Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
Quarantine and self-isolation need not be monotonous and stifling. They can be the gateway to work, be it in the arts or the sciences, that define the history of the world. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, John Milton and Lord Byron used much time to add to their formidable body of work in science and literature. It was not called lockdown in their time, but they spent long spells in isolation when medicine was not as developed as it is now.
The University of Cambridge, where all four were studied, delved into its archives to collate their activities during such periods of isolation centuries ago. Isaac Newton (Trinity College): Considered Trinity’s most accomplished alumni, he exemplified productivity during a pandemic. Like many in Cambridge during the Great Plague of 1655-56, he retreated to the countryside to escape the disease-ridden city and spent two extended periods at his family home in rural Lincolnshire. Newton thrived in isolation, and later described it as one of the most productive times in his life, finding the space to reflect on and develop his theories on optics, calculus, and the law of motion and gravity. It was during this time that he conducted his famous prism experiment. “He bored a hole through his window shutters to produce a single, thin beam of light to pass through two prisms, proving for the first time that prisms did not create colours, but merely separated colours that were already there,” the university’s researcher, Alisha Matthewson-Grand, wrote. “Indeed, Newton was so intellectually transformed by his period of isolation that later commentators have referred to his time away from Cambridge as his annus mirabilis, or his year of wonders.” Charles Darwin (Christ’s College): Darwin’s experience with isolation was not the result of a pandemic but his own chronic ill health. He suffered from a myriad of unexplained symptoms, including vertigo, vomiting, cramps, fatigue, anxiety and visual disturbances. He noted in his autobiography of 1876 that “few persons can have lived a more retired life than we [Darwin and his wife Emma] have done. Besides short visits to the houses of relations, and occasionally to the seaside or elsewhere, we have gone nowhere.” Darwin believed that periods of isolation and ill health helped his career. At home, he was free from the demands placed on other scientists (teaching, administrative work), and thus able to devote himself entirely to research; he wrote: “Ill-health, though it has annihilated several years of my life, has saved me from the distractions of society and amusement.” Lord Byron (Trinity College): In 1811, Lord Byron was forced to quarantine in Malta after returning from a cholera-ravaged Greece. He was furious at the prospect of spending 40 days in lockdown, a measure he considered to be draconian and unnecessary. While confined, he wrote ‘Farewell to Malta’, a satirical poem attacking the island for (among other things) “Its smoky towns and cloudy sky” and its “cursed street of stairs”. He references his quarantine explicitly in the first verse “Adieu, thou damned’st quarantine / That gave mefever, and the spleen!’. John Milton (Christ’s College): The author of ‘Paradise Lost’ spent some time away from Cambridge as a first-year undergraduate in 1626, when the town was hit by bubonic plague. He was home in London when he wrote Elegia Prima, his first Latin elegy. The work is an early example of his aptitude for verse composition, as well as his impressive flair for comedy.
Question:
How did periods of isolation and ill health help Darwin in his career?

Option 1: He was able to devote time to his research.

Option 2: He was resting and getting cured of his chronic ill health.

Option 3: He was free to teach and do administrative work.

Option 4: He and his wife could spend time together and visit their relatives.

Question : The Headquarters of World Health Organisation (WHO) is at:

Option 1: London

Option 2: Geneva

Option 3: Paris

Option 4: Washington

Question : Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully.
The percentage of employees who called in sick and the number of employees who left their jobs within 2 years (were reflective of the level of job satisfaction).

Option 1: are reflective of the level of job satisfaction

Option 2: is reflective of the level of job satisfaction

Option 3: has reflected the level of job satisfaction

Option 4: were reflective on the level of job satisfaction

Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Louis was enthralled by the concept of a raised dots system.
B. He made up his mind to use the technique to represent an alphabetic code.
C. Blind persons could read large-letter books that are bulky with the aid of this alphabet code.
D. Additionally, he developed the six-dot cell technology, which was at his fingertips.

Option 1: DCAB

Option 2: BCDA

Option 3: ABCD

Option 4: CDBA

Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.
1. Cartoon
2. Carrier
3. Carrying
4. Carousel
5. Carnival
6. Carriage

Option 1: 5, 4, 2, 6, 3, 1

Option 2: 5, 4, 6, 3, 2, 1

Option 3: 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 3

Option 4: 5, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1

Question : The average mark of 60 students in a class is 62. The average marks of boys and girls in that subject are 60 and 65, respectively. The number of boys in the class is:

Option 1: 36

Option 2: 25

Option 3: 41

Option 4: 34

Question : Which among the following carries impure blood to human heart ?

Option 1: Aorta

Option 2: Pulmonary vein

Option 3: Pulmonary arteries

Option 4: Vena Cava

Question : Directions: From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
ORGANISATION

Option 1: GRANT

Option 2: NATION

Option 3: GIANTS

Option 4: ORANGE

Question : Two candidates contested an election. One of them got 64% of the votes and won by 434 votes. What was the total number of votes polled?

Option 1: 1550

Option 2: 1345

Option 3: 1680

Option 4: 1684

Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).

The old car thumped along over the stony road.

(1) creaked

(2) crawled

(3) chugged

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)