Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given that follow.

An excavation of ancient Babylon revealed evidence that Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. This is the first concrete evidence we have of a soap-like substance. The early soap makers were Babylonians, Mesopotamians, and Egyptians, as well as the ancient Greeks and Romans. All of them made soap by mixing fat, oils, and salts. Soap wasn't made and used for bathing and personal hygiene but was rather produced for cleaning cooking utensils or goods or was used for medicine purposes. The early references to soap making were for the use of soap in cleaning wool and cotton used in textile manufacture, which was used medicinally for at least 5000 years.
Soap is a product for cleaning made from natural ingredients that may include both plant and animal products, including items such as animal fat, such as tallow, or vegetable oil, such as castor, olive, or coconut oil. Soap supposedly got its name from Mount Sapo in Rome. The word 'sapo', Latin for soap, first appeared in Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis. The first soap was made by the Babylonians around 2800 B.C.
Soap-making history goes back many thousands of years. In the early beginnings of soap making, it was an exclusive technique used by small groups of soap makers. The demand for soap was high, but it was very expensive, and there was a monopoly on soap production in many areas. Back then, plant byproducts and animal and vegetable oils were the main ingredients in soap. The price of soap was significantly reduced in 1791 when a Frenchman by the name of LeBlanc discovered a chemical process that allowed soap to be made cheaply and sold for significantly less money. More than 20 years later, another Frenchman identified relationships between glycerine, fats, and acid—what marked the beginning of modern soap-making. With the discovery of another method of making soap, soap became even less expensive. Since that time, there have been no major discoveries, and the same processes are used for the soap making we use and enjoy today.
Advances came as the science of chemistry developed because more was understood about the ingredients. In the mid-nineteenth century, soap for bathing became a separate commodity from laundry soap, with milder soaps being packaged, sold, and made available for personal use. Liquid hand soaps were invented in the 1970s, and this invention keeps soaps in the public eye.
Today, there are many different kinds of soaps made for a vast array of purposes. Soap is available for personal, commercial, and industrial use. There is handmade, homemade, and commercially produced soap; there is soap used to wash clothes, dishes, and cars; there is soap used for your pet; there is soap for your carpet; and there is also soap for your child.

Question:-

In the eighteenth century, which ingredient was NOT used in making soap?

Option 1: Plant byproducts

Option 2: Animal fat

Option 3: Vegetable oils

Option 4: Glycerin

Question : Who among the following was the first chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

Option 1: B. R. Ambedkar

Option 2: Sachchidananda Sinha

Option 3: Rajendra Prasad

Option 4: S. Radhakrishnan

Question : ______ was voted as the winner of the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020.

Option 1: Virat Kohli

Option 2: Yuvraj Singh

Option 3: MS Dhoni

Option 4: Sachin Tendulkar

Question : In February 2020, the Indian Railways launched its first "Restaurant on Wheels." The restaurant was inaugurated at the circulating area of the ____________Railway Station.

Option 1: Chennai Central

Option 2: Trivandrum Central

Option 3: Asansol

Option 4: Cuttack

Question : Select the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the given sentence.

On several occasions he defended the cause of moderation and justice against the fanatical crusaders.

Option 1: Liberal

Option 2: Generous

Option 3: Profound

Option 4: Intolerant

Question : Which of the following is not an east-flowing river of Kerala?

Option 1: Chandragiri

Option 2: Bhavani

Option 3: Pambar

Option 4: Kabini

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. 6.

Option 1: feeling

Option 2: feel

Option 3: felt

Option 4: feels

Question : In which year did the Rajya Sabha meet for the first time?

Option 1: 1952

Option 2: 1947

Option 3: 1950

Option 4: 1954

Question : In which of the following Hindu months is the festival of Diwali celebrated?

Option 1: Phalgun

Option 2: Chaitra

Option 3: Kartik

Option 4: Sawan

Question : Directions: Select the word that cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
TRADITIONAL

Option 1: LAID

Option 2: TRADE

Option 3: RADIATION

Option 4: RATIONAL