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Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.                                                                          PASSAGE     The United Nations Fourth World Women’s Conference had a colourful start at Beijing on September 4th. This is the century’s most crucial conference which aimed at changing the status quo of women’s lives characterized by inequality.      In a preliminary session, Ms. Aung Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that expanding women’s power will bring greater peace and tolerance to the world.      “It is not the prerogative of men alone to bring light to this world. Women with their capacity for compassion and self-sacrifice, with their courage and perseverance have done much to dissipate the darkness of intolerance and hate”, said Ms. Suu Kyi.      In the afternoon session Ms. Ayako Yamaguchi, a Japanese delegate, launched a petition against beauty pageants. “What right do men have to evaluate women in a few minutes? All women are beautiful. Beauty is something different for everyone”, Ms. Ayako Yamaguchi said.     “Beauty contests are used as trade and exploitation. The training is very vigorous, but it is the organizers, not the women, who get the full benefit”, said Ms. Ranjana Bhargava, “After the competition, the women become trapped and the abuse and the bad things begin. The women are tainted, no one else will accept them”.
The Women’s World Conference was very important because
(a)	Ms. Aung Suu Kyi has just been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.	(b)	Ms. Aung Suu Kyi was taking part in the Conference.
(c)	its main purpose was to change inequalities between men and women.	(d)	it was to protest against beauty contest.
The Women’s World Conference was very important because
(a)	Ms. Aung Suu Kyi has just been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.	(b)	Ms. Aung Suu Kyi was taking part in the Conference.
(c)	its main purpose was to change inequalities between men and women.	(d)	it was to protest against beauty contests.
The main emphasis in Ms. Ayako Yamaguchi’s argument is
(a)	men have no right to judge women.	(b)	men should be given more time to evaluate women.
(c)	all women are beautiful in way.	(d)	beauty contests are not necessary.
Beauty is something different for everyone. This statement means
(a)	beauty is certainly different from ugliness.	(b)	beautiful women do not mingle with other women.
(c)	beauty cannot be defined adequately.	(d)	each woman is beautiful.
c
Colourful start in the first sentence refers to
(a)	participants who were all beautiful	(b)	a lot of excitement and cheerfulness in the conference hall.
(c)	absence of black coloured girls.	(d)	flags of various colours outside the conference ball.