CLAT Sample Paper UG-CLAT Mock Test-4 (2020)

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    Direction: Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
    We can say that conduct in public life is more rigorously scrutinized now than it was in the past, that the morals which the public demands remains high and that the great majority of people in public life meet those high standards. But there are weaknesses in the procedures for maintaining and enforcing those standards. As a result, the people in social life are not always as clear as they should be about where the boundaries of acceptable conducts happen. However, it is possible to scrutinize that the recent political scandals are the sole cause of the drop in the public’s trust of politicians. There is the perceived lack of difference in the major political parties after the general election in 1990, which contributed to lower voter turnout and general apathy. The experts argue that contemporary society expects that the politics to be free from sharp ideological division and adversarial conflicts.
    What is the possible conclusion arrived from the passage?

    A) Enforcement procedures gives boundaries of standards

    B) Public demand on values is high in the past

    C) People are not clear about standards now

    D) Most people are of high standards at present

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    (a) Reasoning type: Inductive Reasoning Focus of the question: Conclusion Relationship analogy: Cause and Effect Analogy The focus of the question is to find the correct conclusion about the entire issue discussed in the passage. The public life is more rigorously scrutinized and the morals which are demanded by the public remain high and that the great majority of people in public life meet those high standards. So, enforcement procedures gives boundaries of standards.


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