General English #12 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL ENGLISH #12

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Directions: In these questions, you have brief passages with 5 (five) questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the 4 (four) alternatives. Answers are given at the end of the questions.

Passage-I

Bertrand Russell in the Conquest of Happiness has said that the sole reason of unhappiness finding refuge in the heart of man is the unhindered growth of “self-centred passions”. These passions are more often materialistic. And in the pursuit of materialistic passions, man becomes alienated from the society. Failure in his pursuit often leads him to discontentment and dejection and he finds himself a misfit in this world, none is unaffected by stress. The stress to outdo the other in this mad rat race of consumerism often leads to depression. Even children are not spared from this. They are supposed to fare better than their classmates in examinations and other co-curricular activities. So man, right from childhood, has to face the brunt of being born in this fast changing society.

A section of the youth, unable to cope with the expectations of their loved ones, either end their lives or experiment with drugs, for seeking temporary mental relaxation provided by the initial intake, encourages people to indulge in them more often. The body then becomes totally dependent on drugs and cannot survive without the daily dose. With regular intake the amount required to produce the effect also increases. This physical and mental dependence on drugs is called drug addiction.

Drug addiction is a psychiatric, psychological and social problem. While persons of all ages and at all places are open to drug use the most susceptible among them are the youth. It has attained the proportions of almost an epidemic among the youth. It is mostly introduced to an unsuspecting person by his friends and is usually observed that once addicted to drugs, they initiate others to drugs. Some youngsters take to drugs because they are poked fun at if they do not use drugs. And some take drugs just to seek company or break boredom. In addition to these, factors that lead to drug addiction are – lack of parental care and supervision, lack of moral and religious education, media and pop culture, broken homes, hatred for any authority, etc. Seeking refuge in drugs relieves tensions, eases depressions and removes inhibitions, although the period of ecstasy is apparently short-lived.

1. The theme being developed by the writer is:

(a) Problems emerging out of materialism

(b) Drug addiction

(c) The Conquest of Happiness

(d) Pressure of the modern world

2. What leads youth to drugs?

(a) Rapid changes in the modern world

(b) Inability to cope with the demands of the modern world

(c) Undue competition of the modern world

(d) ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’

3. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) There is almost an epidemic of drug use among the youth.

(b) All youngsters take drugs just to break boredom.

(c) All youngsters take to drugs because they are mocked at if they do not use drugs.

(d) Drug addiction is a problem restricted to the youth.

4. The cycle of drug addiction involves:

(a) initiation, peer pressure and addiction

(b) initiation, relaxation and addiction

(c) initiation, relaxation and de-addiction

(d) initiation, rehabilitation and addiction

5. The reason cited by Bertrand Russell for the unhappiness of man is:

(a) Materialistic self-centredness

(b) Stress to outdo others

(c) Alienation from society

(d) Failure in life

Answers: 1 (a), 2 (d), 3 (a), 4 (b), 5 (a)

Passage-II

A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself into other computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive. However, not all viruses carry a destructive payload or attempt to hide themselves the defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which install themselves without the user’s consent. Virus writers use social engineering and exploit detailed knowledge of security vulnerabilities to gain access to their host’s computing resources. The vast majority of viruses (over 99%) target systems running. Microsoft Windows employing a variety of mechanisms to infect new hosts, other and often using complex antidetection/stealth strategies to evade antivirus software. Motives for creating viruses can include seeking profit, desire to send a political message, personal amusement, to demonstrate that a vulnerability exists in software, for sabotage and denial of service, or simply because they wish to explore artificial life and evolutionary algorithms.

6. How do virus writers gain access to computing resources?

(a) By using social engineering

(b) By affecting computing networks

(c) By executing malwares

(d) By employing a variety of mechanisms

7. The vast majority of viruses evade antivirus softwares by:

(a) using complex anti-detection/stealth strategies

(b) exploiting detailed knowledge of security vulnerabilities

(c) inserting copies of itself into programs

(d) targeting Microsoft Windows system

8. What is one of the motives of creating viruses?

(a) To corrupt hard drives

(b) To exploit security knowledge

(c) To sabotage and deny service

(d) To gain access to classified files

9. What is the synonym of ‘vulnerability’ in the passage?

(a) responsibility

(b) accountability

(c) susceptibility

(d) liability

10. What is the defining characteristic of a computer virus?

(a) Its ability to hide itself

(b) Its ability to self-replicate

(c) Its ability to execute programs

(d) Its ability to affect the computer system

Answers: 6 (a), 7 (a), 8 (c), 9 (c), 10 (b)