Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

By contrast, depression is a (1)_____ long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more (2)_____ A depression is a more (3)_____ downturn than a recession, which is seen by some economists as part of the modern business cycle. The latter refers to (4)_____ that occur around a long-term growth trend and typically involve shifts over time between (5)_____ of relatively rapid economic growth (an expansion or boom) and periods of relative stagnation or decline (a contraction or recession).

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

Option 1: curtained

Option 2: abstained

Option 3: stained

Option 4: sustained

Question : Lachhu Maharaj was a noted Indian classical dancer and choreographer of ________.

Option 1: Kathak

Option 2: Odissi

Option 3: Chhau

Option 4: Kuchipudi

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Louisiana hosts one of the (1)_____ well-known celebration - Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday". This (2)_____ is sometimes called "Shrove Tuesday", (3)_____ wear masks and costumes. overturn social conventions, dance, and organise competitions and parades. Related popular practices (4)_____ associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated (5)_____ the penitential season of Lent.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

Option 1: from

Option 2: with

Option 3: of

Option 4: off

Question : The side of a square is equal to 40% of the radius of a sphere. If the volume of the sphere is $\frac{500 \pi}{3} \mathrm{~m}^3$, then what is the area of the square?

Option 1: 2 m²

Option 2: 1 m²

Option 3: 9 m²

Option 4: 4 m²

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.
Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1)_____. But it is also thought of in (2)_____ to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)_____ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)_____ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)_____ with his inner self.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: suffering

Option 2: harmony

Option 3: menace

Option 4: loathing

Question : According to Census 2011, which among the following has the minimum population density?

Option 1: Chandigarh

Option 2: Andhra Pradesh

Option 3: Arunachal Pradesh

Option 4: Sikkim

Question : Directions: Which one of the given responses is the meaningful order of the following?
1. Weaving
2. Cotton
3. Cloth
4. Thread

Option 1: 2, 4, 1, 3

Option 2: 2, 4, 3, 1

Option 3: 4, 2, 1, 3

Option 4: 3, 1, 4, 2

Question : A man can swim at a speed of 14 km/hr in still water. If he takes twice the time as long to swim opposite the flow of the river than with the flow of the river, find the rate of the stream in km/hr.

Option 1: $\frac{14}{5}$

Option 2: $\frac{11}{5}$

Option 3: $\frac{11}{4}$

Option 4: $\frac{14}{3}$

Question : Which of the following sports was not played at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (played in 2021)?

Option 1: Boxing

Option 2: Wrestling

Option 3: Weightlifting

Option 4: Wushu

Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.
(No sooner had the ink dried on last week's column, that) one of my long-suffering 17 readers was into action.

Option 1: No sooner had the ink dry on last week's column, than

Option 2: No sooner did the ink dried on last week's column, than

Option 3: No substitution required

Option 4: No sooner had the ink dried on last week's column, than