NTSE Stage 2 MAT 2015 Question Paper

Directions (Q. 56 – 60) : Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. ‘We are living in the golden age of answers’. Of course information is not knowledge or wisdom, and data can mislead. Profusion of online information can be distracting or even useless. Privacy can also be a problem in a digital world where everything you’ve clicked can be used to sell things to you, evaluate you or embarrass you. Your iphone or computer can provide information to others that you might prefer to keep to yourself. But revolutions always cause some damages. Things do get lost in the ocean of information. We no longer bother to remember stuff we can easily look up. We don’t search for addresses as we use the GPS. We spend more time connecting with friends on Facebook than connecting with real friends. Still, pop-up ads, Internet frauds and other inconveniences are a small price to pay for instant access to infinite information. Today, we have better tools for searching, analyzing or evaluating through data than before. And what’s most exciting about our age of answers is, its potential to change the quality of our lives.