Directions: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to the question out of the given four alternatives.
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I've learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we've accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most is the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: "We live for ourselves only when we live for others." It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can't believe that I had to wait until the "half-time" of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.
Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: "There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love." I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life's big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.
Q. According to the passage, what does ''failing to truly live while we are alive,'' mean?
Directions: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to the question out of the given four alternatives.
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I've learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we've accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most is the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: "We live for ourselves only when we live for others." It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can't believe that I had to wait until the "half-time" of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.
Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: "There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love." I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life's big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.
Q. Suggest a suitable title for the passage.
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Directions: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to the question out of the given four alternatives.
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I've learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we've accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most is the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: "We live for ourselves only when we live for others." It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can't believe that I had to wait until the "half-time" of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.
Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: "There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love." I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life's big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.
Q. According to the passage, what took Tolstoy forty years to discover?
Directions: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to the question out of the given four alternatives.
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I've learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we've accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most is the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: "We live for ourselves only when we live for others." It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can't believe that I had to wait until the "half-time" of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.
Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: "There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love." I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life's big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.
Q. What according to the passage is success?
Directions: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to the question out of the given four alternatives.
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I've learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we've accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most is the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: "We live for ourselves only when we live for others." It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can't believe that I had to wait until the "half-time" of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.
Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: "There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love." I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life's big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.
Q. According to the passage, what did the author learn the hard way in her life?
Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most similar in meaning to the keyword.
CONSTRUE
Directions: Four alternative summaries are given below the underneath text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Everyone in this world grows with the growth of his thoughts, the sum total of his diverse experiences. Some thoughts are the legacy of the family, some of the society he lives in and some are the result of his own interaction with the people he comes across. Some thoughts are the product of his knowledge acquired through different means. All those thoughts in some way or the other make up his personality and he is always in complete control of his thoughts. He is often seen deciding his actions according to his thoughts. But such thoughts sometimes act as an impediment to growth. He must allow himself to be ready to accept new and noble thoughts, if he wants to improve his personality.
Directions: Four alternative summaries are given below the underneath text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
However ingeniously we might plan and organise our society and adjust human relationships, so long as the world is what it is, the best of us cannot escape sorrow and suffering, Socialism cannot remove human selfishness. Even if we by some stroke of good fortune escape from the usual annoyances of life, we cannot free ourselves from death.
Directions: Choose the correct option that presents the central idea of the passage given below.
There's no questioning the fact that companies today are faced with growing complexity. Environmental, political, and competitive changes conspire to create a challenging and complex operating environment. In response to these ever evolving pressures, companies often try to mirror external complexity in their internal environments. For example, they may respond to more sophisticated customer demands by creating tailored products and services. They may address the need for cost cutting and innovation by building matrix organizational structures. They may attempt to add new processes to address evolving market needs. In isolation, each of these responses makes sense, but in combination, they can significantly affect organizational performance.
Directions: Four alternative summaries are given below the underneath text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Overall macroeconomic stability and growth are what the people need. A dead economy with zero inflation might gladden the hearts of central banker counterparts of surgeons who perform successful operations on patients who die. But it would be of little use to the poor and the unemployed.
Directions: Four alternative summaries are given below the underneath text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Despite recent technological advances, the task of turning data into information is characterized by vast inefficiencies. That's why we see such a huge spending on services – we haven't figured out how to automate and industrialize different parts of the data processes. We treat nearly every data-related task as a high value, core process, for which we must spend on specialized services.
Directions: Give the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence.
Q. He has a great disdain for people who are not hardworking.
Directions: Give the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence.
Q. He waited for the fog to dissipate before embarking upon the journey.
Directions: Give the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence.
Q. She was disconsolate after attending to the phone call announcing the bad news.
Directions: In the following question, select the word which means the opposite of the underlined word.
Q. The new government is taking measures to improve the condition of the destitute in society.
Directions: In the following question, select the word which means the opposite of the given word.
Covert
Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable conjunction.
Q. ___________ you speak the truth, you will be dismissed.
Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable conjunction.
Q. This is ___________ good as if not better than that.
Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable conjunction.
Q. I kept worrying ___________ he came back.
Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable conjunction.
Q. I doubt ___________ he will get the tickets.
Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
Q. ___________ you have not obeyed me, I will not make suggestions anymore.
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
Q. I need ____________ guidance from you.
Directions: The following sentence has a blank followed by four options. Select the appropriate option so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Q. The woman is in the _________ room.
Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable adjective.
Q. The ___________ edition was printed two years ago.
Directions: Use an appropriate adjective to fill in the blank.
Q. My legs have started to pain; I cannot walk any ___________.
If GOAT is written as JRDW, then SHEEP will be written as
'Star' is related to 'Galaxy' in the same way as 'Flower' is related to '_______'.
Select the missing number from the given options.
2, 5, 12, 27, ?
Seven employees - M, N, O, P, Q, R and S - reach office in a particular sequence. R reaches immediately after O. S reaches immediately before Q. Only two employees reach before M. No employee reaches before N. Only five employees reach before S.
Q. Who ranks second in the sequence of reaching office?
Seven employees - M, N, O, P, Q, R and S - reach office in a particular sequence. R reaches immediately after M, who reaches immediately after O. S reaches immediately before Q. Only two employees reach before O. No employee reaches before P. Only five employees reach before S.
Q. How many employees reach before M?
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