Symbiosis International Education Centre 2007 M.B.A SNAP TEST - Question Paper

57. What is the evidence provided by the writer to show that the theory of evolution lies in ancient scriptures?
1. the Dasha Avatar 2. the fact that we are now in Kali yuga
3. theories provided by Hindu mythologists 4. none of the above

58. Which avatar of Vishnu would come nearest to Darwin’s ape-man in his theory of evolution?
1. Kalki 2. Vamana 3. Narasimha 4. Kurma

59. The theory of self-destruction:
1. is a myth
2. has been put forward by scientists
3. is a natural result of the cycle of birth and death
4. none of these

60. What is the cause that Vishnu leaves his home and assumes the incarnation of man or beast?
1. to fight the forces of evil 2. to advance his avatars
3. to bring justice to the world 4. none of these

61. It can be inferred from the passage that, according to Darwin and the Hindu myths,
1. the cycle of evolution and destruction is a never-ending process
2. every cycle of evolution could be millions of years long
3. there are always forces of good and evil fighting every other
4. none of the above

Passage III

France’s Ministry of Culture does not look like the sort of place where pessi¬mism ought to flourish. The ministry occu¬pies a wing of Richelieu’s magnificent Palais Royal, round the corner from the Comedie Francaise and just a short walk from the Louvre and the Opera. On their way to lunch its inhabitants have to pick their way through throngs of tourists who have come from all over the world to admire France’s cultural riches.

Pessimism flourishes here nonethe¬less. The ministry’s officials are convinced that a rising tide of American popular cul¬ture is swamping France. And they spend much of their working lives administering a complex system of quotas and subsidies that are designed to protect French culture from total submersion.

The ministry has almost uniform sup¬port for its position among a French cul¬tural elite worried about the threat that America poses, particularly to French film. Their concern is not, as sometimes claimed, that an upstart America hijacked the French national invention of Melies and the Lumieres. Rather it is that Holly¬wood is a Trojan horse bringing with it Dis¬neyland Paris, fast-food chains and free advertising for American products from clothes to rock music. “America is not just interested in exporting its films,” says Giles Jacob, the head of the Cannes Film Festival. “It is interested in exporting its way of life.”

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