Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Rohan said, "I will arrive late."

Option 1: Rohan says that he is late in his arrival.

Option 2: Rohan said that he would arrive late.

Option 3: Rohan said that I will arrive late.

Option 4: Rohan said that he is arriving late.

Question : Directions: Which two symbols from amongst the given options should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
272 ÷ 17 – 196 ÷ (5 × 3 + 1) = 30

Option 1: × and –

Option 2: × and +

Option 3: + and ÷

Option 4: + and –

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

Option 1: Someone who cannot be won over

Option 2: Someone who is hypocritical

Option 3: Someone who is brave and courageous

Option 4: Someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened

Question : The "Gho" for men and the "Kera/Kira" for women are the traditional attire worn in:

Option 1: Sri Lanka

Option 2: Nepal

Option 3: Bhutan

Option 4: Myanmar

Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

I'm so hungry I could eat lots of food.

Option 1: like a horse

Option 2: sour grapes

Option 3: a horse

Option 4: poison

Question : Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.

A. The shelves in the library were filled with thick volumes: dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference books.
B. This shelf was quite high and out of his reach, so he had to fetch a ladder to pick a book that interested him.
C. Ritesh found nothing that interested him, until he came to a small section on photography, which was one of his hobbies.
D. Unfortunately, as he was climbing down the ladder, the book that he had chosen slipped from his hand and fell with a loud thud.

Option 1: ACBD

Option 2: ABCD

Option 3: ABDC

Option 4: ADBC

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.

It was my second year at boarding school. I was sitting on platform No. 8 (1)______ Ambala station, waiting for the north-bound train. My parents (2)______ me old enough to travel on my own. I (3)______ by bus to Ambala early in the evening. Now, (4)______ was a long wait till my train (5)______. Most of the time, I had been (6)______ up and down the platform, (7)______ at the bookstall, or feeding broken biscuits to stray dogs. (8)______ a train arrived, it would become (9)______. As the carriage doors opened, people would swoop down (10)______ the nervous little ticket collector at the gate.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 6.

Option 1: pacing

Option 2: patrolling

Option 3: probing

Option 4: panting

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.
Due to the fact that Shakespeare didn't produce an autobiography, (1)___________ is known about many parts of his life and some of it remains a (2)__________! Sometime before 1590, Shakespeare left Stratford. But where did he go? Again, it is not clear why, although one story suggests it is because he had been forced to run away from home after poaching deer! Little is known about what he did, but eventually he travelled to London, which was the biggest city in England, though much (3)_________ than it is today. London provided opportunities unavailable anywhere else in the country and many poor people went hoping to make their fortunes. Importantly for Shakespeare, London had theatres! The first of these was opened in 1576 and by 1590 there were several 'playhouses' including the Rose, the Theatre and the Curtain. (4)_____________ Shakespeare became an actor. However, he was soon writing plays too and by 1592, Shakespeare's work was being spoken about. One (5)__________ writer - Robert Greene - wrote rude things about this newcomer and referred to him as an 'upstart crow'. Disaster struck in 1593 when a terrible disease called the plague hit London. Thousands of people became unwell and died and this caused the theatres to shut. Rather than giving up, Shakespeare turned to writing poems rather than plays and soon the theatres were reopened.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

Option 1: secret

Option 2: history

Option 3: exotic

Option 4: mystery

Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.
6 : 18 :: 4 : ?

Option 1: 8

Option 2: 10

Option 3: 14

Option 4: 6

Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

APPRISE

Option 1: notify

Option 2: hide

Option 3: enlighten

Option 4: inform