IOE Entrance English Passage - 2

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Read the following passage and give the answer of questions:
Socialism aims, then, at substituting the motive of social service for the motive of private profit. It holds that men will do better work to make the good life, with the leisure and financial competence it requires, possible for a society which in the long run in themselves, than they will at present consent to do for a society which compels them to enrich the exploiters of their labour in order to avoid starvation for themselves . If socialism is wrong in making this assumption, if the psychology of human beings in such that they will not work willingly and well for society but only for themselves, the the whole of the Socialist edifice falls to the ground. For this doctrine is the foundation uon which it rests. Either men are socially minded in the sense described, or  they are not, and cannot be made so.
1.       The objective of Socialism is to encourage
a.       Private investment                 c. equal society
b.      Profit-making                            d. job reservations
2.       Men are expected to work better in a Socialist set-up because
a.       They are tempted to earn more money.
b.      They constitute the society themselves.
c.       They are not allowed a life a leisure.
d.      They do not requir4e exceptional competence.
3.       In this paragraph, the author is
a.       Defining  Socialism  
b.       pointing out the inadequacies of Socialism
c.       Establishing a link between Socialism and starvation
d.      Lamenting that man has no social environment
4.       The socialist structure is likely to collapse unless it
a.       is built upon solid foundations
b.      stops making assumptions
c.       ensures productivity through social awareness
d.      reserves jobs for backward classes
5.    Societies, normally,
a.       Overlook the rich man’s labour
b.      Treat rich and poor alike
c.       Use force to obtain work
d.      Starve man to make a few rich

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