[Mission 2023] Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 24 April 2023

Point P is 10 m west of point Q. Point R is 4 m north of point P. Point T is 3 m east of point S and point S is 5 m south of point Q. What is the direction of point R with respect to point T?

Having turned a blind eye to its responsibilities and duties, a large portion of the media is busy poisoning the minds of people. It is leaving no stone unturned in creating rioters instead of responsible citizens. It is an era when the difference between a journalist and a spokesperson of a party or the government has faded away. Communalism brews in news studios round the clock. The issues of the public are different from what is reflected in the media.

Which of the following is the most logical, accurate and critical inference that can be drawn from the passage?

Jainism holds that the reality is complex. It can be looked and understood from various viewpoints or angles. For example, we can have hundreds of photographs of the same and one tree from different angles. Though all of them give a true picture of it from certain angles, yet they differ from each other. Not only this, but neither each of them, nor the individually as well as jointly will give us a complete picture of that tree. They individually as well as jointly will give only a partial picture of it. So is the case with human knowledge and understanding.

Which of the following is the most logical, accurate and critical inference that can be drawn from the passage?

Mill lays down “one very simple principle” to govern the use of coercion in society – and by coercion he means both legal penalties and the operation of public opinion; it is that we may only coerce others in self-defence – either to defend ourselves, or to defend others from harm. Crucially, this rules out paternalistic interventions to save people from themselves, and ideal interventions to make people behave “better”. It has long exercised critics to explain how a utilitarian can subscribe to such a principle of self-restraint. In essence, Mill argues that only by adopting the self-restraint principle can we seek out the truth, experience the truth as “our own”, and fully develop individual selves.

Which of the following is the most logical and accurate inference that can be drawn from the above passage?

Globalisation does need a language for global transaction. How do we define global language? Any language can merit the nomenclature of ‘global language’ provided it is used in many countries. Chinese, Hindi or Arabic did not become global languages as they are country or region/religion-specific. Spanish and French could have come close to being global languages, but they were eclipsed by English, thanks to the superior backing of British imperialism and advancing technology it had. English was already the language of administration, judiciary and education in most British colonies, but even so, imperialism by itself would perhaps not have catapulted English into being the language of global transaction but for the rise of the United States as a global power. This posited English as the international language of finance, politics and culture.

Which of the following is the most logical and critical inference that can be drawn from the above passage?