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Directions (Q. 191–200): In the following section, two brief passages have been given, with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Passage I (Q. 191–195): Terrorism is a world-wide problem. A terrorist has only to arouse the fear of invisible terror to gain his own ends or of the organisation to which he belongs. In fact, terror has become the shortcut to fame for anyone with a cause and grievance. In a world polarised along rival power blocs and super powers, the definition of terrorism poses enormous problems.
In 2001, India and the world went through hell. It began with the earth quake in Gujarat in January and did not stop right up to the second week of December, when terrorists targeted the Indian parliament. In between came the horrific royal massacre in Nepal, the suicide bombing outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, and of course, the attack on America on 11th September.
Terror struck America on 11 September 2001. On this fateful morning, four hijacked passenger planes changed the course of American and world history. First a small twin-engine plane hit one tower of the World Trade Centre, tearing a huge gash into the upper floors of the building. Within twenty minutes, a second larger passenger plane crashed into the second tower causing a huge explosion. Within minutes, another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defence. Hell had virtually broken loose. For the first time, Americans were in the grip of panic, too dazed and shocked to react, as if they were in the midst of a nuclear attack. And then the fourth hijacked plane crashed in West Pennsylvania.
Passage I (Q. 191–195): Terrorism is a world-wide problem. A terrorist has only to arouse the fear of invisible terror to gain his own ends or of the organisation to which he belongs. In fact, terror has become the shortcut to fame for anyone with a cause and grievance. In a world polarised along rival power blocs and super powers, the definition of terrorism poses enormous problems.
In 2001, India and the world went through hell. It began with the earth quake in Gujarat in January and did not stop right up to the second week of December, when terrorists targeted the Indian parliament. In between came the horrific royal massacre in Nepal, the suicide bombing outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, and of course, the attack on America on 11th September.
Terror struck America on 11 September 2001. On this fateful morning, four hijacked passenger planes changed the course of American and world history. First a small twin-engine plane hit one tower of the World Trade Centre, tearing a huge gash into the upper floors of the building. Within twenty minutes, a second larger passenger plane crashed into the second tower causing a huge explosion. Within minutes, another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defence. Hell had virtually broken loose. For the first time, Americans were in the grip of panic, too dazed and shocked to react, as if they were in the midst of a nuclear attack. And then the fourth hijacked plane crashed in West Pennsylvania.
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