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Multiple Choice Questions

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English Language (Defence) Reading comprehension (P)

Directions – for the 5 (five) items which follow :
In this section you have six short passage. After each passage, you will find some questions based on the passage. First read a passage and answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

Passage 5

It is not luck but labour that makes men. Luck, says an american writer, is ever waiting for something so turn up; with keen eyes and strong will always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labour turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence. Luck whines, labour watches. Luck relies on chance; labour on character. Luck slips downwards to self-indulgence; labour strides upwards and aspires to independence. The conviction. Therefore, is extending that diligence is the mother of good luck; in other words, that a man’s success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his industry, to his attention to small things.

“……….labour turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence,” this statement means –

hard work of all kinds makes people efficient and skilled

the labour lays the foundation of the building

the writer and he labourer are the true eyes of the society

there is no worker who works so hard as the labourer who begins his day at six in the morning

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Explanation:

The answer is (1) . The informatiom given in the middle of the passage and simple inference will help. The reference to both pen and hammer implies that the meaning here includes all kinds of work.The pen stands for the physical labour.

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