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36. Which of the following statements cannot be inferred from the passage?

(a) It is quite likely that post financial recession, nations will continue to consume resources at the same

or higher rate.

(b) Energy consumption per person in developing countries is much lower in comparison to that of

developed countries.

(c) Finance may fuel economies but it most definitely cannot conserve natural ecosystems.

(d) Over consumption of resources by a very little percentage of the global population is putting the

entire world into ecological debt.

37. The report refers to 'wasteful over-consumption' in order to show that:

(a) certain nations have reached a point of no return.

(b) the habit of consuming resources at a high rate is common throughout nations.

(c) unrestrained use of natural resources is unsustainable.

(d) 'over-consumption' is bound to lead nations to 'wasteful over-consumption

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38. Why does the author urge to shift the focus to qualitative improvements?

(a) Because it is not impossible to sustain the present lifestyles of human beings

(b) Because it will close the 'yawning gap' between the rich and the poor

(c) Because 'ecological debt' on the planet will reduce to some extent

(d) Because the extent of improvement through consumption is limited

39 The author would agree with which of the following ?

(a) Rowling freely lifts concepts and examples from other works and hence is guilty of plagiarism.

(b) The fact that Harry can sense the movements of his nemesis by means of the scar reduces to some

extent the sense of danger created by the book.

(c) In the book, Rowling could have avoided creating circumstances or instances which have close

similarity with real world terror as these circumstances or instances are laughably childish.

(d) Rowling's seemingly inexhaustible stock of narratives make it difficult to appreciate the element of

love in the relationships demonstrated in the book.

40. Which of the following statements best represents the author's feelings about 'Deathly Hallows' ?

(a) Deathly Hallows is different in the sense that it has real world underpinnings woven into a story

where a group of rebels are at war against an evil regime; a story which is a nail biting read with

appropriations from other works that go into the intricacies of human relationships.

(b) Deathly Hallows is a story where a group of rebels are at war against an evil regime; a story with

real world underpinnings which is a nail biting read and succeeds in arousing emotions of love and

care through its portrayal of relationships in spite of its excessive narratives.

(c)Deathly Hallows is a story where a group of rebels are at war against an evil regime with real world

underpinnings ; a nail biting read which succeeds in arousing emotions of love and care through its

portrayal of relationships in spite of there being appropriations from other works.

(d) Deathly Hallows is different from pop-culture storytelling in the sense that it has a story where a

group of rebels are at war against an evil regime; a story which is a nail biting read with appropriations

from other works.

41. The tone of the author in the passage is ?

(a) Mesmerizing

(b) Appreciating

(c) Analytical

(d) Critical

42. Which of the following definition of nihilism is closest to the one that is propounded by Nietzsche?

(a) A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake.

(b) The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is

unreal.

(c) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence. The rejection of all moral principles.

(d) An anarchistic revolutionary doctrine holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad

that lead to propound destruction.

43. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

(a) Nihilism was the prime reason for the fall and collapse of several civilizations, as studied by Oswald

Spengler.

(b) Nihilism will result in a cold and inhuman world, full of atrocities.

(c) Nihilism with its biting analysis of values and assault on beliefs will result in a moral crisis of sorts.

It will be one of the most destructive crises for civilization.

(d) Withdrawal from outside world and getting deeper into self, has been advocated by eastern doctrines

in the form of meditation and tantra.

44. Which of the following statements cannot be related to the ideas of Nihilism, as given in the passage?

(a) Everything is nothing, including the consciousness of nothing.

(b) I think there is an element of meaninglessness about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is

meaningless.

(c) There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us is

by the patent nonexistence of both.

(d) There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is

nothing.