It's a Question of your Career!

Question : Select the word that is opposite in meaning (ANTONYM) to the word given below.

Sinister

Option 1: Propitious

Option 2: Ominous

Option 3: Baleful

Option 4: Foreboding

Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.

Option 1: 11

Option 2: 17

Option 3: 19

Option 4: 21

Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

The cat ate all the pastries.

Option 1: All the pastries is eaten by the cat.

Option 2: All the pastries were eaten by the cat.

Option 3: All the pastries had been eaten by the cat.

Option 4: All the pastries are eaten by the cat.

Question : Magnalium is an alloy of

Option 1: Aluminium and Mangnesium

Option 2: magnesium and Tin

Option 3: Aluminium and Zinc

Option 4: Manganese and Magnesium

Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No Error".

I felt that / I was be groomed / for success in the world.

Option 1: No Error

Option 2: I was be groomed

Option 3: I felt that

Option 4: for success in the world

Question : The following bar graph shows the amounts (in INR lakhs) invested by a company in purchasing raw materials and the values (in INR lakhs) of finished goods sold by the company, from 2012 to 2017.


The difference between the average amount invested in purchasing raw materials from 2012 to 2017 and the average value of sales of finished goods during the same period from 2012 to 2017 is:

Option 1: INR 86 lakhs

Option 2: INR 90 lakhs

Option 3: INR 80 lakhs

Option 4: INR 85 lakhs

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

Mona said to me, "Are you planning a trip to Disneyland?"

Option 1: Mona enquired of me if I was planning a trip to Disneyland.

Option 2: Mona asked me that was I planning a trip to Disneyland?

Option 3: Mona enquired of me that was I planning a trip to Disneyland.

Option 4: Mona asked me if I had been planning a trip to Disneyland?

Question : In the Indian Constitution, fundamental rights were taken from the Constitution of

Option 1: USA

Option 2: UK

Option 3: USSR

Option 4: None of these

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.

We know infinitely (1)________ about the wealthy people of Egypt than we do about the ordinary people, as most monuments were made for the rich. Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived have not been preserved, and when most people died they were (2)_______ in simple graves. Most of our traditional sources of information (3)_______ the Old Kingdom are monuments of the rich (4)_______ pyramids and tombs. Even papyri come mainly from pyramid temples. (5) ________ this does not mean that death was the Egyptians’ only
preoccupation.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.

Option 1: more

Option 2: most

Option 3: much

Option 4: many

Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

You go up a dark, rickety stairwell of a building on a crowded street in Calcutta. You enter a small room. The centre of the room is empty but the corners are stacked with bedrolls, utensils and water bottles. Musical instruments, drums, cymbals and gongs are piled in a corner. Today, the room is filled with the laughter of men and women in colourful attire. Among the happy chorus of congratulations and laughter, the bride Chumki Pal and the groom Sandeep can be seen smiling. They are both blind, as are most of the people surrounding them. Pal is wearing a bright turquoise blue sari. “I know it’s blue because people have told me but I can’t imagine how it looks. But believe me, when I dream, I dream only in colours,” she says. Their romance blossomed when they met as members of Blind Opera, the only one of its kind in the country as well as in Asia.

The 36 spirited members of Blind Opera demonstrate that physical disability is not an obstacle. They enact plays by Rabindranath Tagore, considered challenging even by veteran theatre groups. Blind Opera was launched in 1996 by four theatre aficionados, who took it as a challenge to get together the talents of these visually impaired people. The challenge to present the cast on stage is immense since space management is a problem. To solve this, the directors use ropes to separate the stage and the wings. When the actors step on the rope they know that it is the entrance to the stage. The members cannot see, but they can smell, hear and touch – three elements inherent to any theatre. At Blind Opera, they “believe that the blind can see. That is, they see in their own way, if not in our way, with the help of these abilities.”

For the visually impaired, theatre is the medium for the expression of their creative urges. They respond instinctively; they cannot copy anyone else because they cannot see. Their body language tells the story and hence it is very spontaneous. The members have earned kudos from Calcutta audiences. For the members of the troupe, discovering the language of the body is in a way also a journey of the persona. Coming from diverse backgrounds but bound together by the same disability, they have found an outlet for their creativity through the plays. They do not feel isolated anymore because they can relate to their fellow performers. There is also a greater purpose behind it: to use theatre to build a community and mainstream the huge number of disabled living in isolation. Together they can be a force to demand better facilities in public life. Blind children should enter the mainstream from the beginning. The big dream of the group is to establish a drama school following the ideal of Tagore’s Shantiniketan, offering a platform for creative expression to all those who are economically and socially forced to stay in the periphery. Like Chumki Pal, they all dream in colour.

Question:

The members of Blind Opera demonstrate that:

Option 1: blindness is a great hindrance

Option 2: their talent cannot be tapped

Option 3: the visually challenged lack expression

Option 4: physical disability is not an obstacle