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At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought into 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 a 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 know 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.
The need for greater understanding between nations
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At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought into 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 a 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 know 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.
According to the author, the mentality of a nation is mainly a product of its
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought into 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 a 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 know 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.
Englishmen like others to react to political situations like
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought into 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 a 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 know 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.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought into 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 a 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 know 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.
Arrange P, Q, R, S to give the correct sequence of the report given below.
P: India targeted Pakistan for allowing Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the leader of Lashkar-i-Taiba, to be 'legitimized' as a political leader. A candidate of the Jammat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar, had recently finished third in a crucial bypoll in Pakistan's Lahore.
Q: "In its short history, Pakistan has become a geography synonymous with terror. The quest for a land of pure has actually produced 'the land of pure terror.' Pakistan is now Terroristan, with a flourishing industry producing and exporting global terrorism," said Eenam Gambhir, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, in a statement.
R: India exercised the right of reply during the General Debate of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly to send a strong message to Pakistan calling it 'terroristan' that produces and exports global terrorism. India was responding to the remarks made on Thursday by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
S: "Its current state can be gauged from the fact that Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, a leader of the UN-designated terrorist organisation Lashkar-i-Taiba is now sought to be legitimized as the leader of a political party. This is a country whose counter-terrorism policy is to mainstream and upstream terrorists by either providing safe havens to global terror leaders in its military town, or protecting them with political careers" India said.
It also stressed that no amount of cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan will undermine
Given below is the body of a letter to the editor with four blanks, marked I, II, III and IV. Fill those blanks with correct option to make it readable.
Having I , nor does it mean that the values of democracy are not being upheld. The Congress too had a strong leader in Indira Gandhi. She is still II to be one of the best, save the Emergency period. A country of 1.3 billion has spent way too much time being led by one party that was III various communities. So people now want to be led by someone who takes IV and works towards India?s progress.
P: the burden of the entire nation on his shoulders
Q: a strong leader does not mean ours is an authoritarian leadership
R: focussed on vote-bank politics rather than bringing together
S: remembered and revered, and her leadership is considered
Given below is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part. The foremost criterion of selection we adopted (i)/ were the number of years of training (ii)/a singer had received (iii)/under a particular guru.(iv)
If element is called animal, atom is called bird, animal is called android, android is called robot, bird is called element, robot is called lion, then lion is a/an:
In this question a clue has been given below in italics, followed by four options of jumbled words. You have to un-jumble the words and have to identify the correct word for the given clue. 'Long Journey'
In this question a piece of conversation is given. Read the dialogues and choose the most appropriate option to complete the dialogue. Ram How did you like the movie you saw last night? Shyam I can't say it was the best I've ever seen. Ram ___________________ Shyam Certainly not. Do not waste your time.
A)
Hadn't you read the reviews before you went to see it?