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This set of Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Reading Prose Set 9
Q1 | What was the occasion on which Baldwin wrote the letter ?
- 100th anniversary of Emancipation
- Anniversary of American Independence
- His 50th birthday
- none of these.
Q2 | What does Baldwin see in his nephew’s face ?
- Dignity of the Blacks
- his brother’s face
- toughness and suffering
- all of these
Q3 | “Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves” These are the words of -----
- James Baldwin
- Langston Hughes
- Sylvia Nasar
- Omprakash Valmiki
Q4 | According to Baldwin the Americans are trapped in a --------that they don’t understand.
- sorrow
- history
- struggle
- violence.
Q5 | The condition of the Blacks in the American Society is no different from that of Englanddescribed in the works of-------
- Spenser
- Charles Dickens
- Shakespeare
- none of these.
Q6 | Baldwin advises his nephew to trust only in---------
- The words of elders
- books
- his own experiences
- none of these
Q7 | E.F Schumacher is the author of ------
- A Beautiful Mind
- A Dalit’s life
- Small is beautiful
- Story of my life.
Q8 | According to Schumacher, the modern pursuit of profit and progress has resulted in ------
- Economic inefficiency
- environmental pollution
- inhuman working conditions
- all of these
Q9 | The alternative proposed by Schumacher for modern super technology is--------
- Intermediate technology
- primitivism
- pursuit of progress
- none of these.
Q10 | The principles of ----had a great impact on Schumacher.
- Buddhists
- Taoists
- Gandhi
- all of these
Q11 | “Technology with a human face “ is an example of -----
- Scientific essay
- political writing
- poetic prose
- short story
Q12 | The modern world, according to Schumacher, has been shaped by its ------
- politics
- Natural science
- Metaphysics
- none of these
Q13 | Which of the following is not an attribute of nature ?
- self- balancing
- self- destroying
- self-adjusting
- self-cleansing
Q14 | The limitation of modern technology is that it does not recognize any ------
- Modification
- improvement
- self-limit
- alteration
Q15 | In the subtle system of nature, modern super – technology acts like a -------
- foreign body
- major branch
- substitute
- none of these
Q16 | The success brought in recent years by industrialization is, in Schumacher’s view, -----
- total
- illusory
- partial
- negligible
Q17 | What kind of work is reduced by modern technology?
- intellectual work
- virtual work
- economic work
- skillful productive work
Q18 | A great part of the neurosis of advanced industrial society is due to the lack of --------
- money
- freedom
- energy
- skillful productive work
Q19 | . How much of the total social time in modern society is spent on actual productive work inSchumacher ‘s view?
- 3.5%
- 7.5%
- 10%
- 15%
Q20 | ------- recommended production by the masses instead of mass production to help the poorcountries.
- Schumacher
- John Nash
- Gandhi
- Nehru
Q21 | Name the author of Emotional Intelligence
- Daniel Goleman
- Paul Ekman
- John Nash
- Paul Krugman
Q22 | The Times magazine lists -----as one of the ideas changing the world right now.
- EQ
- IQ
- social intelligence
- Ecological intelligence.
Q23 | -----has offered one of the best assessments of the emotional mind.
- Paul Krugman
- Paul Ekman
- Daniel Goleman
- Nash
Q24 | The reactions of the emotional mind is ----- than that of the rational mind. (a)slower (b) quicker (c)cleverer (d)happier134. Actions that spring from the emotional mind carry a strong sense of -------
- certainty
- clarity
- accuracy
- none of these.
Q25 | The rapid mode of perception used by the emotional mind sacrifices accuracy for ------
- speed
- time
- shape
- clarity