Question : Directions: In the question,a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.
Children below the age of fourteen should be _______ sent to school.

Option 1: compel

Option 2: compulsory

Option 3: compulsively

Option 4: compulsorily

Question : Who is the author of the novel "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard?"

Option 1: Mira Nair

Option 2: Kiran Desai

Option 3: Arundhati Roy

Option 4: Anita Desai

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

SCRAWNY

Option 1: plump

Option 2: skinny

Option 3: heavy

Option 4: chubby

Question : Directions: Select the related letters from the given alternatives.
CAFD : IGLJ :: OMRP : ?

Option 1: ZYXW

Option 2: USXV

Option 3: UTSR

Option 4: PONM

Question : Directions: Improve the bracketed part of each sentence.

Mike quickly (brushed her past) without any sort of salutation.

(1) brushed past her

(2) brushed her

(3) brushy past

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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.

Another farmer's cotton harvest increased from 10 quintals to 14 quintals (1)_____ using pesticides and fertilisers on the suggestion (2)_____ the local agriculture extension officer. "I (3)______ doubts as I was going for organic cotton for the (4)_____ time," he said, "but I saved eight thousand rupees per acre (5)____ costs." He sold his cotton for almost seven lakhs, (6)______ he wants to use for his daughter's studies and to (7)________ a new house. Another farmer said he's got the first (8)' ________ crop' of his life this year. The 53-year-old used to grow red gram on his (9)_______ field. "But thanks to a government project, my village tank is full, and I could (10)_________ paddy in the Rabi season." He reaped 66 quintals from his two acres.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 9.

Option 1: unirrigated

Option 2: spoiled

Option 3: flooded

Option 4: drenched

Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
(56, 5, 9)
(80, 8, 12)

Option 1: (172, 8, 15)

Option 2: (151, 4, 13)

Option 3: (143, 12, 18)

Option 4: (100, 11, 14)

Question : Directions: Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?
4, 6, 11, 24, 51, 130, ?

Option 1: 298

Option 2: 289

Option 3: 277

Option 4: 241

Question :                     is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

Option 1: Epidemiology

Option 2: Ontology

Option 3: Saurology

Option 4: Haematology

Question : The sentence of a paragraph is given below. While the first and the last parts of the sentence (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the parts in between are jumbled up. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent sentence.

S1. Time has made the face
A. It remains so
B. that is being put on it
C. spite of the lipstick
D. my country stark, chastened and sad

S6. by the hand of the spiritual half-castes.

Option 1: CBDA

Option 2: CADB

Option 3: DACB

Option 4: CDAB