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Railway Controller Tough English Unseen Passage – Set 11

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Q1. What is the central argument of the passage?

A. Railway controllers should receive as much information as technically possible.
B. Information should be reduced to only a few essential facts.
C. Effective control depends on organising and prioritising information rather than simply increasing its quantity.
D. Automated systems should independently decide which railway problems require attention.

Q2. Why can an excess of information become dangerous in a railway control room?

A. Because human attention is limited and important information may compete with less significant material.
B. Because controllers are legally prohibited from receiving multiple reports.
C. Because railway computers cannot store large quantities of information.
D. Because every additional piece of information creates a train delay.

Q3. What does "alert fatigue" mean in the context of the passage?

A. Physical exhaustion caused by working long railway shifts
B. Reduced responsiveness caused by repeated exposure to numerous warnings, especially low-priority ones
C. The failure of an automated warning system to generate alerts
D. A controller's deliberate refusal to respond to emergencies

Q4. Why does the author state that alert fatigue does not necessarily arise from carelessness?

A. Because controllers are not responsible for responding to warnings.
B. Because automated systems normally respond to every warning themselves.
C. Because maintaining equal attention becomes difficult when significant alerts are mixed with numerous unimportant notifications.
D. Because most warnings in railway systems are inaccurate.

Q5. The word "invariably" in the first paragraph most nearly means:

A. Occasionally
B. Uncertainly
C. Without exception or always
D. Gradually

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