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.

His only (1)_____ was that he had no rifle. While running away from the village below, he had forgotten the rifle in a hurry. An unpardonable (2)_____, but it was now too late to make amends for it. (3)_____ he had the rifle, his pursuers would not have dared follow him with such brazen confidence. He would have hidden behind a rock and waited for them. As they came within his rifle's range, he would have picked them off one by one. But now he could do (4)_____ about it. He was unarmed. But come what may, he must (5)_____ of their rifle's range.

Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: lapse

Option 2: yearn

Option 3: reward

Option 4: crime

Question :

Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives.
Pascal : Pressure :: ? : ?

Option 1: Hectare : Volume

Option 2: Speed : Temperature

Option 3: Joule : Work

Option 4: Time : Seconds

Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No correction required'.

The mermaid murmured that it had been very difficult for her to live far from human civilisation.

Option 1: it had

Option 2: No correction required

Option 3: this has been

Option 4: this had been

Question : If the difference between the two numbers is 20 percent of their sum, then what is the ratio of larger number and smaller number?

Option 1: 6 : 5

Option 2: 5 : 4

Option 3: 4 : 3

Option 4: 3 : 2

Question : At a certain annual rate (rounded off to the nearest integer) of simple interest, a sum of money becomes nine times its original value in 21 years. By how much does the rate of interest change if the same sum of money has to become 12 times its original value in 25 years?

Option 1: Decreases by 6%

Option 2: Increases by 6%

Option 3: Increases by 8%

Option 4: Decreases by 8%

Question : Two trains 320 m and 205 m in length are running towards each other on parallel lines. One train runs at the rate of 70 kmph and the other train runs at the rate of 56 kmph. Find the time they will take to cross each other (in seconds).

Option 1: 10

Option 2: 20

Option 3: 12

Option 4: 15

Question : A mixture of 70 litres of wine and water contains 10% of water. How much water must be added to make the water $12 \frac{1}{2}\%$ of the resulting mixture?

Option 1: 5 litres

Option 2: 3 litres

Option 3: 2 litres

Option 4: 4 litres

Question : Directions: Which one of the following responses would be a meaningful order of the following in ascending order?
1. Atom
2. Matter
3. Molecule
4. Electron

Option 1: 4, 1, 3, 2

Option 2: 3, 1, 4, 2

Option 3: 3, 4, 1, 2

Option 4: 1, 2, 3, 4

Question : Directions: The second number in the given number pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operations(s) on the first number. The same operation(s) are followed in all the number pairs except one. Find that odd number pair.

Option 1: 6 : 12

Option 2: 10 : 60

Option 3: 8 : 40

Option 4: 7 : 21

Question : The arc length of a sector of a circle that subtends a $22.5^{\circ}$ angle at the centre is given as $16.5$ cm. What will be the radius (in cm) of the circle? [Use $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$]

Option 1: 35

Option 2: 49

Option 3: 42

Option 4: 48