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UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentices' (SCRA) exam solved paper
Passage I

People start smoking for various reasons. Sometimes they get into this habit because they feel it makes then 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 bronchitis. 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 (Ans)

(c) emotionally unpleasant

(d) completely committed

Solutions : In the passage ''get hooked to'' means to become habituated and addicted.



2. Smoking primarily causes

(a) lung cancer

(b) infectious diseases

(c) ageing

(d) nicotine addiction (Ans)

Solutions : The fifth sentence of the passage gives us the answer.



3. "Passive smoking" refers to

(a) people who smoke occasionally

(b) wives of smokers who inhale smoke

(c) non-smokers who inhale smoke (Ans)

(d) people who like to inhale smoke

Solutions : 'Passive smoking' refers to non-smokers who inhale smoke.

Passage II

My father wished me to become a carpenter like himself. For five generations we have carried on the same trade, from father to son. Perhaps that is the wisdom of life, to tread your father's steps, and look neither to the right nor to the left. When I was a little boy I said I would marry the daughter of the harness-maker who lived next door. She was a little girl with blue eyes and a flaxen pigtail. She would have kept my house like a new pin, and I should have had a son to carry on the business after me.



4. The author's father wished to author to become a carpenter because

(a) he himself was a carpenter

(b) he had great love for handicrafts

(c) the author was unfit for any other thing

(d) carpentry was their hereditary occupation (Ans)

Solutions : The first two sentence give us the answer.



5. The phrase "the wisdom of life" in the passage means

(a) the right way of leading one's life

(b) following the traditional way of life faithfully (Ans)

(c) not looking either to the right or to the left

(d) leading one's life in an independent manner

Solutions : The given phrase means (in the context of the passage) 'following the traditional way of life faithfully'.



6. From the passage, we can say that the author

(a) followed his father's occupation (Ans)

(b) did not follow the occupation of his family

(c) did not do anything

(d) became a harness-maker

Solutions : The answer can be inferred from the passage.

Passage III

Men and women should be treated primarily as people, and not primarily as members of opposite se Their shared humanity and common attributes should be stressed not their gender difference. Neither sex should be stereotyped or arbitrarily assigned to a leading or secondary role. Women and men should be treated with the same respect, dignity and seriousness. Women should not be described by physical attributes when men are being described by mental attributes of professional position. Instead, both sexes should be dealt with in the same terms. Reference to a man's or woman's appearance, charm or intuition should be avoided when irrelevant



7. Men and women should be treated first

(a) as human beings (Ans)

(b) as belonging to opposite sexes

(c) in terms of their physical attributes

(d) as stereotypes

Solutions : The first sentence of the passage gives us the answer



8. Dealing with both sexes "in the same terms" means

(a) stereotyping both men and women

(b) describing them by physical attributes

(c) treating them equally (Ans)

(d) describing women by mental attributes

Solutions : 'In the same terms' here means treating them equally.



9. All the suggestions in the passage are meant

(a) to make women more powerful

(b) to reduce the power of men

(c) to minimize the possibility of conflict between men and women

(d) to remove gender discrimination (Ans)

Solutions : The answer can be clearly inferred from the passage.

Passage IV

Socrates used to move about the roads or stand in the market place all day long. He talked to anyone who cared to greet him. He argued and asked many questions. Sometimes he left his listeners in a very confused state of mind because he seemed to be questioning, doubting or trying to change things about which people had never really though, but had taken for granted. Socrates believed that everyone should learn to think for himself. He believed that every one should have the power to see what was right, just, true and beautiful. He wanted Athens to be a perfect state and he believed that this could only happen if every citizen educated his own mind to see what was right and noble.



10. People were confused by Socrates' questions because

(a) he asked them in the market place

(b) the questions were addressed to anyone and everyone

(c) he was argumentative and asked too many questions

(d) the questions were on topics that people had never really though about (Ans)

Solutions : The fourth sentence of the passage gives us the answer.



11. Socrates believed that everyone should learn

(a) to read and write

(b) to be wise

(c) to think for himself (Ans)

(d) whatever was good and noble

Solutions : The fifth sentence of the passage gives us the answer



12. Socrates thought that Athens would become a perfect state if

(a) its people attained perfection

(b) everyone became educated in the arts

(c) its people did great things

(d) its people developed a sense of right and just (Ans)

Solutions : The last sentence of the passage gives us the answer

Passage V

The difficulty of keeping the glasses clean is one of the minor discomforts of glasses, but it is nevertheless a most annoying one. On damp and rainy days, the atmosphere clouds them. On hot days the perspiration from the body may have a similar effect. On cold days, they are often clouded by the moisture of the breath. Every day they are so subject to contamination by dust and moisture, the touch of the fingers and to unavoidable handling, that they seldom afford as absolutely unobstructed view of the objects regarded.



13. The reason why glasses seldom afford an absolutely clear view of objects is that

(a) glasses are always contaminated by the atmosphere

(b) people use them carelessly

(c) it is very difficult to keep them absolutely clear (Ans)

(d) of handling by dirty fingers

Solutions : The last sentence of the passage gives us the answer



14. What is the major cause of poor view afforded by glasses on a hot day ?

(a) Moisture in the atmosphere

(b) Dampness of the weather

(c) Perspiration from the body (Ans)

(d) Contamination by the touch of fingers

Solutions : The third sentence of the passage gives us the answer



15. What is the general effect produced on the reader on reading the passage above ?

(a) He knows more about weather

(b) He knows more about glasses

(c) He is warned against handling glasses carelessly

(d) He is persuaded not to use glasses, if avoidable (Ans)

Solutions : The answer can be easily inferred from the passage.