Reading Comprehension - 7 | English Language & Pedagogy for CTET & TET Exams - CTET & State TET PDF Download

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
It is to progress in the Human Sciences that we must look to undo the evils which have resulted from a knowledge of the physical world hastily and superficially acquired by populations unconscious of the changes in themselves that the new knowledge has made imperative.
The road to a happier world than any known in the past lies open before us if atavistic destructive passions can be kept in leash while the necessary adaptations are made. Fears are inevitable in our time, but hopes are equally rational and far more likely to bear good fruit. We must learn to think rather less of the dangers to be avoided than of the good that will lie within our grasp if we can believe in it and let it dominate our thoughts.
Science, whatever unpleasant consequences it may have by the way, is in its very nature a liberator, a liberator of bondage to physical nature and in to come, a liberator from the weight of destructive passions. We are on the threshold of utter disaster or unprecedentedly glorious achievement. No previous age has been fraught with problems so momentous and it is to Science that we must look to for a happy future.

Q1: What does Science liberate us from? It liberates us from
(a) bondage to physical nature
(b) fears and destructive passions
(c) idealistic hopes of a glorious future
(d) slavery to physical nature and from distinctive passions 

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Q2: To carve out a bright future a man should
(a) try to avoid dangers
(b) overcome fears and dangers
(c) cultivate a positive outlook
(d) analyse dangers that lie ahead 

Ans: (c)
Sol: A positive outlook is very essential for a bright future.

Q3: If man’s bestial yearning is controlled
(a) the present will be brighter than the future
(b) the present will become tolerant
(c) the future will be brighter than the present
(d) the future will be tolerant 

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Q4: Fears and hopes, according to the author
(a) can yield good results
(b) can bear fruit
(c) are irrational
(d) are closely linked with the life of modern man 

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Q5: Should Human Sciences be developed because they will
(a) eliminate the destruction caused by a superficial knowledge of the physical world
(b) make us conscious of the changes in ourselves
(c) make us conscious of the changing world
(d) provide more knowledge of the physical world

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