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SSC CGL Tier1 English Language Reading Comprehension Test 3

What needs to be set right is our approach to work. It is a common sight in our country of employees reporting for duty on time and at the same time doing little work. If an assessment is made of time they spent in gossiping, drinking tea, eating "pan" and smoking cigarettes, it will be shocking to know that the time devoted to actual work is negligible. The problem is the standard which the leadership in administration sets for the staff. Forgot the ministers because they mix politics and administration. What do top bureaucrats do? What do the below down officials do? The administration set up remains week mainly because the employees do not have the right example to follow and they are more concerned about being in the good books of the bosses than doing work.

37786.The employees in our country
are quite punctual but not duty conscious
are not punctual, but somehow manage to complete their work
are somewhat lazy but good natured
are not very highly qualified
37787.According to the writer, the administration in India
is by and large effective
is very strict and firm
is affected by red tape
is more or less ineffective
37788.The word assessment means
enquiry
report
evaluation
summary
37789.The leadership in administration
sets a fine example to the employees
is of a reasonably high standard
is composed of idealists
is of a very poor standard
37790.The central idea of passage could be best expressed by the following
The employee outlook towards work is justified
The employee must change their outlook towards work
The employees would never change their work culture
The employer-employee relationship is far from healthy

Speech is great blessings but it can also be great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions to men.

37791.The best way to win a friend is to avoid
irony in speech
pomposity in speech
verbosity in speech
ambiguity in speech
37792.While talking to an uneducated person, we should use
ordinary speech
his vocabulary
simple words
polite language
37793.If one used the same style of language with everyone, one would sound
flat
boring
foolish
democratic
37794.A slip of the tongue means something said
wrongly by choice
unintentionally
without giving proper thought
to hurt another person
37795.Speech can be curse, because it can
hurt others
lead to carelessness
create misunderstanding
reveal our intentions
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