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All India Test Series

MCAT 2

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Instructions:

 This test contains 90 questions in three sections.  There are 40 questions in Section I, 25 questions in Section II and 25 questions in Section III.  You will be given two and half hours to complete the test.  In distributing the time over the three sections, please bear in mind that you have to demonstrate your competence in all three sections  Directions for answering the questions are given before each group of questions.  Read these directions carefully and answer the questions by choosing appropriate Answer.  Each question has only one correct answer.  All Questions carry four marks each.  Each Wrong answer will attract a penalty of One Mark.  Do not use calculators, log tables, dictionaries, or any printed or online reference material while taking this test.  You may use Rough paper for your calculations.  Try to complete the test in one sitting to feel the real test environment.

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Section I Number of Questions: 40

Directions for Questions 1 to 4: Read the passage below and answer the questions based on it. Stephen Kemp’s article argues for a ‘viable notion of internal criticism’ which works by identifying the ‘internal contradictions’ among actors’ understandings. He holds that such ‘immanent critique’ is based on ‘logical judgments of contradiction and coherence’ and that such judgments are - indeed, I presume, must be – cross-culturally valid. This argument raises a number of puzzling questions. First, I do not see why we must accept that social criticism can only be ‘immanent critique’ and, more generally, why ‘external’ analyses and explanations of social practices, behavior, phenomena, etc., are taken to be inappropriate. I believe that Kemp takes over too readily Peter Winch’s focus on rules as constitutive of social reality, confining himself to showing that Winch’s...