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.

When he died on 27 November 1953, Gladstone O'Neill was (1)______recognised as one of the major dramatists of the modern world. Four times a Pulitzer Prize-winner, he had also been (2)______the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. His plays have been translated into most major languages and read by more people than those of (3)_____other playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard Shaw. O'Neill was a puzzle to his friends - a genuinely shy, brooding, complicated man in whom (4)_____alternated with touching kindness. He was both, naive and worldly. One biographer found him "sentimental one instant, hard as nails the next." His widow, after 26 years with O'Neill, said, "To (5)_____his work you must understand the man, for the work and the man are one."

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

Option 1: prepare

Option 2: produce

Option 3: understand

Option 4: demonstrate

Question : What was a major challenge faced by artisans in the late 18th-century rural society due to colonial policies?

Option 1: Lack of raw materials
 

Option 2: Competition with imported goods
 

Option 3: Restricted access to markets
 

Option 4: Over-regulation by local authorities

Question : What was a major consequence of the development of the Mumbai Port on the city's urban landscape in the 19th century?  

Option 1: The decline in traditional fishing communities  

Option 2: The expansion of the city's industrial zones  
 

Option 3: The increase in green spaces and parks  

Option 4: The reduction of the city's cultural diversity 

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 up the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

The Global maize production across the world is worth billions of dollars annually and is a major contributing factor to global food security because it’s a 1) ______________ food for billions of people. Majority of the maize production depends on natural rainfall, making it 2) ______________ to variable rainfall patterns.

This limitation is likely to get intense in the future as it is anticipated that the climate change is going to lower rainfall in many regions of the world. This could decrease 3) ______________ by 10% by the time global temperature has risen by 4º C.  Another challenge of droughts are also likely to become more 4) ______________ and severe. The increase in temperatures are also predicted for many parts of the world which will  have direct effects on the productivity and growth of maize. High temprature will also lead to more 5) ______________, which means that plants lose more water.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1.

Option 1: deficit
 

Option 2: mutinous
 

Option 3: meagre
 

Option 4:  staple

Question : Statement 1: The major challenges to power generation in India include insufficient fuel supply and transmission losses.

Statement 2: Power theft and distribution inefficiencies are significant contributors to transmission losses.

Option 1: Both statements are true.
 

Option 2: Statement 1 is true, and Statement 2 is false.
  

Option 3: Statement 1 is false, and Statement 2 is true.

Option 4: Both statements are false.

Question : Find out the correct conjunctions.

The Ganga River is one of the major rivers in India but the overflow is not steady which means that big dams have to be built ______store water for use.

Option 1: irrespective of

Option 2: so as to

Option 3: thanks to

Option 4: not with standing

Option 5: regardless of

Question : Which type of education takes a major share of total education expenditure in India?

Option 1: Elementary education

Option 2: Higher education

Option 3: Senior secondary education

Option 4: None of the above

Question : What was a major challenge to the bipolarity of the Cold War era?  
 

Option 1: The rise of non-aligned countries  
 

Option 2: The formation of the European Union  
 

Option 3: The collapse of the Soviet Union  

Option 4: The end of colonialism 

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.

On April 1,2022 Pope Francis apologized  to First Nations, Inuit and Métis 1) ____________________, he acknowledged the amount of harm done by residential schools in Canada and marking a significant step in the church admitting its role in the 2) _________________ of Indigenous communities and children. Although the apology  was very important but it also raised questions as what it means when a pope apologises.

For once it is unthinkable that pope will apologise, as for accepting the fault  would mean that the church was 3) ___________________. However, the Second Vatican Council, an  assembly of bishops, cardinals, heads of religious orders and 4) ___________________ that met from 1962 to 1965 contributed towards the modernization of the church  shifted the church’s perspective on change and 5) _____________________ major changes. It also paved the way of admitting the fault.

Choose the correct word to be used in the blank 1

Option 1: typically
 

Option 2: delegations
 

Option 3: paradigm

Option 4:  dictum

Question : The major source of indoor air pollution in developing countries is:

Option 1: Industrial emissions

Option 2: Cooking fuels like wood and dung

Option 3: Vehicular emissions

Option 4: Power plant emissions