Accenture – Verbal
& Reasoning
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex
determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a
saga of horror. Experts are calling it ‘Sanitised Barbarism’. Demographic
trends indicate the country is fast heading towards a million foetuses aborted
each year.
Although foetal sex determination and sex selection is an
offence in India, the practice is rampant. Private clinics with ultrasound
machines are doing brisk business. Everywhere, people are paying to know the
sex of the unborn child, and paying more to abort the female child. The
technology has reached even remote places through mobile clinics. Dr. Puneet
Bedi obstetrician and specialist in foetal medicine, says these days he hardly
sees a family with two daughters. People are getting the sex determination even
for the first child, he says.
In the 1991 census showed that two districts had a child
sex ratio (number of girls per thousand boys) less than 850; by 2001 it was 51
districts. Child rights activist Dr. Sabu George says foeticide is the most
extreme form of violence against women. ‘Today a girl is several times more likely
to be eliminated before birth than die of various causes during the first year.
Nature intended the womb to be a safe space. Today Doctors have made it the
most unsafe space for the female child, ‘he says’. He believes that Doctors must
be held responsible – “They have aggressively promoted the misuse of technology
and legitimised foeticide.”
Akhila Sivadas, Centre for Advocacy and Research, Delhi,
feels that the PCPNDT Act (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques –
Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) is very well conceived and easy to use. The
need of the hour is the legal literacy to ensure the law is implemented. “The
demand and supply debate has been going on for some time. Doctors say there is
a social demand and they are fulfilling it. They argue that social attitudes
must change. However, in this case supply fuels demand. Technology will have to
be regulated. Technology in the hands of greedy, vested interests cannot be
neutral. There is a law to prevent misuse and we must be able to use it,” she
says.
On the ‘Demand’ side, experts such as Dr. Agnihotri argue
that women’s participation in workforce, having disposable incomes and making a
contribution to the larger society will make a difference to how women are
seen. Youth icons and role models such as Sania Mirza are making an impact, he
says.
Others feel there needs to be widespread visible contempt
and anger in society against this ‘Genocide’- “the kind we saw against the
Nithari killings,” says Dr Bedi. “Today nobody can say that female foeticide is
not their problem.” Time we all did our bit to help save the girl child. Time’s
running out.
Select the correct
answer option based on the passage.
1.
What does the word ‘sanitised’ imply in the
first paragraph of the passage?
a) Unforgivable b)
Legitimate c) Free from dirt d) None of these
2. Which
demand the author refers to in paragraph 5?
a) Demand
for principled doctors
b)
Demand
for high income jobs for women
c) Demand
for youth icons
d) Demand
for sex determination and abortion
3. Which
of the two people mentioned in the passage suggest similar solution to the
problem?
a) Dr.
Agnihotri and Dr. George
b) Dr.
Bedi and Dr. Agnihotri
c) Dr.
George and Dr. Bedi
d)
Dr.
George and Miss. Sivadas
4.
What is the Doctors’ explanation for foeticide?
a) They
think it is legitimate
b)
They
do it because people demand it
c) The
technology is available and there is no harm using it
d) None
of these
Based on the given
passage find out which of the statement can be inferred from the passage
Education is the gateway to everyone’s own brave new world.
When Raja Ram Mohan Roy pursued Sanskrit, Arabic, French and English with equal
zeal in the 19th century, his inner compulsion was to dispel the
darkness which had kept his era in thrall.
5. a)
Inner darkness results due to the circumstances prevalent in an area. Education
can do something about it.
b)
Any
era has its own compulsions and difficulties. Education helps to overcome them
so the subjects of education should be suitable, in keeping with the times.
c) Not
everyone wants to bring about a change in the world according to his
perception. Education is the key to it.
d) Keeping
an era in thrall was the inner compulsion of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
From Chennai to Himachal Pradesh, the new culture vultures
are tearing down acres of India’s architectural treasures. Ancestral owners are
often fobbed off with a few hundred rupees for an exquisitely carved door or
window, which fetches fifty times that much from foreign dealers, and yet more
from the drawing shop sophisticates of the Western Countries. The reason for
such shameless rape of the Indian architectural wealth can perhaps, not
wrongly, be attributed to the unfortunate blend of activist disunity and the
local indifference.
6. a)
India provides a rich market for unscrupulous antique dealers.
b) Most
Indian families have heirlooms which can be sold at high prices to Europeans
and Americans.
c) Only Indians are not proud of their cultural
heritage and are hungry for foreign currency that is easily available in return
of artefacts.
d) The
environment created by the meeting between activist disunity and local
indifference is ideal for antique dealers to strive in India.
Based on the
following information, answer th questions that follow:
There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E, and F in a school.
Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory and the other
optional. D’s optional subject was History while three others have it as
compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subject. F’s
compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject for both C and
E. History and English are A’s subjects and in terms of compulsory and
optional, they are just reverse of D’s. Chemistry is an optional subject to
only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her
compulsory subject.
7. What
is C’s compulsory subject?
a) History b) Physics c)
Chemistry d) English e) Mathematics
8. Which
of the following has the same compulsory and optional subjects as of F?
a) D b) B c) A d)
C e) None of these
9. Who
is the female member in the group?
a) A b) B c) C d) D e)
E
10. Disregarding
which are the compulsory and optional subjects, who has the same two
combination of subjects as F?
a) A b) B c) E d)
D e) None of these
11. From
the given choice select the odd man out.
a) LDCM b)
TMNU c) MJIN d) PLKQ
12. Find
the next number in the series: 5, 9, 16,
29, 54, 103, ……..
a) 300 b) 200 c)
150 d) 330
13. If
MACHINE is coded as 19 – 7 – 9 - 14 – 15 – 20 – 11 then how is DANGER coded?
a)
10 –
7 – 20 – 13 – 11 – 24
b) 11
– 7 – 20 – 16 – 11 – 24
c) 13
– 7 – 20 – 9 – 11 – 25
d) 13
– 7 – 20 – 10 – 11 – 25
14. Find
the next number in the series: 8, 27,
64, 125, ….
a)
250 b)
272 c) 625 d) 216
15. If
SHARP is coded as 58034, PUSH as 4658 then what is the code for RUSH?
a) 3568 b) 3658 c)
3685 d) 3583
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