14018.Read the comprehension and answer the questions that follow:Soft bodied animals like caterpillars often fall a prey to voracious hunters like birds or reptiles. Despite having no means to actively defend themselves,with weapons like claws or jaws, they have nevertheless, evolved other equally effective deterrents. A particular species of the caterpillar lives at an altitude over 2.500 metres in the Himalayas.It uses prominent colour to inform would be predators of its in edibility. In the event that an inexperienced or adventurous bird did eat the caterpillar, it would probably vomit it soon after,and subsequently desist from attacking similar species in future. Though this would do the unfortunate victim no good, the species benefits. A rare example of the martyr among animals.The expression "others equally effective deterrents" mean
preventive weapons which have equal effect of others
mechanism which scares everyone equally well
preventive equipment which it is as effective as something that has been already mentioned in the passage
deterrents that are as powerful as those the caterpillars have
14019.Caterpillars cannot defend themselves because
are passive animals
are lazy
cannot acquire weapons
have no claws or jaws
14020.The Himalayan caterpillar uses prominent colours to
warn the predator
attack the predator
reveal itself
defend itself
14021.Experienced birds do not attack the Himalayan caterpillars because they are
repulsive
very aggressive
inedible
diseased
14022.Read the comprehension and answer the questions that follow:It is to progress in the human sciences that we must look to undo the evils which have resulted from a knowledge of physical world hastily and superficiallyacquired by population unconscious of the changes in themselves that the new knowledge has imperative. The road to a happier world than any knownin the past lies open before us if atavistic destructive passions can be kept in leash while the necessary adaptations are made. Fears are inevitable in time,but hopes are equally rational and far more likely to bear good fruit. We must learn to think rather less of the dangers to be avoided than of the goodthat will lie within our grasp if we can believe in it and let it dominate our thoughts. Science, whatever unpleasant consequences it may have by the way,is in its very nature a liberator, a liberator of bondage to physical nature and in time to come, a liberator from the weight of destructive passions.We are on the threshold of utter disaster or unprecedentely glorious achievement. No previous age has been fraught with problems so momentous;and it is to science that we must look to for a happy future.What does science liberate s from? It is liberate us from
fears and destructive passions.
slavery to physical nature and from passions
bondage to physical nature
idealistic hopes of glorious future
14023.To carve out a bright future man should
analyse dangers that lie ahead
try to avoid dangers
overcome fear and dangers
cultivate a positive outlook
14024.Fears and hopes according to the author
are closely linked with the life of modern man
can bear fruit
can yield good results
are irrational
14025.In the context of this passage, a martyr is one who dies
without putting up resistance
without any gain to oneself
while defending ones homeland
to save others
14026.Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
If she ___________ about his financial situation, she would have helped him out.
knew
had been knowing
had known
have known
14028.By the time she arrives, we ________________ our homework.
finish
will have finished
will finish
were finished
14030.Ill ______________ their cat while they are away on holiday.
be looking into
be looking at
be looking after
be looking over
14031.We ____________ tennis every day when we were young.
use to play
would play
were playing
were used to play
14032.She _________________ lunch by the time we arrived.
had finished
finished
have finished
finishing
14035.When I stopped __________ to Mary, she was picking some flowers in her garden.
speaking
speak
to speak
spoke
14036.If mans bestial yearning is controlled
If mans bestial yearning is controlled
the future will be brighter than the present
the present will be brighter than the future
the present will become tolerable
14037.Select the alternative that logically follows the two given statements.
a. All hamburgers are meals.
b. Some cows are hamburgers .
All meals are cows
At least some meals are cows
No cows are meals
Some cows are no meals