Question : Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows: Once upon a time, a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the typical "glass half empty or glass half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, "How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding?" Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple of pounds. She replied, "From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass doesn't matter. It all depends on how long I hold it.
If I hold it for a minute or two, it's fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me." As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued, "Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed incapable of doing anything else until you drop them."
Question: Which of the following words could replace the word 'perspective' as used in the passage?
Option 1: pattern
Option 2: viewpoint
Option 3: yank
Option 4: obedience
Correct Answer: viewpoint
Solution : The correct option is 2 i.e "viewpoint." Explanation:
Let's examine what the word "perspective" means: - Perspective: a specific angle from which to view something
- Let's examine the definitions of the words used in the choices.
-Pattern- is an organised or frequent way of doing something that has evolved over the past few years.
Viewpoint-Point of view or opinion expressed by a person
Yank - quickly pulled something with force.
Obedience-The quality or state of being submissive is called obedience.
Therefore, the word "viewpoint" could be used in place of "perspective" in the passage above.
Question: The professor was of which subject?
Option 1: psychology
Option 2: biology
Option 3: chemistry
Option 4: physics
Question. Think about stresses and worries all day long, and you will feel completely _________
Option 1: exotic and paralyzed
Option 2: numb and paralyzed
Option 3: relaxed and fatigued
Option 4: relaxed and excited
Question: What is the moral of the passage?
Option 1: On days when you're stressed out and feeling overwhelmed, learn to embrace the inevitable and let go
Option 2: Friends come in all shapes and sizes
Option 3: Don't condemn someone for not doing something that you yourself are unable to do
Option 4: True friends do not distinguish between rich and poor
Question : Directions: Consider the statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can be drawn from the given statements. Statements: When water is cooled, it turns into ice. When water is heated, it turns into steam. Conclusions: I. Water is a solid. II. Water is a gas.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Only conclusion II follows
Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Question : Directions: Consider the statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can be drawn from the given statements. Statements : All states having dams face no water problem. One of the states has no dam. Conclusions : I. It may be facing a water problem. II. Dams solve the water problem.
Option 3: Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow
Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
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