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SSC CGL Tier1 English Language Reading Comprehension Test 2

Laws of nature are not commands but statements of acts. The use of the word "law" in this context is rather unfortunate. It would be better to speak of uniformities in nature. This would do away with the elementary fallacy that a law implies a law giver. If a piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. On the contrary, we say that the law has been incorrectly started.

37773.If a piece of matter violates natures law, it is not punished because
it is not binding to obey it
there is no superior being to enforce the law of nature
it cannot be punished
it simply means that the facts have not been correctly stated by law
37774.Laws of nature differ from man-made laws because
the former state facts of Nature
they must be obeyed
they are natural
unlike human laws, they are systematic
37775.The laws of nature based on observation are
conclusion about the nature of the universe.
true and unfalsifiable.
figments of the observer imagination.
subject to change in the light of new facts.
37776.The author is not happy with word law because
it connotes rigidity and harshness
it implies an agency which has made them
it does not convey the sense of natures uniformity
it gives rise to false beliefs

Male lions are rather reticent about expanding their energy in hunting more than three quarters of kills are made by lionesses are in front, tensely scanning ahead, the cubs lag playfully behind and the males bring up the rear, walking slowly, their massive heads nodding with each step as if they were bored with the whole matter. But slothfulness may have survival value. With lionesses busy hunting, the males function as guard for the cubs, protecting them particularly from hyenas.

37777.According to the passage male lions generally do not go for huntings because
they don not like it.
they want lioness to get training
they wish to save their vigour for other things
they are very lazy
37778.Male lions protect their cubs
from the members of their own species
from hyenas only
from hyenas as much as from other enemies
more from hyenas than from other animals
37779.Lioness go for hunting
all alone
with their male partners only
with their cubs and male partners
with their cubs only
37780.When the lionesses go in search for their prey, they are very
serious
cautious
playful
sluggish

At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

37781.According to the author of Mentality of a nation is mainly product of its
history
international position
politics
present character
37782.The need for a greater understanding between nations
was always there
is no longer there
is more today than ever before
will always be there
37783.The character of a nation is the result of its
mentality
cultural heritage
gross ignorance
socio-political conditions
37784.According to the author his countrymen should
read the story of other nations
have a better understanding of other nations
not react to other actions
have vital contacts with other nations
37785.Englishmen like others to react to political situations like
us
themselves
others
each others
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