Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
For fourteen and a half months I lived in my little cell or room in the Dehradun jail, and I began to feel as if I was almost a part of it. I was familiar with every bit of it, I knew every mark and dent on the whitewashed walls and on the uneven floor and the ceiling with its moth-eaten rafters. In the little yards outside I greeted little tufts of grass and odd bits of stone as old friends. I was not alone in my cell, for several colonies of wasp and hornets lived there, and many lizards founds a home behind the rafters, emerging in the evening in search of prey.
Q. Which of the following explains best the sentence in the passage " I was almost a part of it" ?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.
We are very disappointed with the change in the date. It was a law enacted and approved by Parliament, which was supposed to benefit citizens. The delay in the deadline for digitization is more of a knee jerk reaction by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to its inability to resolve crucial differences between stakeholders. While broadcasters and DTH operators want the government to fast-track the process, local cable operators have asked for a further extension of introduction of the technology is done in a manner that creates a level playing field for all the stakeholders. A government mandated imposition of technology, in this instance, will benefit only a privileged few and deprive a large section of the population of the benefits of inexpensive cable TV.
Q. Who took the decision of change in the date?
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Direction: When I logged in to Facebook this week,i was greeted with updates from such friends as Mareah Carey, Natalie portman and
Ryan Gosling, right? Except that when i clicked through. It was clear that these posts were from my same, lame no-name
friends who were simply jumping on the latest Facebook bandwagon. Yes, it is (or was as these things don’t exactly have strict
expiration dates) Celebrity doppelganger week on Facebook , during which people replace their profile picture with the celeb
they think they look most like them.
This is the operative word here. I love my friends, but trust me-it’s a motley crew that little resembles anyone casting directors would want to put in a feature film. But more disturbing than the creative liberties they took in choosing their twins is that, this is just the latest example of how my friends-and hundreds of thousands of people around the world-are susceptible to face book groupthink. These are grass-roots names that spread virally throughout the site, making them difficult to trace back to an origin with any certainty. The Huffington post published what appeared to be the transcript of an interview with Bob Patel, and IT worker who says his resemblance to Tom selleck prompted the start of Doppelganger Week. But the claim (and the transcript itself) is dubious-the article is even tagged as “satire,” but that hasn’t stopped blogs and news organizations from citing Patel as the instigator.
Q. Which of the following options is true as per the passage ?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
In presents scenario of increasing demand for cut flowers, protected cultivation in green house is the best alternatives for using land and other resources more efficiently. In protected environment, suitable environmental conditions for optimum plant growth are provided ultimately quality with products. Greenhouse is made up of glass or plastic film, which allows the solar radiations to pass through but traps the thermal radiations emitted by plants inside and, thereby, provide inside, On the basis of material used, building cost and technology used, green house can be of three types: low-cost greenhouse, medium-cost greenhouse and hi-tech greenhouse.
Q. How is the production increased?
Direction: In the following questions, you have two passages with 5 questions in each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal. Dolphins are extremely intelligent and sociable animals and have their own way to communicate with each other using special sounds. Although they are often mistaken for fish, dolphins are actually mammals. They are members of the Cetacea (pronounced set-ay-shia) family, which also contains whales and porpoises. One way of telling the difference between a cetacean and a fish is by looking at their tails. You can tell a cetacean because their tail fins (called flukes) are horizontal and move up and down. Fish have vertical tails which move from side to side. A dolphin’s body is designed to help them move quickly and easily through water. The dolphin’s fluke propels it through the water. On its back is a curved dorsal fin and on each side of the dolphin is a pectoral fin. The bump on a dolphins head is known as the melon. They trap their prey by using their teeth. Dolphins use a type of sonar to detect where objects are around them. This is called echolocation. Echolocation works when a dolphin bounces a high pitched sound off an object and then listens for the echo to come back. It is a very useful way for dolphins to find food and navigate. Dolphins communicate with each other through clicks, squeaks and whistles. They use these special sounds to greet each other and to indicate if they are in distress. Dolphins live in the sea, but they can’t breathe under water! They breathe through a blowhole and have to come up for air every 15 minutes.
Dolphins use echolocation to
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
For fourteen and a half months I lived in my little cell or room in the Dehradun jail, and I began to feel as if I was almost a part of it. I was familiar with every bit of it, I knew every mark and dent on the whitewashed walls and on the uneven floor and the ceiling with its moth-eaten rafters. In the little yards outside I greeted little tufts of grass and odd bits of stone as old friends. I was not alone in my cell, for several colonies of wasp and hornets lived there, and many lizards founds a home behind the rafters, emerging in the evening in search of prey.
Q. The passage attempts to describe ?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.
We are very disappointed with the change in the date. It was a law enacted and approved by Parliament, which was supposed to benefit citizens. The delay in the deadline for digitization is more of a knee jerk reaction by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to its inability to resolve crucial differences between stakeholders. While broadcasters and DTH operators want the government to fast-track the process, local cable operators have asked for a further extension of introduction of the technology is done in a manner that creates a level playing field for all the stakeholders. A government mandated imposition of technology, in this instance, will benefit only a privileged few and deprive a large section of the population of the benefits of inexpensive cable TV.
Q. What was the impact of introduction of new technology in TV world?
Direction: When I logged in to Facebook this week,i was greeted with updates from such friends as Mareah Carey, Natalie portman and
Ryan Gosling, right? Except that when i clicked through. It was clear that these posts were from my same, lame no-name
friends who were simply jumping on the latest Facebook bandwagon. Yes, it is (or was as these things don’t exactly have strict
expiration dates) Celebrity doppelganger week on Facebook , during which people replace their profile picture with the celeb
they think they look most like them.
This is the operative word here. I love my friends, but trust me-it’s a motley crew that little resembles anyone casting directors would want to put in a feature film. But more disturbing than the creative liberties they took in choosing their twins is that, this is just the latest example of how my friends-and hundreds of thousands of people around the world-are susceptible to face book groupthink. These are grass-roots names that spread virally throughout the site, making them difficult to trace back to an origin with any certainty. The Huffington post published what appeared to be the transcript of an interview with Bob Patel, and IT worker who says his resemblance to Tom selleck prompted the start of Doppelganger Week. But the claim (and the transcript itself) is dubious-the article is even tagged as “satire,” but that hasn’t stopped blogs and news organizations from citing Patel as the instigator.
Q. Which of the following best represents the theme of the passage ?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
In presents scenario of increasing demand for cut flowers, protected cultivation in green house is the best alternatives for using land and other resources more efficiently. In protected environment, suitable environmental conditions for optimum plant growth are provided ultimately quality with products. Greenhouse is made up of glass or plastic film, which allows the solar radiations to pass through but traps the thermal radiations emitted by plants inside and, thereby, provide inside, On the basis of material used, building cost and technology used, green house can be of three types: low-cost greenhouse, medium-cost greenhouse and hi-tech greenhouse.
Q. Why the green house is made up of glass or plastic film?
Direction: In the following questions, you have two passages with 5 questions in each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal. Dolphins are extremely intelligent and sociable animals and have their own way to communicate with each other using special sounds. Although they are often mistaken for fish, dolphins are actually mammals. They are members of the Cetacea (pronounced set-ay-shia) family, which also contains whales and porpoises. One way of telling the difference between a cetacean and a fish is by looking at their tails. You can tell a cetacean because their tail fins (called flukes) are horizontal and move up and down. Fish have vertical tails which move from side to side. A dolphin’s body is designed to help them move quickly and easily through water. The dolphin’s fluke propels it through the water. On its back is a curved dorsal fin and on each side of the dolphin is a pectoral fin. The bump on a dolphins head is known as the melon. They trap their prey by using their teeth. Dolphins use a type of sonar to detect where objects are around them. This is called echolocation. Echolocation works when a dolphin bounces a high pitched sound off an object and then listens for the echo to come back. It is a very useful way for dolphins to find food and navigate. Dolphins communicate with each other through clicks, squeaks and whistles. They use these special sounds to greet each other and to indicate if they are in distress. Dolphins live in the sea, but they can’t breathe under water! They breathe through a blowhole and have to come up for air every 15 minutes.
Dolphins use their teeth
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
For fourteen and a half months I lived in my little cell or room in the Dehradun jail, and I began to feel as if I was almost a part of it. I was familiar with every bit of it, I knew every mark and dent on the whitewashed walls and on the uneven floor and the ceiling with its moth-eaten rafters. In the little yards outside I greeted little tufts of grass and odd bits of stone as old friends. I was not alone in my cell, for several colonies of wasp and hornets lived there, and many lizards founds a home behind the rafters, emerging in the evening in search of prey.
Q. The author of the passage seems to suggest that?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.
We are very disappointed with the change in the date. It was a law enacted and approved by Parliament, which was supposed to benefit citizens. The delay in the deadline for digitization is more of a knee jerk reaction by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to its inability to resolve crucial differences between stakeholders. While broadcasters and DTH operators want the government to fast-track the process, local cable operators have asked for a further extension of introduction of the technology is done in a manner that creates a level playing field for all the stakeholders. A government mandated imposition of technology, in this instance, will benefit only a privileged few and deprive a large section of the population of the benefits of inexpensive cable TV.
Q. What was the problem for the government to be tackled?
Direction: When I logged in to Facebook this week,i was greeted with updates from such friends as Mareah Carey, Natalie portman and
Ryan Gosling, right? Except that when i clicked through. It was clear that these posts were from my same, lame no-name
friends who were simply jumping on the latest Facebook bandwagon. Yes, it is (or was as these things don’t exactly have strict
expiration dates) Celebrity doppelganger week on Facebook , during which people replace their profile picture with the celeb
they think they look most like them.
This is the operative word here. I love my friends, but trust me-it’s a motley crew that little resembles anyone casting directors would want to put in a feature film. But more disturbing than the creative liberties they took in choosing their twins is that, this is just the latest example of how my friends-and hundreds of thousands of people around the world-are susceptible to face book groupthink. These are grass-roots names that spread virally throughout the site, making them difficult to trace back to an origin with any certainty. The Huffington post published what appeared to be the transcript of an interview with Bob Patel, and IT worker who says his resemblance to Tom selleck prompted the start of Doppelganger Week. But the claim (and the transcript itself) is dubious-the article is even tagged as “satire,” but that hasn’t stopped blogs and news organizations from citing Patel as the instigator.
Q. Which of the following best represents the attitude of the author ?
Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the question that follows.
In presents scenario of increasing demand for cut flowers, protected cultivation in green house is the best alternatives for using land and other resources more efficiently. In protected environment, suitable environmental conditions for optimum plant growth are provided ultimately quality with products. Greenhouse is made up of glass or plastic film, which allows the solar radiations to pass through but traps the thermal radiations emitted by plants inside and, thereby, provide inside, On the basis of material used, building cost and technology used, green house can be of three types: low-cost greenhouse, medium-cost greenhouse and hi-tech greenhouse.
Q. How does the green house effect help in the production?
Direction: In the following questions, you have two passages with 5 questions in each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal. Dolphins are extremely intelligent and sociable animals and have their own way to communicate with each other using special sounds. Although they are often mistaken for fish, dolphins are actually mammals. They are members of the Cetacea (pronounced set-ay-shia) family, which also contains whales and porpoises. One way of telling the difference between a cetacean and a fish is by looking at their tails. You can tell a cetacean because their tail fins (called flukes) are horizontal and move up and down. Fish have vertical tails which move from side to side. A dolphin’s body is designed to help them move quickly and easily through water. The dolphin’s fluke propels it through the water. On its back is a curved dorsal fin and on each side of the dolphin is a pectoral fin. The bump on a dolphins head is known as the melon. They trap their prey by using their teeth. Dolphins use a type of sonar to detect where objects are around them. This is called echolocation. Echolocation works when a dolphin bounces a high pitched sound off an object and then listens for the echo to come back. It is a very useful way for dolphins to find food and navigate. Dolphins communicate with each other through clicks, squeaks and whistles. They use these special sounds to greet each other and to indicate if they are in distress. Dolphins live in the sea, but they can’t breathe under water! They breathe through a blowhole and have to come up for air every 15 minutes.
Q. Which of these help dolphins to navigate through the water?
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.
After his proposal was met with unanimous disapproval from the board, he wished he was having a better idea that could have swayed their opinions.
I. He would have a better idea
II. He had a better idea
III. Having a better idea
Directions: Spot the error in the underlined part of the sentence and choose the correct sentence accordingly.
The tendency to eat late, though it has never been tested properly, many nutritionists believe, as a factor in putting on weight.
Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks that best fits in the context of the sentence.
Lawmakers are _________ over the steady stream of ________ they continue to receive.
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. Emerging and developing countries are at the mercy of a global order _________________.
I. despite weak investment and tepid domestic demand.
II. created at the helm of developed countries.
III. shaped by advanced economic policies and priorities.
Direction: In the passage given below there are 5 words given and each of these words is represented by a letter. For each word four alternative words are given as options A, B, C and D. You have to find which word among the options best replaces the already given word.
In the Open Budget Survey, which was conducted by International Budget Partnership (IBP), India has been placed at 53rd position among 117 nations in terms of budget transparency and accountability. With the score higher than the ____ A ____ average, our nation scored 49 out of 100 whereas New Zealand topped with a score of 87.
This survey was conducted to encourage public ____ B ____ to budget information and the ____ C ____ of explicable systems of budget. The areas where India lagged are ‘the Pre-Budget Statement’ and the non ____ D ____ of ‘Mid Year Review’ in FY 2018-19.
In order to ensure that the hard-earned public resources are used satisfactorily and meticulously, a high degree of ____ E ____ needs to be maintained with government finances.
Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (D)
निम्न में से अशुद्ध वर्तनी वाला विकल्प चुनिए।
निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़िए व प्रश्नों के उतर दीजिये:
जन्मजात लोकतंत्रवादी वह होता है, जो जन्म से ही अनुशासन का पालन करने वाला हो। लोकतंत्र स्वाभाविक रूप में उसी को प्राप्त होता है, जो साधारण रूप में अपने को मानवीय तथा दैवीय सभी नियमों का स्वेच्छापूर्वक पालन करने का अभ्यस्त बना ले। जो लोग लोकतंत्र के इच्छुक हैं उन्हें चाहिए कि पहले वे लोकतंत्र की इस कसौटी पर अपने को परख लें। इसके अलावा, लोकतंत्रवादी को नि:स्वार्थ भी होना चाहिए। उसे अपनी या अपने दल की दृष्टि से नहीं बल्कि एकमात्र लोकतंत्र की ही दृष्टि से सब-कुछ सोचना चाहिए। तभी वह सविनय अवज्ञा का अधिकारी हो सकता है। व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता की मैं कदर करता हूँ, लेकिन आपको यह हरगिज नहीं भूलना चाहिए कि मनुष्य मूलत: एक सामाजिक प्राणी ही है। सामाजिक प्रगति की आवश्यकताओं के अनुसार अपने व्यक्तित्व को ढालना सीखकर ही वह वर्तमन स्थिति तक पहुँचा है। अबाध व्यक्तिवाद वन्य पशुओं का नियम है। हमें व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता और सामाजिक संयम के बीच समन्वय करना सीखना है। समस्त समाज के हित के खातिर सामाजिक संयम के आगे स्वेच्छापूर्वक सिर झुकाने से व्यक्ति और समाज, जिसका कि वह एक सदस्य है, दोनों का ही कल्याण होता है।
Q. प्रस्तुत गद्यांश में किस प्रकार की स्वतंत्रता की बात की गई है?
निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़िए व प्रश्नों के उतर दीजिये:
जन्मजात लोकतंत्रवादी वह होता है, जो जन्म से ही अनुशासन का पालन करने वाला हो। लोकतंत्र स्वाभाविक रूप में उसी को प्राप्त होता है, जो साधारण रूप में अपने को मानवीय तथा दैवीय सभी नियमों का स्वेच्छापूर्वक पालन करने का अभ्यस्त बना ले। जो लोग लोकतंत्र के इच्छुक हैं उन्हें चाहिए कि पहले वे लोकतंत्र की इस कसौटी पर अपने को परख लें। इसके अलावा, लोकतंत्रवादी को नि:स्वार्थ भी होना चाहिए। उसे अपनी या अपने दल की दृष्टि से नहीं बल्कि एकमात्र लोकतंत्र की ही दृष्टि से सब-कुछ सोचना चाहिए। तभी वह सविनय अवज्ञा का अधिकारी हो सकता है। व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता की मैं कदर करता हूँ, लेकिन आपको यह हरगिज नहीं भूलना चाहिए कि मनुष्य मूलत: एक सामाजिक प्राणी ही है। सामाजिक प्रगति की आवश्यकताओं के अनुसार अपने व्यक्तित्व को ढालना सीखकर ही वह वर्तमन स्थिति तक पहुँचा है। अबाध व्यक्तिवाद वन्य पशुओं का नियम है। हमें व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता और सामाजिक संयम के बीच समन्वय करना सीखना है। समस्त समाज के हित के खातिर सामाजिक संयम के आगे स्वेच्छापूर्वक सिर झुकाने से व्यक्ति और समाज, जिसका कि वह एक सदस्य है, दोनों का ही कल्याण होता है।
Q. लोकतंत्र में एक लोकतंत्रवादी को कैसा होना चाहिए?
निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़िए व प्रश्नों के उतर दीजिये:
जन्मजात लोकतंत्रवादी वह होता है, जो जन्म से ही अनुशासन का पालन करने वाला हो। लोकतंत्र स्वाभाविक रूप में उसी को प्राप्त होता है, जो साधारण रूप में अपने को मानवीय तथा दैवीय सभी नियमों का स्वेच्छापूर्वक पालन करने का अभ्यस्त बना ले। जो लोग लोकतंत्र के इच्छुक हैं उन्हें चाहिए कि पहले वे लोकतंत्र की इस कसौटी पर अपने को परख लें। इसके अलावा, लोकतंत्रवादी को नि:स्वार्थ भी होना चाहिए। उसे अपनी या अपने दल की दृष्टि से नहीं बल्कि एकमात्र लोकतंत्र की ही दृष्टि से सब-कुछ सोचना चाहिए। तभी वह सविनय अवज्ञा का अधिकारी हो सकता है। व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता की मैं कदर करता हूँ, लेकिन आपको यह हरगिज नहीं भूलना चाहिए कि मनुष्य मूलत: एक सामाजिक प्राणी ही है। सामाजिक प्रगति की आवश्यकताओं के अनुसार अपने व्यक्तित्व को ढालना सीखकर ही वह वर्तमन स्थिति तक पहुँचा है। अबाध व्यक्तिवाद वन्य पशुओं का नियम है। हमें व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता और सामाजिक संयम के बीच समन्वय करना सीखना है। समस्त समाज के हित के खातिर सामाजिक संयम के आगे स्वेच्छापूर्वक सिर झुकाने से व्यक्ति और समाज, जिसका कि वह एक सदस्य है, दोनों का ही कल्याण होता है।
Q. जन्मजात लोकतंत्रवादी वह होता है, जो जन्म से ही ________का पालन करने वाला हो?
‘माला फेरत जुग भया, फिरा न मनका फेर। कर का मनका डारि दे, मन का मनका फेर।‘ काव्य पंक्ति में कौन सा अलंकार है?
निम्नलिखित पर्यायवाची में से विछोह का पर्यायवाची शब्द बताओ ?
दिये गए किस विकल्प में सभी शब्द अशुद्ध हैं?
‘दाँतों तले उँगली दबाना’ मुहावरे का सही अर्थ क्या है?