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Practice Question (Reading Comprehension) for SSC Exam Set-36:
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Passage
The recent change to all-volunteer
armed forces in the United States will eventually produce a gradual increase in
the proportion of women in the armed forces and in the variety of women’s assignments,
but probably not the dramatic gains for women that might have been expected.
This is so even though the armed forces operate in an ethos of institutional
change oriented toward occupational equality and under the federal sanction of
equal pay for equal work .The difficulty is that women are unlikely to be
trained for any direct combat operations.
A significant portion of the larger
society remains uncomfortable as yet with extending equality in this direction.
Therefore, for women in the military, the search for equality will still be
based on functional equivalence, not identity or even similarity of task. Opportunities
seem certain to arise. The growning emphasis on deterrence is bound to offer
increasing scope for women to become involved in novel types of uncombat
military assignments.
1).Which sentence is an incorrect one?
a)
The recent change to all voluntary
armed forces in US will produce a gradual increase in the proportion of women.
b)
The difficulty is that women are
likely to be trained for any direct combat operation.
c)
Opportunities seem certain to
arise
d)
The difficulty is that women are
unlikely to be trained for any direct combat operation
2).A suitable title for the passage might be
a)
Current status of women in US
military.
b)
Current status of women in US navy
c)
Current status of women in US air
force
d)
Current status of women in US
teaching service,
3).According to the passage, despite the
United Sates armed forces commitment to occupational equality for women in the military,
certain other factors preclude women
a)
Being assigned all of the military
tasks that are assigned to men.
b)
Drawing assignments from a wider
range of assignments than before
c)
Having access to positions of
responsibility
d)
Receiving equal pay for equal work
4).The passage implies which of the following
is a factor conductive to a more equitable representation of women in the
United States armed forces than has existed in the past?
a)
The all-volunteer character of the
present armed forces.
b)
The past service records of women
who had assignments functionally equivalent to men’s assignments.
c)
The level of awareness on the part
of the larger society of military issues
d)
An increased decline in the
proportion of deterrence oriented non combat assignments.
5).The primary purpose of the passage is to
a)
Present an overview of the
different types of assignments available to women
b)
Analyze reforms in the new United
States all-volunteer armed forces as a model case of equal employment policies
in action
c)
Present the new United States all-volunteer armed
forces as a model case of equal employment policies in action
d)
Present a reasoned prognosis of
the status of women in the new United States all-volunteer armed forces.
6).Which of the following is closest in sense
to the word “novel” used in the passage?
a)
new
b)
prosaic
c)
dull
d)
boring
7).It can be inferred from the passage that
after the recent change
a)
Some join willingly, some are
forced
b)
Everyone joins the military under compulsion
c)
Men are forced, women join
willingly
d)
Everyone joins the military
willingly
8).The word ‘opportunities’ used in the
passage may be replaced by all expect
a)
openings
b)
failure
c)
scope
d)
prospects
9).It can be inferred from the passage that
a)
The change to all-volunteer armed
forces took place many years ago
b)
Opportunities for women in
military are certain to decline
c)
The Government sanctions equal pay
for equal work
d)
The society encourages increased
participation of women in direct combat
10).The ‘dramatic giants for women and change
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the larger society’ are logically
related to each other in as much as the author puts forward the latter as
a)
The major reason for absence of
the former
b)
A public response to achievement
of the former
c)
A reason for some of the former
being lost again
d)
A pre condition for any prospect
of achieving the former.
Answers:
1).
b) 2). a) 3).
a) 4). a) 5).
d) 6). a) 7).
d) 8). b) 9).
c) 10). d)
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