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Reading Comprehension Test

It was hard work, very hard work. The little boy had arrived 86. What obstructs real progress in life ?
at an effort threshold. Today, he writes his name with (A) Remaining at one and the same spot.
comparative ease. No new threshold confronts him. This is (B) Shunning every work.
the way with all of us. As soon as we cross one threshold, as ( C) Stopping education.
soon as we conquer one difficulty, a new difficulty appears, (D) Avoiding the use of thinking and energy.
or should appear. Some people make the mistake of steering
clear of thresholds. Anything that requires genuine thinking Passage 11
and use of energy, they avoid. They prefer to stay in a rut
where thresholds are not met. Probably, they have been at The stock-taking done at the first national convention of
their job a number of years. Things are easy for them. They consumer protection served to highlight the areas that
make no effort to seek out new obstacles to overcome. Real called for special attention to sustain the momentum to the
progress stops under such circumstances. movement as genuine forum for safe-guarding the people’s
interests. Spreading awareness about the rights of the
Some middle-aged and elderly people greatly enrich their consumers and the relief open to them in case they did not
lives by continuing to cross thresholds. One man went into get their money’s worth of goods and services has rightly
the entirely new business when he was past middle age and been identified as the first priority. While this may not be a
made a success of it. De Morgan did not start to write novels difficult task in urban areas, where the movement is
until he was past sixty. Psychologists have discovered that concentrated at present, taking it to the vast rural hinterland
man can continue to learn throughout the life. And it is calls for a multi-media approach in which radio and
undoubtedly better to try, and fail than not to try at all. Here, television have a crucial role to play. The involvement of
one can be placed in the category of the Swiss mountaineer the 500-odd consumer organizations in the country in
of whom it was said. “He died climbing”. When a new publicising the concept of fair trade practices and the
difficulty rises to obstruct your path, do not complain.
remedies available against their violation will prove
Accept the challenge. Determine to cross this threshold as
rewarding, if the message is conveyed through village
you have crossed numerous other thresholds in your past bodies.
life. In the world of the poet, do not rest but strive to pass
‘from dream to grander dream’. Government efforts remain confined at best to setting up
the infrastructure after the formal launch of the movement
81. What does progress in life depend upon?
with the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act. The
(A) Good habits.
mounting backlog of cases in consumer courts, points to
(B) Overcoming one difficulty after another. the need for toning up the district level redressal
( C) Hard work. machinery.
(D) Spirit of service and co-operation.
The main objective of the movement is the creation of a
82. When did De Morgan start to write novels? culture that denies place in the market for products that are
(A) When he was a student. not consumer friendly. This is possible only if consumer
(B) When he was sixty years old. bodies take over the watchdog role performed by the
( C) When he was below sixty. Government till now and exercise social control over the
(D) When he was above sixty. market to see that the benefits of liberalisation are not
reaped by traders alone. But the plea to industry to exercise
83. What does ‘he died climbing’ signify? self-regulation and maintain minimum standards of quality
(A) Strove hard till the last moment of life. and devise appropriate pricing is bound to go unheeded
(B) He climbed the hill and then died. unless measures are taken to ensure compliance.
( C) He died before getting at the top.
(D) He died when he was climbing the hill. 87. The first national convention on Consumer Protection
has :
(A) given it a momentum.
84. What does ‘to pass from dream to grander dream’
mean? (B) highlighted the areas for special attention.
(A) Seeing one dream after another. ( C) spared awareness about consumer rights.
(B) Always having greater and greater aspiration in (D) specified in relief open to the consumer.
life.
( C) Making plan after plan. 88. Spreading Consumer Protection Movement to the
(D) Seeing one good dream and then hoping. rural areas needs :
(A) a multi-media needs.
(B) consumer organization to canvass this.
85. How can you accomplish the most difficult of tasks ?
( C) message to be conveyed by village bodies.
(A) By mobilizing all possible resources.
(D) official patronage.
(B) By sticking to hard work.
( C) By doing it by bit and persevering in the effort.
( D) By getting other people to do your work for you.

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