Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

New York City is on 'high alert' after reporting 100 cases of a rare inflammatory disease apparently tied to COVID-19 in children. The city recently began reporting rising cases of paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, an illness that officials say is similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, with symptoms including a fever and abdominal pain and which 'appears to be linked to an immune response to COVID-19,' The New York Times reports.

City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a press briefing on Thursday, said, "We are now on high alert in addressing the syndrome after the number of confirmed cases of paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome in the city has reached 100." "Among those cases, 55 children have tested positive for COVID-19 or the antibodies", de Blasio said, "and one child has died." Two other children have also died from the illness in New York State, according to the Times. De Blasio had reported 82 cases of the syndrome in the city.

These developments continue to be 'really troubling' after it was previously thought that "children seemed to have very little effect from this disease," de Blasio said. He urged parents to call their doctor immediately if a child had a persistent fever, a rash, abdominal pain, vomiting, and especially a combination of these symptoms.

Question:

It was previously thought that 'children seemed to have very little effect from this disease'. 'This disease' refers to:

Option 1: inflammation of organs

Option 2: COVID- 19

Option 3: Kawasaki disease

Option 4: a multi-organ disease

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.

Human life is (1)____ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2)______ of the Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence. We have to link our soul with God and the body with the physical world for substance. (3)_____ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever it goes. (4)_____, we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the white light of heavens (5)______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on the meaning of our existence and relationship with the Divine, expounds, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience".

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

Option 1: As a result

Option 2: As a reaction

Option 3: Causing

Option 4: As a reason

Question : If in any water body, there is a high BOD value then it is generally _____.

Option 1: very clean

Option 2: very polluted

Option 3: highly productive

Option 4: highly unproductive

Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.

It is expected that this police power will only apply to air and (sea routes between the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland).

Option 1: sea routes across the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Option 2: sea routes across the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland

Option 3: sea routes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Option 4: No substitution required

Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

The Roman Empire covered a vast stretch of territory that included most of Europe as we know it today and a large part of the Fertile Crescent and North Africa.
The Roman Empire embraced a wealth of local cultures and languages; women had a stronger legal position then than they do in many countries today; but also that much of the economy was run on slave labor, denying freedom to substantial numbers of persons. From the fifth century onwards, the empire fell apart in the west but remained intact and exceptionally prosperous in its eastern half.
Roman historians have a rich collection of sources to go on, which we can broadly divide into three groups: (a) texts, (b) documents and (c) material remains. Textual sources include letters, speeches, sermons, laws, and histories of the period written by contemporaries. These were usually called ‘Annals’ because the narrative was constructed on a year-by-year basis. Documentary sources include mainly inscriptions and papyri. Inscriptions were usually cut on stone, so a large number survived, in both Greek and Latin. The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce sheets of writing material that was very widely used in everyday life. Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters, and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists’. Material remains include a very wide assortment of items that mainly archaeologists discover (for example, through excavation and field survey), for example, buildings, monuments and other kinds of structures, pottery, coins, mosaics, and even entire landscapes. Each of these sources can only tell us just so much about the past, and combining them can be a fruitful exercise, but how well this is done depends on the historian’s skill!

Question:

Who were papyrologists?

Option 1: People who processed papyrus into sheet

Option 2: Scholars who published documents

Option 3: Farmers who cultivated papyrus

Option 4: People who surveyed the reed like plants along the Nile

Question : It includes using environmentally friendly methods of production, giving employment opportunities to the disadvantaged sections of society and providing basic amenities like schools and creches to employees. It tells us about which objective of the management? 

Option 1: Personal objective 

Option 2: Social objective 

Option 3: Organisational objective 

Option 4: None of the above

Question : The sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Tigers are the largest members of the cat family. They are found in many parts of Asia.
B. They mostly live in dark forests and sleep during the day. They come out for hunting pigs and deer by night.
C. It is assumed that, probably, around 3,000 tigers live in the wild. This species looks spectacular and grand, and they are very graceful in their movements.
D. It is almost impossible for us to see them against a jungle background, especially when they are standing still, because of their striped coats. Unlike, most cats, the tiger likes bathing very much.

Option 1: ABCD

Option 2: CDBA

Option 3: ACBD

Option 4: ADBC

Question : Case Study 2:

XYZ Enterprises is a technology startup aiming to expand its operations globally and requires significant capital infusion.

Question :

If XYZ Enterprises decides to go public and issue shares for the first time, which process would it engage in?

Option 1: Private Placement
 

Option 2: Initial Public Offering (IPO)
 

Option 3: Rights Issue

Option 4: Follow-on Public Offering (FPO)

Question : Comprehension:
An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. A loss of habitat can happen naturally. Dinosaurs, for instance, lost their habitat about 65 million years ago. The hot, dry climate of the Cretaceous period changed very quickly, most likely because of an asteroid striking the Earth. The impact of the asteroid forced debris into the atmosphere, reducing the amount of heat and light that reached Earth's surface. The dinosaurs were unable to adapt to this new, cooler habitat. Dinosaurs became endangered, then extinct. Human activity can also contribute to the loss of habitat. Development for housing, industry, and agriculture reduces the habitat of native organisms. This can happen in several different ways.

Development can directly eliminate habitat and native species. In the Amazon rainforest of South America, developers have cleared hundreds of thousands of acres. To "clear" a piece of land is to remove all trees and vegetation from it. The Amazon rainforest is cleared for cattle ranches, logging, and urban use. Development can also endanger species indirectly. Some species, such as fig trees in the rainforest, may provide habitat for other species. As trees are destroyed, species that depend on that tree habitat may also become endangered. Tree crowns provide habitat in the canopy, or top layer, of a rainforest. Plants such as vines, fungi such as mushrooms, and insects such as butterflies live in the rainforest canopy. So do hundreds of species of tropical birds and mammals, such as monkeys. As trees are cut down, this habitat is lost. Species have less room to live and reproduce.

Based on the passage above, choose the correct option for the following question.

Question

Which of the following words is the ANTONYM of the word 'native' used in the passage?

Option 1: Original

Option 2: Domestic

Option 3: Exotic

Option 4: Born