NIMCET 2021 Paper and Solution (English)

NIMCET 2021 PAPER AND SOLUTIONS - English

Question 91: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word given: The state Transportation Corporation has ___________ a loss of 5 crore INR this year. 

(A) derived

(B) Incurred

(C) performed

(D) formulated 

A loss is ‘incurred’; not derived or performed or formulated. Choice (B) is correct.

Question 92: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: The ________ with which he is able to wield the paint-brush in really remarkable.

(A) ease

(B) Practice

(C) sweep

(D) gait 

A paint brush is wielded with ‘ease’; not practice or sweep or gait. Choice (A) is correct.

Directions for questions 93 to 98: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows: It is said with truth that the function of a university is to prepare the young to take their place in human society. It must provide its members with the knowledge and skill necessary to make them efficient citizens. But is the whole duty of man exhausted by the acquisition of knowledge and professional training? Is a university only an institution for higher learning, a factory which churns out clerks and technicians able to run the machinery of the State? Mere knowledge which gratifies curiosity is different from culture which refines personality. Culture is not remembering a mass of serious details about the dates of birth of the great heroes of the world or the interesting names of the fastest ships which cross the Altantic or entertaining odds and ends gathered from the latest who’s who. A well-known institution of this country has for its motto sa vidya yavimuchyate, that is, knowledge which is designed for salvation, for the development of the soul, is the best. Such an idea is not merely an Indian idiosyncrasy. Plato said long ago that the culture of soul is “the first and fairest thing that the best of men can ever have. According to Goethe, the object of education is to form tastes and not simply to communicate knowledge. A man’s culture is not judged by the amount of tabulated information which he has at his command, but by the quality of mind which he brings to bear on the facts of life. Education is not cramming the mind with a host of technical details, putting sight, as it were, into blind eyes. The eye of the soul is never blind, only its gaze may be turned to the false and the fleeting. Too often the vision may be dragged downwards by the “leaden weights” of pride and prejudice, of passion and desire. The function of the teacher is not to add to the “leaden weights” but remove them and liberate the soul from the encumbrance so that is may follow its native impulse to soar upwards. The student at a university does not merely learn something, but becomes something by being exposed, in the most elastic period of his life, to transforming influences, such as the constant clash of mind with mind, the interchange of ideas, the testing of opinions, and the growth of knowledge of human nature. 

Question 93: What is the object of education according to Goathe? 

(A) It teaches social manners

(B) It teaches courtesy

(C) It communicate knowledge

(D) It forms taste

Refer to the following lines from the passage – ‘According to Goethe, THE OBJECT OF EDUCATION IS TO FORM TASTES and not simply to communicate knowledge.’ Choice (D) is correct.

Question 94: What is meant by “leaden weights”? 

(A) Weights made of leaden

(B) Cold scientific knowledge

(C) Hindering factors, of pride and prejudice, passion and desire, in the liberation of the soul

(D) Social and family responsibilities

Refer to the following lines from the passage – ‘Too often the vision may be dragged downwards by the “leaden weights” of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, OF PASSION AND DESIRE’. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 95: According to the passage, the function of the teacher is :

(A) To remove leaden weights of price and prejudice, passion, and desire to liberate the soul. 

(B) To instil facts into the minds of the students.  

(C) To teach humanity.  

(D) To foster brotherhood. 

Refer to the following lines from the passage –‘ Too often the vision may be dragged downwards by the “leaden weights” of pride and prejudice, of passion and desire. The function of the teacher is not to add to the “leaden weights” but REMOVE THEM and liberate the soul from the encumbrance....’. Choice (A) is correct.

Questions 96: What is a man’s culture judged by? 

(A) By the quality of mind which he brings to bear on the facts of life 

(B) By man’s social skill

(C) By the variety of books he reads  

(D) By money and influence

Refer to the following lines from the passage – ‘A man’s culture is not judged by the amount of tabulated information which he has at his command, but BY THE QUALITY OF MIND WHICH HE BRINGS TO BEAR ON THE FACTS OF LIFE’. Choice (A) is correct.

Questions 97: What are the hindering factors in the liberation and development of the soul? 

(A) Power and wealth 

(B) Passion and desire, pride and prejudice. 

(C) Money and influence 

(D) Greed and envy 

Refer to the following lines from the passage – ‘The eye of the soul is never blind, only its gaze may be turned to the false and the fleeting. Too often the vision may be dragged downwards by the “leaden weights” of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, OF PASSION AND DESIRE’. Choice (B) is correct.

Questions 98: Mere knowledge and culture may be distinguished from each other in that: 

(A) The former widens the mental horizon, the latter enlarges the heart. 

(B) The former gratifies curiosity, the latter refines personality. 

(C) The former is concerned with facts, the latter with fiction. 

(D) The former adds to power, the latter adds to prestige. 

Choice (B) is correct.

Questions 99: What is the function of education according to the ancient Indian philosophers? 

(A) Education is the development of mind. 

(B) Education brings about salvation and development of the soul.

(C) Education is the cultivation of culture. 

(D) Education aims at the inculcation of generosity.

Choice (B) is correct.

Questions 100: The function of university is: 

(A) To enable the young to gather facts about the world. 

(B) To learn to do his job. 

(C) To prepare the young to take their place in society. 

(D) To enable them to learn to talk with others. 

Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 101: Choose the most suitable antonym of the given word :  ERUDITE

(A) scholarly

(B) unfamiliar

(C) illiterate

(D) arrogant 

ERUDITE means learned, so its antonym would be ‘illiterate’. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 102: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word given :

The car driver was arrested for rash driving and his license was _______ by the police. 

(A) impounded

(B) flown

(C) penalized

(D) banned 

Since the car driver was arrested, his license would be seized or confiscated. IMPOUNDED is closest in meaning to seized or confiscated. Choice (A) is correct.

Questions 103: Write one word for the following: 

An uncivilized / primitive person. 

(A) barbarian

(B) ascetic

(C) bourgeois

(D) altruist

A BARBARIAN is an uncivilized / primitive person. Choice (A) is correct.

Questions 104: Choose the most suitable synonym of the given word : RECUPERATE 

(A) recapture

(B) reclaim

(C) recover

(D) recur 

RECUPERATE means to recover your health or strength after some illness. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 105: Choose the most suitable synonym of given word : SCINTILLATING

(A) touching

(B) nagging

(C) glittering

(D) warning 

SCINTILLATING means sparkling or shining or glittering. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 106: Choose the most suitable antonym of the given word : NEGLIGENCE

(A) diligence

(B) meticulousness

(C) integrity

(D) honesty 

NEGLIGENCE means carelessness. Hence its antonym would be meticulousness which means careful or scrupulous. Choice (B) is correct.

Questions 107: Write on word for the following: 

One who does not save for future. 

(A) incorporeal

(B) inedible

(C) improvident

(D) implacable

Improvident does not save for future. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 108: Choose the most suitable synonym of the given word : BLAND 

(A) pleasant

(B) harsh

(C) irritating

(D) tasteless 

BLAND means dull, unexciting, tasteless. Choice (D) is correct.

Questions 109: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word given: 

I cannot ________ it to you right now; tomorrow we will discuss about it. 

(A) demand

(B) disturb

(C) explain

(D) expect 

The context of the sentence makes EXPLAIN the most appropriate word. Choice (C) is correct.

Questions 110: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word given in the options: 

The child prefers room with _________ ceilings. 

(A) tall

(B) long

(C) higher

(D) high 

HIGH CEILINGS is the customary usage in English language. Since ceilings are not compared we cannot use HIGHER CEILINGS. Choice (D) is correct.