SET 112
In the twelfth century, orthodoxy was ---------------(a) by the Arab cleric Imam Al Ghazali. Science and Mathematics were --------------(b) as anti-Islam because they were --------------(c) of the mind and weakened faith. Ghazali patronized revelation over reason, pre-destination over rational thinking. Mired in orthodoxy Islam ---------------(d). Interaction between Jewish and Christian scholars ---------(e) out and intolerance of faith crept in and Islam became -------------(f). The last great Muslim thinker of world renown lived in the fourteenth century!
a. (1) rekindled (2) rejuvenated (3) relaxed (4) relapsed
b. (1) pronounced (2) denounced (3) denoted (4) deputed
c. (1) intuitions (2) inundations (3) introspection (4) intoxicants
d. (1) fainted (2) felicitated (3) faltered (4) festered
e. (1) persisted (2) petered (3) percolated (4) perished
f. (1) insubstantial (2) integrated (3) insular (4) intellectual
OA for SET 1121. The keyword here is orthodoxy and the word
that best fits would be 'rekindled' which means
to arouse or ignite.
Choice (1)
2. The clue word orthodoxy points to the fact that
a negative word should qualify Science and
Mathematics as they are considered to be anti
Islam. The word that fits here is 'denounced'
which means to condemn.
Choice (2)
3. Science and Mathematics were condemned
because they had an influence on the mind and
thereby weakened the faith. The best word to
describe the influence is 'intoxicants'.
Choice (4)
4.
faltered
5. The keyword here is 'out' and the only word
that goes with it would be 'petered' which
means diminished.
Choice (2)
6. As intolerance crept into Islam it became
isolated as its interactions with other faiths
decreased. The word that best expresses this
meaning is insular.
Choice (3)
Correct answer for 4th blank is
faltered. Here is the link
http://www1.christiansofiraq.com/index.html. Thanks prakash for this.
A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does