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In the following pages, I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique, every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned a specific place in the psychic activities of the walking state, Further, I shall endeavour to elucidate the processes the nature of the psychic forces whose conflict or cooperation is responsible for our dreams. This done, my investigation will terminate, as it will have reached the point where the problem of the dream merges into more comprehensive problems, and to solve these we must have recourse to material of a different kind.
Which of the followings would be closest to the ideas expresses in the first two sentences of the above passages?
- A.
Overt causes can have only overt effects.
- B.
Overt causes have only covert effects.
- C.
Covert effects have only covert causes.
- D.
You can’t judge a book by its cover.
- E.
Overt effects can have covert causes.
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It is one week since Uttarakhand’s worst disaster in living memory. Flash floods resulting from extremely intense rainfall swept away mountainsides, villages and towns, thousands of people, animals, agriculture fields, irrigation canals, domestic water sources, dams, roads, bridges, and buildings – anything that stood in the way.
A week later, media attention remains riveted on the efforts to rescue tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourist visiting the shrines in the uppermost reaches of Uttarakhand’s sacred rivers. But the deluge spread far beyond th Char Dhams – Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath – to cover the entire state. The catchments of many smaller rivers also witnessed flash floods but the media has yet to report on the destruction there. Eyewitness accounts being gathered by official agencies and voluntary organizations have reported devastation from more than 200 villages so far and more affected villages are being reported every day.
Which of the following would the author agree the most with?
- A.
Char Dhams were most affected by Uttarakhand disaster.
- B.
Entire catchment of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.
- C.
Media attention was on Char Dham but the entire catchment area of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.
- D.
Media cannot be trusted as it focuses only on important places and events.
- E.
Voluntary organizations are better than media in reaching out to the affected people.
Most of the Asian countries have trade-deficit with China. Bangladesh’s trade deficit with China this year has increased by 35%. Despite large increases in exports to China, Indonesia’s trade deficit with China continues to increase. So does that of South Korea, home of Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic gadgets.
Which of the following, if true, would be most inconsistent with the above passage?
- A.
China is the largest manufacturer of parts of electronic gadgets and Samsung Electronics imports parts for their gadgets from China.
- B.
Exports to Bangladesh are insignificant in proportion of China’s total exports.
- C.
Exports to Indonesia from China decreased.
- D.
Indonesia’s chief exports are natural resources.
- E.
China has trade deficit with Iran.