Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
The ancient Harappan Civilization emerged, flourished and collapsed under a steadily weakening monsoon, according to new research findings, that scientists say, provide the strongest evidence yet to link its risk and fall to changing climate. A team of scientists has combined multiple sets of date to show that weakening monsoon and reduced river water initially stimulated intensive agriculture and urbanisation, but later precipitated the decline and collapse of the subcontinent's earliest cities. The scientist said their research also suggests that a larger river, summed to be the mythical Saraswati, which once watered the Harappan Civilization's heartland between the suggests it was a glacier fed river with origins in the Himalyas. The findings appear today in the US Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Q. What task the team of scientists was assigned to?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow each passage. Your answer to these questions should be based on the passage only.
Every successful man fails at some time. Failure tells you about your weaknesses, shortcomings, lack of preparations, lack of efforts. So if you can manage to learn from it contributes to lasting success. Extract the lesson to learn from failure and try again with redoubled vigor. Facing failure makes one strong, more wise and more resolute, spurs them on to greatest efforts. There is not failure in truth, save from within; unless we are beaten there, We are bound to succeed. Failures not only tell us that we couldn't prepare ourselves up to the level of success and with more hard work. Failures are the stepping stones of success. Every successful man has failed, not once but several times, in their life, but they analyzed the things in real perspective and tried again with more vigor and zeal and achieved success.
Q. What does failure teach, besides letting us know our shortcomings?
1. We couldn't prepare ourselves up to the level of success
2. It tells us that we still need to learn
3. We learn from mistakes
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
The ancient Harappan Civilization emerged, flourished and collapsed under a steadily weakening monsoon, according to new research findings, that scientists say, provide the strongest evidence yet to link its risk and fall to changing climate. A team of scientists has combined multiple sets of date to show that weakening monsoon and reduced river water initially stimulated intensive agriculture and urbanisation, but later precipitated the decline and collapse of the subcontinent's earliest cities. The scientist said their research also suggests that a larger river, summed to be the mythical Saraswati, which once watered the Harappan Civilization's heartland between the suggests it was a glacier fed river with origins in the Himalyas. The findings appear today in the US Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Q. What was the controversy in the passage?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow each passage. Your answer to these questions should be based on the passage only.
Every successful man fails at some time. Failure tells you about your weaknesses, shortcomings, lack of preparations, lack of efforts. So if you can manage to learn from it contributes to lasting success. Extract the lesson to learn from failure and try again with redoubled vigor. Facing failure makes one strong, more wise and more resolute, spurs them on to greatest efforts. There is not failure in truth, save from within; unless we are beaten there, We are bound to succeed. Failures not only tell us that we couldn't prepare ourselves up to the level of success and with more hard work. Failures are the stepping stones of success. Every successful man has failed, not once but several times, in their life, but they analyzed the things in real perspective and tried again with more vigor and zeal and achieved success.
Q. What does help us to come out of the failure?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
The ancient Harappan Civilization emerged, flourished and collapsed under a steadily weakening monsoon, according to new research findings, that scientists say, provide the strongest evidence yet to link its risk and fall to changing climate. A team of scientists has combined multiple sets of date to show that weakening monsoon and reduced river water initially stimulated intensive agriculture and urbanisation, but later precipitated the decline and collapse of the subcontinent's earliest cities. The scientist said their research also suggests that a larger river, summed to be the mythical Saraswati, which once watered the Harappan Civilization's heartland between the suggests it was a glacier fed river with origins in the Himalyas. The findings appear today in the US Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Q. Why the Harappan Civilisation collapsed?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow each passage. Your answer to these questions should be based on the passage only.
Every successful man fails at some time. Failure tells you about your weaknesses, shortcomings, lack of preparations, lack of efforts. So if you can manage to learn from it contributes to lasting success. Extract the lesson to learn from failure and try again with redoubled vigor. Facing failure makes one strong, more wise and more resolute, spurs them on to greatest efforts. There is not failure in truth, save from within; unless we are beaten there, We are bound to succeed. Failures not only tell us that we couldn't prepare ourselves up to the level of success and with more hard work. Failures are the stepping stones of success. Every successful man has failed, not once but several times, in their life, but they analyzed the things in real perspective and tried again with more vigor and zeal and achieved success.
Q. What message does the author wants to convey to readers through this passage?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
Why doesn't the air remain still ? The reason is that air, when it becomes heated, becomes lighter, and it rises. When it rises, other air moves in to take its place. The temperature of air becomes like the surface of the earth over which it travels. Over dry land, the air can become very hot. Then, when the sun goes down, it cools off quickly. Over the water air heats up more slowly and cools off more slowly. These changes cause the movement of air,which we call wind.
Q. This passage is mainly about?
A new menace is cars-and worse, luxury Sedans and Sport Utility Vehicles(SUVs) which run on highly polluting diesel, and which now account for fully one-half of total car sales, up from under 30 percent a year ago. Although, growth of passenger vehicle sales has slowed down over the past year, the 20 year long trend of furious privatization of urban transport continue unabated. Private vehicles are choking roads, slowing down traffic-in particular public buses-and creating terrible jams and snarl ups in city after city. The introduction and rapid expansion of super expensive metro rail systems, which the poor cannot afford, have failed to slow down the runaway growth of private transport. There is little systematic effort except in a handful of cities to harvest rainwater and none at all at recycling water or curtailing its abuse by the rich through the flushing of wasteful toilets designed a century ago in Europe-even though water scarcity is acute and growing.
Q. What means is faced by the country?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
Why doesn't the air remain still ? The reason is that air, when it becomes heated, becomes lighter, and it rises. When it rises, other air moves in to take its place. The temperature of air becomes like the surface of the earth over which it travels. Over dry land, the air can become very hot. Then, when the sun goes down, it cools off quickly. Over the water air heats up more slowly and cools off more slowly. These changes cause the movement of air,which we call wind.
Q. Over dry land, the air?
A new menace is cars-and worse, luxury Sedans and Sport Utility Vehicles(SUVs) which run on highly polluting diesel, and which now account for fully one-half of total car sales, up from under 30 percent a year ago. Although, growth of passenger vehicle sales has slowed down over the past year, the 20 year long trend of furious privatization of urban transport continue unabated. Private vehicles are choking roads, slowing down traffic-in particular public buses-and creating terrible jams and snarl ups in city after city. The introduction and rapid expansion of super expensive metro rail systems, which the poor cannot afford, have failed to slow down the runaway growth of private transport. There is little systematic effort except in a handful of cities to harvest rainwater and none at all at recycling water or curtailing its abuse by the rich through the flushing of wasteful toilets designed a century ago in Europe-even though water scarcity is acute and growing.
Q. What did metro rail system fail to do ? Find out the false statement out of the given options.?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
Why doesn't the air remain still ? The reason is that air, when it becomes heated, becomes lighter, and it rises. When it rises, other air moves in to take its place. The temperature of air becomes like the surface of the earth over which it travels. Over dry land, the air can become very hot. Then, when the sun goes down, it cools off quickly. Over the water air heats up more slowly and cools off more slowly. These changes cause the movement of air,which we call wind.
Q. As air heats up, it?
A new menace is cars-and worse, luxury Sedans and Sport Utility Vehicles(SUVs) which run on highly polluting diesel, and which now account for fully one-half of total car sales, up from under 30 percent a year ago. Although, growth of passenger vehicle sales has slowed down over the past year, the 20 year long trend of furious privatization of urban transport continue unabated. Private vehicles are choking roads, slowing down traffic-in particular public buses-and creating terrible jams and snarl ups in city after city. The introduction and rapid expansion of super expensive metro rail systems, which the poor cannot afford, have failed to slow down the runaway growth of private transport. There is little systematic effort except in a handful of cities to harvest rainwater and none at all at recycling water or curtailing its abuse by the rich through the flushing of wasteful toilets designed a century ago in Europe-even though water scarcity is acute and growing.
Q. What is the author bothering about in this passage?
Direction: In many of the process control applications, the purpose of control system is to keep the output (controlled variable) almost constant in spite of changes in load. Mostly in continuous processes the set point remains constant for longer time. Such an operation is called 'Regulator Operation'. The set point generated, and the actual values from sensors are given to a controller. The controller compares both the signals, generates error signal which is utilized to generate a final signal as controller output. The controller output is finally utilized to physically change the values of manipulated variable to achieve stability. The above action is achieved with the help of final control elements. They are operatable either with electrical, pneumatic or with hydraulic signals. The system that serves good for servo operation will generally not be the best for regulator operation. Large capacity or inertia helps to minimize error here, whereas it makes the system sluggish in case of servo operation.
Q. How is the constant value maintained ?
Direction: In many of the process control applications, the purpose of control system is to keep the output (controlled variable) almost constant in spite of changes in load. Mostly in continuous processes the set point remains constant for longer time. Such an operation is called 'Regulator Operation'. The set point generated, and the actual values from sensors are given to a controller. The controller compares both the signals, generates error signal which is utilized to generate a final signal as controller output. The controller output is finally utilized to physically change the values of manipulated variable to achieve stability. The above action is achieved with the help of final control elements. They are operatable either with electrical, pneumatic or with hydraulic signals. The system that serves good for servo operation will generally not be the best for regulator operation. Large capacity or inertia helps to minimize error here, whereas it makes the system sluggish in case of servo operation.
Q. Which out of these is not the operational signal for control system ?
Direction: In many of the process control applications, the purpose of control system is to keep the output (controlled variable) almost constant in spite of changes in load. Mostly in continuous processes the set point remains constant for longer time. Such an operation is called 'Regulator Operation'. The set point generated, and the actual values from sensors are given to a controller. The controller compares both the signals, generates error signal which is utilized to generate a final signal as controller output. The controller output is finally utilized to physically change the values of manipulated variable to achieve stability. The above action is achieved with the help of final control elements. They are operatable either with electrical, pneumatic or with hydraulic signals. The system that serves good for servo operation will generally not be the best for regulator operation. Large capacity or inertia helps to minimize error here, whereas it makes the system sluggish in case of servo operation.
Q. What is the purpose of the control system?
Directions: In the question given below, a part of the sentence is given in underline. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative(s) that can replace the given underline part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
One of the criterion of determining the eligibility of applicants for the scholarship program is their academic performance in their previous institution.
I. One of the criteria for determining
II. One of the criterias for determining
III. One of the criteria to determine
Directions: Spot the error in the underlined part of the sentence and choose the correct sentence accordingly.
There has been heightened concern among India's civil society about the threats for the environment caused by the pressures of development and industrialization.
Directions: A sentence is given here with a blank and you need to fill the blank choosing the word/words given below. If all the words given can fill the blank appropriately, choose ‘All are correct’ as your answer.
The project was ___________ by an international company specializing in airport and infrastructure projects.
I. Built
II. Attended
III. Accomplished
Directions: In each question, a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/s can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.
Q. _____________, education can be the great leveler for India’s poor.
I. A weapon against undeserved elite enjoying free lunch of the common man
II. In order to remove biases pertaining to vulnerable component of society
III. Given unequal wealth distribution,
Civilisation means outward….(21)… whereas culture means inward perfection. We may be…(22)...today, but we are not cultured. We have trains, aeroplanes and all the modern modes and ….(23).. . This is…(24)…on the road of materialism but we have lost our finer emotions. Civilisation has…..(25)…mystery and romance out of the heart of nature and …..(26)… her beauty and magic. It has placed…..(27)….power in the hands of man, making him a….(28)….. With a single atom or hydrogen bomb, he can rain death and ..(29)…… in millions of innocent creatures. Thus, he is out to….(30)…..himself with his own hands.
Q. Find the word most appropriate for Blank No. 24
निर्देश- निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को पढ़कर इस पर आधारित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिये:
जिनमें सहिष्णुता की भावना होती है, केवल ऐसे लोग ही अध्यापक होने योग्य होते हैं। जिनका बच्चों से प्यार भरा लगाव होता है, उनमें धैर्य स्वभावत: आ जाता है। अध्यापाकों को जिस अन्तर्निहित गम्भीर समस्या से जूझना पड़ता है, वह यह है कि उन्हें जिनको देखना है वे शक्ति और प्रभुता में उनकी बराबरी के नहीं होते। अध्यापक के लिए एकदम तुच्छ या बिना किसी कारण के या फिर वास्तविक की बजाय किसी काल्पनिक कारण के चलते अपने छात्रों के सामने धैर्य खो देना, उनकी खिल्ली उड़ाना, उन्हें अपमानित या दण्डित करना एकदम आसान और सम्भव है। जो एक निर्बल अधीन राष्ट्र पर शासन करते हैं, उनमें न चाहते हुए भी गलत काम करने की प्रवृत्ति पायी जाती है। उसी तरह ऐसे अध्यापक होते हैं जो बच्चों को के ऊपर अपने प्रभुत्व का शिकार हो जाते हैं। जो शासन के अयोग्य होते हैं, उन्हें न केवल कमजोर लोगों पर अन्याय करते हुए कोई अपराध-बोध नहीं होता, बल्कि ऐसा करने में उन्हें एक खास तरह का मजा मिलता है। बच्चे अपनी माँ की गोद में कमजोर, असहाय और अज्ञानी होते हैं। माता के हृदय में स्थित प्रचुर प्यार ही उनकी रक्षा की एकमात्र गारण्टी होता है। इसके बावजूद हमारे घरों में इस बात के उदाहरण कम नहीं कि कैसे हमारे स्वाभाविक प्यार पर धीरज का अभाव और उद्धत प्राधिकार विजय प्राप्त कर लेते हैं और बच्चों को अनुचित कारणों से दण्डित होना पड़ता है।
Q. कौन-सा शब्द समूह शेष शब्द समूहों से भिन्न है?
निर्देश- निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को पढ़कर इस पर आधारित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिये:
जिनमें सहिष्णुता की भावना होती है, केवल ऐसे लोग ही अध्यापक होने योग्य होते हैं। जिनका बच्चों से प्यार भरा लगाव होता है, उनमें धैर्य स्वभावत: आ जाता है। अध्यापाकों को जिस अन्तर्निहित गम्भीर समस्या से जूझना पड़ता है, वह यह है कि उन्हें जिनको देखना है वे शक्ति और प्रभुता में उनकी बराबरी के नहीं होते। अध्यापक के लिए एकदम तुच्छ या बिना किसी कारण के या फिर वास्तविक की बजाय किसी काल्पनिक कारण के चलते अपने छात्रों के सामने धैर्य खो देना, उनकी खिल्ली उड़ाना, उन्हें अपमानित या दण्डित करना एकदम आसान और सम्भव है। जो एक निर्बल अधीन राष्ट्र पर शासन करते हैं, उनमें न चाहते हुए भी गलत काम करने की प्रवृत्ति पायी जाती है। उसी तरह ऐसे अध्यापक होते हैं जो बच्चों को के ऊपर अपने प्रभुत्व का शिकार हो जाते हैं। जो शासन के अयोग्य होते हैं, उन्हें न केवल कमजोर लोगों पर अन्याय करते हुए कोई अपराध-बोध नहीं होता, बल्कि ऐसा करने में उन्हें एक खास तरह का मजा मिलता है। बच्चे अपनी माँ की गोद में कमजोर, असहाय और अज्ञानी होते हैं। माता के हृदय में स्थित प्रचुर प्यार ही उनकी रक्षा की एकमात्र गारण्टी होता है। इसके बावजूद हमारे घरों में इस बात के उदाहरण कम नहीं कि कैसे हमारे स्वाभाविक प्यार पर धीरज का अभाव और उद्धत प्राधिकार विजय प्राप्त कर लेते हैं और बच्चों को अनुचित कारणों से दण्डित होना पड़ता है।
Q. अध्यापक के लिए उचित विशेषण शब्द है:
धनु: + टंकार किस शब्द संधि का संधि विच्छेद है?
‘काठ का उल्लू’ मुहावरे का सही अर्थ क्या है?
निम्नलिखित शब्दों में से तद्भव शब्द का चयन कीजिए :