Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
In the three days since schools reopened for junior students after two years, teachers are missing the familiar buzz in classrooms and have found a section of students to be unusually quiet. Some students are 'withdrawn', their social skills having been impacted by the long closure of schools. Teachers and counsellors are hopeful this will pass soon, and till then, they will have to be patient with the children and keep a close eye on their behaviour. "Children might have developed behavioural problems such as screen addiction and restlessness. They might have become impulsive and are not attentive to lessons. Teachers have to be proactive about the mental health of the child," said the psychiatrist.

Question:

How long has it been since the schools reopened?

Option 1: Two days

Option 2: Three days

Option 3: Two years

Option 4: Three years

Question : Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Mummy struggled to pull them apart and finally succeeded.
B. She tried to get them to make up but they did not listen.
C. It was a fierce fight, of course.
D. The two children scratched and hit each other.

Option 1: CDAB

Option 2: DBAC

Option 3: CBDA

Option 4: ACBD

Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

An infection is said to be endemic when the rate of occurance becomes static in a particular 1)________________ region, which means that main cause of the disease  — SARS-CoV-2 in this particular case — it is likely to exist but will not lead to large 2)_______________ as witnessed over the last two years.
Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly 3)_______________, experts say they cannot provide a fixed timeline as when the disease will become endemic. It will all be dependent on the number of  people who are susceptible to this pathogen, vaccination rates, and also to emergence of new variants that are able to overcome the immune response.
“Endemic means that the virus will still remain in the population and there will be 4)_____________ ups and downs  as and when the favourable condition of the virus will exist. For example, we have seen that the seasonal flu  the number for which goes up in the winters and or especially when the season is changing because of lower immunity in people ,on the other hand we have seen the dengue cases rising after monsoons because of the availability of vectors. Covid-19 also may become seasonal and cause disease in the 5)_______________,” said Dr Pramod Garg, who is currently the director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Faridabad.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 5.

Option 1:  vulnerable
 

Option 2:  heroic
 

Option 3: dichotomy 

Option 4: binary

Question : Before the Partition of Bengal in 1905, Bengal was the biggest province of British India. It consisted of parts of which of the following states?

Option 1: Uttar Pradesh and Orissa

Option 2: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Option 3: Bihar and Orissa

Option 4: Bihar and Chhattisgarh

Question : It refers to obedience to organisational rules and employment agreement which are necessary for working of the organisation. Which of the following principles of management is being highlighted in the given statement?

Option 1: Authority and responsibility

Option 2: Discipline

Option 3: Unity of command

Option 4: Unity of direction

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

As I (1)_____ the stream and began climbing the hill, the grunting and chattering increased, as though the langurs were trying to warn me of some hidden danger. I looked up and saw a great orange-gold leopard, sleek and spotted, (2)______ on a rock about twenty feet away from me. The leopard looked at me once, briefly and with an air of disdain, and then sprang into a dense thicket, making (3)_______ no sound as it melted into the shadows. I had (4)_______ the leopard in his quest for food. But a little later, I heard the quickening cry of a barking deer as it fled through the forest. After that (5)________ I did not see the leopard again.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: encounter

Option 2: quarrel

Option 3: meeting

Option 4: exchange

Question : Directions: In the following question, which one set of letters/numbers when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
_ _ babbba_a_ _

Option 1: baaab

Option 2: babbb

Option 3: ababb

Option 4: bbaba

Question : In the following question, a set of labelled sentences is given. Out of the four alternatives, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
1) AIDS is a disease caused by a virus called HIV.
P. This result in the victim's inability to defend themselves from any infections leading to death.
Q. This disease destroys part of the body's immune system.
R. AIDS patients are carriers of the virus.
S. People who are infected develop AIDS within five to ten years.
6) And they are infected for years without knowing it and transmit the disease to others.
 

Option 1:  QPSR
 

Option 2:  PSQR
 

Option 3:  RSQP

 

Option 4: SRPQ

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Once King Krishnadeva Raya (1)________ a parrot of which he was excessively fond. He kept it in a silver cage and fed it fruits, nuts, and anything else the bird asked for. The parrot longed for freedom and often asked for it, but the king would always reply, "Ask for anything else." One day, the parrot said to the king, "Give me freedom, and I'll give you three (2)________ advice that could be of great benefit to you." The king loved the parrot, but he loved money (3)_______. The parrot said, "Never believe everything that is told to you. What you don't know is that I've two priceless gems in my stomach," said the bird. "Two priceless gems," echoed the king, "Oh, what a fool I was to set you free! I'll regret this for the rest of my life!" I (4)_________ you never to grieve over losses, but here you are grieving over losing me," said the parrot, "I advised you never to believe everything you hear, but you immediately believed me when I told you I had two gems in my stomach. (5)_________ I have survived if I really had two gems in my stomach?" My third advice is, "Listen, learn to listen with your mind instead of just with your ears." Saying these words, the parrot flew away.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: has

Option 2: had

Option 3: have

Option 4: will have

Question : Direction: Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

a_bba_bba_bb

Option 1: aab

Option 2: abb

Option 3: bbb

Option 4: bba