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DIRECTIONS (Q. 1-12)
: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words/phrases are printed in
bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words/phrases are printed in
bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the
incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a
high-powered, brain-storming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss
various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America’s
leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public
health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers.
Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts
narrated the following gloomy
scenario.
incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a
high-powered, brain-storming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss
various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America’s
leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public
health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers.
Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts
narrated the following gloomy
scenario.
A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping
mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates
an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting
a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so
victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two.
Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They
rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find
that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand.
But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One
cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious
variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have
dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way
of ending people’s trust on the competence of the government.
mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates
an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting
a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so
victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two.
Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They
rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find
that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand.
But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One
cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious
variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have
dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way
of ending people’s trust on the competence of the government.
The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and
Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high
explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or
a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American
specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific
manifesto – to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on.
These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft
and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people
might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people
watching but not a lot of people dead. “Old terrorism sought to change the
world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world
has gone beyond redemption”, he added.
Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high
explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or
a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American
specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific
manifesto – to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on.
These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft
and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people
might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people
watching but not a lot of people dead. “Old terrorism sought to change the
world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world
has gone beyond redemption”, he added.
Hoffman says, “New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is
ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the
West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a
government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain
on the victim.”
ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the
West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a
government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain
on the victim.”
1. In the context of the passage, the culprit’s act of
emptying a test tube containing some fluid can be classified as
emptying a test tube containing some fluid can be classified as
1) a terrorist attack
2) an epidemic of a dreaded disease
3) a natural calamity
4) panic created by an imaginary event
5) None of these
2. In what way would the new terrorism be different from
that of the earlier years ?
that of the earlier years ?
A. More dangerous and less baffling
B. More hazardous for victims
C. Less complicated for terrorists
1) A and C only
2) B and C only
3) A and B only
4) All the three
5) None of these
3. What was the immediate provocation for the meeting held in
August 1998 ?
August 1998 ?
1) the insistence of America’s leading
2) the horrors of possible bio-attacks
3) a culprit’s heinous act of spreading germs
4) people’s lack of trust in the government
5) None of these
4. What could be the probable consequences of bio-attacks, as
mentioned in the passage ?
mentioned in the passage ?
A. several deaths
B. political turmoil
C. social unrest
1) A only
2) B only
3) C only
4) A and B only
5) All the three
5. The author’s purpose of writing the above passage seems to
explain
explain
1) the methods of containing terrorism
2) the socio-political turmoil in African countries
3) the deadly strategies adopted by modern terrorists
4) reasons for killing innocent people
5) the salient features of terrorism of yester years
6. According to the author of the passage, the root cause of
terrorism is
terrorism is
A. religious fanatism
B. socio-political changes in countries
C. the enormous population growth
1) A only
2) B only
3) C only
4) A and B only
5) All the three
7. The phrase “such attacks”, as mentioned in the last
sentence of the second paragraph, refers to
sentence of the second paragraph, refers to
1) the onslaught of an epidemic as a natural calamity
2) bio-attack on political people in the government
3) attack aimed at damaging the reputation of the government
4) bio-attack monoeuvred by unscrupulous elements
5) None of these
8. The sole objective of the old terrorism, according to Hoffman,
was to
was to
1) plant bombs to kill innocent people
2) remove colonial power or capitalist system
3) make people realise the incompetence of the government
4) give a setback to socio-political order
5) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. 9-10) :
Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold
as used in the passage.
Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold
as used in the passage.
9. gloomy
1) discouraging 2) disgusting
3) bright 4) tragic
5) versatile
10. cacophonous
1) loud 2) melodious
3) sonorous 4) harsh
5) distant
DIRECTIONS (Q. 11-12)
: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
11. perpetrators
1) opponents 2) followers
3) sympathisers 4) leaders
5) manoeuvreas
12. elusive
1) harmful 2) fatal
3) destructive 4) baffling
5) obstructing
Solutions:
1. Ascertain the hidden meaning of the sentence. “but no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred ”. So, undoubtedly the culprit’s act can be classified as a terrorist attack.
3. The immediate provocation for the meeting held in August 1998 has not been given among the options. It was the incidents of bombing the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam.
4. Bio-attack will result in several deaths which will lead to political turmoil creating social unrest.
6. ‘Religious intolerance’, as cited in the last paragraph stands behind terrorism.
Winners:
- Chitrarth – 11/12
- KarthicK – 9/10
- Kushagra – 10/12
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