Questions
What, if true, would be the best reason why the sales of CFL didn't show any rise?
Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage.
The city of Orgville introduced discounts for people who use CFL. This was done with an aim to reduce the electricity consumption of the city. The Electricity Board compared the new bills with the previous ones and decided whether a household was eligible for discount or not. The program was a huge success and majority of the residents availed of the discounts. But the retailers reported no increase in the sales of CFL after the announcement of the discount program.
- CFLs didn't produce as much light as claimed by the manufacturers.
- CFLs could not withstand voltage fluctuations and were repeatedly replaced by the residents, ultimately by the fluorescent lamps.
- The residents became more alert to energy conservation measures.
- The residents borrowed CFLs temporarily to claim discounts in electricity bills.
What is the thematic highlight of the passage?
- The ruling class and the people with power decide the laws and the punishment.
- Morality and crime are two different things and a crime cannot be said to be amoral because the basis of the criminal statutes is not morality.
- Crime cannot be demarcated into good or bad, or right or wrong; it depends on the beliefs of the society prevalent at that time.
- Things that are forbidden are not necessarily evil and do not demand a punishment for the same; it depends more on the whims of the ruling class.
Why does the author believe that the punishment follows for the violation of the law and not for moral transgression?
- The criminal act may not be good or bad in itself.
- Moral laws should not be binding on the people.
- The violation is of utmost consequence and morality is secondary.
- Legality and morality don't go hand in hand.
Why does the author state that the word 'criminal' doesn't have a clearly defined meaning?
- Men cannot be divided by a distinct line into the criminal and the virtuous.
- As the laws are different for different places and times, 'criminals' cannot be defined.
- Legislators are forever repealing and abolishing criminal statutes; so there is no fixed definition of a criminal.
- It is amoral to label anybody a 'criminal'.
Select only one answer choice.
The second line of the passage is primarily concerned with offering which of the following:
- An amended definition of the word leaving.
- A comparison of definitions for 'leaving' - past vis-a-vis the present.
- A criticism of how things have changed over years.
- An explanation that leaving today actually doesn’t separate.
Select only one answer choice.
Which of the following best describes �sporadic� as used in line 9 of the passage?
- Involuntary
- Less serious
- Isolated
- Unpredictable
For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
Which of the following could have probably made the author a conformist?
- Playing classical music
- Completing his college
- Voting for Democrats
For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
It can be inferred that the author of the passage would agree with which of the following about fear.
- Fear is innate.
- Fear can make people opt for status quo.
- Fear can be induced