically.

(c) Downing Street must be thanking Prince Andrew for providing some distraction.

(d) Police numbers have increased without proper regard to social need.