Question : Who among the following launched the Scheme “SHRESHTA” for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas?

Option 1: Virendra Kumar

Option 2: Piyush Goyal

Option 3: Vijay Goel

Option 4: P. P. Chaudhary

Question : In 1653, which French scientist observed that if some pressure is applied to any point of an incompressible fluid, the same pressure is transmitted to all points of the fluid and the walls of the vessel.

Option 1: Daniel Bernoulli

Option 2: Evangelista Torricelli

Option 3: Blaise Pascal

Option 4: Eugene Bourdon

Question : During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in the exhaust gas is maximum?

Option 1: Acceleration

Option 2: Cruising

Option 3: Idle running

Option 4: Deceleration

Question : A geyser is a spring which

Option 1: throws water continuously

Option 2: throws water intermittently

Option 3: throws water and steam at regular intervals

Option 4: throws only steam

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

They were preparing banners with different designs for the sports meet.

Option 1: Banners were being prepared by them with different designs for the sports meet.

Option 2: Banners have prepared by them with different designs for the sports meet.

Option 3: Banners had been prepared by them with different designs for the sports meet.

Option 4: Banners were prepared by them with different designs for the sports meet.

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Santiniketan embodies Rabindranath Tagore's vision of a place of learning that is unfettered by religious and regional barriers. Established in 1863 with the aim of helping education go beyond the confines of the classroom, Santiniketan grew into the Visva Bharati University in 1921, attracting some of the most creative minds in the country.

He developed a curriculum that was a unique blend of art, human values, and cultural interchange. Even today, in every step, in every brick, and in every tree at Santiniketan, one can still feel his presence, his passion, his dedication, and his pride in the institution.

In 1862, Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath, was taking a boat ride through Birbhum, the westernmost corner of Bengal, when he came across a landscape that struck him as the perfect place for meditation. He bought the large tract of land built a small house and planted some saplings around it. Debendranath Tagore decided to call the place Santiniketan, or the 'abode of peace', because of the serenity it brought to his soul. In 1863, he turned it into a spiritual center where people from all religions, castes, and creeds came and participated in meditation.

In the years that followed, Debendranath's son Rabindranath went on to become one of the most formidable literary forces India has ever produced. He wrote in all literary genres but he was first and foremost a poet. As one of the earliest educators to think in terms of the global village, he envisioned an education that was deeply rooted in one's immediate surroundings but connected to the cultures of the wider world.

Located in the heart of nature, the school aimed to combine education with a sense of obligation towards the larger civic community. Blending the best of Western and traditional Eastern systems of education, the curriculum revolved organically around nature with classes being held in the open air. Tagore wanted his students to feel free despite being in the formal learning environment of a school because he himself had dropped out of school when he found himself unable to think and felt claustrophobic within the four walls of a classroom. Nature walks and excursions were a part of the curriculum, special attention was paid to natural phenomena and students were encouraged to follow the life cycles of insects, birds, and plants.

The rural paradise of Santiniketan, Tagore's erstwhile home, has become a thriving center of art, education, and internationalism over the years.

Question:
What does the name Santiniketan mean?

Option 1: Abode of love

Option 2: Abode of peace

Option 3: Abode of learning

Option 4: Abode of culture

Question : The national census does not recognise ______ groups within India.

Option 1: tribal

Option 2: ethnic

Option 3: religious

Option 4: scheduled caste

Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Option 1: Horticulture

Option 2: lgnision

Option 3: Copulate

Option 4: Portion

Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.

The promises made by the old minister were fulfilled.

Option 1: Contemporary

Option 2: Aged

Option 3: Recent

Option 4: Vernal

Question : Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. If infected people do not get help, it can kill them.
B. Corona is a disease which causes cough and breathing problems.
C. Last Wednesday, five people were infected in my town.
D. By Friday, the number increased to 139.

Option 1: CDAB

Option 2: BACD

Option 3: ABCD

Option 4: BCAD