Directions: Read the passage and answer the question given below.
(I) I savor the remoteness and the rare times I'm alone on this muscular river in southern Utah, a precious ribbon of wild water between reservoirs and the suck holes of industry and agriculture.
(II) Officially, I'm here to have my peace disturbed. Floaters must have a permit to run this stretch of river. During the peak season a ranger checks lottery drawn launch dates and a short list of gear related to safety and environmental protection. The permit system allows the federal agency in charge to hold numbers of floaters to a maximum of about 10,000 a year, set in 1979, when use increased 250 percent in just three seasons. Each year since, the actual number of people down the river has hovered close to this ceiling, which the agency believes is the river's capacity for a "quality wilderness experience." Socially, if not physically, however, "wilderness experience" seems to have become an illusion if not irrelevant. Right now I'm the voluntary ranger managing both the illusion and the irrelevance.
(III) Most people accept the permit system as a panacea for the explosion in numbers of river runners and the consequences for a fragile riparian corridor. Others find regulation about as painless as an IRS audit.
(IV) They see the Southwest as a region of federally neutered rivers where a person is no longer free to kill himself in a four-foot rubber ducky pulling an inner tube piled with beans, testosterone, and a small machete....
(V) The boat ramp is swarming with people and vehicles to be shuttled to the takeout. Someone's dog is throwing up what appears to be rabbit parts. I'm approached by a pickup driven by a man waving a spray nozzle and hose hooked to a large barrel of allegedly lethal chemicals. He's from county weed control, he says. Have I seen the loathsome pepperweed? Not a leaf, I lie.
(VI) Cheerfully I sign the permit of the outfitter who specializes in theme river trips – stress management seminars, outings for the crystal fondlers or fingernail technicians of East Jesus, New Jersey, overcoming, at last, their irrational fear of Nature. Today's load is priests troubled by a lapsed faith – pale, anxious, overweight fellows in the early stages of heatstroke. I also check gear and answer questions about bugs, snakes, scorpions, camps, rapids and Indians (one side of the river is reservation land). Do I live here fulltime? they ask. No, I respond, except for an occasional shift at the put-in, I'm on the river eight days out of sixteen, six months a year.
(VII) … Some rafts look as if they barely survived World War II.
(VIII) Others are outfitted with turbo-dynamic chrome-plated throw lines, heatwelded vinyl dry- bags, cargo nets spun from the fibers of dew-fed arachnids from Borneo, horseshoes, volleyball sets, sauna tents, coffin-sized coolers stuffed with sushi, a small fleet of squirt boats, whining packs of androgynous progeny who prefer to be at home fulfilling their needs electronically. All of this gear is color-coordinated with SPF 14 sunscreen and owned by business majors in Styrofoam pith helmets and Lycra body gloves, in which they were placed at birth. Once loaded, their boats are pieces of personal architecture, stunning but nevertheless stuck on the sandbar six feet out from the boat ramp after a dramatic send-off.
Q. The author of the aforesaid passage may be best described as:
Directions: Read the passage and answer the question given below.
(I) I savor the remoteness and the rare times I'm alone on this muscular river in southern Utah, a precious ribbon of wild water between reservoirs and the suck holes of industry and agriculture.
(II) Officially, I'm here to have my peace disturbed. Floaters must have a permit to run this stretch of river. During the peak season a ranger checks lotterydrawn launch dates and a short list of gear related to safety and environmental protection. The permit system allows the federal agency in charge to hold numbers of floaters to a maximum of about 10,000 a year, set in 1979, when use increased 250 percent in just three seasons. Each year since, the actual number of people down the river has hovered close to this ceiling, which the agency believes is the river's capacity for a "quality wilderness experience." Socially, if not physically, however, "wilderness experience" seems to have become an illusion if not irrelevant. Right now I'm the voluntary ranger managing both the illusion and the irrelevance.
(III) Most people accept the permit system as a panacea for the explosion in numbers of river runners and the consequences for a fragile riparian corridor. Others find regulation about as painless as an IRS audit.
(IV) They see the Southwest as a region of federally neutered rivers where a person is no longer free to kill himself in a four-foot rubber ducky pulling an inner tube piled with beans, testosterone, and a small machete....
(V) The boat ramp is swarming with people and vehicles to be shuttled to the takeout. Someone's dog is throwing up what appears to be rabbit parts. I'm approached by a pickup driven by a man waving a spray nozzle and hose hooked to a large barrel of allegedly lethal chemicals. He's from county weed control, he says. Have I seen the loathsome pepperweed? Not a leaf, I lie.
(VI) Cheerfully I sign the permit of the outfitter who specializes in theme river trips – stress management seminars, outings for the crystal fondlers or fingernail technicians of East Jesus, New Jersey, overcoming, at last, their irrational fear of Nature. Today's load is priests troubled by a lapsed faith – pale, anxious, overweight fellows in the early stages of heatstroke. I also check gear and answer questions about bugs, snakes, scorpions, camps, rapids and Indians (one side of the river is reservation land). Do I live here fulltime? they ask. No, I respond, except for an occasional shift at the put-in, I'm on the river eight days out of sixteen, six months a year.
(VII) … Some rafts look as if they barely survived World War II.
(VIII) Others are outfitted with turbo-dynamic chrome-plated throw lines, heatwelded vinyl dry- bags, cargo nets spun from the fibers of dew-fed arachnids from Borneo, horseshoes, volleyball sets, sauna tents, coffin-sized coolers stuffed with sushi, a small fleet of squirt boats, whining packs of androgynous progeny who prefer to be at home fulfilling their needs electronically. All of this gear is color-coordinated with SPF 14 sunscreen and owned by business majors in Styrofoam pith helmets and Lycra body gloves, in which they were placed at birth. Once loaded, their boats are pieces of personal architecture, stunning but nevertheless stuck on the sandbar six feet out from the boat ramp after a dramatic send-off.
Q. Which of the following is NOT employed in the Paragraph Ill of the above passage ('Most people accept the permit ... IRS audit')?
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Directions: Read the passage and answer the question given below.
(I) I savor the remoteness and the rare times I'm alone on this muscular river in southern Utah, a precious ribbon of wild water between reservoirs and the suck holes of industry and agriculture.
(II) Officially, I'm here to have my peace disturbed. Floaters must have a permit to run this stretch of river. During the peak season a ranger checks lotterydrawn launch dates and a short list of gear related to safety and environmental protection. The permit system allows the federal agency in charge to hold numbers of floaters to a maximum of about 10,000 a year, set in 1979, when use increased 250 percent in just three seasons. Each year since, the actual number of people down the river has hovered close to this ceiling, which the agency believes is the river's capacity for a "quality wilderness experience." Socially, if not physically, however, "wilderness experience" seems to have become an illusion if not irrelevant. Right now I'm the voluntary ranger managing both the illusion and the irrelevance.
(III) Most people accept the permit system as a panacea for the explosion in numbers of river runners and the consequences for a fragile riparian corridor. Others find regulation about as painless as an IRS audit.
(IV) They see the Southwest as a region of federally neutered rivers where a person is no longer free to kill himself in a four-foot rubber ducky pulling an inner tube piled with beans, testosterone, and a small machete....
(V) The boat ramp is swarming with people and vehicles to be shuttled to the takeout. Someone's dog is throwing up what appears to be rabbit parts. I'm approached by a pickup driven by a man waving a spray nozzle and hose hooked to a large barrel of allegedly lethal chemicals. He's from county weed control, he says. Have I seen the loathsome pepperweed? Not a leaf, I lie.
(VI) Cheerfully I sign the permit of the outfitter who specializes in theme river trips – stress management seminars, outings for the crystal fondlers or fingernail technicians of East Jesus, New Jersey, overcoming, at last, their irrational fear of Nature. Today's load is priests troubled by a lapsed faith – pale, anxious, overweight fellows in the early stages of heatstroke. I also check gear and answer questions about bugs, snakes, scorpions, camps, rapids and Indians (one side of the river is reservation land). Do I live here fulltime? they ask. No, I respond, except for an occasional shift at the put-in, I'm on the river eight days out of sixteen, six months a year.
(VII) … Some rafts look as if they barely survived World War II.
(VIII) Others are outfitted with turbo-dynamic chrome-plated throw lines, heatwelded vinyl dry- bags, cargo nets spun from the fibers of dew-fed arachnids from Borneo, horseshoes, volleyball sets, sauna tents, coffin-sized coolers stuffed with sushi, a small fleet of squirt boats, whining packs of androgynous progeny who prefer to be at home fulfilling their needs electronically. All of this gear is color-coordinated with SPF 14 sunscreen and owned by business majors in Styrofoam pith helmets and Lycra body gloves, in which they were placed at birth. Once loaded, their boats are pieces of personal architecture, stunning but nevertheless stuck on the sandbar six feet out from the boat ramp after a dramatic send-off.
Q. Paragraph VI makes a reference to:
Directions: Read the passage and answer the question given below.
(I) I savor the remoteness and the rare times I'm alone on this muscular river in southern Utah, a precious ribbon of wild water between reservoirs and the suck holes of industry and agriculture.
(II) Officially, I'm here to have my peace disturbed. Floaters must have a permit to run this stretch of river. During the peak season a ranger checks lotterydrawn launch dates and a short list of gear related to safety and environmental protection. The permit system allows the federal agency in charge to hold numbers of floaters to a maximum of about 10,000 a year, set in 1979, when use increased 250 percent in just three seasons. Each year since, the actual number of people down the river has hovered close to this ceiling, which the agency believes is the river's capacity for a "quality wilderness experience." Socially, if not physically, however, "wilderness experience" seems to have become an illusion if not irrelevant. Right now I'm the voluntary ranger managing both the illusion and the irrelevance.
(III) Most people accept the permit system as a panacea for the explosion in numbers of river runners and the consequences for a fragile riparian corridor. Others find regulation about as painless as an IRS audit.
(IV) They see the Southwest as a region of federally neutered rivers where a person is no longer free to kill himself in a four-foot rubber ducky pulling an inner tube piled with beans, testosterone, and a small machete....
(V) The boat ramp is swarming with people and vehicles to be shuttled to the takeout. Someone's dog is throwing up what appears to be rabbit parts. I'm approached by a pickup driven by a man waving a spray nozzle and hose hooked to a large barrel of allegedly lethal chemicals. He's from county weed control, he says. Have I seen the loathsome pepperweed? Not a leaf, I lie.
(VI) Cheerfully I sign the permit of the outfitter who specializes in theme river trips – stress management seminars, outings for the crystal fondlers or fingernail technicians of East Jesus, New Jersey, overcoming, at last, their irrational fear of Nature. Today's load is priests troubled by a lapsed faith – pale, anxious, overweight fellows in the early stages of heatstroke. I also check gear and answer questions about bugs, snakes, scorpions, camps, rapids and Indians (one side of the river is reservation land). Do I live here fulltime? they ask. No, I respond, except for an occasional shift at the put-in, I'm on the river eight days out of sixteen, six months a year.
(VII) … Some rafts look as if they barely survived World War II.
(VIII) Others are outfitted with turbo-dynamic chrome-plated throw lines, heatwelded vinyl dry- bags, cargo nets spun from the fibers of dew-fed arachnids from Borneo, horseshoes, volleyball sets, sauna tents, coffin-sized coolers stuffed with sushi, a small fleet of squirt boats, whining packs of androgynous progeny who prefer to be at home fulfilling their needs electronically. All of this gear is color-coordinated with SPF 14 sunscreen and owned by business majors in Styrofoam pith helmets and Lycra body gloves, in which they were placed at birth. Once loaded, their boats are pieces of personal architecture, stunning but nevertheless stuck on the sandbar six feet out from the boat ramp after a dramatic send-off.
Q. The narrator uses all the following tones of voice except:
Directions: The following sentence is followed by four prepositions. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition.
Q. I am tired ______ this work.
Directions: Read the following sentences carefully and answer the following question.
(1) Most days my father _______ get up first and make breakfast.
(2) When I was training for the marathon, I _____ run over 100 kms a week.
(3) We went to Agra to see the Taj where we _____ go regularly.
Q. Which one of the following verbs can complete all three sentences?
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given alternatives to fill in the gap(s).
Q. A hobby is an activity of interest ________ for pleasure. It helps to break the monotony and tedium of our _______ routine.
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given alternatives to fill in the gap(s).
Q. Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment is frequently _____.
On a certain day, clouds were observed in the sky. It rained later in the day. Which of the following statements are correct?
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blank by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options.
Media ____(1)____ a significant role in our society today. It is all ____(2)____ us, from the films we watch ____(3)____ television, the music we ____(4)____ to on the radio, to the books and magazines we read everyday. Television achieves ____(5)____ goals, ranging from entertainment to education. ____(6)____ forms of education and entertainment ____(7)____ on television. Media has always played a ____(8)____ role in our society.
Q. Fill in the blank (2).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options.
Media ____(1)____ a significant role in our society today. It is all ____(2)____ us, from the films we watch ____(3)____ television, the music we ____(4)____ to on the radio, to the books and magazines we read everyday. Television achieves ____(5)____ goals, ranging from entertainment to education. ____(6)____ forms of education and entertainment ____(7)____ on television. Media has always played a ____(8)____ role in our society.
Q. Fill in the blank (4).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blank by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options.
Media ____(1)____ a significant role in our society today. It is all ____(2)____ us, from the films we watch ____(3)____ television, the music we ____(4)____ to on the radio, to the books and magazines we read everyday. Television achieves ____(5)____ goals, ranging from entertainment to education. ____(6)____ forms of education and entertainment ____(7)____ on television. Media has always played a ____(8)____ role in our society.
Q. Fill in the blank (6).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.
Media ____(1)____ a significant role in our society today. It is all ____(2)____ us, from the films we watch ____(3)____ television, the music we ____(4)____ to on the radio, to the books and magazines we read everyday. Television achieves ____(5)____ goals, ranging from entertainment to education. ____(6)____ forms of education and entertainment ____(7)____ on television. Media has always played a ____(8)____ role in our society.
Q. Fill in the blank (8).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.
To see Gokhale in interaction was as _____(1)_____ a joy as interactive education. He never wasted a minute. His private relations and friendships _____(2)_____ for public good. His interests were _____(3)_____ only on the good of the country. They were absolutely free from any _____(4)_____ of untruth _____(5)_____ insincerity. India’s _____(6)_____ and subjection were matters of constant and intense concern to him. Various people _____(7)_____ to draw his interest to different things but he could not be distracted. He only _____(8)_____ freedom for his country.
Q. Fill in blank (2).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.
To see Gokhale in interaction was as _____(1)_____ a joy as interactive education. He never wasted a minute. His private relations and friendships _____(2)_____ for public good. His interests were _____(3)_____ only on the good of the country. They were absolutely free from any _____(4)_____ of untruth _____(5)_____ insincerity. India’s _____(6)_____ and subjection were matters of constant and intense concern to him. Various people _____(7)_____ to draw his interest to different things but he could not be distracted. He only _____(8)_____ freedom for his country.
Q. Fill in blank (4).
Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.
To see Gokhale in interaction was as _____(1)_____ a joy as interactive education. He never wasted a minute. His private relations and friendships _____(2)_____ for public good. His interests were _____(3)_____ only on the good of the country. They were absolutely free from any _____(4)_____ of untruth _____(5)_____ insincerity. India’s _____(6)_____ and subjection were matters of constant and intense concern to him. Various people _____(7)_____ to draw his interest to different things but he could not be distracted. He only _____(8)_____ freedom for his country.
Q. Fill in blank (6).
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
Every dog has his day
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
A snail`s pace
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
To make a clean breast of a thing
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
In black and white
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
Mare`s nest
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
To kill two birds with one stone
Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.
A square peg in a round hole
Directions: This question consists of two statements, one labelled as Statement (A) and the other as Statement (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the most appropriate option.
Statement (A): Law Day is celebrated in India on 26th November every year.
Statement (R): The Indian Constitution was adopted on 26th November, 1949.
Directions: In the following question, two statements are given, which are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume the given statements to be true and find out which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements.
Statements:
All books are stencils.
Some notebooks are stencils.
Conclusions:
I. All books are notebooks.
II. Some notebooks are books.
A, B and C start a business with investments of Rs. 6,000, Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 8,000, respectively. The profit at the end of the year is Rs. 3,150. The share of B in the profit (in rupees) is
Sharma family went out for a picnic and took three different types of sandwiches with them. Vegetables, grilled and cheese sandwiches were made in ratio 5 : 7 : 8. If a total of 120 sandwiches were made, how many grilled sandwich were made?
A pole has been affixed in a riverbed. One-half of the pole is buried in the riverbed. One-third of it is covered by water. 8 feet of it projects out of the water. What is the total length of the pole in feet?
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