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[Vishal Kotkar]

SCRA exam is conducted by UPSc for Railway Apprentices. This year this exam was conducted on 20 january,2013. For your help here I am providing SCRA previous question paper for general Ability.

Direction (For the 15 items which follow):

In this Section you have five short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a Passage, and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answer based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

Passage-I

People start smoking various reasons. Sometimes they get into this habit because they feel it makes them look sophisticated. People may get hooked to this habit. Then smoking becomes a part of their lifestyle. They become addicted to the nicotine in the cigarettes. However. there is a definite link between smoking and lung cancer. heart disease and chronic bronohitis. Besides heavy smokers wrinkle faster. Passive smoking is equally harmful. Non-smokers are cautioned not to stay around smokers. The inhalation of smoke by non-smokers is dangerous. Wives of smokers are more at risk of lung cancer than the wives of non-smokers.

1. In this passage, the expression "get hooked to" means to become
(a) dull-witted
(b) habituated and addicted
(c) emotionally unpleasant
(d) completely commited

2. Smoking primarily casuses
(a) lung cancer
(b) infectious diseases
(c) ageing
(d) nicotine addiction

3. " Passive smoking" refers to
(a) people who smoke occasionally
(b) wives of smokers who inhale smoke
(c) non-smokers who inhale smoke
(d) people who to inhale smoke

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