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Railway Controller Tough English Unseen Passage – Set 10

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Q1. What is the central argument of the passage?

A. Automated railway systems should completely replace human controllers.

B. Human controllers should routinely reject computer-generated recommendations.

C. Safe railway control requires combining automation with informed and meaningful human oversight.

D. Automation should be restricted to processing passenger information.

Q2. What does the term "automation bias" refer to in the passage?

A. The tendency of automated systems to favour faster trains

B. The tendency of operators to assume that computer-generated recommendations are correct

C. The inability of computers to process large quantities of information

D. The deliberate rejection of automated recommendations by experienced controllers

Q3. Why does the author say that reliability can "paradoxically weaken vigilance"?

A. Reliable systems always generate more complicated information.

B. Repeatedly accurate automated recommendations may cause controllers to verify them less carefully.

C. Reliable systems require controllers to make more manual decisions.

D. Accurate systems prevent operators from receiving any information.

Q4. The word "vigilance" as used in the passage most nearly means:

A. Careful watchfulness and attention

B. Technical sophistication

C. Rapid communication

D. Unquestioning obedience

Q5. Why might an algorithm produce a logically consistent but inappropriate recommendation?

A. Because algorithms deliberately ignore railway regulations.

B. Because exceptional circumstances may invalidate assumptions based on normal historical patterns.

C. Because automated systems cannot analyse train movements.

D. Because human operators always provide incorrect data.

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