Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working, but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
While making the observation "Do not study too long", the author suggests that
A)
excess of everything is bad.
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B)
reading continuously for long hours is tiring.
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C)
mind is delicate and it should not be taxed too much.
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D)
doing mental work beyond a certain limit may cause serious injury to the man.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working, but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
The underlying tone of the passage is that
A)
man should work within limit.
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B)
man is delicate and should be handled carefully.
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C)
an injury to the mind is more difficult to cure than an injury to any other part of the body.
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D)
mind controls the entire physical system and should be kept in a perfect state.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working, but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working, but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
The writer suggests that the main cause of mental breakdown is
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working, but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
"...than to go on plodding ........"The word plodding means
Arrange P, Q, R, S to give the correct sequence of the paragraph.
P: As a result what is lost is the natural goodness of roughage and important nutrients.
Q: In these days, food gets more refined and cooking methods are more intricate. Invariably, fat and sugar which cause obesity are added to make food more palatable.
R: Have you noticed that we see more obese people today than ever before? In fact, obesity is a curse of modem times.
S: Moreover, today's changed life styles often mean less physical exertion and an over indulgence in unhealthy food, which ultimately ends up in making one obese.
Given below is the body of a 'letter to the Editor' with four blanks marked I, II, III and IV. Fill those blanks with the options provided in P, Q, R and S to make it a sensible one.
More than 86 per cent of I and marginal. Their crops are vulnerable to weather aberrations. Chemical fertilisers and pesticides are harming soil quality. Falling II. Small and marginal farmers must be provided relief. But loan waivers will only upset the credit culture; this could even harm needy farmers. Waiving farmers' III tactic. Long- term measures should curb land fragmentation, get maximum farmers under crop insurance and provide IV methods. Minimum support prices should be enforced strictly.
Given below is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part. The news of his marriage to another girl (i)/ was a shock to her (ii)/but she bore up bravely (iii)/ and went on as if nothing has happened.(iv)
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. 'Sports Ground'