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( C) By providing them good contracts. Critics like me would perhaps be still finding fault in this
(D) By giving large coverage to their activities. expression of his or that. Today his message rules millions
of hearts which determined to raise a permanent living by
15. The author is trying to highlight. the fulfilment of his ambition in their lives.”
(A) the benefit of speedy communication system
18. Lokmanya Tilak’s messages were most effective :
(B) the importance of exposure of personal life of
sports-persons (A) when he delivered them through his editorials
( C) the responsibility of journalism (B) after his death
( C) before his imprisonment
(D) when he delivered speeches.
16. Which of the following is NOT true in the context of the
passage?
(A) The private life of sports-persons is reported by the 19. Which of the following is the result of Lokmanya
press. Tilak’s exemplary life?
(B) The national players cannot shop around easily (A) The newspapers edited by him did not incur
now. monetary loss
( C) Stefan Edberg does not have any friend. (B) The books written by him were useful
(D) The media has helped players to become rich. ( C) People resolved to fulfil his life’s dream
(D) Critics still find fault with his views.
17. The players of today do not enjoy the same freedom as
was enjoyed by the earlier players because : 20. Which of the following is the general tendency of
(A) they are constrained by the contract they sign critics according to the passage?
(B) their admirers surround them when they go out (A) To find fault with one or the other expression of a
( C) computers have made their life miserable writer.
(D) today there are hundred of players and nobody (B) To praise only those writers whom they like
cares for them. ( C) To condemn one and all the reformer writers
(D) To suggest new ideas to the public
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21. In the context of the passage, a reformer becomes
effective if :
The reformer must know that what moves people is the
(A) he is a journalist with an objective view-point
authentic life, not mere writing. The newspaper and
(B) he is an author with an excellent style of writing
journals that Lokmanya Tilak and Gandhiji ran, the book ( C) he is an effective political leader of the masses
they wrote, sold little, but had enormous effect. Their writing (D) he is a person with consistency in his writing and
was known to reflect and be just an extension of, their life style.
exemplary lives. It was the authenticity of their lives which
lent weight to their message, to their example. All knew that 22. In the context of the passage, which of the following
their lives were an integral whole - they were not moral in statements about Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma
public life and lax in private, nor vice versa. They were not
full of pious thoughts and sacred resolutions within the walls Gandhi is true?
of a temple and cheats outside. (A) They were moral in private life but lax in public
life.
A writer who is merely entertaining his readers, even one (B) Their influence on people was negligible.
who is merely informing them, can do what he wants with ( C) Very few people used to read the newspapers
the rest of his life. But the writer who sets out to use his pen edited by them.
to reform public life cannot afford such dualities. (D) Their influence was multiplied a thousand-fold
by their imprisonment.
Here is the testimony of one great man - Gandhiji - about
the influence of another Lokmanya Tilak : 23. Which of the following types of writers can be moral

“I believe that an editor who has anything worth saying and in their personal life and lax in public life?
who commands a clientele can not be easily hushed. He (A) Those who want to reform people.
delivered his finished message as soon as he is put under (B) Those who want to entertain people.
duress. The Lokmanya spoke more eloquently from the ( C) Those who have a large number of followers who
Mandalay fortress than through the columns of the printed wish to emulate them.
Kesari. His influence was multiplied thousand-fold by his (D) Those who lead an authentic life.
imprisonment and his speech and his pen had acquired much
greater power after he was discharged than before his
imprisonment. By his death we have been editing his paper
without pen and speech through the sacred resolution of the
people to realise his life’s dream. He could possibly have
done more if he were today in the flesh preaching his view.
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