It's a Question of your Career!

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
'What's your name, boy?' said the gentleman in the high chair. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble and speak in a very low and hesitating voice.
'Listen to me. You know you're an orphan, I suppose? And that you were brought up by the parish, don't you?'
'Yes, sir,' replied Oliver, weeping bitterly.
'I hope you say your prayers every night,' said another gentleman in a gruff voice, 'and pray for the people who feed you, and take care of you'.
'Yes, sir,' stammered the boy.
'Well! You have come here to be educated, and taught a useful trade,' said the red-faced gentleman in the high chair.

Poor Oliver! He little thought, as he lay sleeping, happily unconscious of things around him, that the board had that very day arrived at a decision which would exercise the most material influence over all his future fortunes.

But they had. They believed the workhouse was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes; a tavern where there was nothing to pay; a public breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round; a brick and mortar place, where it was all play and no work. 'Oho!' said the board, looking very knowing; 'we are the fellows to set this to rights; we'll stop it all, in no time.'

So, they established the rule, that all poor people should be starved by a gradual process in the house. The water-works were asked to lay on an unlimited supply of water; a corn-factory asked to supply small quantities of oatmeal; and it was decided to issue three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll of bread on Sundays.

Question:
What was Oliver's situation?

Option 1: He had no family and was living in a home for orphans

Option 2: His education would prepare him for the future

Option 3: He was enjoying a stay at a workhouse

Option 4: He was fortunate to be provided with good meals

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

I used to swim across the river when I was young.

Option 1: will swim across

Option 2: was swimming across

Option 3: could swim across

Option 4: can swim across

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.

Words convey meaning because they are used in human activities in different forms. Different words may (1) ______ the same thing in different languages, and this is what is referred to as 'family resemblance'. In other words, languages help us (2) ______ reality and then communicate it to others. There are tens and thousands of languages in the world, and all of them help us (3) ______ express ourselves, which in turn, gives meaning to our life. One's mother tongue is (4) ______ for one's literary growth, but if you want to communicate to a wider audience, then you will (5) ______ to reach out to the target audience in a language they understand.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: essential

Option 2: unimportant

Option 3: auspicious

Option 4: silent

Question : Directions: Four number pairs have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select a different one.
(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.)

Option 1: 21 : 182

Option 2: 11 : 92

Option 3: 17 : 146

Option 4: 31 : 284

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Fear evolved over millions of years to protect us from_______.

Option 1: birth

Option 2: danger

Option 3: confidence

Option 4: courage

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

Intriguing

Option 1: Glorifying

Option 2: Ravishing

Option 3: Stunning

Option 4: Interesting

Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

You have not showed any improvement in your handwriting.

Option 1: had not showed

Option 2: has not shown

Option 3: No improvement

Option 4: have not shown

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

Before about 1830, _____ sermons, tracts, and addresses routinely broached female intemperance.

Option 1: confluence

Option 2: temperance

Option 3: congruence

Option 4: affluence

Question : Directions: Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?
17, 37, 77, 157, 317, ?

Option 1: 637

Option 2: 683

Option 3: 649

Option 4: 634

Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".

Our new neighbours (1) / had been living in Arizona (2) / since ten years before moving to their present house. (3)/  No Error (4)

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 4