Snap 2010 Question Paper and Ans Key

SECTION 1 Directions for questions 1 to 8: In each of the following questions, statements 1 to 6 are respectively the first and last sentences of a paragraph. Statements A ,B ,C and D come in between them. Rearrange A, B, C and D in such a manner that they make a coherent paragraph together with statements 1 and 6. Select the correct order from the given choices and mark its number as your answer. 1. 1. A B. C. D. 6. Women’s health status is basic to their advancement in all the fields of endeavour. The fundamental issues concerning women and their health are nutrition, sanitation, overwork, etc. They face high risk of malnutrition, retardation in growth and development, etc . at almost every stage of their lives. The main reason of this decline in the sex ratio is high mortality rates among females in all age groups. This has resulted in the fact that in India, there are fewer women than men. In girls, malnutrition, under nutrition and limited access to health care are seen as the main causes of mortality. (1) DCAB (2) BADC (3) ACDB (4) ABDC One obvious explanation of the striking continuity and independence of the Chinese civilization is the following. It was also endowed with an even greater capacity to assimilate alien influence, probably because the tradition of civilization rested on different foundations in different countries. Islamic rule made more difference to India than to any dynasty’s rise or fall in China. China was remote, inaccessible to alien influence, far from sources of disturbance in other great civilizations. In India, the great stabilizers were rested on the foundation of religion and a caste system inseparable from it. In China they rested on the culture of an administrative elite which survived dynasties and empires and kept China on the same course. (1) CABD (2) CDBA (3) CBAD (4) ABCD The ethnographic composition and history of the Himalayan regions of Kumaon, Garwal and Himachal Pradesh form a fascinating field of study. Besides, the...