Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn foetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at tis infancy, scientists can now predict with greater accuracy, a genetic disorder. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in. While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding about that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however, acquired the ability to manipulate tissue cells. However, genetic mis-information can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people as inferiors. Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the foetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines. But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced. This why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the U.S.A., U.K., and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate illness from this world.
Q: why, according to the author, is genetic misinformation severely damaging?
Question # 2
The telephone _____ several times before I answered it
Question # 3
Research has also ______ the illusion that childhood dreams are pure innocence.
Question # 4
ANIMOSITY
Question # 5
He had the nerve to face the robbers all alone.
Question # 6
EBULLIENT
Question # 7
A great deal of discussion continues as to the real extent
of global environment degradation and its implications. What few people
challenge however is that the renewable natural resources of developing countries
are today subject to stresses of unprecedented magnitude. These pressures are
brought about, in part, by increased population and the quest for an ever
expanding food supply. Because the health, nutrition and general well-being of
the poor majority are directly dependent on the integrity and productivity of
their natural resources, the capability of government to manage them
effectively over the long term becomes of paramount important.
Developing countries are becoming more aware of the ways in
which present and future economic development must built upon a sound and
sustainable natural resource base. Some are looking at our long tradition in
environmental protection and are receptive to U.S. assistance which recognizes
the uniqueness of the social and ecological system in these tropical countries.
Developing countries recognize the need to improve their capability to analyze
issues and their own natural resource management. In February 1981, for
example, AID funded a national Academy of Sciences panel to advise Nepal on its
severe natural resource degradation problems. Some countries such as Senegal,
India, Indonesia and Thailand, are now including conservation concerns in their
economic development planning process.
Because so many governments of developing nations have
recognized the importance of these issues, the need today is not merely one of
raising additional consciousness, but for carefully designed and sharply
focused activities aimed at management regimes that are essential to the
achievement of sustained development.
Q: There has been pronounced deterioration of habitat all over the globe because of
Question # 8
When the Butto Government put a ban on NAP?
Question # 9
Sad : Morose
Question # 10
He has_____ people visiting him at his house because he fears it will cause discomfort to neighbours
Question # 11
Anthropologists who study orangutans, distant cousins of the
human race, find in the animals behavior hints of how our earliest ancestors
may have lived. It has long been accepted that primates originally dwelt in the
treetops and only migrated to the ground as forests began to dwindle. While to
a certain extent, all primates except humans spend at least some time dwelling
in trees, the orangutans, can grow as heavy as 330 pounds and live for decades,
requiring copious amounts of fruits simply to stay alive. Thus, they become
very jealous of the territory where they find their food. Compounding his
territoriality are the breeding habits of orangulants, since females can only
breed every few years and, like humans, give birth not to litters but single
off-spring.
Consequently, orangutans are solitary, territorial animals
who have difficulty foraging in an part of the forest where they were not raised.
Orangutans take from poachers by costums agents undergo incredible hardship on
their return to the wild. Incorrectly relocating a male orangutan is especially
problematic, often ending in the animal’s death at the hands of a rival who
sees not only his territory but also the females of his loosely knit community
under threat from an outsider. While humans, like chimpanzees, are more
gregarious and resourceful then orangutans, the latter provide anthropologists
with useful information about the behavior of prehominid primates and how
apelike behavior influenced out ancestors search for the food and family
beneath the forest canopy.
According to the author, anthropologists study the behavior of orangutans in order to
Question # 12
BANAL
Question # 13
SCREAM : WHISPER::
Question # 14
TEDIOUS
Question # 15
BANE
Question # 16
Turbid: Muddy
Question # 17
SLURP : SIP::
Question # 18
The children were disappointed because they had hoped ______ with us
When the Quaid-e-Azam inangurated the state Bank of Pakistan?
A. 1st Sep 1947
B. Nov 1947
C. 1st July 1948
D. Jan 5, 1949
2
Anthropologists who study orangutans, distant cousins of the
human race, find in the animals behavior hints of how our earliest ancestors
may have lived. It has long been accepted that primates originally dwelt in the
treetops and only migrated to the ground as forests began to dwindle. While to
a certain extent, all primates except humans spend at least some time dwelling
in trees, the orangutans, can grow as heavy as 330 pounds and live for decades,
requiring copious amounts of fruits simply to stay alive. Thus, they become
very jealous of the territory where they find their food. Compounding his
territoriality are the breeding habits of orangulants, since females can only
breed every few years and, like humans, give birth not to litters but single
off-spring.
Consequently, orangutans are solitary, territorial animals
who have difficulty foraging in an part of the forest where they were not raised.
Orangutans take from poachers by costums agents undergo incredible hardship on
their return to the wild. Incorrectly relocating a male orangutan is especially
problematic, often ending in the animal’s death at the hands of a rival who
sees not only his territory but also the females of his loosely knit community
under threat from an outsider. While humans, like chimpanzees, are more
gregarious and resourceful then orangutans, the latter provide anthropologists
with useful information about the behavior of prehominid primates and how
apelike behavior influenced out ancestors search for the food and family
beneath the forest canopy.
The author of the passage discusses orangutans taken from poachers in order to
A. Stress the importance of preserving orangutans as a species
B. Indicate the widespread practice of animal poaching
C. Refute the theory that orangutans can live in a variety of environments
D. Contrast the behavior of orangutans with that of other apes
3
The chairperson is a scintillating speaker whose lectures completely _______ students
A. Entertain
B. Absorb
C. Enthrall
D. Alienate
4
ATHEIST
A. Hypnotic
B. Bane
C. Believer
D. Theorist
5
The petition before the court prayed for _______ the appointment orders issued by the management
A. Posting
B. Quashing
C. Granting
D. Removing
6
Immaculate: Spotless
A. Fastidious: Punctilious
B. Careless: Carefree
C. Mitigate: Pain
D. Allay: Aggravate
7
Because its chief accountant altered figures and completely fabricated other, the company's financial records were entirely
A. Hidden
B. Spurious
C. Transparent
D. Taxable
8
DOLLAR : DIME
A. Rupee : Frank
B. Saleswoman : Pitch
C. Retreat : Victory
D. Century : Decade
9
_______ i would not have helped such an ungrateful man.
A. Had i been in your place
B. Even after knowing that he was ungrateful
C. Had I asked him for his help
D. Through he did not deserve any help at all
10
The passengers and crew members of the aeroplane had a _____ escape when it wsa taking off from the runway
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