SSC CGL Tier-2 17-February-2018 English

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P: We may see alcohol and tobacco advertisements everywhere, on television, in newspaper, on street ads card etc.
Q: But we know the truth is alcohol and cigarette are harmful for people's health and sometimes it may bring bad effects to self-impression.
R: Alcohol ads usually create several feints to tell people that alcohol is good for people and induce people to drink.
S: On the other hand, the malign influence of advertisements shows smoking as something "cool".

P: If the intention is just to consume whatever comes from the West, then it is harmful. Q: Some of its effects are really helping and positive as it increases initiative and entrepreneurship qualities provided taken in that spirit.
R: At the same time state's strategic intervention is essential because more than 40% of people live below poverty line.
S: The impact of economic reforms are mixed.

P: The political awakening cannot be an isolated phenomenon; it requires some changes in social structure so that woman can enjoy as important a place as man occupies.
Q: Unfortunately our customs and traditions conspired with her economic dependence to make her unimportant in our society.
R: Democracy in India can be a success only when the Indian women are politically awakened.
S: Moreover they should be free to express their opinion, to act as they like and to assert themselves in all departments of life.

P: No partner is expected to air the views of a particular group in public.
Q: The only requirement is that the coalition partners have to stick to a code of conduct.
R: Every coalition party has to own the responsibility for all government policies or actions.
S: Experience has now shown that a coalition government can run as smoothly as any single party government.

P: Biographies of great men can also help us in learning good manners.
Q: Courtesy and politeness is the key to good manners.
R: No doubt these are lithe words but if they are spoken at the right moment and in a soft and sweet voice, they are bound to work wonders.
S: The use of polite words like "Sorry", "Please", "Thank you", "Beg your pardon", "Sir" etc. creates a healthy impact on the minds of others.

P: One has to work hard to establish, develop and maintain deep and lasting bonds with those who matter in one's life.
Q: As "Man is not an island entire of itself, he cannot be happy in isolation.
R: Humans live out their life in the company of their family, friends, colleagues, superiors, even total strangers in buses and lifts.
S: And, brick by brick, they must build their relationship with each one, to lay a secure foundation for their road to happiness.

P: Superstitions mean an irrational belief in or notion of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, or the like.
Q: This is a universal phenomenon cutting across caste, communal, and even national boundaries.
R: All over the globe, people have superstitions, although the superstitions may vary from country to country or from region to region.
S: Nor does education drives away superstitions completely.

P: Superstitions exist throughout the world despite scientific advances.
Q: One cannot heed anybody's sneezes if one has to be punctual on duty or 'cannot miss a flight.
R: But the spread of science and education among the masses has certainly given rise to a significant number of persons who do not believe in these superstitions.
S: The compulsions of modern life have also caused some of the superstitions to fade out.

P: All these ensure that the world we live in grows a new skin every few years.
Q: These influences do, of course, work on humankind but they have the greatest impact on that section of society which is on the threshold of discovery-discovery of the self, of life and of living.
R: The life and times of two generations cannot be identical or even similar, thanks to modern research, progress in science, faster and easier communications and even distasteful things like inflation and population explosion.
S: These changes in due course affect our thinking and influence our attitudes, expectations, behavioural patterns and values.