Reading Comprehension Passage: 92 | 100 RC`s for Government Exams Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

Sanguinary means bloody.
All the words mentioned are synonyms of sanguinary.
Hence, option E is correct.

Nihilism means ‘refusal to believe’.
Anarchy means lawlessness.
Atheism means non belief.
Ratification means approval.
Optimism means hopefulness.
Only Atheism is correct.
Hence, option A is correct.

Proselytize means to convert/espouse/accept/adopt/uphold.
Attack is incorrect.
Only I, III and IV are correct.
Hence, option D is correct.

Refer to:
‘A large number of terror attacks in the past three years have been attributed to the handiwork of the Islamic State (IS), and reveal its leaning towards the “nihilism” of Sayyid Qutb.’
Statement I is true.
‘Pakistan provides the wherewithal and the support to terror outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad to launch well-planned attacks on Indian targets.’
Statement II is true.
‘Most of these outfits continue to adopt earlier methodologies. These have proved no less effective than those followed by the IS. The terror attack on a mosque in North Sinai, Egypt in November this year, which killed over 230 persons, is one such example.’
Statement III is incorrect.
Hence, option B is correct.

Refer to:
‘Most of these outfits continue to adopt earlier methodologies. These have proved no less effective than those followed by the IS. The terror attack on a mosque in North Sinai, Egypt in November this year, which killed over 230 persons, is one such example. In December, the TTP was responsible for a terror attack on an agricultural training institute in Peshawar, Pakistan. Differences among terror outfits, do not, however, preclude a complicated pattern of relationships when it comes to operational aspects.’
As per the highlighted fragments, statement I is incorrect.
Statement II is correct.
Statement III is nowhere mentioned in the passage.
Hence, option A is correct.

Refer to:
‘It is difficult to recognise the new generation of terrorists as a mere extension of the earlier lot of radical Islamist terrorists who were influenced by the teachings of Islamist preachers and theologians. There is less theology today and the new age terrorist seems to belong to an altogether different genre of terrorism.’
Only Option C fits in and is correct.

Refer to:
‘The Boko Haram in Africa has been responsible for more killings than most people would realise. Closer home, the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network have carried out several spectacular attacks inside Afghanistan. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have carried out several attacks inside Pakistan.’
As per the highlighted fragments, only statements I and III are correct.
Hence, option D is correct.

Refer to:
‘: A large number of terror attacks in the past three years have been attributed to the handiwork of the Islamic State (IS), and reveal its leaning towards the “nihilism” of Sayyid Qutb. It is this which distinguishes the IS from many of the other radical Islamist groups such as al-Qaeda and its affiliates. The IS’s recruitment techniques, especially its ability to proselytise over the Internet, including “direct to home jihad” as also its more sanguinary brand of violence, set it apart from earlier variants of radical Islamist terror.’
All the statements are correct.
Hence, option E is correct.