Question : Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows: Once upon a time, a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the typical "glass half empty or glass half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, "How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding?" Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple of pounds. She replied, "From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass doesn't matter. It all depends on how long I hold it.
If I hold it for a minute or two, it's fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me." As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued, "Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed incapable of doing anything else until you drop them."
Question. Think about stresses and worries all day long, and you will feel completely _________
Option 1: exotic and paralyzed
Option 2: numb and paralyzed
Option 3: relaxed and fatigued
Option 4: relaxed and excited
Correct Answer: numb and paralyzed
Solution : The correct option is 2 i.e "numb and paralysed." Explanation:
Let's examine the final sentence of the passage: Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed incapable of doing anything else until you drop them.
Following a thorough analysis of the aforementioned statement, it can be deduced that worrying about stress all day will leave you feeling completely numb and paralysed. Therefore, the right response is "numb and paralysed."
Question: The professor was of which subject?
Option 1: psychology
Option 2: biology
Option 3: chemistry
Option 4: physics
Question: Which of the following words could replace the word 'perspective' as used in the passage?
Option 1: pattern
Option 2: viewpoint
Option 3: yank
Option 4: obedience
Question: What is the moral of the passage?
Option 1: On days when you're stressed out and feeling overwhelmed, learn to embrace the inevitable and let go
Option 2: Friends come in all shapes and sizes
Option 3: Don't condemn someone for not doing something that you yourself are unable to do
Option 4: True friends do not distinguish between rich and poor
Question : For a ray of light to suffer total internal reflection it has to pass from:
Option 1: glass to water
Option 2: water to glass
Option 3: air to water
Option 4: air to glass
Question : A cuboidal water tank is 12 m long, 9 m wide and 7.5 m deep. How many litres of water can it hold?
Option 1: 840000
Option 2: 805000
Option 3: 780000
Option 4: 810000
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