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Critical Reasoning Quiz || 18.08.2020

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Question 1

Direction: A passage is given followed by question/questions. Select the best answer of the choices given.

Breathing is much more than an ordinary corporal action. Each breath has latent importance and a specific ‘coded message.' For the spiritual novice, the breath furnishes a means or a channel by which he can attain the supreme goal. Ordinary breathing is an automatic action performed by the physical body, but in Swara yoga, breath is an exercise which can be altered and controlled.
Which of the options given below summarizes the given paragraph?

Question 2

Direction: A passage is given followed by question/questions. Select the best answer of the choices given.

Breathing is much more than an ordinary corporal action. Each breath has latent importance and a specific ‘coded message.' For the spiritual novice, the breath furnishes a means or a channel by which he can attain the supreme goal. Ordinary breathing is an automatic action performed by the physical body, but in Swara yoga, breath is an exercise which can be altered and controlled.
Which of the following cannot be concluded from the passage?

Question 3

Direction: A passage is given followed by question/questions. Select the best answer of the choices given.

Breathing is much more than an ordinary corporal action. Each breath has latent importance and a specific ‘coded message.' For the spiritual novice, the breath furnishes a means or a channel by which he can attain the supreme goal. Ordinary breathing is an automatic action performed by the physical body, but in Swara yoga, breath is an exercise which can be altered and controlled.
From the following options, find the one option that cannot be inferred from the passage?

Question 4

Direction: A passage is given followed by question/questions. Select the best answer of the choices given.

Breathing is much more than an ordinary corporal action. Each breath has latent importance and a specific ‘coded message.' For the spiritual novice, the breath furnishes a means or a channel by which he can attain the supreme goal. Ordinary breathing is an automatic action performed by the physical body, but in Swara yoga, breath is an exercise which can be altered and controlled.
Which of the following would strengthen the idea/s presented in the passage?

Question 5

Direction: A passage is given followed by question/questions. Select the best answer of the choices given.

Breathing is much more than an ordinary corporal action. Each breath has latent importance and a specific ‘coded message.' For the spiritual novice, the breath furnishes a means or a channel by which he can attain the supreme goal. Ordinary breathing is an automatic action performed by the physical body, but in Swara yoga, breath is an exercise which can be altered and controlled.
Which of the following would weaken the contention in the passage that says that ‘Breathing is a simple physical action’?

Question 6

Direction: In question below is given a statement followed by assumptions. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement:
Even a perpetually low ranking state Bihar, has posted spectacular gains in basic infrastructure in the past two years.

Assumptions:
I. Bihar never posted spectacular gains in basic infrastructure.
II. Basic infrastructure development has been given the top priority in all the states of the country
III. Almost every state posted gains in basic infrastructure in the past two years.

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, a statement is given with some assumptions as options. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Mr. Vikas has decided to resign from the present job because he is selected to pursue an MBA course in JBIMS, which selects 100 best students according to the performance in written test, group discussion and interview.

Which of the following is an assumption implicit in the above statement?

Question 8

Direction: In question below are given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement: The local citizens' group submitted a memorandum to the civic authority for allowing them to convert the vacant plot in the locality into a garden at their own cost.

Assumptions:
I. The local citizen group may be able to gather enough funds to develop the garden.
II. The civic authority may not accede to the request of the local citizen group.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, a statement is followed by two courses of action. A course of action is taken for redressal, follow up, etc.
Statement
An unacceptable number of children die during the first year of their lives. The high incidence of infant deaths is a major cause of concern for the health ministry. 

Courses of Actions:
I. All government hospitals should be privatized to improve health conditions.
II. Governments should increase high levels of their budgets to health services.

Question 10

Direction: In the question, a statement is followed by two courses of action. A course of action is taken for redressal, follow up, etc.
Statement:  
Several unscrupulous and non-affiliated colleges have started to lure unsuspecting students by giving attractive advertisements.  

Courses of Actions:
I. Students should read the advertisements and decide for themselves.
II. Students and guardians should contact the University itself and verify the data provided.
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