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Question : In which of the following soil conservation methods where different crops are grown in alternate rows and sown at times to protect the soil from rain wash?

Option 1: Shelter belts

Option 2: Contour ploughing

Option 3: Terrace farming

Option 4: Intercropping

Question : Which of the following musical instruments does Ustad Amjad Ali Khan play?

Option 1: Shehnai

Option 2: Sarod

Option 3: Tabla

Option 4: Sitar

Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster.
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Option 1: 12MZ2

Option 2: 2Z21M

Option 3: 2Z12K

Option 4: 4Z14

Question : In what ratio must a shopkeeper mix two types of rice worth INR 55 per kg and INR 70 per kg, so that the average cost of the mixture is INR 65 per kg?

Option 1: 1 : 2

Option 2: 2 : 3

Option 3: 3 : 2

Option 4: 1 : 3

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:

How do the actors of Blind Opera ascertain they are on stage?

Option 1: By the cheering of the audience

Option 2: By their sense of smell and touch

Option 3: By their familiarity with the stage

Option 4: By the ropes used to demarcate the area

Question : If 60% of P = ($\frac{6}{7}$) of Q, then what is P : Q?

Option 1: 10 : 7

Option 2: 18 : 5

Option 3: 9 : 5

Option 4: 17 : 19

Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The more harder / you work, / the better / it will be.

Option 1: The more harder

Option 2: you work

Option 3: it will be

Option 4: the better

Question : In one hour, a boat goes 12 km along the stream and 8 km against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr)?

Option 1: 8

Option 2: 12

Option 3: 10

Option 4: 9

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, CANDIDATE is written as DNACIETAD. How will FERMENTED be written in that language?

Option 1: MFRFENETD

Option 2: MREFEDETN

Option 3: FREMEDTTN

Option 4: RMEFENETD

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.

A hummingbird’s brilliant throat colour is not caused by feather (1) ________, but rather by iridescence in the arrangement of the feathers. Light level, moisture, angle of viewing, wear and tear and other factors all (2) ______ just how bright and colourful the throat may appear. Hummingbirds cannot walk or hop, though their feet can be used to (3) _____ sideways while they are perched. These birds have evolved smaller feet to be lighter for more (4) ______ flying. They will use their feet for itching and (5) _______, however.

Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: preening

Option 2: devouring

Option 3: flouncing

Option 4: scintillating