UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Anita: I sold my house through a real estate agent last year and was happy with the price that I received. My house was sold quickly, and I did not have to suffer any advertising hassles. I would advise against selling your house through Internet websites, newspapers or magazine listings.

Babita: It is in the interest of Internet websites, newspapers and magazines to get me the best price for my property because they are a relatively new medium wanting to establish themselves. Besides, their fee is dependent on the selling price. Therefore, while selling my house I will certainly use Internet websites, newspapers or magazine listings rather than trying to sell the house through a real estate agent.

Which of the following is the closest to the argument made by Babita in terms of its underlying rationale?

Direction : Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Since the book’s first publication in 1978, “Orientalism” has become one of those words that shuts down conversation on liberal campuses, where no one wants to be accused of being “Orientalist” any more than they want to be called racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic. That “Orientalist” is now a commonly applied epithet is a tribute to the power of Said’s account, but also to its vulgarization. With Orientalism, Said wanted to open a discussion about the way the Arab-Islamic world had been imagined by the West—not to prevent a clear-eyed reckoning with the region’s problems, of which he was all too painfully aware. He was also acutely aware of writing a work of history that was destined, like all such works, to become itself a historical document, refracting the pressures and anxieties of its moment.

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“Do you have your audience in mind when you sit down to write,” Toni Morrison was once asked. “Only me,” she replied. I love the faith she has in her own craft. This is her talking to students in Mississippi. “As I write I don’t imagine a reader or listener, ever. I am the reader and the listener myself, and I think I am an excellent reader… I mean I really know what’s going on… I have to assume that I am also this very critical, very fastidious, and not an easily-taken-in reader who is smart enough to participate in the text—a lot.” And she speaks often of loving the rewrite—” The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part… I try to make it look like I never touched it.” It is her care for the gradually discovered story that makes us fully trust her. It is how we are intimately altered by her books, and it was why Beloved would change everything.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Direction : Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

In a monarchy, the king or queen is the head of state. However, as the UK has a constitutional monarchy, the ability to make and pass legislation belongs to Parliament rather than the Queen. The monarch retains a symbolic role in government. She formally opens Parliament every year, and when the government passes a bill, it cannot become an Act of Parliament until it receives her stamp of approval, a process called Royal Assent. In reality, though, no monarch has refused to give Royal Assent since 1708, when Queen Anne did so only at the behest of ministers. As such, Queen Elizabeth II’s formal duties are largely representational, such as embarking on goodwill visits abroad and hosting foreign heads of state. The monarch’s main role is to serve as a vital part of Britain’s “national identity, unity, and pride”, says the official royal website, royal.uk.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Direction : Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

In a monarchy, the king or queen is the head of state. However, as the UK has a constitutional monarchy, the ability to make and pass legislation belongs to Parliament rather than the Queen. The monarch retains a symbolic role in government. She formally opens Parliament every year, and when the government passes a bill, it cannot become an Act of Parliament until it receives her stamp of approval, a process called Royal Assent. In reality, though, no monarch has refused to give Royal Assent since 1708, when Queen Anne did so only at the behest of ministers. As such, Queen Elizabeth II’s formal duties are largely representational, such as embarking on goodwill visits abroad and hosting foreign heads of state. The monarch’s main role is to serve as a vital part of Britain’s “national identity, unity, and pride”, says the official royal website, royal.uk.

Choose the best option that correctly classifies the four sentences as a :

F: Fact: if it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true
J: Judgment: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something based on the knowledge of facts.

A. The Cabinet minister definitely took the wrong step in giving the government contract.

B. Under the circumstances, he had many other alternatives.

C. The Prime Minister is embarrassed due to the minister's decision.

D. If he has put the government in jeopardy, the minister must resign.

Question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a sped fie order Choose the best option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

A. Traffic congestion increases carbon monoxide in the environment.

B. Increase in carbon monoxide is hazardous to wealth.

C. Traffic congestion is hazardous to health.

D. Some traffic congestion does not cause increase carbon monoxide.

E. Some traffic congestion is not hazardous to health.

Question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a sped fie order Choose the best option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

A. MBAs are in great demand.

B. Samrat ana Akshita are in great demand

C. Samrat is in great demand.

D. Akshita is in great demand.

E. Samrat and Akshita are MBAs

Question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order Choose the best option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

A. All software companies employ knowledge workers.

B. infotech employees are knowledge workers.

C. Infotech is a software company.

D. Some software companies employ knowledge workers.

E. lnfotech employs only knowledge workers.

Read the following information carefully and choose the most appropriate option:

In the of the questions, two statements are numbered as I and II. There may be a cause and effect relationship between the two statements. The statements may be the effect of the same cause or an independent cause. The statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. 

Statement I: The Government, by legislation has decided to make all public information available to general public.
Statement II: Before passing legislation, general public did not have access to public information.

Read the following information carefully and choose the most appropriate option:

In the question, two statements are numbered as I and II. There may be a cause and effect relationship between the two statements. The statements may be the effect of the same cause or an independent cause. The statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. Read both the statements and mark your answer as:

Statement I: In last two years, there is a considerable reduction in cancellation of flights due to fog in North India.
Statement II: In last two years, there is a considerable improvement in passenger amenities on all airports of North India.

Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.

Identify the statement which cannot be accepted

Exploitation of poor by rich can be stemmed only if the state exercises complete control over agriculture and industrial production. But state control is beset by two evils; corruption and delay. The net result is that if man tries to escape from one evil, then he is trapped by another. Suffering, hence, is inescapable. The argument presented above seems to imply the following conclusions. Identify the one which is least dubious. Apply common sense.

The question below contains a Statement and two Arguments I and II. Assume the statement to be true, choose the Argument which is strong using the Code below.

Statement: Should a total ban be put on trapping wild animals?

Arguments:
I. Yes. Trappers are making a lot of money.
II. No. Bans on hunting and trapping are not effective.

The question below contains a Statement and two Arguments I and II. Assume the statement to be true, choose the Argument which is strong using the Code below.

Statement: Should school education be made free in India?

Arguments:
I. Yes. This is the only way to improve the level of literacy.
II. No. It would add to the already heavy burden on the exchequer.

The question below contains a Statement and two Arguments I and II. Assume the statement to be true, choose the Argument which is strong using the Code below.

Statement: Should government jobs in rural areas have more incentives?

Arguments:
I. Yes. Incentives are essential for attracting government servants there.
II. No. Rural areas are already cheaper, healthier and less complex than big. So, why offer extra incentives!

The question below contains a Statement and two Arguments I and II. Assume the statement to be true, choose the Argument which is strong using the Code below.

Statement: Should luxury hotels be banned in India?

Arguments:
I. Yes. They are places where international criminals operate.
II. No. Affluent foreign tourists will have no place to stay.

The question below contains a Statement and two Arguments I and II. Assume the statement to be true, choose the Argument which is strong using the Code below.

Statement: Should the political parties be banned?

Arguments:
I. Yes. It is necessary to teach a lesson to the politicians.
II. No. It will lead to an end of democracy.

In the following question, one statement is followed by two arguments (a) and (b) one supporting and the other against it.

Statement: Should India adopt a Presidential system?

Arguments:
(a) Yes - Because our experience of Parliamentary democracy is disappointing. 
(b) No - Because it will concentrate power in the hands of a few people.