Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamoured for food and water on Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria and killed more than 19,300 on Monday, February 6, 2023.

Emergency crews used pickaxes, shovels, and jackhammers to dig through twisted metal and concrete and occasionally still pulled out survivors.

In the Turkish city of Antakya, dozens scrambled for aid in front of a truck distributing children's coats and other supplies. Many of those who lost their homes found shelter in tents, stadiums, and other temporary accommodations, but others slept outdoors.

In Antakya, over 100 bodies were awaiting identification in a makeshift morgue outside a hospital.

Authorities called off search-and-rescue operations in the cities of Kilis and Sanliurfa, where destruction was not as severe as in other impacted regions.

The U.N. is authorised to deliver aid through only one border crossing, and road damage has prevented that thus far. U.N. officials pleaded for humanitarian concerns to take precedence over wartime politics.

The scale of loss and suffering remained massive. Turkish authorities said on Thursday that the death toll had risen to more than 16,100 in the country, with more than 64,000 injured.

In Syria, which includes government-held and rebel-held areas, more than 3,100 people have been reported dead and more than 5,000 injured.

Rescue teams urged quiet in the hope of hearing stifled pleas for help, and the Syrian paramedic group known as the White Helmets noted that every second could mean saving a life. But more and more often, the teams pulled out dead bodies.

It was not clear how many people were still unaccounted for in both countries.

Turkey's disaster-management agency said more than 110,000 rescue personnel were now taking part in the effort, and more than 5,500 vehicles, including tractors, cranes, bulldozers, and excavators, had been shipped.

The Foreign Ministry said 95 countries have offered help. More than half of that number have sent a total of nearly 6,500 rescuers. Another 2,400 more are still expected to arrive.

International aid for Syria was far more sparse.

Efforts there have been hampered by the civil war and the isolation of the rebel-held region along the border that is surrounded by Russia-backed government forces.

Why is the International aid much lesser in Syria than in Turkey?

Option 1: Because Syria is a war–torn country and there are areas under rebels.

Option 2: Because the destruction was not as severe in Syria as in Turkey.

Option 3: Because the UN is allowed only one border crossing, and Syria is not allowing that.

Option 4: Because the roads have been damaged there

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.

The Maasais live in (1)_____ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)_____of miles of rolling grassland, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)_____which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a 'Manyatta', where a few families live for a (4)_____weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: that

Option 2: a

Option 3: their

Option 4: some

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.

The massive ransomware attack that has crippled the e-hospital services of AIIMS, Delhi, highlights the (1)______ vulnerability of the country's healthcare infrastructure, and possibly other critical IT systems, to cyber criminals. The premier public healthcare institute (2)______ to around 15 lakh outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year. Consequently, there are fears that the attackers could sell the now force-encrypted AIIMS databases that contain (3)______ information of patients-including political leaders, senior administrators, and judges, and their healthcare records on the Dark Web. Of course, what has happened to AlIMS is hardly a local phenomenon. A (4)_____ increase in cyberattacks on healthcare institutes worldwide (5)_____ during the Covid pandemic. The Indian healthcare sector was the second-most targeted globally. It is clear that Indian hospitals are vulnerable to cybersecurity. Government and hospitals need to use best practices to ward off future crises.

Question:

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

Option 1: catered

Option 2: catering

Option 3: has catered

Option 4: caters

Question : Candle is a mixture of 

Option 1: Paraffin wax and stearic acid

Option 2: Beeswax and stearic acid

Option 3: Higher fatty acids and stearic acid

Option 4: Beeswax and paraffin wax

Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.
7 : 32 :: 28 : ?

Option 1: 126

Option 2: 136

Option 3: 116

Option 4: 128

Question : Directions: Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some spices are medicines.
All medicines are chemicals.
No chemical is cheap.
Conclusions:
I. Some medicines are cheap.
II. Some chemicals are spices.
III. No medicine is cheap.

Option 1: Only conclusions I and III follow

Option 2: Only conclusions II and III follow

Option 3: Only conclusions I and II follow

Option 4: All conclusions follow

Question : The total number of countries in the world are

Option 1: 125

Option 2: 165

Option 3: 255

Option 4: 195

Question : Achievement of self-reliance and removal of poverty were twin objectives of which five-year plan?

Option 1: Third

Option 2: Fifth

Option 3: Fourth

Option 4: Second

Question : Directions: In the following question, select the odd letter cluster from the given alternatives.

Option 1: CEG

Option 2: IKM

Option 3: ORU

Option 4: VXZ

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

Payments can be made by_____ or in cash.

Option 1: chick

Option 2: cheek

Option 3: cheque

Option 4: cheeky