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National Law School of India University, Bengaluru Sample Passage 1 ‘If I’ve understood you correctly, comrade, you said you intentionally refused to distribute our material because you didn’t approve of the content. Nor did we approve of the content of your leaflets. Of course you realise, comrade, that there must be certain consequences,’ said Rubashov. Richard turned to him. ‘You know yourself it contained pure nonsense.’ ‘I don’t know anything about that,’ said Rubashov dryly. ‘You wrote as though nothing had happened,’ said the boy, ‘they smashed the party to a pulp and all we got were empty phrases about the unbroken will for victory, nothing but a heap of lies, just like in the world war. Whoever we showed it to just spat. But you know all that yourself.’ Rubashov answered matter-of-factly: ‘That’s the second time you’re ascribing to me an opinion I don’t share. I have to ask you to desist.’ Richard slowly turned, his bloodshot eyes gaping at Rubashov in disbelief. Rubashov continued: ‘Our party is undergoing a difficult trial. Other revolutionary parties have been through more. The will of the party must remain unbroken. Whoever now turns soft and sentimental does not belong in our ranks. Anyone who contributes to a state of panic is playing into the hands of the enemy, no matter what he believes. His actions make him harmful to the movement and therefore he must be treated correspondingly.’ ‘So I’m harmful to the movement,’ Richard said. ‘I’m playing into the hands of the enemy.’ ‘Your leaflets,’ Rubashov said, ‘which you admit to authoring, are full of sentences such as “We have suffered a defeat”, “We have been hit by a catastrophe”. This is defeatism. It’s demoralising and cripples the fighting strength of the movement.’ ‘I only know’, said Richard, ‘that you have to tell people the truth, because they know it anyway. Trying to feed them a lie is absurd.’ ‘The party leadership’, Rubashov went on, ‘has declared that the party has not suffered a defeat but has made a strategic temporary retreat, and that there is no reason to depart from its previous political course.’ ‘The party leadership is mistaken,’ said Richard, ‘You speak of a “strategic retreat” when more than half of our people have been killed and the ones left are happy to be alive and running to the others in droves... No one here understands all the hair-splitting that you people are coming up with over there, on the outside...’ ‘The party cannot be wrong,’ said Rubashov. ‘You and I can make mistakes – but not the party. The party, comrade, is more than you and me and a thousand others like us. The party is the embodiment of the revolutionary idea in history. History knows no vacillating ________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2025. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. All rights reserved. A University for Legal Studies and Research sponsored by the Bar Council of India and established under Karnataka Act 22 of 1986
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and no consideration for feelings. It flows, powerfully and unerringly, towards its goal. On every bend it deposits debris and sludge and the bodies of the drowned. But – it knows its course. History doesn’t make mistakes. Anyone who doesn’t have this unconditional faith in the party doesn’t belong in its ranks.’ [Extracted, with edits and revisions, from Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler] 1. Which party formed the first democratically elected communist government in the world, and where? (A) The Communist Party of India (Maoist), in Andhra Pradesh. (B) The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, in Bihar. (C) The Communist Party of India (Marxist), in West Bengal. (D) The Communist Party of India, in Kerala. 2. Which of the following explains why Richard thinks that Rubashov is accusing him of ‘playing into the hands of the enemy’? (A) Because Rubashov said that Richard’s leaflets were poorly written. (B) Because Rubashov had caught him leaking secrets to the enemy. (C) Because Rubashov said that Richard’s leaflets contributed to a state of panic. (D) Because Rubashov thought that Richard’s leaflets were not telling people the truth. 3. India was ranked highest in the world for which of the following risks in the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risk Report? (A) Infectious diseases (B) Inequality (C) Disinformation and misinformation (D) Illicit economic activity 4. Which, according to Rubashov, was the first time that Richard ascribed an opinion to him that he didn’t share? (A) When Richard said that he did not receive their materials. ________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2025. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. All rights reserved. A University for Legal Studies and Research sponsored by the Bar Council of India and established under Karnataka Act 22 of 1986
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru (B) When Richard said that they must now acknowledge the truth. (C) When Richard said that Rubashov knew the party leadership was mistaken. (D) When Richard said that Rubashov knew their materials were rubbish. 5. Why does Rubashov say that there must be certain consequences for Richard? (A) Because Richard intentionally refused to distribute their material. (B) Because Richard distributed the material they provided him. (C) Because Richard refused to take a contradictory stance to the party. (D) Because Richard ascribed opinions to Rubashov that he didn’t share. 6. Which of the following most accurately describes the main difference between Rubashov’s and Richard’s arguments? (A) Rubashov’s arguments are based on his analysis of the situation, whereas Richard’s are based on the belief that the party cannot be mistaken. (B) Rubashov supports the party leadership completely, whereas Richard disagrees with them and wants to take over the leadership of the party himself. (C) Rubashov believes that the party’s materials should have been circulated as-is, whereas Richard wanted to make slight modifications to them. (D) Richard’s arguments are based on his analysis of the situation, whereas Rubashov’s are based on the belief that the party cannot be mistaken. 7. Who among the following is the Chairperson of the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority? (A) Justice A.K. Sikri (B) Justice A.M. Khanwilkar (C) Justice Madan B. Lokur (D) Justice Indira Banerjee 8. Why does Rubashov say that Richard doesn’t belong in the party? (A) Because Richard thinks the party cannot make mistakes. ________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2025. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. All rights reserved. A University for Legal Studies and Research sponsored by the Bar Council of India and established under Karnataka Act 22 of 1986
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