SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in Undivided India during the period of British rule. The Bengal renaissance can be said to have started with Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1775-1833) and ended with Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , although there have been many stalwarts thereafter embodying particular aspects of the unique intellectual and creative output. Nineteenth century Bengal was a unique blend of religious and social reformers, scholars, literary giants, journalists, patriotic orators and scientists, all merging to form the image of a renaissance, and marked the transition from the ā€˜medieval’ to the ā€˜modern’. During this period, Bengal witnessed an intellectual awakening that is in some way similar to the European Renaissance during the 16th century, although Europeans of that age were not confronted with the challenge and influence of alien colonialism. This movement questioned existing orthodoxies, particularly with respect to women, marriage, the dowry system, the caste system andreligion. One of the earliest social movements that emerged during this time was the Young Bengal movement, that espoused rationalism and atheism as the common denominators of civil conduct among upper caste educated Hindus. The parallel socio- religious movement, the Brahmo Samaj, developed during this time period and counted many of the leaders of the Bengal Renaissance among its followers.

SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 91


Find the option that is opposite in meaning to alien.

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 92


The Bengal Renaissance was different from the 16th century European
Renaissance because :

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 93


ā€œThe spiritā€ of Renaissance:

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 94


The Bengal Renaissance movement:

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 95


The Bengal Renaissance gathered momentum in the 19th century because :

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

ā€œI must find a hiding place,ā€ he thought, ā€œand in the next few seconds or 1 am done for.ā€ Scarcely had the thought crossed his mind that the lane took a sudden turning so that he found himself hidden from his pursuers. There are circumstances in which the least energetic of mankind learn to act with speed and decision. This was such an occasion for Rehmat Ali and those who knew him best would have been the most aston fished at the lad’s boldness. He stopped dead, threw the box or jewellery over a garden wall and, leaping upwards with incredible lightness, he seized the top of the walls with his hands and tumbled headlong into the garden.

SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 96


Rehmat Ali is most likely :

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 97


What kind of a person was Rehmat Ali originally ?

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 98


The expression ā€˜to stop dead’ means:

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 99


Rehmat All found himself hidden from his pursuers because:

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SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 21 April First Sitting - Question 100


There are circumstances in which the least energetic of mankind, learn to act with
speed and decision, and the most cautious forget their care’, Rehmat illustrates this
by :

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