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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

A Sanyasi, in the strictest sense of the term, is always a free soul. Like a river, he is always on the move. Sometimes he spends the night at a burning ghat, sometimes he sleeps in the palace of the king, sometimes he rests at a railway station but he is always happy. Such a Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda whom people found living at a railway station in Rajasthan. People kept coming to him all day long. They had many questions, mostly religious, and Swamiji was tireless in answering them. Three days and three nights passed in this manner. Swamiji was so engrossed in talking about spiritual matters that he did not even stop to eat. The people who flocked to him also did not think of asking him if he had any food to eat!

On the third night of his stay there, when the visitors. had all left, a poor man came forward and said to him lovingly, 'Swamiji, I have noticed that for three days you have been talking and talking. You have not taken even a drop of water! This has pained me very much.'

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the Swamiji himself, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. Swamiji always saw God in poor people as Daridra Narayan, he felt that God had appeared before him in the form of this poor man. He looked at him and said, 'Will you please give me something to eat? The man was a cobbler by profession, so he said with some hesitation, 'Swamiji, my heart yearns to give you some bread, but how can I? I have touched it. If you permit, I will bring you some coarse flour and dal and you can prepare them as you please!'

Swamiji smiled and said, 'No, my child; give me the bread you have baked, I shall be happy to eat it.' The poor man was frightened at first. He feared the few people might punish him if they came to know that he, a Lower caste person, had prepared food for a Sanyasi. But the eagerness to serve a Sage overpowered his fear. He hurriedly went back home and soon returned with bread freshly baked for Swamiji. The kindness and unselfish love of this penurious man brought tears to Swamiji's eyes. How many persons like this live in the huts of our country unnoticed, he thought. They are materially poor and of so-called humble origin, yet they are so noble and large-hearted.

In the meantime, some men found that Swamiji was eating food offered by a shoemaker and were annoyed. They came to Swamiji and told him that it was improper for him to accept food from a man of low caste. Swamiji patiently heard them and then said, 'You people made me talk without respite for the past three days, but you did not even care to inquire if I had taken any food and rest. You claim you are gentlemen and boast of your high caste; what is more shameful, you condemn this man for being of a low caste. Can you overlook the humanity he has just shown and despise him without feeling ashamed?'

Swamiji knew that Varna System was contaminated in India by invaders while infecting it with the inhumane Caste System.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

A Sanyasi, in the strictest sense of the term, is always a free soul. Like a river, he is always on the move. Sometimes he spends the night at a burning ghat, sometimes he sleeps in the palace of the king, sometimes he rests at a railway station but he is always happy. Such a Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda whom people found living at a railway station in Rajasthan. People kept coming to him all day long. They had many questions, mostly religious, and Swamiji was tireless in answering them. Three days and three nights passed in this manner. Swamiji was so engrossed in talking about spiritual matters that he did not even stop to eat. The people who flocked to him also did not think of asking him if he had any food to eat!

On the third night of his stay there, when the visitors. had all left, a poor man came forward and said to him lovingly, 'Swamiji, I have noticed that for three days you have been talking and talking. You have not taken even a drop of water! This has pained me very much.'

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the Swamiji himself, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. Swamiji always saw God in poor people as Daridra Narayan, he felt that God had appeared before him in the form of this poor man. He looked at him and said, 'Will you please give me something to eat? The man was a cobbler by profession, so he said with some hesitation, 'Swamiji, my heart yearns to give you some bread, but how can I? I have touched it. If you permit, I will bring you some coarse flour and dal and you can prepare them as you please!'

Swamiji smiled and said, 'No, my child; give me the bread you have baked, I shall be happy to eat it.' The poor man was frightened at first. He feared the few people might punish him if they came to know that he, a Lower caste person, had prepared food for a Sanyasi. But the eagerness to serve a Sage overpowered his fear. He hurriedly went back home and soon returned with bread freshly baked for Swamiji. The kindness and unselfish love of this penurious man brought tears to Swamiji's eyes. How many persons like this live in the huts of our country unnoticed, he thought. They are materially poor and of so-called humble origin, yet they are so noble and large-hearted.

In the meantime, some men found that Swamiji was eating food offered by a shoemaker and were annoyed. They came to Swamiji and told him that it was improper for him to accept food from a man of low caste. Swamiji patiently heard them and then said, 'You people made me talk without respite for the past three days, but you did not even care to inquire if I had taken any food and rest. You claim you are gentlemen and boast of your high caste; what is more shameful, you condemn this man for being of a low caste. Can you overlook the humanity he has just shown and despise him without feeling ashamed?'

Swamiji knew that Varna System was contaminated in India by invaders while infecting it with the inhumane Caste System.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

A Sanyasi, in the strictest sense of the term, is always a free soul. Like a river, he is always on the move. Sometimes he spends the night at a burning ghat, sometimes he sleeps in the palace of the king, sometimes he rests at a railway station but he is always happy. Such a Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda whom people found living at a railway station in Rajasthan. People kept coming to him all day long. They had many questions, mostly religious, and Swamiji was tireless in answering them. Three days and three nights passed in this manner. Swamiji was so engrossed in talking about spiritual matters that he did not even stop to eat. The people who flocked to him also did not think of asking him if he had any food to eat!

On the third night of his stay there, when the visitors. had all left, a poor man came forward and said to him lovingly, 'Swamiji, I have noticed that for three days you have been talking and talking. You have not taken even a drop of water! This has pained me very much.'

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the Swamiji himself, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. Swamiji always saw God in poor people as Daridra Narayan, he felt that God had appeared before him in the form of this poor man. He looked at him and said, 'Will you please give me something to eat? The man was a cobbler by profession, so he said with some hesitation, 'Swamiji, my heart yearns to give you some bread, but how can I? I have touched it. If you permit, I will bring you some coarse flour and dal and you can prepare them as you please!'

Swamiji smiled and said, 'No, my child; give me the bread you have baked, I shall be happy to eat it.' The poor man was frightened at first. He feared the few people might punish him if they came to know that he, a Lower caste person, had prepared food for a Sanyasi. But the eagerness to serve a Sage overpowered his fear. He hurriedly went back home and soon returned with bread freshly baked for Swamiji. The kindness and unselfish love of this penurious man brought tears to Swamiji's eyes. How many persons like this live in the huts of our country unnoticed, he thought. They are materially poor and of so-called humble origin, yet they are so noble and large-hearted.

In the meantime, some men found that Swamiji was eating food offered by a shoemaker and were annoyed. They came to Swamiji and told him that it was improper for him to accept food from a man of low caste. Swamiji patiently heard them and then said, 'You people made me talk without respite for the past three days, but you did not even care to inquire if I had taken any food and rest. You claim you are gentlemen and boast of your high caste; what is more shameful, you condemn this man for being of a low caste. Can you overlook the humanity he has just shown and despise him without feeling ashamed?'

Swamiji knew that Varna System was contaminated in India by invaders while infecting it with the inhumane Caste System.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

A Sanyasi, in the strictest sense of the term, is always a free soul. Like a river, he is always on the move. Sometimes he spends the night at a burning ghat, sometimes he sleeps in the palace of the king, sometimes he rests at a railway station but he is always happy. Such a Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda whom people found living at a railway station in Rajasthan. People kept coming to him all day long. They had many questions, mostly religious, and Swamiji was tireless in answering them. Three days and three nights passed in this manner. Swamiji was so engrossed in talking about spiritual matters that he did not even stop to eat. The people who flocked to him also did not think of asking him if he had any food to eat!

On the third night of his stay there, when the visitors. had all left, a poor man came forward and said to him lovingly, 'Swamiji, I have noticed that for three days you have been talking and talking. You have not taken even a drop of water! This has pained me very much.'

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the Swamiji himself, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. Swamiji always saw God in poor people as Daridra Narayan, he felt that God had appeared before him in the form of this poor man. He looked at him and said, 'Will you please give me something to eat? The man was a cobbler by profession, so he said with some hesitation, 'Swamiji, my heart yearns to give you some bread, but how can I? I have touched it. If you permit, I will bring you some coarse flour and dal and you can prepare them as you please!'

Swamiji smiled and said, 'No, my child; give me the bread you have baked, I shall be happy to eat it.' The poor man was frightened at first. He feared the few people might punish him if they came to know that he, a Lower caste person, had prepared food for a Sanyasi. But the eagerness to serve a Sage overpowered his fear. He hurriedly went back home and soon returned with bread freshly baked for Swamiji. The kindness and unselfish love of this penurious man brought tears to Swamiji's eyes. How many persons like this live in the huts of our country unnoticed, he thought. They are materially poor and of so-called humble origin, yet they are so noble and large-hearted.

In the meantime, some men found that Swamiji was eating food offered by a shoemaker and were annoyed. They came to Swamiji and told him that it was improper for him to accept food from a man of low caste. Swamiji patiently heard them and then said, 'You people made me talk without respite for the past three days, but you did not even care to inquire if I had taken any food and rest. You claim you are gentlemen and boast of your high caste; what is more shameful, you condemn this man for being of a low caste. Can you overlook the humanity he has just shown and despise him without feeling ashamed?'

Swamiji knew that Varna System was contaminated in India by invaders while infecting it with the inhumane Caste System.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

A Sanyasi, in the strictest sense of the term, is always a free soul. Like a river, he is always on the move. Sometimes he spends the night at a burning ghat, sometimes he sleeps in the palace of the king, sometimes he rests at a railway station but he is always happy. Such a Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda whom people found living at a railway station in Rajasthan. People kept coming to him all day long. They had many questions, mostly religious, and Swamiji was tireless in answering them. Three days and three nights passed in this manner. Swamiji was so engrossed in talking about spiritual matters that he did not even stop to eat. The people who flocked to him also did not think of asking him if he had any food to eat!

On the third night of his stay there, when the visitors. had all left, a poor man came forward and said to him lovingly, 'Swamiji, I have noticed that for three days you have been talking and talking. You have not taken even a drop of water! This has pained me very much.'

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the Swamiji himself, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. Swamiji always saw God in poor people as Daridra Narayan, he felt that God had appeared before him in the form of this poor man. He looked at him and said, 'Will you please give me something to eat? The man was a cobbler by profession, so he said with some hesitation, 'Swamiji, my heart yearns to give you some bread, but how can I? I have touched it. If you permit, I will bring you some coarse flour and dal and you can prepare them as you please!'

Swamiji smiled and said, 'No, my child; give me the bread you have baked, I shall be happy to eat it.' The poor man was frightened at first. He feared the few people might punish him if they came to know that he, a Lower caste person, had prepared food for a Sanyasi. But the eagerness to serve a Sage overpowered his fear. He hurriedly went back home and soon returned with bread freshly baked for Swamiji. The kindness and unselfish love of this penurious man brought tears to Swamiji's eyes. How many persons like this live in the huts of our country unnoticed, he thought. They are materially poor and of so-called humble origin, yet they are so noble and large-hearted.

In the meantime, some men found that Swamiji was eating food offered by a shoemaker and were annoyed. They came to Swamiji and told him that it was improper for him to accept food from a man of low caste. Swamiji patiently heard them and then said, 'You people made me talk without respite for the past three days, but you did not even care to inquire if I had taken any food and rest. You claim you are gentlemen and boast of your high caste; what is more shameful, you condemn this man for being of a low caste. Can you overlook the humanity he has just shown and despise him without feeling ashamed?'

Swamiji knew that Varna System was contaminated in India by invaders while infecting it with the inhumane Caste System.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

The flaw in the thinking of so many people is that money will solve all problems. But more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may actually accelerate the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws. Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash - let's say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings - soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse than the mess they were in before they received the money. Money only accentuates the cash flow pattern running in your head. If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spending, thus, the saying, 'A fool and his money is one big party."

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

The flaw in the thinking of so many people is that money will solve all problems. But more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may actually accelerate the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws. Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash - let's say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings - soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse than the mess they were in before they received the money. Money only accentuates the cash flow pattern running in your head. If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spending, thus, the saying, 'A fool and his money is one big party."

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

The flaw in the thinking of so many people is that money will solve all problems. But more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may actually accelerate the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws. Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash - let's say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings - soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse than the mess they were in before they received the money. Money only accentuates the cash flow pattern running in your head. If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spending, thus, the saying, 'A fool and his money is one big party."

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

The best way to ensure peace is to make life comfortable for the world's majority. To a large extent, this has been achieved. Before the world wars, comfort was a privilege for a few affluent people in high society. Now, we have reached a minimum critical mass for the comfort level, such that it does not pay to fight anymore. In the present consumer-oriented culture, people want jobs, money, exposure, entertainment, products, and services. They are least concerned about conflict and confrontation. They are part of the new 'ME' generation that is concerned only about personal freedom and personal prosperity and is least bothered about wars and victories. The new awakening offers great hope for a free, fair, and flexible world full of enjoyable opportunities to travel, entertain and explore.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Your answers to these questions should be based on the passage only.

The best way to ensure peace is to make life comfortable for the world's majority. To a large extent, this has been achieved. Before the world wars, comfort was a privilege for a few affluent people in high society. Now, we have reached a minimum critical mass for the comfort level, such that it does not pay to fight anymore. In the present consumer-oriented culture, people want jobs, money, exposure, entertainment, products, and services. They are least concerned about conflict and confrontation. They are part of the new 'ME' generation that is concerned only about personal freedom and personal prosperity and is least bothered about wars and victories. The new awakening offers great hope for a free, fair, and flexible world full of enjoyable opportunities to travel, entertain and explore.