Directions for next five questions:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question of the four alternatives.
Passage (Five questions)
The question of race has caused bloodbaths throughout history. Take the case of the Negro, a negro is someone with black skin who comes from Africa. It is an old-fashioned word and is offensive. Some people used to write that way deliberately. The word ‘nigger’ is also very offensive. The word was later replaced by ‘coloured’ which gave way to ‘black’, Black is a colour with negative suggestion.
So we have expressions like ‘black deed’, black day’ and ‘blackmail’. So no wonder the word ‘black’ too assumed unfavourable meanings. (Although in the 1960’s the famous slogan ‘Black is beautiful’ was colned, and it did not help). The Blacks of the United States therefore came to be called Afro-Americans. Now, the politically correct phrase is African Amercian.
Match the synonym in Column A with the relevant meaning in Column B
| A | B |
| a) Futile | 1. A formal religious function |
| b) Perils | 2. Useless |
| c) Lapsed into | 3. Dangers |
| d) Ceremony | 4. Passed gradually |