SNAP 2015 Preparation series. It is a known fact that although there is no specific syllabus for aptitude tests, the concepts and in some cases, even the questions get repeated a lot. Also, the previous year papers are a fair indication of what level of difficulty should one expect and so, avoid over-preparing. To make sure that you know exactly what to expect in SNAP 2015, we will be running a series under SNAP 2015 preparation. In this, we will be featuring actual SNAP questions and solutions segregated section wise for your benefit. There will be 400+ actual questions covered in the SNAP 2015 preparation series. You can browse through the posts here.
Directions for questions 1 to 6: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
D. H. Lawrence – 1885-1930: The Supreme Triumph
For man, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know, they cannot know the beauty, the marvel of being alive in the flesh. The dead may look after the afterwards. But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone, and ours only for a time. We ought to dance with rapture, that we should be alive and in the flesh, and part of the living, incarnate cosmos.
I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet below know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. My soul knows that I am a part of the human race, my soul is an organic part of the great human soul, as my spirit is a part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family. There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of the waters. – Apocalypse, 1931.
1. By ‘triumph’ the author means –
a. sin
b. loss
c. sorrow
d. victory
2. When the dead look after the afterwards the living should look at life
a. forever
b. for some months
c. for only a short while
d. in the past
3. By ‘rapture’ the author means an emotion involving great
a. trepidation
b. thrill
c. fear
d. joy
4. By the last line “It _______________ waters”, the author means that the mind is only
a. a mirage
b. an illusion
c. magic
d. a reflection
5. The tone of this passage is
a. social
b. moral
c. reflective
d. philosophical
6. The most suitable title for this passage would be –
a. The Surface of the Waters
b. My Mind
c. The Human Race
d. Alive and Kicking
Directions for questions 7 to 9: Choose the correct option.
7. The repetition of messages or the use of superfluous expressions is called ____
a. redundancy
b. hyperbole
c. alliteration
d. allegory
8. Ink : pen : paper
a. watch : dial : strap
b. book : paper : words
c. farmer : plough : field
d. colour : brush : canvas
9. realia
a. theoretical constructs
b. fabricated examples
c. objects from real life
d. based on reality
Directions for question 10 : Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.
10.
a. ‘Are these gloves belonging to you?’ she asked.
b. ‘Does this gloves belong to you?’ she asked.
c. ‘Do these gloves belongs to you?’ she asked.
d. ‘Do these gloves belong to you?’ she asked.
Answer Key
1. d
2. c
3. d
4. d
5. d
6. d
7. a
8. d
9. c
10. d
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