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 blank.
Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children(1)_______ life. WHO is a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the (2)______ private-public partnership for health, which has (3)________ polio by 99%. Polio now survives (4)______ among the world's three poorest and (5)_________ marginalised communities, where it stalks the most (6)________ children. These are Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. (7)_____ poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries; all (8)______ remain at risk of importation of polio, (9)_______ vulnerable countries with weak public health and immunisation services. WHO's goal is (10)______ every last child with the polio vaccine and ensure a polio-free world for future generations.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option for the blank no.2.

Option 1: most large

Option 2: more large

Option 3: largest

Option 4: larger

Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Raghav said, "You should take a week to complete the job. In case you don't, just let me know how much time you will need."

Option 1: Raghav suggested that I should take a week to complete the job. He further said that in case I didn't, I should let him know how much time I would need.

Option 2: Raghav was saying that I should take a week to complete the job. He was also saying that in case I didn't, I should let him know how much time I would need.

Option 3: Raghav suggested that he would take a week to complete the job. He further said that in case he didn't, I should let him know how much time I would need.

Option 4: Raghav said that I should take a week to have completed the job. He further said that in case I couldn't, I should let him know how much time I needed.

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.

I arrived in Delhi in 2009 from a very small town. I had (1)______ lived in a big city before. It was a (2)______ experience for me. I walked around, learning (3)______ names of the streets and taking note (4)______ the shops. After months of wandering, I (5)______ that I had slowly become familiar with Delhi and (6)______ at home. On weekends, I packed some chapatis that (7)______ as my mid-day meal. Then I left for a (8)______ park where I spent hours (9)______ the people of my new city (10)______ feeding the birds with bits of chapatis.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

Option 1: in

Option 2: on

Option 3: at

Option 4: of

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
John said, "I cannot come with you."

Option 1: John says that he cannot come with me.

Option 2: John said that he will not be coming with me.

Option 3: John said that he would not come with me.

Option 4: John said that he could not come with me.

Question : In the given sentence, identify the segment that contains a grammatical error

Discuss how will you keep your surroundings clean and hygienic.

Option 1: will you keep

Option 2: your surroundings

Option 3: clean and hygienic

Option 4: Discuss how

Question :

Directions: Select the related word from the given alternatives.
Badminton : Shuttle :: Cricket : ?

Option 1: Dice

Option 2: Ball

Option 3: Striker

Option 4: Pitch

Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Blue Pottery is widely recognised as a traditional craft of Jaipur, though it is Turko-Persian in origin. The name 'blue pottery' comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to colour the pottery. It is relatively unusual as a type of luxury Indian pottery as most Indian types are functional and though often highly decorated, relatively low prestige wares. Jaipur blue pottery is glazed and low-fired. No clay is used: the 'dough' for the pottery is prepared by mixing quartz stone powder, powdered glass, fuller's earth, borax, gum and water.

Some of this pottery is semi-transparent and mostly decorated with bird and animal motifs. Being fired at very low temperatures makes them fragile. The range of items is primarily decorative, such as vases, coasters, small bowls, and boxes for trinkets. The colour palette is restricted to blue derived from the cobalt oxide, green from the copper oxide and white, though other non-conventional colours, such as yellow and brown, are sometimes included. The use of blue glaze on pottery is an imported technique, first developed by artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts. This technique travelled east to India with early Turkic conquests in the 14th century. During its infancy, it was used to make tiles to decorate mosques, tombs and palaces in Central Asia. Later, following their conquests and arrival in India, the Mughals began using them in India. Gradually the blue glaze technique grew beyond an architectural accessory to Indian potters. From there, the technique travelled to the plains of Delhi and in the 17th century went to Jaipur.

Other accounts of the craft state that blue pottery came to Jaipur in the early 19th century under the ruler Sawai Ram Singh II. The Jaipur king had sent local artisans to Delhi to be trained in the craft. However, by the 1950s, blue pottery had all but vanished from Jaipur, when it was re-introduced through the efforts of the muralist and painter Kripal Singh Shekhawat, with the support of patrons such as Kamladevi Chattopadhaya and Rajmata Gayatri Devi.

Question:

 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Option 1: Rajmata Gayatri Devi patronised the craft of blue pottery.

Option 2: The green colour used in blue pottery is obtained from copper oxide.

Option 3: The blue glaze technique was used to embellish mosques and tombs.

Option 4: Blue pottery is fired at a low temperature for strength.

Question : How many independent princely states were integrated into India after independence?

Option 1: 575

Option 2: 545

Option 3: 535

Option 4: 562

Question : Which Indian is the first recipient of the Fundamental Physics Prize?

Option 1: Ashoke Sen

Option 2: C V Raman

Option 3: S N Bose

Option 4: Homi J Bhabha

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, he is my friend is coded as 5692, my aunt is ill is coded as 7635, friend is ill is coded as 627. What is the code for the word aunt in this code language?

Option 1: 5

Option 2: 7

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 6