CAT VARC QUIZ 10

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Question 1:

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

The focus of the sentence is on 

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

Question 2:

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

The expression “time may be ripe” in this sentence means

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

Question 3:

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Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

He was spoilt mostly because he was

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Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Question 4:

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Stress is a twentieth century illness. This is so because of the hectic pace of life and the deadly rat-race around us. Different people react stress in varied ways. Irritation, worry ,depression are all signs of stress. It affects everyone from children to old people. Inability to cope with it results in destructive tendencies. Of course, there is hope, because though some people crack up, a lot of others don’t. Hobbies, friends music can help you to reduce it.

According to the author, it is not the case that

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Stress is a twentieth century illness. This is so because of the hectic pace of life and the deadly rat-race around us. Different people react stress in varied ways. Irritation, worry ,depression are all signs of stress. It affects everyone from children to old people. Inability to cope with it results in destructive tendencies. Of course, there is hope, because though some people crack up, a lot of others don’t. Hobbies, friends music can help you to reduce it.

Question 5:

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Stress is a twentieth century illness. This is so because of the hectic pace of life and the deadly rat-race around us. Different people react stress in varied ways. Irritation, worry ,depression are all signs of stress. It affects everyone from children to old people. Inability to cope with it results in destructive tendencies. Of course, there is hope , because though some people crack up, a lot of others don’t. Hobbies, friends music can help you to reduce it.

The word ‘rat race in the passage means

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Stress is a twentieth century illness. This is so because of the hectic pace of life and the deadly rat-race around us. Different people react stress in varied ways. Irritation, worry ,depression are all signs of stress. It affects everyone from children to old people. Inability to cope with it results in destructive tendencies. Of course, there is hope, because though some people crack up, a lot of others don’t. Hobbies, friends music can help you to reduce it.

Question 6:

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

From the sentence, we can infer that 

1. ICAR consists of individual institutions.

2. State agricultural universities are part of ICAR.

3. IARI and NDDI are unconnected to ICAR.

4. Some organisations simultaneously undertake agricultural research, education, and extension.

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Institutionally the time may be ripe for reassessing the role of the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), its relationships with the state agricultural universities, as well as with individual institutes (say the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) or the National Dairy Research institute (NDDI), and whether research, education, and extension should be separated.

Question 7:

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage. 


Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Pablo’s father gave up painting because he 

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Question 8:

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage. 


Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

As a boy, Pablo Picasso was 

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Question 9:

Direction for Reading Comprehension: Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage. 


Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

When his father painted in the college, Pablo

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Question 10:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage. 


Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.

Picasso went to school only when

Direction for Reading Comprehension :- Read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891 his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.