Punjab University 2009 Other Bachelor's Degree MET s of - - Question Paper

79.    He is a_child and will not obey you :

(A) Cardinal    (B) Recalcitrant

(C) Blithe    (D) Impeded

80.    Robe ;__:: Shield : Community:

(A) Priest    (B) State

(C) Hangman    (D) Court

Read the passages and answer the questions that fallow :

Choices frequently involve tension, which can be both creative and destructive. Try choosing between two equally attractive pairs of shoes. Choices are not simply a matter of right or wrong, but often a question of choosing between competing rights. For example, a trade union of postal workers chooses not to deliver what they see as racially charged political leaflets. Their choice, as part of their contractual rights, not to deliver the post, denies their legal obligations and customers rights to receive the post. Most moral debates are about choosing between rival claims to rights and knowledge. Often these cannot be settled, so unless we choose to resort to force, we have to I cam how to negotiate a way through so that all can live as we wish in company with others who want to do the same,

81.    Which ward can replace the word tension in the passage ?

Language is systematic communication through vocal symbols. Each language is essentially a code, that is, a group of symbols that can be structured to be meaningful to others. The English language, like any other language, is a code. It contains words that are arranged in a meaningful grammatical structure or order. Communication does not end with encoding or decoding a message The word communicate in Latin means exchange information. The main objcctivc of communication is to facilitate the exchange of thoughts and ideas in an effective and methodical way.

87.    Id the passage, the word Essentially* can be replaced by:

(A) Inherently    (B) Usually

<C) Normally    (D) Mostly

88.    Two words that are synonyms far encoding¹ and 'decoding are :

(A) Reading and writing    (B) Unravel and untangle

(C) Encrypt and decrypt    (D) Translate and retranslate

89.    Facilitate in the passage means ;

(A) Impede    (B) Accelerate

(C) Confute    (D) Enable

Flying saucer stories are perennially popular, but they tend to be disbelieved by the scientific community. Why ? Not because a visitation from outer space is impossible or even wildly improbable. It is, becausc the alternative explanations of fraud or illusion are more probable. As a matter of fact, numerous flying sauccr stories have been painstakingly investigated, in wearisome detail, by teams of conscientious amateur and professional scientists. Times after time after time the stories have crumbled under investigation. Often they turn out to be straight forward hoaxes or the "saucers' turn out to have been aircraft, airships or bal loons, seen or i 1 luminated from a pcc uJ iar angl e. S ome ti mes they are mirages or other tricks of the light, sometimes sightings of secret military aircraft.

90.    Perennially popular in the passage means :

(A) Constantly in favour    (B) Usually enjoyed

(C) Mostly in favour    (D) Normally common

91.    Impossible and Improbable¹

(A) Are toponyms    (B) Arc close in meaning

(C) Are synonyms    (D) Are homonyms

92.    Another word for hoax (as used in the passage) is :

(A) Ruse    (B) Rumour

(C) Pretence    (D) Swindle

93.    Novice and professional are

(A) Homophones    (B) Antonyms

(C) Homonyms    (D) Synonyms

94.    The scientific community believes that:

(A) Flying saucers are a reality    (B) Flying saucers do not exist

(C) Flying saucers are not a probable reality (D) Flying saucers exist

Schizophrenia is often confused with multiple personality disorder yet is quite distinct from it. Schizophrenia is one of the more common mental disorders, considerably more common than multiple personality disorder. The term Schizophrenia⁵ is composed ofroots which mean, a splitting of the mind, but it does not refer to a division into separate and distinct personalities, as occurs in multiple personality disorder. Instead, schizophrenic behavior is generally characterized by illogical thought patterns and withdrawal from reality. Schizophrenics often live in a fantasy world where they hear voices that others cannot hear, often voices of famous people. Schizophrenics tend to withdraw from families and friends and communicate mainly with the voices that they hear in their minds.

95.    What is NOT true about Schizophrenia, according to the passage ?

(A)    It is characterized by separate and distinct personalities,    '

(B)    It often causes withdrawal from reality.

(C)    Its symptoms include illogical thought patterns

(D)    Its victims tend to hear voices in their minds.

96* Which of the following is true about Schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder ?

(A)    They are relatively similar.

(B)    One is a psychological disorder, while the other is not.

(C)    Many people mistake one for the other,

(D)    Multiple personality disorder occur? more often than Schizophrenia

97.    According to the passage, how do Schizophrenics generally relate to their families ?

(A)    They are quite normal with their families.

(B)    They become remote from their families.

(C)    They have an enhanced ability to understand their famil ies

(D)    They communicate openly with their families.

98.    Disorder in line 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) Disruption    (B) Untidiness

(C) Misalignment    (P) Disease

99.    The passage is about Schizophrenia and its:

(A) Symptoms    (B) Patients

{C) Description    (D) Causes

100.    Another term for fantasy {as used in the passage) is:

(A) Myth    (B) Daydream

(C) Delusion    (D) Fancy

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