AMCAT PASSAGE
Fasting is an act of homage to the majesty of appetite. So I think we should arrange to give up our pleasures regularly--our food, our friends, our lovers--in order to preserve their intensity, and the moment of coming back to them. For this is the moment that renews and refreshes both oneself and the thing one loves. Sailors and travelers enjoyed this once, and so did hunters, I suppose. Part of the weariness of modern life may be that we live too much on top of each other, and are entertained and fed too regularly.
Once we were separated by hunger both from our food and families, and then we learned to value both. The men went off hunting, and the dogs went with them; the women and children waved goodbye. The cave was empty of men for days on end; nobody ate, or knew what to do. The women crouched by the fire, the wet smoke in their eyes; the children wailed; everybody was hungry. Then one night there were shouts and the barking of dogs from the hills, and the men came back loaded with meat. This was the great reunion, and everybody gorged themselves silly, and appetite came into its own; the long-awaited meal became a feast to remember and an almost sacred celebration of life. Now we go off to the office and come home in the evenings to cheap chicken and frozen peas. Very nice, but too much of it, too easy and regular, served up without effort or wanting. We eat, we are lucky, our faces are shining with fat, but we don’t know the pleasure of being hungry any more.
Too much of anything--too much music, entertainment, happy snacks, or time spent with one’s friends--creates a kind of impotence of living by which one can no longer hear, or taste, or see, or love, or remember. Life is short and precious, and appetite is one of its guardians, and loss of appetite is a sort of death. So if we are to enjoy this short life we should respect the divinity of appetite, and keep it eager and not too much blunted.
1) What is the author's main argument in the passage?
a) The olden times, when the roles of men and women were clearly divided, were far more enjoyable than the present time
b) There is not enough effort required anymore to obtain food and hence the pleasure derived is not the same
c) People who don't have enough to eat enjoy life much more than those who have plentiful
d) We should deny ourselves pleasures once in a while in order to whet our desires and feel more alive
2) What are the benefits of fasting?
a) It is an act against the drawbacks of appetite
b) It brings joy in eating, and one learns to appreciate food
c) It is the method to understand how civilization evolved
d) It is a punishment for the greedy and unkind
3) What commonality has been highlighted between the sailors and hunters?
a) Neither were fed nor entertained regularly
b) They renew and refresh themselves regularly
c) They were regularly separated from their loved ones and things they liked
d) The roles of men and women were clearly divided for both professions
4) 'The long-awaited meal became a feast to remember and an almost sacred celebration of life', what does this line imply?
a) After so many days of being hungry, the cave men and women felt alive once again after eating the food
b) People respected and were thankful for getting food after days of being hungry and also of being united with their loved ones
c) Cave men and women ate and celebrated together with the entire community making the feast really enjoyable
d) Cave men and women enjoyed themselves in the feast and performed a ceremony to thank the Gods for their safe return back home
Amcat English Previous Question And Answer
· Select the word or phrase which best express the meaning of the word:
· TYPIFY
o Typing
o Disembody
o Misrepresent
o Forewarn
o Exemplify.
· Ans:- E
· PHOTOGRAPHIC
o Distant
o Exact
o Distinguish
o Similar
· Ans:- B
· LATEST
o Current
o Postponed
o Antique
o Outdated
· Ans:- A
· PREAMBLE
o Rules
o Law
o Rights
o Introduction
· Ans:- D
· AVERT
o Entertain
o Transform
o Turn away
o Lead towards
o Displease
· Ans:- B
· UNILATERAL
o Sloping
o One-sided
o Parabola
o Innumerable
· Ans:-B
· CONCEITED
o Arrogant
o False
o Deceive
o Misconception
· Ans:- A
· APPETITE
o Hunger
o Revulsion
o Antipathy
o Fasting
· Ans:- A
· ADVENTURER
o Explorer
o Homely
o Native
o Aimless
· Ans:- A
· Select the word or phrase which best express the opposite meaning of the word
· INTENT
o Distant
o Target
o Reluctant
o Content
o Rapt
· Ans:-C
· EMINENT
o Inferior
o Credited
o Prestigious
o Important
· PENDING
o Unerring
o Unending
o Settled
o Permanent
· AVAILABLE
o Short
o Lack
o Cheap
o Interested
· CLARIFY
o Analyze
o Simplify
o Confuse
o Resolve
· CONSTITUENT
o Whole
o Component
o Element
o Citizen
· Ans:-A
· SUFFOCATE
o Curb
o Restrain
o Release
o Stifle
· Ans:-C
· EXTRAORDINARY
o Exceptional
o Unusual
o Spectacle
o Common
· Ans:- A
· DISCRETE
o Continuous
o Secretive
o Distinct
o Cautious
o Judicious
· ACCENTUATE
o Exaggerate
o Increase
o Suppress
o Low
· Ans:- A
· TREACHEROUS
o Faithful
o Fake
o Unsurpassable
o True
· Ans:-A
· ENCHANT
o Repel
o Evoke
o Bewitch
o Entice
· Ans:- A
· Part-V
· In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the paper order for the four sentences.
1 1. S1: Rajeev and his friends went for river rafting.
· S6: Later they all came to know that he is aqua phobic.
· P: Rajeev forced him to have some medicine.
· Q: They tried persuading him to join them for rafting, but he had severe stomach ache.
· R: Which he refused adamantly.
· S: Among all his friends, Kunal backed out at the last moment.
o PSQR
o QPRS
o RQSP
o SQPR
2 2.
S1: Venice is strange and beautiful city
· S6: This is because Venice has no streets.
· P: there are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of the Venice.
· Q: In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, and no buses.
· R: There are small islands near one another.
· S: it is not an island, but hundred and seventeen islands
§ PQRS
§ PRQS
§ SRPQ
§ PQSR
· Ans:- C
33. Form a meaningful sentence
· You should create
· In situation that have
· C-Been stuck
· D-Transformations
· E-The space for
o BCEDA
o AEDBC
o ADEBC
o EDABC
o ABCED
· In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicizedpart are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
· Get out of the building! It sound like the generator is going to explode.
o It is sounding like the generator is going to explode
o It sounds like the generator is going to explode
o It sounds like generator exploded
o No change
· The quality and texture of jeans produced in California would be very good.
o Produced in California are very good.
o Produced into California is very good.
o Produced in California is very good.
o No improvement needed
· I said to my teacher that I was not well and wanted to leave early
o I told my teacher that I was not
o I said to my teacher that I am not
o I told to my teacher that I am not
o no improvement needed
· Munnar is the most refreshing and tranquil hill station in the state of Kerala.
o Is the most refreshing and tranquillity
o Is the most refresh and tranquil
o Is a most refreshing and tranquil
o No improvement needed
· For as long as she could remember, Divya has loved to cook, to dance, and until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so.
o To cook, to dance, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
o Cooking, to dance, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
o Cooking, dancing, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
o To cook, to dance, and, until she lost her vision
o Cooking, dancing, and, until she lost her vision
· The sentence given in the question, when properly sequenced, from a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
· 1) 1. Much of the argument that goes on around the alternative solution occurs because people hold different perceptions of the problem.
o One of the reasons that Japanese managers are perceived as making superior decisions compared to western managers is that they spend great deal of effort and time determining that the problem is correctly defined.
o Unfortunately, too often in the West, managers assume that the initial definition of the situation is correct.
o Up to half the time in meetings is spent in asking “Is this the real problem?