Reading Comprehension-Advanced Passages [NTA-NET (UGC-NET) Paper-I (in English)]: Questions 11 - 15 of 20

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Passage

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions:

The literary distaste for politics, however, seems to be focused not so much on the largely murky practice of politics in itself as a subject of literary representation but rather more on how it is often depicted in literature, i.e.. , on the very politics of such representation. A political novel often turns out to be not merely a novel about politics but a novel with a politics of its own, for it seeks not merely to show us how things are but has fairly definite ideas about how things should be, and precisely what one should think and do in order to make things move in that desired direction. In short, it seeks to convert and enlist the reader to a particular cause or ideology; it often is (in an only too familiar phrase) not literature but propaganda. This is said to violate the very spirit of literature which is to broaden our understanding of the world and the range of our sympathies rather than to narrow them down through partisan commitment. As John Keats said, ‘We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us’ .

Another reason why politics does not seem amenable to the highest kind of literary representation seems to arise from the fact that politics by its very nature is constituted of ideas and ideologies. If political situations do not lend themselves to happy literary treatment, political ideas present perhaps an even greater problem in this regard. Literature, it is argued, is about human experiences rather than about intellectual abstractions; it deals in what is called the ‘felt reality’ of human flesh and blood, and in sap and savour (rasa) rather than in and lifeless ideas. In an extensive discussion of the matter in her book Ideas and the Novel, the American novelist Mary McCarthy observed that ‘ideas are still today felt to be unsightly in the novel’ though that was not so in ‘former days’ , i.e.. , in the 18th and 19th centuries. Her formulation of the precise nature of the incompatibility between ideas on the one hand and the novel on the other betrays perhaps a divided conscience in the matter and a sense of dilemma shared by many writers and readers: ‘An idea cannot have loose ends, but a novel, I almost think, needs them. Nevertheless, there is enough in common for the novelists to feel … the attraction of ideas while taking up arms against them most often with weapons of mockery.’

Question 11 (2 of 5 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2014

Question MCQ▾

Literature deals with (December)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Intellectual abstractions

b.

Dry and empty ideas

c.

Felt reality of human life

d.

Human experiences in politics

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Question 12 (3 of 5 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2014

Question MCQ▾

The observation of the novelist, May McCarthy reveals (December)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Unseen felt ideas of today in the novel

b.

Dichotomy of conscience on political ideas and novels

c.

Compatibility between idea and novel

d.

Endless idea and novels

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Question 13 (4 of 5 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2014

Question MCQ▾

According to the passage, a political novel often turns out to be a (December)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Literary distaste for politics

b.

Literary representation of politics

c.

Depiction of murky practice of politics

d.

Novels with its own politics

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Question 14 (5 of 5 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2014

Question MCQ▾

A political novel reveals (December)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Particular ideology of the readers

b.

Reality of the things

c.

The spirit of literature

d.

Writer՚s perception

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Passage

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions below: (20th December Paper - 1)

For all the disagreement in the industry about the future of aviation, there is perfect accord on one point: There is going to be a lot more of it. The world՚s air passengers flew a combined trillion kilometers in 2017. By 2037, that will rise to trillion kilometres, with about of the increase happening within five intra-regional markets: China, India, North America, Europe and South-east Asia. That is sparking a battle over the biggest bottleneck holding back this growth: airports. The governments that still own many of them should be more open to privatization to cover a billion funding gap in needed capital investments. Airlines, Airport՚s biggest customers, see things differently. Costs at privatized terminals are higher and governments should be cautious about such actions in the interests of expanding the aviation sector as a whole. Privatising an airport does not necessarily make it more efficient. A study has found there was little difference between the performance of airports owned by commercially-oriented government corporations and those majority controlled by private businesses. The key is instead to avoid structures where the incentives for managers are confused or misaligned, such as where private companies are brought in as minority investors or where managers are essentially bureaucrats swayed by political imperatives. There is a better solution out there, but it is not likely to be very attractive to incumbent airlines, airports, or passengers enamoured of the current generation of gleaming terminals: build more, cheaper airports.

Question 15 (1 of 5 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2018

Question MCQ▾

What is the percent change in aviation apart from the five intra-regional markets?

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

40 percent

b.

10 percent

c.

30 percent

d.

20 percent

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