AFCAT (PYSP) SET - II 2015

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:- Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practice it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.
Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that an “ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains”?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:- Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practice it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.
Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following, of the author’s metaphorical statement that “it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with”?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:- Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few can practice it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed. They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if the truth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.
The writer’s remarks, “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be as heavy as lead” is very significant. It means

Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:- Life is an (4) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5) the right opportunities. Planned (6) rather than a hasty decision is (7) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8) what occupational groups, (9) and type of organizations are suitable for you.
Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:

Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:- Life is an (4) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5) the right opportunities. Planned (6) rather than a hasty decision is (7) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8) what occupational groups, (9) and type of organizations are suitable for you.
Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:

Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:- Life is an (4) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5) the right opportunities. Planned (6) rather than a hasty decision is (7) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8) what occupational groups, (9) and type of organizations are suitable for you.
Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number: