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:

According to a survey conducted by AIIMS, noise does NOT cause:

Option 1: heart related complaint

Option 2: eye infections

Option 3: hypertension

Option 4: nausea and vomiting

Question : A person will have brown eyes, blue eyes or black eyes depending on the particular pigment present in the:

Option 1: Pupil

Option 2: Cornea

Option 3: Iris

Option 4: Choroid

Question : Which among the following statements is true regarding international date line ?

Option 1: It is 180 degree longitude.

Option 2: It is a straight line 

Option 3: It is a big circle.

Option 4: It is a curved line beyond earth.

Question : The average age of six members of a family is 40 years. If the age of a guest is included, then the average age is increased by 12.5%. What is the age (in years) of the guest?

Option 1: 59

Option 2: 65

Option 3: 75

Option 4: 69

Question : Directions: Arrange the following words as per the order in the dictionary.
1. Direction
2. Directed
3. Director
4. Directing

Option 1: 1, 4, 3, 2

Option 2: 2, 4, 1, 3

Option 3: 4, 2, 3, 1

Option 4: 4, 1, 2, 3

Question : Special Drawing Rights were created by which of the following?

Option 1: IBRD

Option 2: ADB

Option 3: IMF

Option 4: WTO

Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.

There is no _____ the fact that traditions have a greater hold on the public than anything else.

Option 1: jigging

Option 2: denying

Option 3: abducting

Option 4: bemusing

Question : The movement inside the earth's crust is studied by which of the following?

Option 1: Geology

Option 2: Seismology

Option 3: Plate tectonics

Option 4: Pantograph

Question : In October 2022, the ‘Tele-MANAS’ initiative was launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. What does ‘M’ stand for in MANAS?

Option 1: Memorandum

Option 2: Multicultural

Option 3: Medicinal

Option 4: Mental health

Question :

The newly hatched tadpole breaths through its:

Option 1: Lung    

Option 2:

External gills

Option 3:

Internal gills

Option 4:

All the above