Passage Comprehension

Passage Comprehension is a English Language concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 6 past MPSC questions across 4 exam years between 2014 and 2023. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

Real questions

Years tested

4 · 2014–2023

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2023 2020 2017 2014

What you need to know first

Reading accuracyBasic understanding of patents and copyrightsReading logicMarathi reading proficiencyReading comprehension skills

Real questions that test this

अमरीकेतील विद्यापीठांमध्ये शिक्षकांच्या भर्तीसाठीच्या प्रथा ______ विरोधी आहेत. / American universities have hiring practices opposed to

a)(1) पुराणमतवाद्यांच्या / Conservatives✓ Correct

b)(2) खुल्या मनाच्या उदारमतवाद्यांच्या / Liberals with on open mind

c)(3) बंदीस्त मन असलेल्या आत्मसंतुष्ट उदारमतवाद्यांच्या / Self-satisfied liberals having a closed mindset

d)(4) खुल्या मनाच्या पुराणमतवाद्यांच्या / Open minded conservatives

The text indicates that university hiring practices in America are structured against conservatives, favoring certain ideological alignments.

या उताऱ्यानुसार पेटंट व मक्तेदारीचा आग्रह धरला जातो कारण According to the passage, patent and copyright are insisted upon because

a)विज्ञानात जोखीम घेता येत नाही / One cannot take any risk in science

b)उत्पादनाची साधने खाजगी मालकीची असतात / Tools of production are privately owned✓ Correct

c)रॉयल सोसायटी पेटंटला मान्यता देते / Royal Society approves the patents

d)त्यातून कोड्यात पाडणाऱ्या माहितीचं स्पष्टीकरण मिळतं / They offer an explanation for perplexing data

Option 2 is correct because intellectual property rights like patents and copyrights are deeply tied to private ownership of tools of production and commercial commodification of knowledge.

लेखकाच्या मतानुसार एखादा सिद्धांत विशेष महत्त्वाचा कधी मानला जातो ? When is a theory considered as very important, according to the author ?

a)त्यात प्रायोगिक माहितीचा संचय नसतो / It does not contain experimental data

b)त्यामुळे वैज्ञानिक केंद्र बदलतं / It changes the centre of science

c)त्यातून कोड्यात पाडणाऱ्या माहितीचं स्पष्टीकरण मिळतं / It offers an explanation to perplexing data✓ Correct

d)तो रॉयल सोसायटीत मान्य होतो / It is accepted in the Royal Society

Option 3 is correct because a groundbreaking scientific theory is considered important when it successfully provides explanations for previously baffling or perplexing data.

अज्ञानजन्य अहंकाराचे लक्षण कोणते ?

1)स्वत:ची ओळख पटायला लागणे / To find it necessary to establish one's own identity

2)व्यापक दृष्टी प्राप्त होणे / To attain a broad vision

3)आपल्या व्यक्तिमत्वाचा परिचय नसणे / Not being acquainted with one's own personality✓ Correct

4)आत्मतत्वाचे ज्ञान होणे / To attain knowledge of the self

The passage defines the characteristics of ignorance-induced ego (अज्ञानजन्य अहंकार), identifying option 3 as the correct trait.

पुढील दोन विधानांपैकी कोणते अयोग्य आहे ?

(a)माणसात गुणांपेक्षा दुर्गुण अधिक नसतात.

(b)माणसाने कधीही कोणाचाही गुलाम होऊ नये.

1)फक्त (a)✓ Correct

2)फक्त (b)

3)(a) व (b) दोन्ही

4)(a) व (b) दोन्हीही नाहीत

Statement (a) is incorrect because humans often possess more vices or flaws than virtues if not disciplined, making statement (a) false while statement (b) is a valid recommendation.

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