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(Q. 1-11): Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
Close and confidential relations
between Russia and India are based on the proximity
of their fundamental national interests and rest upon the centuries-old history
of peaceful and mutually beneficial contacts between the two nations. The
strength of these bonds has been tested many times in critical situations. Time
and again, in moments of crisis, both New Delhi and Moscow have turned to each
other. India has been and remains, without any reservations, Russia’s closest
and most reliable friend and partner. Of principal importance is the national
consensus existing in the two countries regarding the necessity for developing
further cooperation between both bilaterally and in the international arena.
The intensity of political dialogue has been on a steady rise, embracing ever new challenges and issues emerging in
the context of a rapidly-changing situation in the world. It is based on the convergence of views with regard to
major problems of the present days. Summit-level talks between president VV
Putin and prime minister AB Vajpayee and meetings of the ministers of foreign
affairs, including their interaction at the UN, have become an annual feature.
Trilateral interaction among Russia, India and China is gaining momentum and
acquiring substance. Deliberations on anumber of joint working groups set up by
the foreign ministries are yielding noticeable results. The first rounds of the
working group on global challenges and the working groups on international
terrorism in Sep-Oct 2003 brought the two countries together as de facto
allies, once again providing the effectiveness of our joint quests for ways to
strengthen international and regional security. Russia has supported the
advancement of the process of normalisation between India and Pakistan.
Vajpayee’s 12 steps to peace initiative addressed to the leadership of Pakistan
has received our full support. It provides a realistic and durable basis for
the resumption of dialogue and settlement of all outstanding problems between
these two South Asian countries on the basis of the 1972 Shimla Accord and 1998
Lahore Declaration. No doubt, to make it possible, favourable conditions should
be created. First of all, the acts of trans-border terrorism along the Line of
Control in Jammu and Kashmir must be stopped. New Delhi’s views on the
situation in Afghanistan and Iraq are consonant with the assessments of our
diplomacy. Together we are doing our best to restore peaceful life there. We
are consistently upholding the centrality of the coordinating role of the
United Nations, and the necessity of concerted actions of the entire comity of
nations when such crises with international ramifications take place. We have been successful jointly in
mapping the means and avenues of expanding the scope of trade and economic
cooperation. Highly productive deliberations have been held on the
Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Scientific, Technological and Cultural
Cooperation. Experts are actively working out a mechanism for investing the
rupee assets — available to Russia as a result of the repayment of India’s debt
— into promising projects in both countries. The prospects of cooperation in
this sphere give rise to optimism. Military and technical cooperation, being a
significant and inalienable segment
of the special nature of the bilateral relationship, is doing splendidly. A
number of major deals in the pipeline are now being finalised. When signed,
they will make a considerable contribution to strengthening India’s defence
capability and security while promoting peace and stability in the region.
Among the top priorities on the Russian-Indian agenda are also our
traditionally warm people-to-people contacts and cooperation in the field of
culture. An example of this is the successful functioning of the Russian-Indian
International Roerich Memorial Trust in Naggar in Kullu Valley, Himachal
Pradesh. Every year the Roerich Museum and Art Gallery there are visited by
over 100,000 tourists from around the country and abroad. It is symbolic that
as the prime minister visits Moscow, an exhibition on Russian culture is on in
all major Indian metros, drawing large audiences. This colourful gala marks the
renaissance of active cultural cooperation between the two countries and
highlights the special spiritual affection the Russians and Indians have for
each other. For many centuries, this magic bridge of culture, stretching over
the Palmaris and the Himalayas, has spanned our nations, and together with our
Indian friends we keep walking along it towards the future horizons of our
strategic partnership.
between Russia and India are based on the proximity
of their fundamental national interests and rest upon the centuries-old history
of peaceful and mutually beneficial contacts between the two nations. The
strength of these bonds has been tested many times in critical situations. Time
and again, in moments of crisis, both New Delhi and Moscow have turned to each
other. India has been and remains, without any reservations, Russia’s closest
and most reliable friend and partner. Of principal importance is the national
consensus existing in the two countries regarding the necessity for developing
further cooperation between both bilaterally and in the international arena.
The intensity of political dialogue has been on a steady rise, embracing ever new challenges and issues emerging in
the context of a rapidly-changing situation in the world. It is based on the convergence of views with regard to
major problems of the present days. Summit-level talks between president VV
Putin and prime minister AB Vajpayee and meetings of the ministers of foreign
affairs, including their interaction at the UN, have become an annual feature.
Trilateral interaction among Russia, India and China is gaining momentum and
acquiring substance. Deliberations on anumber of joint working groups set up by
the foreign ministries are yielding noticeable results. The first rounds of the
working group on global challenges and the working groups on international
terrorism in Sep-Oct 2003 brought the two countries together as de facto
allies, once again providing the effectiveness of our joint quests for ways to
strengthen international and regional security. Russia has supported the
advancement of the process of normalisation between India and Pakistan.
Vajpayee’s 12 steps to peace initiative addressed to the leadership of Pakistan
has received our full support. It provides a realistic and durable basis for
the resumption of dialogue and settlement of all outstanding problems between
these two South Asian countries on the basis of the 1972 Shimla Accord and 1998
Lahore Declaration. No doubt, to make it possible, favourable conditions should
be created. First of all, the acts of trans-border terrorism along the Line of
Control in Jammu and Kashmir must be stopped. New Delhi’s views on the
situation in Afghanistan and Iraq are consonant with the assessments of our
diplomacy. Together we are doing our best to restore peaceful life there. We
are consistently upholding the centrality of the coordinating role of the
United Nations, and the necessity of concerted actions of the entire comity of
nations when such crises with international ramifications take place. We have been successful jointly in
mapping the means and avenues of expanding the scope of trade and economic
cooperation. Highly productive deliberations have been held on the
Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Scientific, Technological and Cultural
Cooperation. Experts are actively working out a mechanism for investing the
rupee assets — available to Russia as a result of the repayment of India’s debt
— into promising projects in both countries. The prospects of cooperation in
this sphere give rise to optimism. Military and technical cooperation, being a
significant and inalienable segment
of the special nature of the bilateral relationship, is doing splendidly. A
number of major deals in the pipeline are now being finalised. When signed,
they will make a considerable contribution to strengthening India’s defence
capability and security while promoting peace and stability in the region.
Among the top priorities on the Russian-Indian agenda are also our
traditionally warm people-to-people contacts and cooperation in the field of
culture. An example of this is the successful functioning of the Russian-Indian
International Roerich Memorial Trust in Naggar in Kullu Valley, Himachal
Pradesh. Every year the Roerich Museum and Art Gallery there are visited by
over 100,000 tourists from around the country and abroad. It is symbolic that
as the prime minister visits Moscow, an exhibition on Russian culture is on in
all major Indian metros, drawing large audiences. This colourful gala marks the
renaissance of active cultural cooperation between the two countries and
highlights the special spiritual affection the Russians and Indians have for
each other. For many centuries, this magic bridge of culture, stretching over
the Palmaris and the Himalayas, has spanned our nations, and together with our
Indian friends we keep walking along it towards the future horizons of our
strategic partnership.
1. Which of the following is a unique feature of Indo-Russian
relationship?
relationship?
1) It is based on mutual cooperation and sharing of knowledge
in key areas.
in key areas.
2) It has stood firm even in trying times.
3) It is the oldest relation between any two countries in the
world.
world.
4) This relationship has been envied by many countries.
5) None of these
2. Which of the following is true in the context of the passage?
1) There is much closeness in the primary national interests
of India and Russia.
of India and Russia.
2) Russia has offered to mediate in solving the Indo-Pak problem.
3) India’s views on the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq is
different from that of Russia.
different from that of Russia.
4) Russia wants Pakistan to accept India’s conditions for
normalisation of relations at any cost.
normalisation of relations at any cost.
5) None of these
3. What has maintained the Indo-Russian relations even amidst
rough weathers?
rough weathers?
1) their sense of respect for each other
2) their age-old experience in tackling the odds
3) the powerful international image of both the countries
4) the attitude of both the countries to help each other at
difficult times
difficult times
5) None of these
4. Majority of the Indian and Russian populations want both
the countries jointly
the countries jointly
1) to emerge a superpower on the global scene.
2) to extend their area of cooperation.
3) to counter any superpower on the international front.
4) to address their concerns on the international and national
front as well.
front as well.
5) to operate against any terrorist activities within their regions.
5. Which of the following is false in the context of the passage?
1) The interaction between the leaders of India and Russia
has increased in recent years.
has increased in recent years.
2) Russia supports the solving of Indo-Pak dispute in view
of the 1972 Shimla Accord and 1998 Lahore Declaration.
of the 1972 Shimla Accord and 1998 Lahore Declaration.
3) Favourable conditions should be built if Indo-Pak dispute
is to be settled.
is to be settled.
4) Afghanistan and Iraq crises are not without international
consequences.
consequences.
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 6-8): Choose the word which is same in meaning
as the word given in bold as used in the passage.
as the word given in bold as used in the passage.
6. PROXIMITY
1) closeness
2) unity
3) awareness
4) unanimity
5) depth
7. CONVERGENCE
1) weight
2) similarity
3) acceptance
4) exchange
5) reflection
8. RAMIFICATIONS
1) norms
2) scale
3) significance
4) consequences
5) carnage
Directions (Q. 9-11): Choose the word which is opposite in
meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.
meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.
9. STEADY
1) unrealistic
2) normal
3) insignificant
4) negligible
5) inconstant
10. CONSONANT
1) hostile
2) aloof
3) inconsistent
4) deprived
5) criticizing
11. INALIENABLE
1) unfamiliar
2) unconditional
3) prime
4) secondary
5) trivia
Winners:
- Arnav Dragneo – 11/11
- ℛUÇℋ¶ – 9/11
- Nidhi verma /R V {THE LeArNeR} – 9/11
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