CAT Reading Comprehension > History PYQs

The marginalised status of non-European ways of looking at nature and the environment.

The greed of organisations benefiting from non-renewable energy resources.

The global dominance of oil economies and international politics built around it.

The decentralised characteristic of renewable energy resources like solar power.

There is a direct cause-effect relationship between human activities and global climate change.

Ghosh's book has a different title: “The Nutmeg's Revenge”.

Modem western science discovers new evidence for the Earth being an inanimate object.

Non-European societies have perceived the Earth as a non-living source of all resources.

To illustrate how systemic violence against the colonized constituted the cornerstone of colonialism.

To illustrate the first instance in history when the processes responsible for climate change were initiated.

To illustrate how colonialism represented and perpetuated the mindset that has led to climate change.

To illustrate the role played by the cultivation of certain crops in the plantation mode in contributing to climate change.

the history of climate change is deeply intertwined with the history of colonialism.

the contemporary dominant perception of nature and the environment was put in place by processes of colonialism.

environmental preservation policy makers can learn a lot from non-European and/or pre-colonial societies.

academic discourses have always served the function of raising awareness about environmental preservation.

The discovery of the unconscious as a part of the human mind.

The collating of diverse ideas under the single term: unconscious.

The growing vocabulary of the soul and the mind, as diverse processes.

The identification of the unconscious as an object of psychical research.

The discovery of the unconscious as a part of the human mind

The collating of diverse ideas under the single term: unconscious

The growing vocabulary of the soul and the mind, as diverse processes

The identification of the unconscious as an object of psychical research

The meanings of time-honored expressions were changed by innovations in literary and intellectual language.

Literary and intellectual language was altered by time-honored expressions and traditional catchwords.

All of the options listed here.

Time-honored expressions and traditional catchwords were enriched by literary and intellectual language.

Language; Unconscious; Psychoanalysis

Literary language; Unconscious; Insanity

Unconscious; Latent conception; Dreams

Imagination; Magnetism; Psychiatry

was at least partly an outcome of Enlightenment rationalism

was at least partly shaped by the project of European modernity

faced resistance from existing structural forms of Indian modernity

allowed the treatment of colonies as experimental sites

The colonial enterprise was a costly one; so to justify the cost it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of
modernity into Indian society.

The cost of the colonial state's eminence was not settled; therefore, it took the initiative of introducing modernity into
Indian society.

The colonial state's eminence was unsettled by its marginal position; therefore, it developed Indian society by
modernising it.

The colonial state felt marginalised from Indian society because of its own modernity; therefore, it sought to address that
marginalisation by bringing its modernity to change Indian society.

Colonial policy—Enlightenment—external modernity—subjection— underdevelopment

Military power—colonialism—restructuring—feudalism-capitalism

Military power—arrogance—laboratory—modernity-capitalism

Colonial policy—arrogant rationality-resistance—independence-development

The transformation of Indian society did not happen organically, but was forced by colonial agendas.

The endogenous logic of colonialism can only bring change if it attacks and transforms external forces.

Colonised societies cannot be changed through logic; they need to be transformed with external force.

Indian society is not endogamous; it is more accurately characterised as aggressively exogamous.

the introduction of capitalism in India was not through the transformation of feudalism, as happened in Europe

modernity was imposed upon India by the British and, therefore, led to underdevelopment

throughout the history of colonial conquest, natives have often been experimented on by the colonisers

the change in British colonial policy was induced by resistance to modernity in Indian society

a reflection of misplaced priorities of the post-independence Indian governments

a reflection of the academic and popular view of India's role in the War

appropriate as their names can always be included in the India Gate memorial

is something which can be rectified in future by constructing a separate memorial

India lost thousands of human lives during the Second World War

the new war memorial will be built right next to India Gate

funds will be wasted on another war memorial when we already have the India Gate memorial

there is no recognition of the Indian soldiers who served in the Second World War

has been focused on building an independent, non-colonial political identity.

wants to forget the human and financial toll of the War on the country

views the War as a predominantly Allied effort, with India playing only a supporting role

blames the War for leading to the momentous partition of the country

a part of the narrative on the ill-effects of colonial rule on India

a backdrop to the subsequent independence and partition of the region

setting the stage for the emergence of the India-Pakistan rivalry in the subcontinent

a tragic period in terms of loss of lives and national wealth

the large financial debt India owed to Britain after the War

independence of the subcontinent and its partition into two countries

large-scale deaths in Bengal as a result of deprivation and famine

US recognition of India's strategic location and role in the War

to explain the presence of reindeer antler combs in Denmark.

to contradict the widely-accepted beginning date for the Viking Age in Britain, and propose an alternate one.

to challenge the popular perception of Vikings as raiders by using evidence that suggests their early trade relations with Europe.

to argue that besides being violent pillagers, Vikings were also skilled craftsmen and efficient traders.

the beginning date of the Viking Age should be changed from 793 to 725.

the Viking raids started as early as 725.

some of the antler artifacts found in Denmark and Great Britain could have come from Scandinavia.

the Vikings' trade relations with Europe pre-dates the Viking raids.

Vikings brought reindeer from Norway to Denmark for trade purposes.

Before becoming the raiders of northern Europe, Vikings had trade relations with European nations.

Antler combs, regarded by the Vikings as a symbol of good health, were part of the Viking culture.

Vikings, once upon a. time, had trade relations with Denmark and Scandinavia.