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Hi buddy here I am looking for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) exam previous year paper with solution , so would you plz provide me same here ??

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As you want here I am giving below Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) exam previous year paper with solution :

ENGLISH (COMPREHENSION)
The questions in this section are based on a single passage. The questions are to be answered on the basis
of what is stated or implied in the passage.
Please note that for some of the questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the
question. However, you are to choose the best answer; that is, the response that most accurately and
completely answers the question.
Passage for Questions 1 to 10
In 1954, a Bombay economist named A.D. Shroff began a Forum of Free Enterprise, whose ideas on economic
development were somewhat at odds with those then influentially articulated by the Planning Commission of
the Government of India. Shroff complained against the ‘indifference, if not discouragement’ with which the
state treated entrepreneurs.
At the same time as Shroff, but independently of him, a journalist named Philip Spratt was writing a series of
essays in favour of free enterprise. Spratt was a Cambridge communist who was sent by the party in 1920s to
foment revolution in the subcontinent. Detected in the act, he spent many years in an Indian jail. The books he
read in the prison, and his marriage to an Indian woman afterwards, inspired a steady move rightwards. By the
1950s, he was editing a pro-American weekly from Bangalore, called
MysIndia
. There he inveighed
against the
economic policies of the government of India. These, he said, treated the entrepreneur ‘as a criminal who has
dared to use his brains independently of the state to create wealth and give employment’. The state’s chief
planner, P.C. Mahalanobis, had surrounded himself with Western leftists and Soviet academicians, who
reinforced his belief in ‘rigid control by the government over all activities’. The result, said Spratt, would be
‘the smothering of free enterprise, a famine of consumer goods, and the tying down of millions of workers to
soul-deadening techniques.’
The voices of men like Spratt and Shroff were drowned in the chorus of popular support for a model of heavy
industrialization funded and directed by the governments. The 1950s were certainly not propitious times for free
marketers in India. But from time to time their ideas were revived. After the rupee was devalued in 1966, there
were some moves towards freeing the trade regime, and hopes that the licensing system would also be
liberalized. However, after Indira Gandhi split the Congress Party in 1969, her government took its ‘left turn’,
nationalizing a fresh range of industries and returning to economic autarky.
1.
Which of the following statements can most reasonably be inferred from the information available in
the passage:
(a) P.C. Mahalanobis believed in empowering private entrepreneurs and promoting free market.
(b) Philip Spratt preferred plans that would create economic conditions favourable for a forward march
by the private enterprise.
(c) Restrictions on free markets enriched large Indian companies.
(d) Philip Spratt opposed the devaluation of rupee in 1966.
2.
Which of the following statements is least likely to be inferred from the passage.
(a) Acceptance of A.D. Shroff’s plans in the official circles smothered free enterprise in India.
(b) The views of the Forum of Free Enterprise ran against the conception of development then prevalent
among the policy makers.
(c) A.D. Shroff believed that state should actively support the private sector.
(d) Philip Spratt had been educated in Cambridge.
3.
Select the statement that best captures the central purpose of this passage.

(a) Highlight that even though there were advocates for free-market and private enterprise in the early
years of independent India, they were crowded out by others who supported a dominant role for state
over private enterprise.
(b) Explain the politics behind Indira Gandhi’s decision to nationalize the banks.
(c) Demonstrate with the help of statistics how the preference of policy makers for Soviet-style
economic policies prevented India’s economic growth.
(d) Establish that devaluation of rupee in 1966 was vindicated by subsequent experience.
4.
Philip Spratt came to India because he:
(a) Fell in love with an Indian woman
(b) Wanted to protest against the economic policies of the Indian government.
(c) Was offered the editorship of
Mysindia.
(d) Had been instructed to work towards the goal of inciting a revolution in India.
5.
The author that A.D. Shroff’s ideas were somewhat at odds with the views of Planning Commission
because:
(a) A.D. Shroff was in favour of rigid governmental control over all economic activities.
(b) Shroff had opposed government’s decision to devalue Indian rupee.
(c) The hostility of the government to private entrepreneurs was complained against by A.D. Shroff.
(d) Shroff had been critical of the influence of Soviet academicians over India’s economic policy.
6.
The ideological shift of Philip Spratt to the right was caused by:
(a) The demise of the Soviet Union
(b) The start of the weekly called
MysIndia.
(c) The books that he encountered in the prison.
(d) The dissolution of his first marriage to his college friend.
7.
Select the statement that could be most plausibly inferred from this passage.
(a) Philip Spratt and A.D. Shroff were members of the Forum for Free Enterprise.
(b) The first two Five Year Plans emphasized on the importance of private enterprise as the spearhead
of economic growth.
(c) P.C. Mahalanobis had mooted the expulsion of foreign firms like Coca Cola and IBM from India.
(d) The hopes that the licensing regime would be liberalized after the devaluation of India rupee were
belied in the aftermath of the split in the Congress Party.
8.
The author alludes to nationalization of industries in 1969 in order to:
(a) Show the contradictions between AD Shroff’s economic views and the official economic policies of
the government of India.
(b) Exemplify the shift of the Indira Gandhi led government to the ‘left’
(c) Demonstrate the ideological changes in the worldview of Philip Spratt.
(d) Highlight the negative political repercussions of the decision to devalue the Indian currency.
9.
“Neither Philip Spratt nor A.D. Shroff______ able to convince Mahalanobis.” Select the most
appropriate phrase out of the four options for filling the blank space in the aforesaid sentence.
(a) Were
(b) Are
(c) Was
(d) Is
10.
The word ‘inveighed’ in this passage means:
(a) Praised
(b) Recited
(c) Proclaimed
(d) Remonstrated

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11. Which of the following is the closest description of the central argument of this passage:
(a) Manu Joseph’s novel presents a scathing portrayal of Dalits.
(b) Contemporary American literature is very cautious on politically correct representation of
minorities.
(c) The last two decades have witnessed the rise of a very vibrant Dalit literature.
(d) Portrayal of Dalits by non-Dalits merely as passive victims has been the dominant norm in Indian
literature, cinema and art.
12. According to this passage, Premchand and Mulk Raj Anand:
(a) Presented a stereotyped version of Dalit characters in their writings.
(b) Excelled in writing satires on social inequality
(c) Were politically opposed to the views of B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Were closely involved with the leadership of the nationalist movement.
13. The writer refers to the ‘anti-reservation discourse’ in order to argue that:
(a) Dalit literature has had a very difficult journey since its origins.
(b) Manu Joseph is viscerally opposed to Dalits.
(c) Persons belonging to the upper castes are inherently indifferent to routine violence against Dalits.
(d) Indian society is not yet ready to equitably share, on its own, social, cultural and political space with
Dalits.
14. Which of the following statements is least likely to be inferred from this passage.
(a) The author of Serious Men has used the literary device of satire to present an unflattering picture of
women characters.
(b) Issues of representation of minorities have been debated extensively in American literature.
(c) The writer of this passage believes that engagement with Dalits is necessary only because such
engagement affirms the importance of identity politics.
(d) The writer believes that Rohinton Mistry presented a stereotypical representation of Dalits character
in his book.
15. According to the information available in the passage, the writer attributes the prevalence of
representation of Dalits by non-Dalits in literature, art and media to:
(a) The nationalist understanding of Indian history
(b) Marginalization of B.R. Ambedkar from nationalist movement.
(c) The anti-reservation discourse
(d) Brahminical control over cultural production.
16. Which of the following is not among the reasons suggested by the writer for engaging with Dalit
writing:
(a) Dalit literature has the potential to sensitize non-Dalits about the experiences of the former.
(b) Dalit writing is more authentic than representation of Dalits by non-Dalits.
(c) Dalit literature does not have the support of numbers.
(d) The aesthetic value of Dalit writing.
17. Which of the following statement cannot be inferred from the passage:
(a) Upper-castes have dominated the instruments of cultural production in Indian society.
(b) Indian society is unwilling to recognize Dalits as equal, rights bearing human beings.
(c) Dalit writers have carved out a space for writings on Dalit experience and world view.
(d) The judiciary in India, in its opposition to reservation, has betrayed its unwillingness to
acknowledge Dalits as equal bearer of rights.
18. The writer of this passage is critical of Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance for the reason that:
(a) It is an example of a book of Dalit characters by a Non-Dalit
(b) The book suggests that Dalits are nothing more than passive sufferers without any agency.
(c) The book ignores the everyday violence that Dalits have to confront with.
(d) It bares the passive literary style of the author, Rohinton Mistry.
19. Which of the following words would be the best substitute for the word ‘sly’ in this passage.
(a) Bright (b) wise (c) devious (d) dim
20. “It is not as if Dalit movements________ not active during the periods that form A Fine Balance’s
backdrop.” Select the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank in the above sentence:
(a) is (b) was (c) were (d) are
21. Which of the following statements is least likely to be inferred from the passage:
(a) Younger generations of Indians are more tolerant of foreign scribes who write about their country.
(b) The writer believes that a section of Indian intelligentsia is very hostile to upward economic
mobility.
(c) Mr. William Dalrymple has been accused of recolonising India through his writings.
(d) Most of the criticism that has been recently directed at Patrick French has emphasized mainly on the
writer’s underwhelming literary style.
22. Which of the following would be the best substitute for the word, ‘fusillade’ in the passage?
(a) Barrage (b) Breach (c) Temper (d) Row
23. The writer uses the phrase, ‘who gets to write about India contingent’ in this passage to refer to:
(a) Foreign writers who have written books on India.
(b) Critics who have attacked foreign writers writing on India for their mere foreignness.
(c) Elite residents of South Delhi and South Bombay.
(d) Cultural pluralists.
24. The writer believes that the most peculiar aspect of the criticisms that Patrick French and William
Dalaymple have received is that:
(a) Most such condemnation has emerged from elite Indians.
(b) Such critics are hostile to upward immobility.
(c) These censures are not centered on the books of such writers or their literary styles but are targeted
at their identity instead.
(d) These critics ignore the plural ethos of India.
25. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage:
(a) Ascriptive identities like caste, tribe, etc. are becoming more and more important with the passage
of time.
(b) Patrick French believes that the new market friendly economic policies followed for the last decades
have resulted in the rise of tawdry capitalism and rapacious imperialism.
(c) The writer is of the opinion that a section of the intelligentsia is divorced from the views of their
compatriots.
(d) While India has historically been very hospitable to a variety of religions, it has not been equally
open to linguistic foreigners.
26. According to the information available in the passage, the writer is of the opinion that:
(a) Writers like Patrick French do not know the real India.
(b) Most of the condemnation heaped on Dalrymple, French and himself has been on expected lines.
(c) India’s reputation of pluralism is cosmetic at best, one that hides deep rooted hatred towards
foreigners.
(d) The new generation of Indians have internalized the idea that people should be rewarded for what
they do and not who they are.
27. The writer refers to the history of Hindus, Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists living peaceably
together in India for millions of years in order to:
(a) Show India’s openness to foreigners who have visited Indian in the quest for yoga.
(b) Argue that India is a country of hundreds of dialects.
(c) Demonstrate the religiosity pervading in an average Indian.
(d) India’s deep in the bones pluralism.
28. The writer argues that the nature of criticism he, Dalrymple and French have received for their books
renders reading their books superfluous because:
(a) Such criticism has been limited to a very small minority of Indians.
(b) These writers are popular among Indian youth, even among those who have not read their books.
(c) The literary styles of these writers are not the sole focus of such criticism.
(d) Such criticism is less about what has been written in their books than about who can write on India.
29. According to the passage, the question ‘who gets to write about India’ is complicated because:
(a) India has been historically open to and tolerant of foreign writers and artists.
(b) This issue can be satisfactorily resolved only if we can decide who gets to decide who gets to write
about India.
(c) Ascriptive identities are becoming more and more important in a globalized world.
(d) This would result in a shift of attention from what has been written to who has written.
30. “But with many outsiders’ India-related books recently hitting bookstores there, the sensitivity—flared
into a bout of vigorous literary nativism, with equally vigorous counterpunches.” Select the most
appropriate choice to fill in the blank in the above sentence:
(a) Has (b) Have (c) Was (d) Did