Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every happy home should have a dog. Ours was a happy family, but we missed a dog. Our family comprised of four siblings: the parents and the grandfather. Our grandfather, whom we called Dadaji, was an awesome person—a strict disciplinarian and a bit whimsical.
One fine morning, happiness exploded in our courtyard. Our maid had rescued a puppy from being crushed on the road, and she came straight to our house. He was the cutest puppy we had ever seen. He was not a pedigreed one, but he was intelligent and had playful eyes. His white coat bore dark black tiger stripes. No sooner had he come to our house than he started playing with us as if he had found his old friends. Our maid called him Moti, and it was approved by all instantly.
But there was a catch. Dadaji never liked dogs. Our happiness was doused with the clearly visualised apprehension that Dadaji would throw away the puppy along with the maid from the house. Sensing the problem, our mother devised a cogent argument to convince him of the utility of the puppy. Mother tried to convince Dadaji that the puppy, when he grew up, would protect the house against thieves. Dadaji looked at the puppy in a measured way and derisively commented, “Let’s see,” and reclined on the easy chair with a newspaper in his hands. It was typical of him—every time he would concede somebody's argument, he would recline on his favourite easy chair with a newspaper.
For three months, ours was the happiest family in the world.
But dogs will be dogs. Moti committed a huge mistake. Our dadaji used wooden sandals with leather straps as footwear.
On that fateful night, Moti, with nothing else attracting his attention, smelled something leathery and started chewing the leather straps off the sandals. By morning, the leather straps were reduced to smithereens.
When Dadaji woke up in the morning and lowered his feet to wear the sandals, he was aghast.
The sandals were missing.
In the courtyard, he saw the shocking scene of the total destruction of his sandals. From disbelief to anger, and from anger to rage, within two minutes, Dadaji was a fireball. “Where is Moti?” he shouted, heaving heavily. All of us, including Mom, were looking for cover. Moti, too, realised his mistake and its consequences. He sheepishly sneaked behind the dining table. But his fate had been sealed.

Question:
What can be inferred from this statement: But his fate had been sealed?

Option 1: Nothing can stop something unpleasant happening to Moti.

Option 2: Dadaji would understand and forgive Moti.

Option 3: The family would rebel against dadaji.

Option 4: Moti would not come out of his hiding.

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The librarian said to her, "Can you return the books?"

Option 1: The librarian asked her if she could return the books.

Option 2: The librarian greeted her if she could return the books.

Option 3: The librarian asked her that if she could return the books.

Option 4: The librarian asked her that could she return her books.

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

When consuming your favourite fruit is forbidden by your doctor or dietician, it is time to find out why rather than trying to have more of it on the sly. Conventional diet advice for weight watchers and diabetics puts mangoes on the red list, and not without reason. Keeping scientific information about mangoes in mind, recommendations about the fruit warrant a relook. This is because of its impact on body weight, blood sugar, and health. It's true that ripe mangoes are high in carbohydrates and sugars and have a high glycemic index. One of the seventh most popular fruits worldwide, it provides roughly 80 kilocalories per 100 g (a medium-sized ripe mango would carry about 130–150 calories), which mainly comes from carbohydrates (20 per cent).

Due to their high sugar content, mangoes are high in calories. But does this mean that diabetics and weight-watchers should be banned from having it? The answer is no, if one adjusts for calories, i.e., substitutes it with an equivalent amount of calories and carbohydrates in the meal.

Better still, combine it with a low-glycemic food. Low-glycemic foods include pulses, legumes, low-fat dairy (milk, curd), vegetables, nuts, and seeds. So mangoes can make a safe entry into the diet if one is able to keep the caloric intake and carbohydrates constant, i.e., take the right amounts. With over 2,500 varieties around the world, the popularity of mangoes clearly lies in their aromatic sweetness. This tropical fruit can also boast a huge array of impressive health benefits.

The mango is known to be an excellent source of many vitamins, such as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin), and vitamin A (B-carotene). Ripe mangoes generally possess a higher number of phenolics, researchers say. This makes mangoes a good source of antioxidants with anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. With reasonably good fibre content, it provides a good combination of soluble and insoluble fibre. Soluble fibre is good for digestion, and its insoluble variant is good for the management of blood cholesterol and sugar levels.

But before you start planning a mango party, there is a need for caution. Remember that mangoes, being high in sugar, predominantly fructose, should be consumed in appropriate portions. This is particularly true for weight-watchers, diabetics, and those with high cholesterol levels.

Question:
Ripe mangoes have a higher number of phenolics which makes them:

Option 1: a good source of antioxidants

Option 2: nighly nutritious

Option 3: a high-glycaemic food

Option 4: nighly rich in fructose

Question : Directions: Arrange the following words in the sequence in which they occur in the English dictionary.
1. Spark
2. Smile
3. Style
4. Smart
5. Sales

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

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

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

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

Question : Directions: Select the option that will replace the question mark (?) in the figure given below to complete the pattern.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Question : Which of the following is written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?

Option 1: Chokher Bali

Option 2: Durgeshnandini

Option 3: Maila Aanchal

Option 4: Pratigya

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Take a cue from someone

Option 1: be strongly influenced by someone

Option 2: wait patiently to listen to someone

Option 3: take someone's position in the queue

Option 4: treat someone as very important

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, MAYOR is written as WSBCN, and MARCH is written as MGUCN. How will ISSUE be written in that language?

Option 1: JYVVJ

Option 2: JYVUJ

Option 3: JUVYJ

Option 4: JYVJK

Question : Whose autobiography is titled "And Then One Day: A Memoir"?

Option 1: Anupam Kher

Option 2: Naseeruddin Shah

Option 3: Boman Irani

Option 4: Kabir Bedi