CLAT Sample Paper CLAT Sample Paper-3

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    Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.
    Passage II
    Whales present such a picture of massiveness and power that you would never imagine they could be threatened by something as puny as a human. But once a year, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets to decide whether they can be hunted again. Since, the commercial whaling moratorium came into effect in 1986, what started out looking like at least a long pause in whaling soon became a period of permanent tension between those who believe that humans have an inherent right to kill whales and those who believe that whales have an inherent right to live.
    There is permanent tension between two groups of people with regard to the killing of whales because

    A)  many people believe whales have an equal place on Earth like humans

    B)  whales are helpless animals

    C)  some people fear that whales will become extinct

    D)  whales are indirectly man's friends

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    In this growing era whale are getting extinct through this passage author is trying to derive the attention towards the position of whales on the Earth. Whales belongs to the mammal family and it, suppose to be the very intelligent one, that?s why author is saying that whales have an equal place on the Earth like humans.


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