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.

As the doctor _______ into the room, the nurse handed him the temperature chart of the patient.

Option 1: Is coming

Option 2: Came

Option 3: Was coming

Option 4: Comes

Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related letter cluster from the given alternatives.
IMQ : KOS :: XBF : ?

Option 1: LOK

Option 2: ZFH

Option 3: MFH

Option 4: ZDH

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Deserts probably existed much (1)________ during former periods of global arid climate in the lee of mountain ranges that sheltered them from (2)_______ or in the centre of extensive continental regions. However, this would have been primarily before the evolution of angiosperms which are (3)________ as seed-producing plants. Only a few primitive plants, which may have been (4)_______ of the ancient desert vegetation, occur in present-day deserts. One (5)______ is the bizarre conifer relative tumboa, in the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number (1).

Option 1: early

Option 2: earliest

Option 3: earnest

Option 4: earlier

Question : If $x=\sqrt{3}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, y=\sqrt{3}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$, then the value of $\frac{x^2}{y}+\frac{y^2}{x}$ is:

Option 1: $\sqrt{3}$

Option 2: $3\sqrt{3}$

Option 3: $16\sqrt{3}$

Option 4: $2\sqrt{3}$

Question : Ravi Shankar is famous for which of the following musical instruments?

Option 1: Veena

Option 2: Sitar

Option 3: Algoza

Option 4: Flute

Question : In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one that best expresses the meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Have people rolling in the aisles

Option 1: To use false promises to pull people on one's side

Option 2: Make an audience laugh uncontrollably

Option 3: To have a dispute with someone

Option 4: Willing to do something immediately

Question : Directions: In the following question, which set of letters, when sequentially placed in the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it?
KK_LL_K_L_LL

Option 1: LKML

Option 2: LKKK

Option 3: LLKL

Option 4: LKKL

Question : Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. elderly is on the increase, and, although they constitute only
Q. a small minority of the retired population, their
R. in all advanced industrial societies the proportion of infirm
S. claim on social services is disproportionately heavy

Option 1: PSRQ

Option 2: RSPQ

Option 3: QPSR

Option 4: RPQS

Question : Select the appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word to fill in the blank.
Our administration uses _____ techniques to get their work done. They do not rely on overt tactics.

Option 1: covert

Option 2: apparent

Option 3: clear

Option 4: patent

Question : Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.

Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

Option 1: Escalate

Option 2: Ecstatic

Option 3: Intricate

Option 4: Scintillating