Question :  Read the following text and answer the questions.

The world is becoming global rapidly. The national boundaries have become less significant with the interlinked effects of technology, information flows, and investment mobility. Human knowledge, particularly in the sphere of science and technology, is now growing at a pace that was indeed unthinkable even two decades ago.
The comparative advantage of a nation will be more and more influenced by its capacity to generate, absorb, adapt, and assimilate new technologies into the production process. If liberalization and globalization are not to create islands of prosperity surrounded by vast sea destitution, there has to be a firm commitment to human resource development and to the continuous upgrading of human skills and capabilities in the fast-changing world that we live in. The Indian policymakers are fully committed to building a society that is technologically sophisticated, economically progressive, and socially just, and humane.

The impact of globalization on education is now being felt in India. Indian entrepreneurs are also now investing in education. In the process of privatization of higher education in India, many good institutions have come up and have met the increasing demand for higher education mainly in the area of engineering, business administration, and medical education. But this process has also led to the mushroom growth of low-quality institutions without proper infrastructure, However, the expansion of higher education in India has resulted in increasing access to higher education even in rural areas of the country. In this process, Human Resource Development is taking place at a faster speed as compared to the earlier stage when the opportunities for higher education were limited. Globalization has promoted information technology in India. Indian students have excelled in the area of information technology over many other countries. Development taking place in the developed countries become available to Indian students, scholars, and practitioners through regular contacts and modern technology.

Question:
Choose the antonym of 'promote'.
 

Option 1: upgrade
 

Option 2: obstruct
 

Option 3: cherish
 

Option 4: bane

Question : Directions: In the following question below, some statements are followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.
Statements:
I. We are going back again to our ancestors and finding out the importance of Yoga and Pranayam.
II. People in the West have already opted for it. It does not require any external equipment but only body and soul.
Conclusions:
I. Ancient science is the treasure of many cures and natural remedies for various diseases.
II. Technology has overshadowed these ancient sources and introduced new concepts of fitness called gym.

Option 1: Only conclusion II follows

Option 2: Conclusions I and II both follow

Option 3: Neither I nor II follows

Option 4: Only conclusions I follows

Question :  Case Study:

ABC Manufacturing believes in providing training and skill development opportunities to its employees. Which principle of scientific management is being exemplified here?

Option 1: Harmony, not discord

Option 2: Cooperation, not individualism

Option 3: Development of each person to their greatest efficiency

Option 4: Science, not the rule of thumb

Question : Case Study:

ABC Manufacturing believes in providing training and skill development opportunities to its employees. Which principle of scientific management is being exemplified here?

Option 1: Harmony, not discord

Option 2: Cooperation, not individualism

Option 3: Development of each person to their greatest efficiency

Option 4: Science, not the rule of thumb

Question : Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

Music has great qualities of healing a person emotionally and mentally. Music is a form of  meditation. While composing or listening to music, one tends to forget all his worries, sorrows, and pains. But, in order to (1)_____ good music, we need to cultivate our musical taste. It can be cited that in the Dwapar Yug, the Gopis would get. (2) ____with the music that flowed from Lord Krishna's flute. They would. (3)____  themselves to HIm. Also, the research has proved that the plants which listen to music grow at a faster rate in (4) ____ to the others.

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

Option 1:
Indifferent
 

Option 2: Mesmerized
 

Option 3: Docile
 

Option 4: Drowsy