SSC Stenographer 8th Feb 2019 Shift-II

Instructions

Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Passage:

As a toddler growing up in the 1950s. Richard Wawro threw violent tantnuns. Often, he would tap the same piano key for long stretches of time. When he was three, his parents took him for testing at a nearby hospital. They were told that he was moderately to severely retarded. His family, however, never believed that his IQ was as low as the experts claimed. A special education teacher began working with Richard when he was six She introduced him to drawing with crayons, which he took to quickly. He began filling sketchbooks (and the wallpaper of his Scotland home) with startlingly accurate depictions of cartoon characters like Yogi Bear. When Richard was 12. his artwork astounded a visiting artist who said that his drawings were created "with the precision of a mechanic and the vision of a poet." Richard could never read or write well. His speech remained limited. But his involvement with the art world spurred his social development. He participated in dozens of exhibitions and became a well-known artist. His artwork was celebrated by the media and in a documentary. "With Eyes Wide Open." Both Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II owned Wawro's oritaials.
Richard was a savant, an individual with a spike in a particular ability combined with an impairment or disability. In Richard's case, that underlying condition was autism. Autism is a condition characterized by social and conununication challenges, like difficulty making eye contact or making conversation, along with repetitive behaviors or intense interests. It turns out that many savants have autism. But when the astounding abilities are there. they are often rooted in extreme memory, excellent attention to detail and passionate interests — traits also linked to autism. In many ways, prodigies look a lot like savants. They have the same preternatural abilities. They have the same prolific output. But there's a key difference between the two. While in savants, these extreme abilities are paired with an underlying impairment or disability, prodigies don't typically have any such disability. Even though prodigies are not typically autistic, they have the same excellent memories, extreme attention to detail, and passionate interests linked to autism and autistic savants.

Question 151

Which ONE of the statements given as options is TRUE?

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Question 152

Which ONE of the following statements about Richard is FALSE?

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Question 153

Why does the author bring in the topic of prodigies in a discussion of autistic savants?

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Instructions

For the following questions answer them individually

Question 154

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Literature does not exist only to provoke feelings of happiness or to ......... us with its pleasure; it should also challenge and perturb us.

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Question 155

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The students wanted to know whether they could postpone the test until Monday.

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Question 156

Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence; if no improvement is required, select "No improvement".
If you don't like mathematics at school you don't like it at college too.

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Question 157

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The bookie said, "Alas! I have lost all my fortune."

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Question 158

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Their emotionally intense collaboration maximized their creative potential.

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Question 159

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
COMPREHENSIVE

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Question 160

Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence; if no improvement is required, select "No improvement".
Denmark has been long celebrated as a land of law and order.

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