Question : Directions: In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four.

He is as firm _____ a rock.

Option 1: to

Option 2: as

Option 3: of

Option 4: like

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

Utmost

Option 1: Good

Option 2: Minimal

Option 3: Greatest

Option 4: Least

Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

The light bulbs (1) / on the hall (2) / need to be charged. (3) / No Error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cross a bridge when you come to it

Option 1: use different strategies to cross a bridge safely

Option 2: know all the dangers and difficulties likely to be faced and be prepared

Option 3: deal with something when it happens, and not worry about it beforehand

Option 4: plan to reach a place and then rest there

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Anna Pávlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Petersburg society was assembled there: people differing widely in age and character but alike in the social circle to which they belonged.

Prince Vasili's daughter, the beautiful Hélène, wore a ball dress and her badge as maid of honour. The youthful little Princess Bolkónskaya, known as the most fascinating woman in Petersburg was also there. Vasili's son, Hippolyte, Mortemart, and many others had also come.

To each new arrival Anna Pávlovna said, "You have not yet seen my aunt," or "You do not know my aunt?" and very gravely conducted him or her to a little old lady, wearing large bows of ribbon in her cap, who had come sailing in from another room as soon as the guests began to arrive; and slowly turning her eyes from the visitor to her aunt, Anna Pávlovna mentioned each one's name and then left them.

Each visitor performed the ceremony of greeting this old aunt whom not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know, and not one of them cared about; Anna Pávlovna observed these greetings with mournful and solemn interest and silent approval. The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own.

And each visitor, though politeness prevented his showing impatience, left the old woman with a sense of relief at having performed a vexatious duty and did not return to her the whole evening.

Question:
When the guests arrived, Anna:

Option 1: met them unwillingly

Option 2: took each one to meet her aunt

Option 3: excitedly took them to meet the Prince

Option 4: took some of them to meet her aunt

Question : In which of the following years was Birsa Munda arrested by the Britishers, convicted on charges of rioting and jailed for two years?

Option 1: 1897

Option 2: 1893

Option 3: 1895

Option 4: 1899

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Black Drongo also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian bird of the drongo family. Previously, it was seen as a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo but is now recognised as a full species. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm in length feeding on insects, it is commonly found in open agricultural areas and light forest areas throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines the species is famous for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, and never hesitates to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invade its territory. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting Black Drongo.
The Black Drongo has been introduced to some Pacific islands, where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there.
Drongos fly with strong flaps of the wing and are capable of fast manoeuvres that enable them to capture flying insects. With short legs, they sit upright on thorny bushes, bare perches or electricity wires. They may also perch on grazing animals.
The Black Drongo is found predominantly in open country and usually perches and hunts close to the ground. They are mostly aerial predators of insects but also glean from the ground or off vegetation.
They are found as summer visitors to northeastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan but are mainly resident south from the Indus Valley up to Bangladesh and into India and Sri Lanka.
Question:
The Black Drongos are also likely to migrate in summer to:

Option 1: India

Option 2: Southern China

Option 3: Sri Lanka

Option 4: Northern Pakistan

Question : Directions: Which letter cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series?
RJXU, ZANB, ?, PITP, XZJW

Option 1: HRDI

Option 2: JTEI

Option 3: HDRI

Option 4: JWPR

Question : Directions: Select the option that will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series.
456, 444, 420, 384, 336, ?

Option 1: 276

Option 2: 256

Option 3: 234

Option 4: 264

Question : Directions: Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the * signs and to balance the given equation.
221 * 17 * 3 * 60 * 7 * 10

Option 1: ÷, –, +, =, ×

Option 2: +, =, ×, ÷, –

Option 3: ÷, ×, +, =, +

Option 4: +, =, ×, +, ×