Question : Direction: Find the missing term in the following question:

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 7

Option 3: 12

Option 4: 19

Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.

Option 1: 15 – 21 

Option 2: 32 – 41

Option 3: 22 – 27 

Option 4: 31 – 35 

Question : Pune was once known as the capital of________.

Option 1: Scindias

Option 2: Holkars

Option 3: Bhonsles

Option 4: Peshwas

Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that when placed from left to right in the following blanks will complete the letter series.
ASDF_A_ _FG_UD_GA_ _FG

Option 1: GTDAFVD

Option 2: FTEAFWD

Option 3: FTDAFVD

Option 4: GTEAGXE

Question : $x$ is a negative number such that $k+k^{-1}=-2$, then what is the value of $\frac{k^2+4 k-2}{k^2+k-5}$?

Option 1: 7

Option 2: 1

Option 3: –7

Option 4: –1

Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".

She thought that she would destroy it with her own hands (rather than allowing) it to be misused.

(1) rather than allow

(2) than rather allowing

(3) than rather allow

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, OXYGEN is written as QZAIGP, and MIND is written as OKPF. How will DOCTOR be written in that language?

Option 1: FQEUPS

Option 2: EQDUPS

Option 3: FQEVQT

Option 4: EQEVQT

Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the sixth number is related to the fifth number.
144 : 36 :: 81 : ? :: 196 : 42

Option 1: 30

Option 2: 23

Option 3: 27

Option 4: 29

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.

Swaminathan had a table on which all his things, his coat, cap, slate, ink bottle, and books, were thrown in a confused (1)______ He sat on his stool and shut his eyes to (2) ________ what work he had for the day: first of course there was arithmetic – those five (3)_______ in profit and loss; then there was English – he had to copy down a page from his English lesson and write dictionary meanings of (4) _______ words; and then there was geography. And only two hours before him to do all this heap of work and get (5) ______ for school.

Question:

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

Option 1: alert

Option 2: fit

Option 3: ready

Option 4: fixed

Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Although pollution of land, sea, and air has been well documented, the latest and the least recognised version is the swelling tide of noise which is engulfing urban as well as rural areas. This has long-term implications for the ecology, health and productivity of a fast-developing country like India.

Unlike other pollutants, noise lacks visibility, seldom registering on the consciousness, except as a trifling irritant to be dismissed at will and therefore less likely to be perceived as a threat. Available data indicates that noise does pose a threat to health and is known to have caused a number of complications. Declining productivity among workers in certain industries has been directly correlated with noise levels, particularly those under constant exposure to the menace.

The first-ever survey of the impact of noise on health, conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AlIMS), has established that noise not only impairs the physical and psychological functioning of the human organism but also causes nausea, vomiting, pain, hypertension and a lot of other complications, including cardio-vascular complaints. A study by the Post Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai, confirms such conclusions. In 50 per cent of industries, it was found that workmen exposed to higher intensities of noise in occupational capacities were often irritated, short-tempered, impatient and more likely to resort to agitation and disrupt production. This was true of units in heavy industrial pockets in and around the four metropolitan centres.

Recreational noise, another ugly facet, is becoming more widespread in cities and towns. Loudspeakers are turned at full volume during marriages, festivals, jaguars, and musical programmes, particularly at night, without the least consideration for others. Even at 50 dB, sound can awaken a person from a deep slumber. As experiments have shown, loudspeakers with output from 60 to 80 dB cause the pupils of a slumbering person to dilate, with increasing intake of oxygen, resulting in palpitation. The effect is more pronounced in narrow lanes. TV sets are played at full volume at prime time, invariably disturbing neighbours. Noise-making seems to have become the latest status symbol, be it an election campaign, slogan shouting, or advertising ownership of a TV set.

Question:

In what way does noise become a status symbol?

Option 1: Exposing workmen to high intensity sounds

Option 2: Showing off the loud volume of one's TV

Option 3: Awakening people from deep sleep

Option 4: Conducting late night musical shows