Question : Comprehension:
In the given passage, some words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

During the pandemic, remote working has kept the work going across _____ (1) Almost every industry got shut down physically during the lockdowns, but the work-from-home model tried to ______ (2) the effect of the lockdown when it came to jobs. In the future also, many businesses across the globe, including the information technology industry, are _______ (3) continuing with the hybrid model. Remote working has replaced geography as a major hiring ________ (4), with 90 percent of senior executives expected to work from home. As a result, 76 percent of US organisations are more likely to _______ (5) outside the city or even state, according to a Talent Works poll of recruiting managers conducted across the US, quoted by an FE report.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: substitute

Option 2: reduce

Option 3: replenish

Option 4: substantiate

Question : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Once upon a time, there was a good Spirit who worked selflessly for his master and mistress. With time, he got very attached to them. He loved them so much that he decided to stay with them much longer. Jealous of him, the other spirits provoked their Chief against him. The mischievous Chief ordered the Spirit to go and serve in a house in far-off Norway. Before leaving, the Spirit spoke to his Master, "I do not know for what fault I am being sent away, but to leave this place is in my destiny. However, I can fulfill three wishes of yours before I go." Without losing any time, the Master wished for riches and wealth. It was promptly fulfilled. The wealth brought along the fear of thieves, beggars, and taxes by the King. The Master lost his peace and was always worried, ill-tempered, and unhealthy. He then made his second wish, to be a simple, ordinary man again. The Spirit made him ordinary, again. The Master finally made his last wish and asked for wisdom, peace of mind, and a life free of worries.

Question:

The antonym of the word 'mischievous' is:

Option 1: Roguish 

Option 2: Vexatious

Option 3:  

Courteous

Option 4: Delinquent 

Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'.
Largest farmers usually have more money, social power and local influence.

Option 1: Largest farmers usually

Option 2: No Error

Option 3: have more money, social power

Option 4: and local influence.

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the bracketed idiom in the given sentence.
Later, Brooks' brother alleged that racism helped put the (pedal to the metal).

Option 1: Very excessive

Option 2: To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle

Option 3: To enjoy yourself by going out

Option 4: Avoid responsibility by giving it to someone else

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

The working of the stomach was (1) _____ by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was (2) _____ hit by a shotgun. The bullet had seriously (3) _____ the chest wall and made a hole in (4)_____ stomach. He was brought to an American army (5) _____ William Beaumont. The doctor saved the patient but he (6) ______ not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a (7) ______ opportunity to see the inside of the stomach (8) ______ the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont (9) ______ that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid (10) ______ could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

Option 1: badly

Option 2: nicely

Option 3: extremely

Option 4: poorly

Question : Water cannot be used to extinguish fire caused by electric current, because:

Option 1: it may cause electrocution

Option 2: it may cause hydrolysis

Option 3: it may cause electrolysis

Option 4: it may spoil the wiring

Question : Assertion (A): To gear up the decreasing demand in the economy, RBI recently reduced Repo Rate and Bank Rate.

Reason(R): By decreasing the repo rate and bank rate the commercial banks reduce the rate of interest rate and thus it leads to an increase in demand for credit because of which more money flows into the system, purchasing power of people increases. Thus, aggregate demand rises and deficient demand is corrected.

Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason(R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)

Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason(R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)

Option 3: Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.

Option 4: Assertion (A) Is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Question : Which function of marketing is highlighted in the given statement?
Statement: It is necessary to collect and analyse market information.

Option 1: Gathering and analysing market information

Option 2: Product designing and development

Option 3: Packaging and labelling

Option 4: Branding

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

Intially it was 1) ___________________ down by the outbreak of pandemic, and now the Russian invasion of Ukraine is becoming a threat to 2) ___________________ the 2024 completion deadline of Nal Se Jal, a flagship scheme of the Modi government to provide 3) ___________________ drinking water to all the rural households across the country.

This flagship scheme involves creating water supply 4) ___________________, such as laying water pipelines to provide functional tap connections to beneficiary households, alongside 5) ___________________ existing water supply systems.

Q Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.

Option 1:  derail
 

Option 2: Adaptable

Option 3:
intertwine
 

Option 4:  clench