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Reading Comprehension Test

(A) changing The talk of national security comes as an easy weapon to
(B) failing prevent any probe into mismanagement. On nuclear
( C) unreliable matters, the media in our country, by and large, avoid the
(D) fumbling investigative approach. As a result, the mismatch between
promise and performance in the nuclear field does not get
34. Which of the following has the SAME meaning as the exposed as much as the mismanagement in other fields.
word “improvement” as it has been used in the
passage? 36. What does the author mean by ‘doing’ science?
(A) betterment (A) Demonstrating exaggerated performance without
(B) reforms achievement the desired level.
( C) advancement (B) Managing effectively the administrative
(D) corrections functions involved in the power game.
( C) Concentrating on such researches which have
very low practical utility.
35. Why do Western Companies avoid the “technology
fusion” approach? (D) Displaying genuine acumen and performance in
(A) Distrust of outside researchers. scientific studies.
(B) Feeling hat what one does alone is right.
37. ‘Doing science’ and ‘managing science’ as implied
( C) Failure to share results with them.
by the author is analogous to :
(D) All of those stated above.
(A) set target and achieving it
Passage 5 (B) fact and adaptability
( C) originality and adaptability
(D) scientific inventions and discovery of principles.
It is time we looked at the latent causes. Where does the
strength of India lie? Not in numbers, not necessarily is our
stands on international issues. In modern times, the strength 38. The author of the passage has :
of a nation lies in its achievements in science and (A) criticised the power - hungry Indian technocrats.
technology. This is not to say that other field do not count. (B) appreciated the Japanese scientists unduly and
exorbitantly.
( C) hailed India’s technological advancements in the
In the five decades after independence, we have yet to
demonstrate our originality in applied science and past five decades.
technology. Though Japan also started like us, by (D) underestimated the Japanese and Chinese
scientists and technologists.
cultivating the technology of the West, the Japanese
adapted, improved and displayed originality in several areas
of science and technology. The generation which is at the 39. Which of the following is the commonality between
helm of affairs in science and technology in our country after the Indian and the Japanese scientist? Both have
independence, mostly consisted of self-seekers. By and displayed :
large, with a few exceptions, the science and technology (A) originality in applied sciences.
managers in India concentrated in gaining power and (B) an advancement of substandard quality.
influence. They loved publicity. Most of them stopped ( C) greed of influence and power.
doing science while they managed science. Things would (D) none of these
have been better had they been humble enough to
acknowlegde the difference between doing and managing 40. Which of the following is the correct assessment of
science. Instead, they claimed they were the foremost in India’s post-independence nuclear and scientific
science and technology, simply because they were at the advancements?
(A) Originality and adaptability is duly displayed in
helm of affairs. As a result, they ceased to inspire the
the field of applied science.
younger lot. India continues to be a borrower of science and
technology, even though its potential for originality is (B) Our achievement in nuclear science and
substantial. technology are dazzling.
( C) Our achievements are of a very ordinary quality
Our achievements in nuclear science and technology may be and routine nature.
dazzling to our people. But, in worth and originality, they (D) Our scientist have given full justice to the
are ordinary and routine. While our own people remain development needs of nuclear science.
ignorant, the people of the other countries know all about the
pretensions to acknowledge of our nuclear science and 41. It appears that the author of the passage is fully
technology managers. One subtle way of sabotaging our convinced that :
nuclear goals is to hep hollow persons reach and remain at (A) most of the managers of science and technology
the helm of affairs. International bodies come in as handy are not doing their work properly.
tools in that subtle process. The veil of secrecy effectively
protects the mismanagement in our nuclear establishments.

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