Question : Directions: The Venn diagram given below shows the artists in a music school. The Triangle represents Pianists, the Circle represents Drummers, the Rectangle represents Guitarists and the Square represents Singers. The numbers given in the diagram represent the number of persons in that particular category.
How many singers are also pianists and guitarists but not Drummers?

Option 1: 9

Option 2: 5

Option 3: 7

Option 4: 12

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.
Culture can be a beautiful thing. There are many aspects that make up one’s culture. Whether it may be the clothing, language, religion, food, traditions, or even music, all aspects play a (1)____ role in making up a person’s culture. I think culture is so important because it does not affect only one person; it affects the (2)____ and also affects the other people around it. I am happy to know my culture and to know where my family (3)____ from. It gives me the sense of being whole and, at the same time, makes me feel (4)____ and different from other people. Different cultures and different people make our country the beautiful melting pot we are (5)_____ to call it.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: thoughtful

Option 2: grumpy

Option 3: innocent

Option 4: proud

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.

Question:
Which of these statements is NOT true?

Option 1: Socrates encouraged the listeners to come up with original ideas.

Option 2: The Republic was written around 360 A.D.

Option 3: Socrates considered music and physical education as important aspects of learning.

Option 4: Plato's methods of education can be called 'extreme'.

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.

Music can improve mood, decrease pain and anxiety, and facilitate opportunities for emotional expression. Research (1)______ that music can benefit our physical and mental health in numerous ways. Music can (2)______ the brain’s production of the hormone dopamine. This increased dopamine production helps (3)________ feelings of anxiety and depression. Music is processed directly by the amygdala, which is the part of the brain (4)________ in mood and emotions. By reducing stress levels and providing a strong competing stimulus to the pain (5) ________ that enter the brain, music therapy can assist in pain management.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 2.

Option 1: provide

Option 2: furnish

Option 3: exhaust

Option 4: boost

Question : Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

Is there any difference between "genius" and "talent" ? We generally feel that a man of genius is in some way higher than a man of talent; and that talented men are more common than genius. This is true, but it is rather vague. Genius implies "very extraordinary gifts or native powers, especially as displayed in original creation, discovery, expression or achievement; phenomenal capacity regarded as relatively independent of instruction and training". Talent, on the other hand, consists of "mental endowments or capacities of superior character; marked mental ability". "Talent" is more the capacity to learn to do a thing well; but "genius" is an inborn inspiration that drives a man to do a thing with original excellence. As Meredith said, "Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can".
Shakespeare in drama and poetry, Isaac Newton in science, Napoleon in war, Beethoven in music, were geniuses; many well-known poets, scientists, generals and musicians have been men of talent.

Question:

A person who can be called a true genius is _______

Option 1: Any independent thinker
 

Option 2: An exceptionally brilliant person
 

Option 3: An interesting person
 

Option 4: A person who is humurous and logical thinker

Question : Carnatic music is confined to________________.

Option 1: Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan

Option 2: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Haryana

Option 3: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Haryana

Option 4: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala

Question : Identify the Indian music personality. Under him, the shehnai came out of its ceremonial context and began to be acknowledged as a classical music instrument.

Option 1: Alla Rakha

Option 2: Ustad Bismillah Khan

Option 3: Pandit Ram Narayan

Option 4: Ustad Bundu Khan

Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the following sentence.
As the orchestra began to play, the audience was transported to another world, enthralled by the psychological effects of the music and the skill of the musicians, who performed each note with precision and passion.

Option 1: influenced by the overall scenario

Option 2: impacted by feelings

Option 3: swept away by the emotive power

Option 4: taken in by the effect on emotions