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Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.                                                                      PASSAGE      Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out of distorted other features of the western renaissance (revival) which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success, control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more objects. Modern social, political, and economic systems, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man, woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion, cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man and aggressor against everything that is non-human; an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized; a pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.
The author appears to be advocating which of the following approaches to be adopted by society.
(a)	Capitalistic	(b)	Communists
(c)	Humanistic	(d)	Authoritarian
Which of the following best describes the behaviour of modern man?
(a)	Imaginative and sympathetic.	(b)	Cruel and greedy.
(c)	Conscientious and co-operative.	(d)	Precepting and creative.
According to the passage, why has modern man turned out as an enemy of everything that is non-human?
(a)	He has been dominated by drives of acquisitiveness and power.	(b)	He consciously practices spirit of co-operation.
(c)	non-humans have refused co-operation to human beings.	(d)	He hates and distrusts other human beings.
Which of the following statements is not true is context of the given passage?
(a)	Power and possession go hand in hand.	(b)	The modern man is not individualist.
(c)	There is a need for a new renaissance.	(d)	Poor and weak people are oppressed by the modern man.
Which of the following is one of the requirements bringing out the best is man?
(a)	Money.	(b)	Success.
(c)	Power.	(d)	Understanding.