List of top English Questions asked in CLAT

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Mr. Gupta, who is one of the trustees of a big charity, is suspected of feathering his own nest.

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Mrs. Hashmi has been in the blues for the last several weeks.

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For the first week, the apprentice felt like a fish out of water.

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What you say has hardly any bearing _______ the lives of tribals.

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He burnt his fingers by interfering in his neighbor's affair.

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Your conduct smacks __________ recklessness.

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A good judge never gropes ___________ the conclusion.

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Nobody in our group is a genius ________ winning friends and in convincing people.

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If you are averse ________ recommending my name, you should not hesitate to admit it.

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Religious leaders should not delve _______ politics.

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Give an example pertinent ____________ the case.

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My voice reverberated ____________ the walls of the castle.

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The reward was not commensurate ________ the work done by us.

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Our tragic experience in the recent past provides an index ______ the state of lawlessness in this region.

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Compendium

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Emaciated

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Latent

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Sporadic

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Lethargy

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Passage (extract): In establishing a social order on this pattern, there was a strong possibility of a conflict arising between diverse groups and classes of our own people. Experience shows that man values his possessions even more than his life. A new order cannot be established without radically changing the mind and attitude of men towards property and, at some stage or the other, the 'haves' have to yield place to the 'have-nots'. In the ultimate analysis it is difficult, if not impossible, to say that the instinct to possess has been rooted out or that it will not reappear in an even worse form under a different guise. If egalitarianism is to endure, it has to be based on voluntary, enlightened renunciation of those goods which cannot be shared by others or can be enjoyed only at the expense of others.

Which of the following conclusions can be deduced from the passage?

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Passage (extract): This calls for substitution of material values by purely spiritual ones. The paradise of material satisfaction, which is sometimes equated with progress these days, neither spells peace nor progress. Mahatma Gandhi has shown us how the acquisitive instinct inherent in man can be transmuted by the adoption of the ideal of trusteeship by those who 'have' for the benefit of all those who 'have not' so that, instead of leading to exploitation and conflict, it would become a means and incentive for the amelioration and progress of society respectively.

According to the passage, what does "adoption of the ideal of trusteeship" mean?

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Passage (extract): We have seen, in our time, attempts to achieve a kind of egalitarian society and the picture of it after it was achieved. But this was done, by and large, through the use of physical force. It may even be that, like a gas kept confined within containers under great pressure, or water held back by a big dam, once the barrier breaks, the reaction will one day sweep back with a violence equal in extent and intensity to what was used to establish and maintain the outward egalitarian form. This enforced egalitarianism contains, in its bosom, the seed of its own destruction.

According to the passage, people ultimately overturn a social order

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Passage (extract): The root cause of class conflict is possessiveness or the acquisitive instinct. So long as the ideal that is to be achieved is one of securing the maximum material satisfaction, possessiveness is neither suppressed nor eliminated but grows on what it feeds. Nor does it cease to be possessiveness, whether it is confined to only a few or is shared by many. Mahatma Gandhi has shown us how the acquisitive instinct inherent in man can be transmuted by the adoption of the ideal of trusteeship.

According to the passage, the root cause of class conflict is

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Passage (extract): A new order cannot be established without radically changing the mind and attitude of men towards property. This enforced egalitarianism contains, in its bosom, the seed of its own destruction. So long as the ideal that is to be achieved is one of securing the maximum material satisfaction, possessiveness is neither suppressed nor eliminated but grows on what it feeds. Mahatma Gandhi has shown us how the acquisitive instinct inherent in man can be transmuted by the adoption of the ideal of trusteeship by those who 'have' for the benefit of all those who 'have not' so that, instead of leading to exploitation and conflict, it would become a means and incentive for the amelioration and progress of society respectively.

Which of the following statements is 'not true' in the context of the passage?

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Passage (extract): If egalitarianism is to endure, it has to be based not on the possession of the maximum material goods by a few or by all but on voluntary, enlightened renunciation of those goods which cannot be shared by others or can be enjoyed only at the expense of others. This calls for substitution of material values by purely spiritual ones. The paradise of material satisfaction, which is sometimes equated with progress these days, neither spells peace nor progress.

According to the passage, true egalitarianism will last only if