UPPCS GS PAPER 2 2016

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives based only on the passage given. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things, Reading maketh a full man, conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a good memory, if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grace, logic and rhetoric able to contend.
What is meant by conference?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives based only on the passage given. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things, Reading maketh a full man, conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a good memory, if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grace, logic and rhetoric able to contend.
What does some books are to be tasted mean?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives based only on the passage given. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things, Reading maketh a full man, conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a good memory, if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grace, logic and rhetoric able to contend.
How must we approach the ‘meaner’ sort of books:

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives based only on the passage given. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things, Reading maketh a full man, conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a good memory, if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grace, logic and rhetoric able to contend.
What should be the real object of reading?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives based only on the passage given. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things, Reading maketh a full man, conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a good memory, if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grace, logic and rhetoric able to contend.
If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?

Which one of the following alternatives gives the meaning of the given idiom/phrase ? Snake in the grass