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Question : The festival of Holika Dahan marks the _____.

Option 1: victory of good over evil

Option 2: beginning of the sowing season

Option 3: the victory of Durga over Mahishasura

Option 4: beginning of a new year

Question : Directions: A + B means A is the father of B;
A * B means A is the sister of B;
A % B means A is the daughter of B;
A \$ B means A is the son of B.
If L % M + N * O \$ P, then how is L related to P?

Option 1: Sister

Option 2: Daughter

Option 3: Mother

Option 4: Mother-in-law

Question : Two persons A and B working separately can sanitise a building in 6 hours and 10 hours, respectively. They work in stretches of one hour alternately. If A begins at 8 a.m., then when will the work be finished?

Option 1: $9\frac{1}{3}$ h

Option 2: $7\frac{1}{3}$ h

Option 3: $6\frac{1}{3}$ h

Option 4: $8\frac{1}{3}$ h

Question : Directions: A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices, given below. The columns and rows of Matrix (I) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix (II) are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g. X can be represented by 21, 87, etc, and H can be represented by 03, 65, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word QUIET.

Option 1: 99, 20, 30, 42, 14

Option 2: 40, 79, 67, 57, 13

Option 3: 40, 79, 31, 57, 96

Option 4: 99, 20, 69, 42, 13

Question : Which one of the following bio reserves of India is not included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserve?

Option 1: Sundarbans

Option 2: Gulf of Mannar

Option 3: Nanda Devi

Option 4: Corbett

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

One afternoon, a dozen Arizona State University students (1) _______to spend the morning cutting cardboard, mping filters, and assembling filters in an effort to (2)____125 portable air purifiers for local schools. That (3)_________morning, staff members at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles were setting (4)______ 20 homemade purifiers of their own, while in Brookline, Massachusetts, another DIY air purifier was whirring quietly in the back of a daycare (5)________ as children played.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

Option 1: auditorium

Option 2: podium

Option 3: hangar

Option 4: classroom

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.
The Sun is the star at the centre of (1) __________ Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma. The Sun has inspired us since ancient times. It’s central to mythology and religion in (2) ____________ around the world. It keeps our planet warm enough for living things to grow. It gives us light, so we can see. It is by far the most important (3) _________of energy for life on Earth. It is about a hundred times as wide (4)________ the Earth. If there were no sun, many things wouldn’t occur, like photosynthesis or the presence of oxygen, which would have caused no existence of life.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: huge

Option 2: typical

Option 3: a

Option 4: the

Question : Plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil erosion are called:

Option 1: Shelter belts

Option 2: Contour ploughing 

Option 3: Strip cropping 

Option 4: Afforestation 

Question : $-7 p-[3 q-\{8 p-(4 q-10 p)\}]=?$

Option 1: $7p-11q$

Option 2: $11p-7q$

Option 3: $9p-12q$

Option 4: $12p-9q$

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Even when the child accused the relative of inappropriate behaviour, the parents continued to play perfect hosts at the party instead of addressing the elephant in the room.

Option 1: Ignoring someone who seeks attention through false stories

Option 2: Punishing someone for inappropriate behaviour

Option 3: Revealing the secrets

Option 4: A big problem everyone is ignoring or afraid to talk about