JIPMAT 2024 Question Paper
All great thinkers live and move on a high plane of thought. It is only there they can breathe freely. It is only in contact with spirits like themselves they can live harmoniously and attain that serenity which comes from ideal companionship. I have always thought that the strongest argument in favour of the Baconian theory was, that no man, however indubitable his genius, could have written the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under Shakespeare's name who had not the liberal education of Bacon. How this habit of intercourse with the gods makes one impatient of mere men. The magnificent ideals that have ever haunted the human mind, and given us our highest proofs of a future immortality by reason of the impossibility of their fulfillment here, are splintered into atoms by contact with life's realities. Hence comes our sublime discontent. It may be spiritual or intellectual pride that is engendered on the high plane of intellectual life. But whatever it is, it becomes inevitable. A habitual meditation on the vast problems that underline human life, and are knit into human destinies. It is easy to understand, therefore, why such thinkers fly to the solitude of their own thoughts, or the silent companionship of the immortals; and if they care to present their views in prose or verse to the world, that these views take a sombre and melancholy setting from "the pale cast of thought"in which they were engendered.
According to the author, why do the great thinkers need to attain and remain at high plane of thought?
(A) Because they want to enjoy harmony and serenity from ideal companionship.
(B) Because the experience of greatness makes them impatient of being ordinary men.
(C) Because the high plane of intellectual life instills a spiritual and intellectual pride in them.
(D) Because they are apathetic to commoners and solely eager to attain lofty ideals.
Choose most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The passage presents a rationale behind the great writers' flight to the solitude of their thoughts and silent companionship of immortals.
Reason (R) : They do so because they are melancholic and naturally averse to ordinary humanity and disgust of unregenerated masses.
Given below are two statements :
Statement I: The author upholds the Baconian theory because, according to him, despite being a genius, Shakespeare could not write the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under his name.
Statement II : He holds that Bacon was more resourceful than Shakespeare because he had the liberal education.
For the following questions answer them individually
Out of the options given below, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
(A) For that we need people who possess not only high skills but high values as well.
(B) So the need of the hour is not only skill-based education but also value-inspired and value-based education.
(C) When we talk of investing in education, a question arises as to what kind of education needs to be given to the youngsters.
(D) Our aim is to evolve not only an affluent society, but an egalitarian, just, humane and compassionate society.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
In the following question, a sentence is divided into four parts ( A,B,C and D ). Rearrange it in the proper sequence in order to make a meaningful sentence.
(A) that is closely related to the peach tree
(B) almonds are commonly called nuts
(C) but they are actually seeds
(D) and they come from a tree
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Pick the part of the sentence with grammatical mistakes/errors.
(A) The economist were of the opinion
(B) that the government should give longer times to farmers
(C) to pay the loan instead of waiving the entire farm loan
(D) as doing so is not good for credit culture
