Question : A sum of Rs. 400 becomes Rs. 448 at simple interest in 2 years. In how many years will the sum of Rs. 550 amounts to Rs. 682 at the same rate?

Option 1: 2 years

Option 2: 3 years

Option 3: 3.5 years

Option 4: 4 years

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.

Redwing had read (1)____that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2)_________for a novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood." Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)______if this whole (4)________ was unfolding more like a novel and would be (5)__________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you had a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

Option 1: wholesome

Option 2: negligently

Option 3: somewhere

Option 4: careless

Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

The drainage systems of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of the subcontinent. Accordingly, the Indian rivers are divided into two major groups: the Himalayan rivers; and the Peninsular rivers.
 

Apart from originating from the two major physiographic regions of India, the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers are different from each other in many ways. Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial. It means that they have water throughout the year. These rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains. The major Himalayan rivers are the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. These rivers are long and are joined by many large and important tributaries. A river along with its tributaries may be called a river system. The two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra originate from the north of the mountain ranges. They cut through the mountains making gorges in the upper course. The perennial Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. They perform intensive erosional activity in their upper courses and carry huge loads of silt and sand with their swift current. In the middle and the lower courses, these rivers form meanders, oxbow lakes, levees, and many other depositional features in their floodplains as their speed slackens. They also have well-developed deltas.
 

A large number of the Peninsular rivers like the Godavari, Kaveri, and Krishna are seasonal, as their flow is dependent on rainfall. During the dry season when it doesn’t rain, even the large rivers have reduced flow of water in their channels. The Peninsular rivers have shorter and shallower courses as compared to their Himalayan counterparts. However, some of them originate in the central highlands and flow towards the west. Most of the rivers of peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal.

Question:

‘Slackened speed’ suggests:

Option 1: average speed

Option 2: tremendous speed

Option 3: maximum speed

Option 4: reduced speed

Question : In which year did James Mill publish a massive three-volume work, “A History of British India”?

Option 1: 1815

Option 2: 1807

Option 3: 1805

Option 4: 1817

Question : Directions: Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. You have to consider these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follows (s) from the given statements.
Statements:
All tools are spanners.
Some spanners are utensils.
No spanner is an iron.
Conclusions:
(I) Some tools are irons.
(II) Some utensils are tools.
(III) Some utensils are not iron.

Option 1: Only conclusion III follows

Option 2: All conclusions I, II, and III follow

Option 3: Only conclusion I follows

Option 4: Either conclusion I or conclusion III follows

Question : Which of the following is not a fundamental duty?

Option 1: To abide by the Constitution and respect the National Flag

Option 2: To promote harmony and brotherhood

Option 3: To uphold and protect the sovereignty

Option 4: Abolition of titles except military and academic

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

On cloud nine

Option 1: Extremely happy and excited

Option 2: Very far away from home

Option 3: Knowledgeable and wise

Option 4: Crazy and foolish

Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at PQ as shown below.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Question : A person from the top of a hill observes a vehicle moving towards him at a uniform speed. It takes 10 minutes for the angle of depression to change from $45^{\circ}$ to $60^{\circ}$. After this, the time required by the vehicle to reach the bottom of the hill is:

Option 1: 12 minutes 20 seconds

Option 2: 13 minutes

Option 3: 13 minutes 40 seconds

Option 4: 14 minutes 24 seconds

Question : In which country is the volcano Mount Gamkonora, the highest peak of Halmahera island, which erupted in July 2007 located ?

Option 1: Japan

Option 2: Indonesia

Option 3: Russia

Option 4: France