SSC CGL Mains Comprehension 2017 PDF

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SSC CGL Mains - 2017
COMPREHENSION
CLOZE TEST Our reputation and image is most definitely de-
termined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to
be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to
In the following passage, some of the words act in a particular manner. Hence most people
have been left out. Read the passage carefully are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little
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and select the correct answer for the given control over their actions. We usually act ac-
blank out of the four alternatives.
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cording to or in response to our surroundings-
our circumstances and the environment which
The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by
strict rules. Any intention to ______ the coun-
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try politically or economically or any attempt
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at cultural ______ in order to make the country 6. xto a great extent ______ our priorities and ob-
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is most definitely determined by our ______.
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a slave to the designs of international powers
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would not be ______. If the foreign media is keen
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spect for the country’s unity and ______ is es- 1) deeds 2) needs
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The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by 7.
3) creed 4) breed
Also our ______ tend to be habit.

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8. we have a ______ to act in a particular manner.
2. Any intention to ______ the country politically.
Options:
1) grapple
3) scruple
e n d 2) cripple
4) stripple
Options:
1) immensity
3) viscosity
2) propensity
4) virtuously
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cultural ______ in order to make the country.
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9. people are ______ by their deeds and seem.
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1) born 2) alive
1) absenteeism 2) clonism
3) imperialism 4) dogmatism 3) shaped 4) killed
4. would not be ______ If the foreign media. 10. environment which to a great extent ______ our
priorities.
Options:
1) abated 2) confiscated Options:
3) assimilated 4) tolerated 1) questions 2) clarify
3) petrify 4) modifies
5. country’s unity and ______ is essential.
Violence takes a heavy toll and affects public
Options: life ______. High or low, known or unknown, rich
1) accountability 2) responsibility or poor, popular or unpopular, no one is safe or
3) integrity 4) vulnerability secure today. It appears that one can harm any-
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body at any time and at ______. A mad and sad 16. _______________ the course of the development of
rat race is on to make money and ______ power different life-forms heredity
at any cost and by any means. The result is
that no political party or group can now ______ Options:
into claim to total innocence in so far as ______ 1) Into 2) In
of violence against innocent person for personal
3) Inside 4) Onto
or political gains is concerned. Violent demon-
strations, rallies, hartals have become the or-
der of the day. 17. in the first life-form and ______________ through
all the
11. Violence takes a heavy toll and affects public life
______. Options:
1) transmit 2) transmitting
Options: 3) to transmit 4) transmitted
1) adversely 2) moderately
3) relatively 4) ultimately 18. sole factor in the ____________ of the parent prop-
12. It appears that one can harm anybody at any time

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1) preserve 2) preservable
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20. the struggle of the males for ____________ are the
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no political party or group can now ______ into
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It is a delight _______________ the illuminating
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thoughts which came to the minds of these
15. so far as ______ of violence against innocent per-
men; and, on the other hand, it is amusing to
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son.
see how ________________ they launched
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1) penetration
3) perpetrationy 2) precipitation
4) interpretation
________________ on boundless seas when they
were unprovided with chart and compass. They
were _________ brilliant children, who know little
of the dangers of the great world, but are ready
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______________ the course of the development
of different life-forms heredity—which, in plain
English, is unconscious memory generated in
the first life-form and ______________ through
all the different species—is the sole factor in
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to undertake anything. These philosophers re-
garded all knowledge as their province, and did
__________ despair of governing so great a realm.
It is a delight _______________ the illuminating

thoughts
the ____________ of the parent properties; while
adaptation to surrounding conditions and cir- Options:
cumstances, natural selection in the struggle 1) discover 2) discovery
_____________ existence, and partner selection
3) rediscover 4) to discover
in the struggle of the males for ____________ are
the principal factors in the differentiation of
species. 22. it is amusing to see how ________________ they
launched
2
Options: 30. at the ______ time he is depressed and downcast.
1) reckless 2) recklessness
3) recklessly 4) reckful Options:
1) most 2) second
23. they launched ________________ on boundless seas 3) last 4) other
when they were unprovided
The generation gap is another of those charac-
Options: teristic features that set Homo sapiens apart
1) them 2) their from other animals. It is ______ if ever the most
3) they 4) themselves intelligent of apes ever blamed its juniors for
their ______ ways! Over the years people have
tried to analyse it, explain it, understand it,
24. They were _________ brilliant children, who know
even ignore it, but it remains, ready to ______
each generation as it tries to ______ its own
Options: ______ about life and living.
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1) too 2) like
3) that 4) so 31. It is ______ if ever the most intelligent
25. and did __________ despair of governing so great a

realm.
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1) doubtful 2) certain
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3) sure 4) classified
juniors for their ______ ways!
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2) wayward
4) pointed
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God.If a man is happy today, he may be ______
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and pain.If at one time a person finds himself
33. ready to ______ each generation
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on top of the world, at the ______ time he is Options:
depressed and downcast. 1) accept 2) assent
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3) confront 4) suspect
26. Life is full of ______ types of experiences.
Options:
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3) allied 4) amplified
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1) accumulate 2) formulate
3) assimilates 4) annihilate
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he may be ______ unhappy the very next day.
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1) most 2) quietly Options:
3) quite 4) major 1) happiness 2) standards
3) living 4) perspectives
28. Some ______ are pleasant and joyful
Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______.
Options: But almost always it can be justified as a moral
1) tenderizes 2) rituals principle on the basis of ______. When we talk
3) customs 4) experiences about speaking the truth in order not to hide
what, if hidden, will only prove damaging to
others, we are emphasizing the ability to ‘feel’
29. others are full of ______ and pain.
for others. Again, often we purposely keep our-
selves from communicating the truth as, once
Options: ______, it may hurt someone‘s feelings and sen-
1) ethos 2) mythos timents. But keeping a person in the dark or
3) echoes 4) pathos denying him or her knowledge which he or she
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ought to have amounts to ______ another soul Options:
of its right to know that with which it has a 1) point 2) pointed
______. 3) pointing 4) to point
36. Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______. 43. field, there is a growing tendency ___________ the
part of certain sciences to separate
Options:
1) morality 2) ability Options:
3) civility 4) debility 1) in 2) on
3) of 4) for
37. communicating the truth as, as a moral principle
on the basis of ______. 44. from philosophy and _____________ independent.
Options: Options:
1) aggression 2) compassion 1) become 2) became
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3) progression 4) intercession
once ______, it may hurt someone‘s 45.
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among the scientists and ___________ among the

philosophers.
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39. amounts to ______ another soul of its right
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My tooth-brush is a thing that haunts me when
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Options: I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a mis-
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1) destroying
3) sustaining
it a
2) disturbing
4) depriving
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ery. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it, and
wake up in a cold ________________, and get out
of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I
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know that with which it has a ______.
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pack it before I have used it, and have to un-
pack again to get it, and it is always the last
thing I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I
repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs
1) urge
3) concern
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2) belonging
4) Need
_____________ who argue in this way support

___________ it at the last moment and carry it
to the railway station, wrapped up in my
pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn
every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I
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their case by pointing to the lack of a general could not find it.
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consensus of opinion which obtains in many
parts of the field which the philosopher regards 46. when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a
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as his own; and also by ____________ out that,
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dency ___________ the part of certain sciences
to separate themselves from philosophy and
misery.
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1) making 2) makes
_____________ independent. Thus the psycholo-
3) to make 4) maker
gist and the logician are sometimes very anx-
ious to have it understood that they belong
among the scientists and ___________ among the 47. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it,
philosophers.
Options:
41. _____________ who argue in this way support. 1) dream 2) dreams
3) dreaming 4) dreamer
Options:
1) This 2) That 48. wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of
3) The 4) Those
Options:
42. own; and also by ____________ out that, even within 1) perspire 2) perspiring
this field. 3) perspiration 4) to perspire
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49. I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I repack 55. sunrise to ______ within ourselves
and forget it,
Options:
Options: 1) radiate 2) subjugate
1) than 2) that 3) accentuate 4) abdicate
3) this 4) then
To know ______ reality, the powers of the mind
50. have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last need to be turned back upon itself. With con-
moment centration, the mind can ______ its innermost
secrets, just as the darkest places reveal their
Options: secrets to the penetrating rays of light. We can
1) for 2) of then ______ soul truths, whether life exists for
five minutes or for ______, and whether there
3) from 4) form
is a God. To go beyond the mind and our present
reality, we need to use the mind itself as a tool.
The rising sun has great inner ______. Not just
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Patanjali, in his Hatha Yoga Pradipika, stated,
to ______ the new morning right after the dark “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications of the
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night, but also the new rhythms and vibrations mind.”
within existence. The entire universe – includ-
ing the trees, birds and flowers – wake up to
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the rising sun. When we listen to the birds
chirping and see the flower petals open, remem-
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ber that the sunrise is not just a great happen- x
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ing on the outside. If we are alert and aware, 1) innate 2) extrinsic
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then the sunrise is also happening deep within 3) learned 4) atypical
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us. Something within ourselves is also ______
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with the first rays of the sun. We just need to 57. the mind can ______ its innermost
be sensitive and available; we just need to be
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______. Like the outside world, we need to open
the inner door to let the new dawn enter within.
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Just open the window of our inner world and
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allow the beautiful experience of sunrise to
______ within ourselves – this experience is be-
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sun has great inner ______.
58. We can then ______ soul truths
Options:
Options:
1) significance
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2) meaninglessness
1) receive
3) perceive
2) connive
4) costive
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3) triviality
y e n 4) denotation
Not just to ______ the new morning

59. five minutes or for ______, and
Options:
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1) hide
a t 2) herald
1) trinity
3) dignity
2) aminity
4) eternity
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3) withhold
Options:
1) deaden
`4) finish
ourselves is also ______ with the
2) hypnotise
60. “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications
Options:
1) evolution
3) bijection
2) ambition
4) cessation
3) awakened 4) disowned Of the three activities of thought, word and

deed, perhaps thought is the most ______ and
54. we just need to be ______. powerful force, for it is the ______ of the other
two. Success is achieved twice, once in the
mind and the second time in the real world. No
Options:
matter in whose mind thought occurs; its la-
1) additive 2) abditive ser-like energy seeks a target. That’s why we
3) imitative 4) receptive give so much importance to ______, seeking
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divine blessings before ______ on any project 68. and made us _________ there’s nothing that can
as we know that positive thinking is a strong blow
force that can be ______ for the welfare and suc-
cess of all. Options:
1) belief 2) believe
61. the most ______ and powerful 3) believably 4) beliefs
Options: 69. those divine lights ________. In my mind I can

1) potent 2) fragile
3) ineffective 4) disabled Options:
1) from 2) of
62. it is the ______ of the other two. 3) for 4) off
Options: 70. the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that

1) sponsor 2) precursor grandma
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3) sensor 4) spoiler
importance to ______, seeking
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1) fiction 2) affection Very simply, a checklist is a list of items re-
3) invocation 4) construction quired, things to be done or points to be con-
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blessings before ______ on any
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sidered, used as a reminder. This is clear. Is
the _______________ implication equally clear?
Perhaps not. A checklist is purely objective,
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4) embarking
no _______________ is involved. That means, if
the checklist is framed as a set ______ ques-
tions, the answer to every question can only
be a binary “Yes” _______ “No” and nothing in
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that can be ______ for the welfare
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between; no shades of grey. Such objectivity is
the very antithesis of the education system
today, both in the way teaching happens and
in the ____________ of the student.
1) released
3) indulgence
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4) liberated
For me the ______________ and the chill of those

71. Is the _______________ implication equally clear?
Perhaps not.
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nights dissolved into those little flames of fire Options:
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that for hours made us live in a wonderland, in 1) consequences 2) consequence
a ___________ fair of fireflies, and made us 3) consequential 4) consequentially
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_________ there’s nothing that can blow those
divine lights ________. In my mind I can still
hear the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells
that grandma used to ring during the puja.
72. A checklist is purely objective, no _______________
is involved.
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For me the ______________ and the chill of those
nights
1) darkly 2) dark
73.
Options:
1) subjectiveness
3) subjectivity
2) subjective
4) subjects
is framed as a set ______ questions, the answer

3) darkness 4) darker
Options:
1) of 2) off
67. in a ___________ fair of fireflies,
3) for 4) from
Options:
74. question can only be a binary “Yes” _______ “No”
1) magnificent 2) magnificently and nothing in between;
3) magnificence 4) magnification
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Options: world. After working whole day, there are so
1) and 2) or many things ______ that gives us ______ and ir-
3) but 4) also ritation. We face many ______ in our life. Those
who are heavy set with material ______ will have
a lot of trouble when their things are taken
75. way teaching happens and in the ____________ of
away from them or lost. But the ______ is life
the student.
still is easy. It always will be.
Options:
81. many things ______ that gives us
1) evaluative 2) evaluate
3) evaluable 4) evaluation
Options:
1) experienced 2) disordered
There has never been a better time to get out
3) cultured 4) hampered
of our own way and get rid of FEAR. It is pos-
sible. We can choose to ______ on where we want
to go instead of where we may go. Often fear is 82. gives us ______ and irritation.
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negative ______ that could happen. The key 1) rewards 2) problems
word is could - most of the time our fears never 3) recognition 4) strength
______. But when we focus on what could hap-
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a ______ to change our focus. To focus on where
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83. We face many ______ in our life.
Options:
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4) competition
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3) burden 4) gifts
happen.
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3) sources 4) relations 1) lie 2) cause
3) truth 4) effect
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most of the time our fears never ______.
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Everyone needs to find the leadership style that
works ______ for them and their subordinates.
What works for your ______ may not work for
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1) increase 2) decrease you and your team. However, if you take some
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3) materialize 4) neutralize
We can choose to make a ______ to change our

time and ______ different leadership styles and
how they work for different ______ types, you
place a much better ______ of success as a
focus.
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Options:
1) commitment
3) abolishment
2) abashment
4) monument
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leader.
style that works ______ for them
Options:
1) worst 2) best
80. where we are ______ to go. 3) hardly 4) rarely
Options: 87. What works for your ______ may not work
1) unchartered 2) uncluttered
3) beleagured 4) inspired Options:
1) juniors 2) superiors
Everyone is busy in making their life in the 3) subordinate 4) companions
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88. take some time and ______ different leadership 1) into 2) inside
3) onto 4) in
Options:
1) create 2) assimilate 95. Blyton how __________ could enrol at Malory Tow-
3) analyze 4) judge ers
89. they work for different ______ types Options:

1) them 2) they
Options: 3) themselves 4) their
1) personality 2) leader
3) relation 4) thinking The climate question _____________ a leapfrog
era for India’s development paradigm. Already,
90. a much better ______ of success as a leader. the country has chalked out an _____________
policy on renewable energy, hoping to gener-
ate a massive 175 gigawatts of power
Options:
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____________ green sources by 2022. This has
1) probability 2) capability to be _____________ pursued, breaking down the
3) subility 4) sensibility
Over the years Blyton ________________ for a lot
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barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar
energy at every level and implementing net
metering systems for all categories of consum-
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of things, especially for being ___________ and ers.
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creating two-dimensional characters. But for
many of us, the name brings up the nostalgia
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of rainy afternoons ___________ snuggled up with for
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our noses in her books and being transported
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Over the years Blyton ________________ for a lot of
97. has chalked out an _____________ policy on re-
newable energy,
things,
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3) has being criticising 98. 175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources
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4) had being criticising by 2022.
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especially for being ___________ and creating two-
dimensional characters.
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3) of
2) for
4) off
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1) racism
3) racist a 2) race
4) racialism
the nostalgia of rainy afternoons ___________

snuggled up with our noses
99. This has to be _____________ pursued,
Options:
1) resolute
3) resoluteness
2) resolution
4) resolutely
Options: 100. the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar

1) cosiness 2) cosiest energy
3) cosily 4) cosying
Options:
94. with nothing _______ between. 1) adopt 2) adopting
3) adopter 4) adoption
Options:
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We all experience and understand that the cur- free conditions to come our way. But, we can
rent times are not very safe in general. One change the way we ______ and deal with stress.
has to be on a ______ guard against unfriendly
elements. As we move towards the Golden Age 106. wanted an ______ cut-off point
on the planet, a ______ of negative forces have
surfaced. It is by bringing them to the surface
Options:
that the divine forces can put them to an end.
It is like the ______ that surfaces when we boil 1) inbuilt 2) superficial
sugar in water, which is ready to be removed 3) extrinsic 4) incidental
from the top so that what we get is sugar solu-
tion ______ of all the impurities. This process 107. But, a ______ restless mind
of cleansing our planet by the universal forces,
however, will take some time. Till then, we have Options:
to ______ these negativities around us. 1) distantly 2) constantly
3) instantly 4) discrepantly
101. be on a ______ guard against
Options:
1) constant
3) fickle
2) varying
4) terminable
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1) convivial 2) colluvial
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3) trivial 4) diluvial
restrict social ______ and wait

1) handful
3) portion
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4) little
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1) contrive 2) restrive
3) archive 4) perceive
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sugar solution ______ of all the
r2) sufficient
Silence is much more than the absence of
sound; it is the ______ pre-existing entity in
which God creates. It is the source to which all
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3) sated
y e n 4) devoid
we have to ______ these negativities

words return to ______ true meaning. Silence is
the womb of the tangible world. In the Chris-
tian Biblical version of Creation, God ‘spoke’
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and the world came into being. With the pro-
nouncing of the Word, speech became primary,
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but silence remained ______. The heart of Chris-
1) refuse 2) throw away
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tian meditation is to return to this primordial
3) shun 4) bear state of being. It is a journey from words into
the creative word of God; this word is ______ by
If fantasies could be real, everyone might have silence. By its very nature, silence is ______,
wanted an ______ cut-off point at which they often purposeless and for that reason very
could instantly block out all stress. But, a ______ frightening.
restless mind and an ego that cannot take de-
feat make sure that we keep worrying about all 111. it is the ______ pre-existing
kinds of difficulties, including the significant,
______ and even imaginary ones. No wonder,
Options:
most of us are suffering from chronic stress.
For a majority, there is no escape from stress- 1) autonomous 2) enormous
ful circumstances. We can’t always shift cit- 3) disastrous 4) acrimonious
ies, terminate relationships, resign from jobs,
restrict social ______ and wait for ideal, stress- 112. all words return to ______ true meaning
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Options: 1) indicates 2) indicate
1) abstain 2) attain 3) indication 4) indicatable
3) detain 4) blain
120. snow leopards have ________________ been on the
113. but silence remained ______. rise.
Options: Options:
1) ambrosial 2) celestial 1) cumulative 2) cumulativeness
3) primordial 4) altricial 3) cumulatively 4) cumulation
114. this word is ______ by silence. But more often than not, especially in a
crowded metropolis, _________ you come across
Options: are wandering pedlars and small hawking
stands, ________ something makeshift, easy to
1) open 2) showcased
take ________ if need be, selling bananas, di-
3) picturised 4) enveloped
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recting your attention towards a pile of
chequered towels, a woman _________ weaving
115. silence is ______, often purposeless
Options:
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______________ brewing hot tea and quickly fry-
ing a pile of hot bhajiyas for office commuters.
1) adaptable
3) irritable
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4) unexploitable 121. in a crowded metropolis, _________ you come
across
s
India handled the problem of the cat preying
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on goats, sheep, donkeys and other animals by Options:
l r
roping ________ communities in conservation, 1) what 2) when
h
and compensating them for any losses. An in-
g
3) where 4) whom
n it wa
surance programme in _________ residents of a
part of Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh
________________ also worked well. New research
i
122. small hawking stands, ________ something make-
shift,
E w
_____________ that even when wild prey is avail-
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able, the attacks on livestock by snow leop-
ards have ________________ been on the rise. Options:
1) usual 2) usually
116.
Options:
1) into
d a
other animals by roping ________ communities
r
2) in
123.
3) usualness 4) as usual
easy to take ________ if need be,
117.
3) inside
y e n 4) on
An insurance programme in _________ residents

Options:
1) a part
3) a partial
2) partly
4) apart
of a part
Options:
a t 124. a woman _________ weaving a pile of fragrant

mogras
118.
1) which
3) when
S 2) what
4) whereas
Himachal Pradesh ________________ also worked

well.
125.
Options:
1) deft
3) deftness
2) deftly
4) deftest
into a string, ______________ brewing hot tea

Options:
1) participation 2) participate Options:
3) participated 4) participative 1) another 2) other
3) another's 4) others
119. New research _____________ that even when
Options:
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ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 14. (D) 27. (C) 40. (C) 53. (C) 66. (C) 79. (A) 92. (C) 105.(D) 118.(C)
2. (B) 15. (C) 28. (D) 41. (D) 54. (D) 67. (A) 80. (D) 93. (C) 106.(A) 119.(A)
3. (C) 16. (B) 29. (D) 42. (C) 55. (A) 68. (B) 81. (A) 107.(B)
94. (D) 120.(C)
4. (D) 17. (D) 30. (D) 43. (B) 56. (A) 69. (D) 82. (B) 95. (B) 108.(C) 121.(A)
5. (C) 18. (C) 31. (A) 44. (A) 57. (B) 70. (C) 83. (C) 96. (C) 109.(D) 122.(B)
6. (A) 19. (A) 32. (B) 45. (B) 58. (C) 71. (C) 84. (A) 110.(D)
97. (D) 123.(D)
7. (D) 20. (A) 33. (C) 46. (B) 59. (D) 72. (C) 85. (C) 98. (A) 111.(A) 124.(B)
8. (B) 21. (D) 34. (B) 47. (A) 60. (D) 73. (A) 86. (B) 99. (D) 112.(B) 125.(A)
9. (C) 22. (C) 35. (D) 48. (C) 61. (A) 74. (B) 87. (B) 113.(C)
100.(D)
10. (D) 23. (D) 36. (A) 49. (D) 62. (B) 75. (D) 88. (C) 101.(A) 114.(D)
11. (A) 24. (B) 37. (B) 50. (A) 63. (C) 76. (A) 89. (A) 102.(B) 115.(D)
12. (B) 25. (B) 38. (C) 51. (A) 64. (D) 77. (B) 90. (A) 116.(B)
103.(C)
13. (C) 26. (A) 39. (A) 52. (B) 65. (B) 78. (C) 91. (B) 104.(D) 117.(A)
PARA JUMBLES (PQRS)

The question below consists of a set of labelled
x p o cial structure so that woman can enjoy as im-

portant a place as man occupies.
Q: Unfortunately our customs and traditions con-
E
spired with her economic dependence to make
sentences. These sentences, when properly se-
-
her unimportant in our society.
quenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the
R: Democracy in India can be a success only when
h
most logical order of sentences from among the
options. the Indian women are politically awakened.
1.
l i s ri
P: We may see alcohol and tobacco advertisements
S: Moreover they should be free to express their
opinion, to act as they like and to assert them-
selves in all departments of life.
h
everywhere, on television, in newspaper, on
g
street ads card etc.
n it a
Q: But we know the truth is alcohol and cigarette
w
are harmful for people’s health and sometimes
Options:
1) PSQR 2) SQPR
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duce people to drink.
Ti
it may bring bad effects to self-impression.
R: Alcohol ads usually create several feints to tell
people that alcohol is good for people and in- 4.
3) PRSQ 4) RPSQ
P: No partner is expected to air the views of a par-

ticular group in public.
a
S: On the other hand, the malign influence of ad-
r
vertisements shows smoking as something
"cool".
d
Q: The only requirement is that the coalition part-
ners have to stick to a code of conduct.
R: Every coalition party has to own the responsi-
bility for all government policies or actions.
Options:
1) PRSQ
3) QRSP
y e n 2) PSQR
4) RSPQ
S: Experience has now shown that a coalition gov-
ernment can run as smoothly as any single
party government.
2.
a t
P: If the intention is just to consume whatever
comes from the West, then it is harmful.
Options:
1) QRPS 2) RQPS
S
Q: Some of its effects are really helping and posi-
tive as it increases initiative and entrepreneur-
ship qualities provided taken in that spirit.
R: At the same time state’s strategic intervention
is essential because more than 40% of people
live below poverty line.
5.
3) SQRP 4) PQSR
P: Biographies of great men can also help us in

learning good manners.
Q: Courtesy and politeness is the key to good
manners.
S: The impact of economic reforms are mixed. R: No doubt these are little words but if they are
spoken at the right moment and in a soft and
Options: sweet voice, they are bound to work wonders.
1) SRQP 2) SQPR S: The use of polite words like "Sorry", "Please",
3) RQPS 4) QPSR "Thank you", "Beg your pardon", "Sir" etc. cre-
ates a healthy impact on the minds of others.
3. P: The political awakening cannot be an isolated
phenomenon; it requires some changes in so- Options:
11
1) PRSQ 2) RPSQ R: The life and times of two generations cannot be
3) QPSR 4) SPQR identical or even similar, thanks to modern re-
search, progress in science, faster and easier
6. P: One has to work hard to establish, develop and communications and even distasteful things
maintain deep and lasting bonds with those like inflation and population explosion.
who matter in one’s life. S: These changes in due course affect our think-
Q: As "Man is not an island entire of itself", he ing and influence our attitudes, expectations,
cannot be happy in isolation. behavioural patterns and values.
R: Humans live out their life in the company of
their family, friends, colleagues, superiors, even Options:
total strangers in buses and lifts. 1) PSQR 2) RPSQ
S: And, brick by brick, they must build their rela- 3) QSPR 4) QPSR
tionship with each one, to lay a secure founda-
tion for their road to happiness. 10. P: A certain moral code of conduct is ultimately
necessary to ensure that the society does not
o
Options: fall prey to degeneration of values, which would
1) SPRQ 2) RQSP lead to rampant sufferings and ultimately
p
3) QSPR 4) QRSP chaos.
x
Q: Society’s concerns are our concerns: anything
capable of causing a detrimental impact on it
7. P: Superstitions mean an irrational belief in or
E
in the short term or in course of time is ulti-
notion of the ominous significance of a particu-
-
mately bound to affect us and our children.
lar thing, circumstance, or the like.
R: When we talk about social morality of any kind,
h
Q: This is a universal phenomenon cutting across
what comes into play is our ability to feel for
s
caste, communal, and even national bound-
the well-being of our society.
i i
aries.
S: It is a concern to help the society by safeguard-
l r
R: All over the globe, people have superstitions,
ing it from unwanted ills and malaise and en-
h
although the superstitions may vary from coun-
g a
suring its well-being that is at the root of social
t
try to country or from region to region.
morality.
n i
S: Nor does education drives away superstitions
completely.
E
Options:
1) PQRS
w Tiw
2) SQRP
Options:
1) PSQR
3) QPSR
2) RPSQ
4) PQRS
a
3) QRPS 4) RPSQ
11. P: Those who say death should be the punish-
8.
d r
P: Superstitions exist throughout the world de-
spite scientific advances.
ment in some cases, agree that it is to be in
special cases alone, the most heinous and grav-
est of crimes.
n
Q: One cannot heed anybody’s sneezes if one has Q: They feel that it is only fear of severe punish-
to be punctual on duty or ‘cannot miss a flight.
e
ment that will deter the criminal and reduce
R: But the spread of science and education among the occurrence of heinous crimes.
a t y
the masses has certainly given rise to a signifi-
cant number of persons who do not believe in
these superstitions.
S: The compulsions of modern life have also caused
R: The advocates and the abolitionists of capital
punishment have their own arguments in sup-
port of their stand.
S
S: The most prominent argument put forth by the
some of the superstitions to fade out. advocates of the death penalty is that of deter-
rence.
Options:
1) RPSQ 2) SQRP Options:
3) SRQP 4) PRSQ 1) RPSQ 2) PQSR
3) SQPR 4) QPSR
9. P: All these ensure that the world we live in grows
a new skin every few years. 12. P: There was once a time when people looked for-
Q: These influences do, of course, work on hu- ward to the lazy evenings.
mankind but they have the greatest impact on Q:They had a simple choice of programmes on
that section of society which is on the thresh- Doordarshan.
old of discovery-discovery of the self, of life and
R: It was entirely up to them- to watch or not to
of living.
watch the selected presentation.
12
S: Today, the satellite and Cable Television have 16. P: Then the liberalisation process became inevi-
stormed the media world of information and table.
entertainment. Q: It encourages initiative, entrepreneurship and
competition which is very vital for growth of
Options: the economy.
1) PSQR 2) RQPS R: In due course of time our institutions became
3) PQRS 4) QPRS stagnant, corrupt and inefficient due to permit
raj and centralized control.
13. P: He wanted to do something to deliver the hu- S: Liberalisation enhances economic activities.
manity from all such misery. He reflected on
this problem for long. Options:
Q: Siddhartha was greatly touched as he saw an 1) PQSR 2) RPSQ
old man, a sick man and a dead body. 3) QPRS 4) RSQP
R: At last on hearing some words from the mouth
of a hermit which encouraged him to renounce 17. P: As a result, they are more able to live in har-
o
the world, he decided to leave the palace and mony with themselves and with the world that
go into the forest for meditation. surrounds them.
S: Before going, he had a lasting glance on his
beloved wife Yashodhra and son, Rahul, who
were enjoying a sound sleep at midnight.
x p
Q: Stabilizing meditation is catalogued as one of
the hardest techniques of meditation because
followers must keep their minds under total
Options:
1) PRSQ
h - E 2) RPQS
control for long period of time.
R: The benefits of this meditation, according to
the followers, is that meditators can experience
s
3) PQRS 4) QPRS full understanding of their thoughts and ideas.
i i
S: This consists of maintaining full attention to
l r
14. P: The main manifestations of violence in recent their role object focus.
g h
times have been extremism, terrorism, assas-
t a
sination by bombs and bullets.
n i
Q: In the modern world, violence has taken many
iw
forms, each signifying the evil side of man and
Options:
1) QSRP
3) QPSR
2) PQRS
4) PRQS
E w
his design to destroy the principle of equity,
justice and truth.
T
R: Another related activity is the hijacking of
18. P: They feel that during their time, young boys
and girls were better behaved, more obedient,
a
aircrafts, vehicles etc. and had greater respect for their elders.
r
S: A new dimension to the cult of violence has Q: Young people on the other hand, feel that they
been added by the cult of kidnapping of inno- are capable enough to learn on their own rather
Options:
1) QPSR
e n d
cent person and subsequent black mail.
2) PSRQ
than lean heavily on the older generation for
any guidance.
R: The people belonging to the older generation
always wonder as to what has gone wrong with
y
3) PRQS 4) SRPQ the new generation.
15.
a t
P: Children with poor phonological skills progress
S: They feel that a lack of respect for the old will
ruin and spell disaster for the young.
S
more poorly.
Q: The consensus concerns the causal role of pho- Options:
nological skills in young children’s reading 1) PRSQ 2) SPQR
progress. 3) PRQS 4) RPSQ
R: Studies of the factors governing reading devel-
opment in young children have achieved a re- 19. P: About 30 new hydro projects are now under
markable degree of consensus over the past two execution with an installed capacity of 5,600
decades. MW.
S: Children who have good phonological skills, or Q: However, with the rapid increase in demand
good phonological awareness become good for power, higher priority was given to the pit-
readers and good spellers. head super thermal power stations as their
gestation period was smaller than that of the
Options: hydel schemes.
1) QSPR 2) SPQR R: Many projects were taken up for execution af-
3) RQSP 4) PQRS ter independence and at one time (1962-63),
13
the capacity contribution from hydro schemes 23. P: It is also when the community or religion is
was equal to thermal schemes. used to further the political interests of the
S: The first hydro generating unit in India was vested groups.
commissioned in Darjeeling (W.Bengal) in 1897. Q: But communal feelings start when one com-
munity thinks in a hostile manner towards the
Options: other communities.
1) RQPS 2) SRQP R: It is also not being conscious of their own iden-
3) QPSR 4) PQRS tities and doing something which pursues its
interests.
S: Communalism is not thinking about their own
20. P. Farmers could no longer pay their loans and
communities.
some banks were closed down.
Q. Prices dropped due to increased supply, which
was followed by a drought. Options:
R. The country was well advanced in technology 1) QPSR 2) QRSP
and farmers increased their production levels. 3) RSQP 4) SRQP
o
S. The Great Depression in America began with
overproduction and low prices in the agricul- 24. P: When one gets solved or nears the solution,
tural sector.
Options:
x pother starts raising its ugly head.

Q: Threats to our nation building processes are
increasing day by day.
1) RQPS
3) PSRQ
h - E 2) QPSR
4) SRQP
R: Tougher punishments should be provided for
them in order to weed them out completely.
S: The need of the day is to go for integrated ap-
proach with taking steps to solve the poverty,
s
21. P: This discipline is characterized by several con-
i i
illiteracy and population problems along with
cepts and approaches that are used by psy-
l
tough steps and stern action against the ter-
r
chologists in understanding human behavior.
rorists.
g h
Q: The field of psychology can be described as a
n
and behavior.
it iwa
discipline that focuses on the study of mind
R: Some of the most common psychological con-

Options:
1) QPSR 2) SRQP
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cepts that are used to modify or change an
T
individual’s behavior include operant condition-
ing, positive and negative punishment, and 25.
3) RSQP 4) QRSP
P: The Information Technology today is rightly
a
positive and negative reinforcement. called the Technology of the Century as it has
found its application and use in every walk
r
S: Since psychology is a broad field, psychologists
not only use these concepts and approaches society of the world.
d
but also conduct scientific research that en- Q: Distances no longer exist and the world ap-
ables them to understand human behavior. pears to have shrunk into a Global Village.
Options:
1) QPSR
y e n 2) PQRS
R: It is really a landmark achievement that more
than six billion population of the world will soon
be living in a virtual village, as compact as
t
3) RSQP 4) SRPQ any small Indian village of a few thousand popu-
lation.
22
a
P: The Mughal empire was extensive, but it was
S
not integrated.
Q: It was rather an agglomeration of territories
bound together by a common administration
and common ties to the imperial authority.
R: The strong hand of the emperor held the coun-
S: The wisdom of the wisest is today available to
the stupidest of the person thus ushering in
an era of real equality of opportunity to all.
Options:
1) QPSR 2) PQRS
3) RSQP 4) QRSP
try together, compelling obedience from the
nobles who governed the provinces. 26. P: Children with good manners are liked by one
S: But these nobles felt no sense of national loy- and all.
alty, for the simple reason that the empire was Q: They are appreciated even by strangers.
not a nation. R: All round development of a child is possible
only if a child is groomed in good manners.
Options: S: Therefore, the public schools lay great empha-
1) PRQS 2) SRQP sis on the cultivation of good manners in their
3) PRSQ 4) RSQP students.
14
Options: ries though in a slightly different manner each
1) PQRS 2) QPSR time.
3) RSQP 4) SRPQ R: History is a record of past, especially in con-
nection with human race.
27. P: Taking this as a small example, we need to set- S: When we trace history right from its beginning
up an action plan on a war-footing. to the recent times, we cannot fail to notice
Q: Our country had earlier faced the problem with that some events and characters have shown
our neighbours backed defense hackers jam- a repetitive quality.
ming our troop movement communication sys-
tem giving false commands and creating a situ- Options:
ation of uncertainty. 1) RQSP 2) RPSQ
R: But our planning and implementation gap has 3) SQRP 4) SPQR
always been unpardonably long.
S: The National Security Council is already in 31. P: In order to bridge this generation gap, elders
touch with server ministries like home, defense, should adopt a more sympathetic approach
o
communication, oil and natural gas, etc. to towards the young, and try to understand the
draw up plans. emotions, the aspirations and the problems of
Options:
1) QPSR 2) PQRS
x p the young.
Q: They should, therefore, value the advice and
counsel of the elders.
28.
3) SPRQ
h - E 4) QPRS
P: But our behavior, ‘good’ or ‘bad’, certainly

R: The generation gap has widened to such an
extent that the old and the young people ap-
pear to be living in two separate worlds with-
out any interaction.
s
shapes our persona and determines our per-
i i
sonality. S: The youth should realize that they have no ex-
l
perience of life.
r
Q: If one is helpful, polite and considerate in one’s
g h
actions towards fellow-beings, one is known as
a kind person.
n it a
R: The converse is equally true and a mean, rude
w
and selfish person is regarded as bad.
i
Options:
1) RSQP
3) RPQS
2) PQRS
4) RPSQ
E w
S: Growing urbanisation and lack of roots in any
T
given place have made us increasingly indif-
ferent to the feelings of others and led us to
32. P: But the achievements of science have not come
to man as a ripe apple falls in the lap of a man
a
adopt an apathetic attitude to most things. sitting under an apple tree.
r
Q: Science is not just the result of observation
Options: and experience.
29.
1) PQRS
3) SPQR
e n d 2) PSQR
4) SQRP
P: The English developed transport and commu-

R: It is, on the other hand , the result of centuries
of hard work done by man, even at the risk of
his own life or health.
S: There is no doubt that science has been the
y
nication on modern lines. greatest boon to man so far.
t
Q: They established the first printing press and
a
newspaper in India. Options:
1) QRPS 2) SPQR
S
R: One of the most beneficial results of the Brit-
ish rule was the modernization of India. 3) QPRS 4) SQRP
S: The Press further developed later to inform and
educate the masses about the British exploita- 33. P: It is said that the great poet Tulsi Dass com-
tion of India. posed it under divine inspiration.
Q: The Ramayana is a book of great social impor-
Options: tance.
1) RQSP 2) QSRP R: It is full of devotional songs besides tenets of
3) PQRS 4) RPQS social wisdom.
S: People read it and worship it.
30. P: It affords us a glimpse into acts, events, ideas,
characters of the past, thus helping us to know Options:
more about those centuries gone by. 1) PQRS 2) RQPS
Q: It is almost as if such acts and ideas were meant 3) QPRS 4) SPRQ
to occur over and over again in different centu-
15
34. P: And when they manifest our soils, minds and Options:
bodies suffer such as depression and calousy. 1) PQRS 2) RQPS
Q: These negative states hide in our conscious- 3) RPSQ 4) QRSP
ness at different leads therefore they may mani-
fest permanently or occasionally. 38. P - Freedom of speech is essential for the all round
R: Egocentric fixation resists in negative state. growth and development of a person as well as
S: Meditation reveals the state of egocentric fixa- a nation as a whole.
tion and free people from suffering, because Q - A nation filled with people full of discontent
people are able to see more clearly their nega- can never grow in the right direction.
tive. R - It can even create discomfort and dissatisfac-
tion that leads to stress.
Options: S - Imposing restriction on what one speaks or
1) RSQP 2) RQSP hears can hamper the development of a per-
3) PQRS 4) RQPS son.
o
35. P: Added to this is their economic dissatisfaction. Options:
Q: The youth get frustrated when they see a great 1) PSRQ 2) PRQS
deal of disparity between the theory and its ap-
plication.
R: All these factors blend together and give rise to 39.
x p
3) RSPQ 4) SPRQ
P - Kohli, along with Deepika and Ranveer, has

a cult of violence.
h - E
S: This causes them to wonder whether all that
they ever learnt would overcome in use or would
go waste.
led the ascent of millennials to the top of the
rankings.
Q - For the first time a female sportsperson has
s
made it to the top 15.
i i
R - This year saw PV Sindhu make an entry at 15.
l r
Options: S - Former captain Dhoni slipped from 9th place
g h
1) QSPR 2) QPRS last year to 13th this year.
36.
3) QSRP
n it iwa
4) SPQR
P: His story symbolizes a lifestyle struggle against

Options:
E
1) PSRQ 2) QRSP
w
apartheid in South Africa.
T
Q: 'Nelson Mandela' was born on July 18th, 1918
in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then a part 40.
3) RSQP 4) PRQS
P: In addition, tsunamis move throughout the
a
of South Africa's Cape Province. depth of the ocean and not just its surface.
r
R: It was a terrible form of institutionalized rac- Q A tsunami wave isn’t much different in height
ism that held the South African society in it's
d
compared to other waves in the ocean.
grip for a long time.
R: That is why a tsunami generally goes unno-
n
S: It was not easy for Mandela to fight against it, ticed in the open ocean.
as he too was among those who were oppressed
e
S: But, due to its wavelength, it "piles up" when it
by the system.
approaches land.
Options:
1) QPSR
3) QPRS
a t y 2) QRSP
4) PRSQ
Options:
1) RSPQ 2) PQRS
S
3) QSRP 4) SRPQ
37. P: In the least-developed countries, if agricultural
41. P: The main cause of global warming is the hu-
productivity were drastically reduced by climate
man being's careless activities.
change, the cost of living would rise by one or
two percent, and at a time when per capita in- Q: There are many causes of the global warming
come will likely have doubled. which affects human lives and health in many
aspects.
Q: It may still be vulnerable to climate change for
many years to come. R: Fossil fuels burning for many reasons are highly
responsible to increase global warming.
R: In developing countries, in contrast, as much
as a third of GNP and half the population cur- S: Ever increasing human population is demand-
rently depends on agriculture. ing more resources to live easy and healthy life
such as land to live and for crop cultivation,
S: Agriculture is practically the only sector of the
technological growth for comfort and to deal
economy affected by climate.
with increasing temperature of atmosphere, etc.
16
Options: Q: Honesty is reflected in our words and deeds.
1) QPSR 2) PQSR R: When we speak the truth we state the facts as
3) RPQS 4) SPQR they are.
S: We may find it convenient to avoid telling the
42. P: We need to be more physically healthy and fit truth, but if we are honest we should say the
to win the current environmental challenges. truth whatever may be the repercussions.
Q: It keeps us away from the diseases, infections
and other lethal diseases by reducing extra ki- Options:
los, improving the strength of muscle and 1) SRQP 2) SPQR
bones, increasing immunity level, and main- 3) QRPS 4) PQRS
taining the healthy functioning of our major
body organs. 46. P: We can be kind to human beings who need our
R: In the modern time, where pollution, global help.
warming and other environmental issues have Q: Kindness is a quality that human beings show
covered us, the importance of health and fit- in various ways.
o
ness has increased to a great extent.\
R: We can also be kind to other life forms like
S: It helps us to look better with lots of patience
p
dogs, cats and other pets and domesticated
and confidence level. animals, and to wildlife like birds and animals.
Options:
1) PQRS
3) RPQS
- E 2) QPRS
4) PRQS x S: We can be kind to our family members, rela-
tives, friends and neighbours.
Options:
43.
i s h
P: All these factors together can help eradicate
i
poverty, crimes and disease rates.
l
1) QPSR
3) PQSR
2) QPRS
4) PQRS
r
Q: Girls’ education is important from every per- 47. P: If we spend the twenty-four hours that we have
g h
spective of life and society.
a
in a day in an efficient way we can be success-
t
R: Not only do they take right decisions for them- ful in completing the tasks and achieving our
E n w i
selves, but they also provide better education
iw
and health care options to their children.
S: Educated women lead a healthier life compared
goals for the day.
Q: If we wish to succeed in achieving our short
term and long term goals we need to manage
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to the uneducated women; they participate in our time effectively.
the family matters and in the formal labour R: If we waste our time on vain activities we ei-
a
markets too; earn well, marry at a consider- ther get stressed out doing the tasks we need
able age and plan a family in a better manner.
r
to do or fail to do what needs to be done.
S: We all have the same number of hours at our
Options:
1) QRPS
3) SQRP
e n d 2) QSRP
4) SPRQ
disposal each day.
Options:
1) PRSQ 2) RPSQ
44.
t y
P: We can not only see the beauty of nature in the
form of floral and faunal diversity, but can also
a
experience peace in the sylvan surroundings.
Q: A dense collection of trees, plants and other
48.
3) RSQP 4) SPRQ
P: But when it comes to negative human rights
S
reports or one on the environment, it rubbishes
vegetation makes up a forest. them.
R: Forests are home to a great variety of wildlife Q: This kind of behaviour isn’t going to solve the
such as animals, birds, reptiles and insects. problem.
S: Forests are beautiful natural settings where R: Every government is quick to accept reports
we can go and experience nature in its splen- that give it a pat on the back – as the Indian
did expression. government was after the latest ease of doing
business report.
Options: S: No government likes negative reports on its per-
1) QRSP 2) PQRS formance.
3) QSRP 4) SRPQ
Options:
45. P: Honesty is an important principle that must 1) RSPQ 2) PRSQ
govern our lives. 3) SRPQ 4) RPSQ
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49. P: The Great Depression that began on Black Tues- Q: Not only are natural resources limited, but re-
day, 1929 plunged the worldwide recession. cycling efforts can significantly reduce addi-
Q: The years between the first and second world tional waste that will not only harm the planet
wars were a time of instability. today, but future generations as well.
R: Coming to power in 1933, Hitler capitalized on R: A recyclable product is turned back into a raw
this economic decline and the deep German reform that can be used to create a new and dif-
sentment due to the emasculating Treaty of ferent product.
Versailles, signed following the armistice of S: The natural resources on our planet earth are
1918. limited so we must make the most to conserve,
S: Declaring that Germany needed Lebensraum recycle and reuse whenever possible.
or “living space,” Hitler began to test the West-
ern powers and their willingness to monitor the Options:
treaty’s provision. 1) PRSQ 2) RPQS
3) PSQR 4) SPQR
Options:
1) QPRS 2) QSRP
o
53. P: E-waste is valuable as a source of secondary
3) QRPS 4) PRQS raw material.
50. P: One’s language fluency is determined by the

quality of reading.
x p
Q: But it is also toxic if disposed of improperly.
R: When we talk about recycling household and
work place things, we tend to ignore or are less
E
Q: In all cultures and civilizations, much stress is aware of how to deal with the electrical and
-
laid on reading but, in the modern times, this electronic waste (sometimes called e-waste).
activity is being ignored.
h
S: Due to rapid technology change, obsolescent
R: Reading is an essential basic skills building items have created a fast growing mass of elec-
activity.
l i s i
S: Besides, vocabulary enrichment, ideas collec-
r
tion, familiarization with different types of writ-
tronic waste around the globe.
Options:
n g
upon reading.
i h wa
ing formats, speaking fluency, etc, all depend
t
1) RQPS
3) PQSR
2) QSPR
4) RPQS
E
Options:
1) RSPQ
3) PQRS
w Ti
2) QRPS
4) RPSQ
54. P: This is the same whether you are at work or in
your personal life.
Q: Relationships are easy until there is an emo-
a
tional turmoil.
51. P: Young boys and girls seem to have become in-
r
R: When you can change the interpretation in your
ordinately addicted to these sites. mind of what you think you can change your
d
Q: The parents, teachers and the government must emotions and shift the emotional quality of your
look into the problems being caused by these relationships.
e n
networking sites and must formulate a strat-
egy either to curb or completely stop its fast
y
growing negative influence on the minds of our
S: When you can change the emotions in your
relationships you open up entirely new possi-
bilities in your life.
t
youth.
R: Smart-phones, computers, social media,
a
Options:
internet and networking sites such as Facebook 1) QRPS 2) QPRS
S
and Twitter have become source of major dis-
3) PSRQ 4) RQPS
tractions for students.
S: They are thoughtlessly and uselessly wasting
their precious time on these sites. 55. P: Having low self esteem would mean that you
do not respect or value yourself highly.
Q: You may be more likely to believe other people’s
Options:
negative comments rather than trust your own
1) PRQS 2) RPSQ opinions.
3) PSQR 4) QRPS R: If you feel like this about yourself you will not
feel in control and negativity may take hold of
52. P: Recycling basically involves turning used ma- you.
terials that are labeled as recyclable over to your S: Your confidence may be low also and so you
local waste facility designated in a disposal con- will not believe in your ability to be successful.
tainer as “recyclable” materials to be taken and
reused as material for a new purpose.
Options:
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1) PRSQ 2) RSQP 1) RQSP 2) QSPR
3) QPSR 4) PQSR 3) SPQR 4) PRQS
56. P: This would bring a sense of closure to an issue 59. P: The philosophy of pragmatism goes something
that has seen about two decades of wrangling. like this.
Q: By clearing the path for 49 percent foreign in- Q: It is not possible for the mind to relate to any-
vestment in Air India (AI), the Centre has fi- thing other than ideas.
nally decided to push ahead on its privatisation. R: The mind is such that it deals only with ideas.
R: While the parliamentary standing committee S: Therefore, it is not correct to think that the
on AI privatisation is yet to express its views, a mind actually can ponder reality.
sort of political consensus appears to be close
at hand. Options:
S: There cannot be a more opportune time to push 1) RQSP 2) RSPQ
ahead with disinvestment; this, ironically, is 3) PRQS 4) SQRP
despite the fact that the airline has improved
o
its operational performance.
60. P: The basic reform they need is to change their
p
holding structure to give them autonomy, as
Options: well as accountability, not a promise of no gov-
57.
1) SPQR
3) QPRS
- E
2) PSQR
4) PRQS
P: The depletion of organic nutrients in the soil x ernment interference.

Q: PSBs need systemic reform to overhaul their
current decision-making structure and culture.
R: If the government does not want to free the
h
has reached alarming proportions, thanks to banks from majority state ownership, it could
s
indiscriminate use of chemical fertiliser in at least put them at arm’s remove, by creating
i i
Green Revolution areas. a holding company that would hold the PSB
g l h r
Q: As against an acceptable level of ‘soil organic
carbon’ of well over 5 percent, soils in Punjab
t a
are said to have levels far below 1 percent.
equity, appoint PSB boards and supervise their
functioning.
S: It is surprising that after appointing the Banks
n i
R: Besides, 5.3 billion tonnes of soil is eroded an-
w
nually, at a rate of 16.4 tonnes/hectare.
E w i
S: The nutrient imbalance has been skewed by
Board Bureau, it has been given little role in
reforming the PSBs.
T
the overuse of urea (N) vis-a-vis phosphatic (P Options:
in chemical parlance) and potassic (K) fertiliser. 1) PRQS 2) RQSP
a
3) RSPQ 4) QPRS
r
Options:
1) SRPQ 2) QPSR
d
61. P: These features demonstrate the legal superior-
3) PSRQ 4) PQRS ity of the Fundamental Rights over Directive
n
Principles.
e
58. P: While it is good to see SEBI taking a serious Q: Fundamental Rights are enforceable.
view of leaks and initiating suo motu action, R: These stand granted and guaranteed.
a t y
bringing the perpetrators to book through such
old-fashioned methods may be an uphill task.
Q: But recent episodes of suspected insider trad-
ing through WhatsApp groups, in which ana-
S: As against these Directive Principles are non-
enforceable principles which have been incor-
porated in the Constitution after the incorpo-
S
ration of the Fundamental Rights.
lysts shared prescient tip-offs about upcoming
results for top listed companies, reveals that Options:
the framework remains porous. 1) RSPQ 2) QRSP
R: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Se- 3) SPQR 4) PQRS
curities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have
lately redoubled their efforts to put in place a 62. P: The fundamental rights enumerated in the Con-
water-tight governance framework for listed stitution are not absolute.
firms. Q: These have not been concluded in absolute
S: Initiating a probe into this episode, SEBI has terms.
interrogated analysts, conducted raids on stock R: While describing the nature and content of each
brokers and deployed search-and-seizure pow- right, the Constitution also describes its limi-
ers to confiscate laptops and mobile phones. tations.
S: Some restrictions have been placed on their
Options: enjoyment.
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Options: Options:
1) QSPR 2) SRPQ 1) PSRQ 2) SRQP
3) PQSR 4) QRSP 3) PQRS 4) QPSR
63. P: In fact respect for social and political equality P: I have seen several young executives joining
of all the people is the cornerstone of democ- new jobs.
racy. Q: Only a small number of these young people
Q: The principle of equality is the foremost prin- really believe they will succeed.
ciple of democracy. R: But majority of these young people simply don't
R: In it all the people, without any discrimina- have the belief that they can reach the top.
tion, are treated as equal. S: Each of them "wishes", someday he will achieve
S: All the people enjoy equal political rights, equal- success by reaching the top.
ity before law and equality of opportunity with-
out any discrimination. Options:
1) SRQP 2) PSRQ
o
Options: 3) RQPS 4) SQRP
1) QPRS 2) QSRP
64.
3) QRPS 4) PRQS
P: In this world there is no such thing as a hu-

67.
p
P: We have to choose daily to remain adaptable.
x
Q: Flexibility means being able to respond to
E
change and deal with it.
man saviour.
-
R: It's a trait any of us can learn and it's one that
Q: If we follow just another human for his idea, I is critical to our success in managing any type
h
am sure we will end up fighting another civil of change.
s
war and a new generation will suffer as we suf- S: Yet being flexible isn't easy as we have to work
i i
fer. at and practice flexibility daily.
g l th ar
R: There is only a stable system.
S: A man always changes after a while because
they are human just like you.
Options:
1) PRSQ 2) RSQP
Options:
E
1) RSQP
n w i iw
2) PRSQ
3) PQRS 4) QRSP
T
68. P: We think and talk a lot about Leadership and
3) SQRP 4) QRSP how to develop the Leadership skills.
Q: It's fun and exciting one day and then the next
65.
d ra
P: Most learners have a huge discrepancy betw
een their verbal skills and their writing ability.
Q: As a result, many Learners do not write what
is actually in their mind, but dumb-downed
day we wonder why we ever wanted to lead in
the first place.
R: I believe, in order to develop Leadership skills,
as a leader we must be willing to acknowledge
e n
versions so they do not make mistakes.
R: But in school, correct spelling is valued more
than getting one's true vocabulary on the page.
y
that, developing it is not an accomplishment -
it's a never-ending process.
S: It's a process full of many awesome moments
t
S: They have words in their minds that they could and many lonely days.
never spell.
a
Options:
1) PRSQ 2) RSQP
S
Options:
3) SQRP 4) QPRS
1) PSRQ 2) SRQP
3) RQPS 4) PQSR 69. P: These features cleary bring out the nature of
Indian Bill of Rights.
66. P: On those days when nothing in our life seems Q: The Constitution grants and guarantees fun-
to be going right, it can be really tough to see damental rights and freedom to all the people
the silver lining among all those clouds. of India and constitute a vital pillar of Indian
Q: Is our glass half-full or half-empty? Democracy.
R: A positive attitude benefits not only our men- R: No Law can violate the Fundamental Rights of
tal health, but your physical well-being as well. the People of India.
S: However, it's during these times when the abil- S: The fundamental rights incorporated in the
ity to see the good in even the worst situations Constitution stand at a higher pedestal than
is so important. ordinary laws and the Directive Principles of
State Policy.
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Options: own, just like every other creature.
1) SPRQ 2) PQRS S: But when the bubble bursts, the substance that
3) RPQS 4) SRPQ is inside the bubble, where is it?
70. P: The leaders I admire most are the ones who Options:
give selflessly of themselves and make personal 1) PRSQ 2) RSQP
development a priority. 3) SQPR 4) QPSR
Q: Both are important and one without the other
does not work as I have observed some of the 74. P: All have equal right to live in this world.
great leaders, I find they all have some things Q: Men and animals, all are the children of God.
in common.
R: So, one should not take away the life of an-
R: Great leaders balance personal development other, whether he is a man or a beast of any other
and organizational development. living being.
S: I can not give of myself as a leader if I do not S: If we take to violence, our souls will be defiled
first take care of myself. and we will not be able to reach God after we die.
Options:
1) SRQP
3) PSRQ
2) SQRP
4) PRSQ
x p o
Options:
1) PQRS
3) RSQP
2) QPRS
4) RPQS
71.
- E
P: We cannot have ‘theories’ for everything – es-
pecially for getting along with people.
h
Q: Human beings are unique, perhaps somewhat
75. P: Everybody understands that, sports and games
mean only the physical and mental fitness.
Q: Both should be given equal priority in the school
s
illogical, and definitely unprogrammable. and colleges to go ahead and make the bright
l i ri
R: No blueprint can give us a pre-planned design
to organise our lives with other people.
g h a
S: Each one of us is sensitive; and each one of us
career of the students.
R: However it has many hidden benefits as well.
t
S: Sports and good education both together be-
is constantly variable – our mood and tempera-
n i
come the way to achieve success in the life of a
ment change from day to day, may be even from
w
child.
i
hour to hour yet we have evolved into a society
E w
and community; a global habitat with families,
T
institutions and corporations. Options:
1) RSQP 2) QPRS
a
Options: 3) PRSQ 4) PQRS
r
1) QPRS 2) RQPS
3) RPQS 4) SRQP 76. P: The leader must learn to rule himself.
72.
n d
P: These are the only two paths available to him.
e
Q: All humans are bestowed with a conscience
that helps us discriminate between good and
Q: An organization cannot be successful if the
people do not obey its laws and rules.
R: Similarly, no play is possible, if the players do
not follow the rules in the play ground.
t y
bad, eternal and non eternal.
R: Although all living species are involved in sleep-
a
ing, mating, defending and eating, only humans
S: If he cannot rule himself, he cannot rule oth-
ers.
Options:
S
as far as we know-can think and decide what
is eternally beneficial to them. 1) RSPQ 2) QRPS
S: Based on this special quality a human can de- 3) SPQR 4) QPRS
cide whether he wants to tread the path of eter-
nal welfare or sensual enjoyment. 77. P: People of each State converse in their own lan-
guage and often cannot speak or understand
Options: the regional language of other people.
1) RSPQ 2) QRSP Q: In such cases, English becomes the link be-
3) SPQR 4) QPSR tween these people.
R: So, we cannot deny the importance of English
73. P: A person is just like a bubble. in modern India.
Q: The air has reclaimed it; the atmosphere has S: Modern India has many large States.
reclaimed it.
R: This bubble doesn’t have any substance of its Options:
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1) SPQR 2) PQSR R: A healthy person (whether rich or poor) lives
3) SQPR 4) QPSR more happy and peaceful life than any rich
person having a diseased body.
78. P: He was developed into the most effective per- S: It indicates a very clear meaning that health is
sonality under the environment of rational at- more significant for a person than the wealth.
titude of his father and religious temperament
of his mother. Options:
Q: Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta, on 1) SQRP 2) QRPS
12th January in 1863 during Makar Sankranti 3) RPQS 4) PSQR
festival, in a traditional Bengali Kayastha fam-
ily. 82. P: Until few years ago, people in India and several
R: The birth name of Swami Vivekananda was other underdeveloped and developing countries
Narendranath Datta. used to think that girls should stay at home,
S: He was one of the nine children of his father, cook food and look after the kids and elderly.
who was an attorney in Calcutta. Q: Girls are undoubtedly an indispensable part of
o
our society.
Options: R: But now the mindset has been changed; girls
1) QSRP
3) RSPQ
2) SRPQ
4) QRSP
x pin India are bringing accolades to their par-

ents and they are doing well in every field such
as academics, sports, politics, etc.
E
79. P: Child labour in India is the practice where chil- S: No society or culture can progress without the
-
dren are engaged in economic activity on part presence of girls.
h
time or full time basis.
Options:
s
Q: The practice deprives children of their child-
i i
hood and is harmful to their physical and men- 1) RQPS 2) QRPS
l r
tal development. 3) QSPR 4) QPSR
h
R: Poverty, lack of good schools and growth of in-
n g it a
formal economy are considered as the most im-
portant causes of child labour in India.
w
S: The 2001 national census of India estimated
83. P: Forests make for beautiful natural landscapes
and scenery.
i
Q: They offer visitors and tourists the beauty of
E w
the total number of child labour, aged 5-14, to trees and plants of all kinds and a large variety
T
be at 12.6 million. of wildlife that inhabits the area.
R: Forests are a treasure house of nature.
a
Options: S: People enjoy going into the forests either on
1) QRSP 2) RSPQ
r
foot or on a safari.
3) QPSR 4) PQRS
80.
n d
P: Very seldom do we actually go out and do some-
thing, which is beneficial to the society with-
e
out thinking of our own side benefit of it.
Options:
1) QPRS
3) PSQR
2) QPSR
4) QRPS
y
Q: This is something that we have been falling
t
84. P: Honesty is a moral value that must be incul-
short of. cated in childhood.
a
R: Every society must develop in its people a so- Q: Through stories children can be exposed to the
cial responsibility.
S
virtue of honesty, so that they can easily com-
S: We are very individualistic and don’t relate prehend why dishonesty should be avoided, and
ourselves to our society as such. how honesty is vital for life.
R: The value then takes firm foundation and can
Options: see one through life.
1) RQSP 2) QRSP S: If the trait of dishonesty starts at a young age,
3) QSRP 4) QPRS it becomes a habit difficult to change.
81. P: “Health is Wealth” is a very old proverb how- Options:

ever will be true forever for the humanity. 1) PRSQ 2) RSPQ
Q: A healthy person can perform any task how- 3) RPQS 4) QRPS
ever; a wealthy person who is suffering from
untreatable disease can never buy a good 85. P: Our behavior and character speak of the mor-
health. als and ethics that we live by.
22
Q: Such persons follow their moral values what- Options:
ever difficulty they may have to encounter in 1) SPQR 2) SQPR
the process. 3) PRQS 4) PSQR
R: They do not fear punishment and stay in a
state of peace and contentment. 89. P: Republic Day of India is celebrated every year
S: A person who is righteous is one who has de- on 26th of January.
veloped moral values and lives by them. Q: A huge celebration event is organised annually
in the national capital, New Delhi.
Options: R: It is celebrated at the Rajpath, India Gate be-
1) SQRP 2) QRPS fore the President of India.
3) RPQS 4) PSQR S: A grand ceremonial parade of Indian army takes
place at Rajpath to honour the Indian Flag.
86. P: If we manage our time effectively we can ac-
complish all the activities and tasks we wish Options:
to. 1) PQRS 2) SRQP
o
Q: It is important that we draw up a time table 3) QRPS 4) QSRP
that we can adopt practically.
R: If we can stick to the time table we can then
succeed in achieving our goals whether they
are in the short term or long term.
90.
x p
P: People celebrate it as a two-day festival; first
day as Holika Dahan and second day as
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colourful Holi.
S: This requires drawing up a practicable time
-
Q: Holi is a religious Hindu festival celebrated with
table. lots of preparations in the month of Phalgun.
Options:
1) QPRS
l i s h i
2) PSQR
R: At Holika Dahan, they burn a heap of sticks,
straws and cow-dung cakes lying in the mid of
streets in the late evening or night.
r
3) SPQR 4) SQPR S: And, next day in the morning, they celebrate a
g h a
colorful Holi by playing colours with friends,
87.
E n w it
P: Any leader asked to address the plenary ses-
iw
sion of the World Economic Forum at Davos
has an opportunity to do two things.
Q: The first is to pitch his (or her) country strongly
family members and neighbours.
Options:
1) QPRS 2) PQRS
T
to foreign companies and investors.
R: The second is to build the brand of both the
a
individual and the country by looking at issues 91.
3) RPQS 4) QRPS
P: As a result, people end up saving a consider-
r
and concerns beyond those that just concern able amount of money while also saving the
his or her country.
d
planet.
S: The world, after all, is sorely lacking in states- Q: Recycling your waste makes you more respon-
n
men (and stateswomen) of global stature. sible in the way you use and dispose of it.
e
R: It is evident from studies that people who do
Options:
y
this instinctively cut down on buying unwanted
t
1) QPRS 2) RPQS things from the supermarket.
3) RQPS 4) PQRS S: They think of how to dispose of the packaging
88.
S a
P: World War I began in 1914, after the assassi-
nation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted
until 1918.
Q: Thanks to new military technologies and the
horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw un-
or the product after use before even buying it.
Options:
1) RQSP
3) QRSP
2) SRQP
4) QPRS
precedented levels of carnage and destruction.
92. P: The word ‘media’ is derived from the word me-
R: During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, dium, signifying mode or carrier.
Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central
Q: Media is intended to reach and address a large
Powers) fought against Great Britain, France,
target group or audience.
Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United
States (the Allied Powers). R: In today’s world, media becomes as essential
as our daily needs.
S: By the time the war was over and the Allied
Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million S: The word was first used in respect of books
people – soldiers and civilians alike – were dead. and newspapers i.e. print media and with the
advent of technology, media now encompasses
television, movies, radio and internet.
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Options: Q: The gratitude list is a list of those things that
1) PSQR 2) SPQR we have and that we are grateful for.
3) SQRP 4) SRQP R: A simple gratitude list would go thus: I am grate-
ful for being alive, that I have a roof over my
93. P: When you read a book you are focusing your head and can afford two square meals, that I
attention on the conceptual ideas in the book. have work, that I am earning, that I don’t have
any major disease etc.
Q: Self awareness is developed through practices
in focusing your attention on the details of your S: This list is endless, and we can all keep adding
personality and behavior which isn’t learned our own small or big personal items to the list.
from reading a book.
R: You can develop an intellectual understanding Options:
of the ideas of self awareness from a book, but 1) PQRS 2) QPRS
this is not the same. 3) PRQS 4) PQSR
S: With your attention in a book you are practic-
ing not paying attention to your own behavior, 97. P: Therefore, these are products of the thinking
o
emotions and personality. by sages and not products of every man’s na-
ture.
Options:
1) SQPR
3) PQRS
2) QPSR
4) PRSQ
p
Q: A person’s behaviour evolves through conscious
x
evolution.
R: When a potter pounds the clay and makes a
E
vessel, it is the product of the artisan’s activ-
-
94. P: Yoga is one of the ancient art forms which was ity, not of his nature.
h
originated in India thousand years ago. S: The sages observed activities and gathered ideas
and thoughts, and thereafter introduced prin-
s
Q: It is the connection of individual Soul to the
ciples of propriety and righteousness and in-
i i
Divine soul.
l
stituted laws and systems.
r
R: It is a Sanskrit word derived from Yuj which
g h
means to Unite in its ordinary sense.
a
Options:
t
S: It’s a system of mental and physical discipline
n i
which controls the mind and the body. 1) PQRS 2) PSQR
E
Options:
1) QPRS
3) SQPR
w Tiw
2) PRQS
4) SPQR
98.
3) PRQS 4) QRSP
P: Modern medicine has scored significant victo-

ries against both, and the major causes of ill
a
health and death are now the chronic degen-
erative diseases, such as coronary artery dis-
r
95. P: Banks, which garner the lion’s share of retail ease, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, macu-
debt allocations, pegged down their term de-
d
lar degeneration, cataract and cancer.
posit interest rates with alacrity by 200-250
Q: It follows that the majority of apparently healthy
n
basis points between 2014 and 2016 as mar-
people are pre-ill.
ket rates fell.
e
R: Throughout human history the leading causes
Q: Indian savers have made a decisive shift from
y
of death have been infection and trauma.
real to financial assets in recent years prompted
t
by policy nudges and sluggish gold and prop- S: These have a long latency period before symp-
toms appear and a diagnosis is made.
a
erty markets.
R: But they have been tardy in passing on the
S
rate increases of the past year. Options:
S: But while umpteen new equity-linked options 1) RPSQ 2) PRQS
have sprung up on their menu – MFs, NPS, 3) PSQR 4) QRSP
market-linked insurance plans – there’s a no-
table dearth of debt options. 99. P: The incidence and severity of Type B malnutri-
tion will be shown to be worse if newer micro-
Options: nutrient groups such as the essential fatty ac-
1) SRQP 2) SPQR ids, xanthophylls and flavonoids are included
3) QSPR 4) QRSP in the surveys.
Q: Commonly ingested levels of these micronutri-
ents seem to be far too low in many developed
96. P: Most often, the things in this list are forgotten
countries.
by us or taken for granted, as we continue to
interact with the world on a daily basis. R: Many national surveys reveal that malnutri-
tion is common in developed countries.\
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S: This is not the calorie and/or micronutrient Options:
deficiency associated with developing nations 1) SPQR 2) PRQS
(Type A malnutrition); but multiple micronu- 3) RSPQ 4) RQSP
trient depletion, usually combined with calo-
rific balance or excess (Type B malnutrition).
ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 11. (A) 21. (A) 31. (D) 41. (A) 51. (B) 61. (B) 71. (A) 81. (D) 91. (C)
2. (B) 12. (C) 22. (C) 32. (B) 42. (C) 52. (A) 62. (C) 72. (B) 82. (C) 92. (A)
3. (D) 13. (D) 23. (D) 33. (C) 43. (B) 53. (D) 63. (C) 73. (A) 83. (C) 93. (B)
4. (C) 14. (A) 24. (A) 34. (D) 44. (A) 54. (B) 64. (B) 74. (B) 84. (A) 94. (B)
5. (C) 15. (C) 25. (B) 35. (A) 45. (D) 55. (A) 65. (A) 75. (C) 85. (D) 95. (C)
6. (D) 16. (B) 26. (A) 36. (C) 46. (A) 56. (C) 66. (D) 76. (D) 86. (B) 96. (B)
7. (A) 17. (A) 27. (A) 37. (*) 47. (D) 57. (D) 67. (B) 77. (A) 87. (D) 97. (D)
8. (D)
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18. (D) 28. (C) 38. (A) 48. (C) 58. (A) 68. (D) 78. (D) 88. (C) 98. (A)
9. (B) 19. (B) 29. (D) 39. (A) 49. (A) 59. (C) 69. (A) 79. (D) 89. (A) 99. (C)
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10. (B) 20. (D) 30. (B) 40. (C) 50. (D) 60. (D) 70. (A) 80. (A) 90. (A)
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FILL IN THE BLANKS 5.
x Operant conditioning can be described as a learn-
ing ______ that is used to modify or change a
person’s behaviour through experiences and con-
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In the following question, the sentence given sequences.
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with blank to be filled in with an appropriate
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word. Select the correct alternative out of the
Options:
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four and indicate it by selecting the appropri-
ate option. 1) method 2) object
1.
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Lateral thinking method is ______ with creation of
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new ideas that is a procedure and readiness to 6.
3) goal 4) suspect
Galileo was the first scientist to recognize clearly
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look at things in a diverse approach.
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that the only way to further our understanding of
the physical world was to______ to experiment.
Options:
a
1) regressive 2) neoconservative
1) annihilate 2) resort
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3) aggressive 4) apprehensive
3) emerge 4) suspect
2.
d
Time perception raises a number of ______ puzzles,
n
including what it means to say we perceive time.
Options:
e
7. Private companies do not produce new varieties
and inputs ______ as a result of their own research.
1) discriminating
3) boring
a t y 2) intriguing
4) befooling
Options:
1) sincerely
3) entirely
2) purportedly
4) abjectly
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3. The theoretical framework is finished by identify-
ing indicators to be used in the ______ of the suc- 8. Environmental protection and management is
cess of such policies. ______attracting a lot of attention these days.
Options: Options:
1) evaluation 2) completion 1) affectedly 2) deservedly
3) formation 4) rotation 3) acridly 4) lewdly
4. Many national surveys ______ that malnutrition 9. ______ Parliament attack, there are many theo-
is common in developed countries. ries.
Options: Options:
1) wheal 2) reveal 1) Realising 2) Concerning
3) sheal 4) vineal 3) Resurrecting 4) Pleasing
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10. A metrical thinker should always be moving in a 17. An unwritten constitution develops and expands
direction which is beneficial and have always been with the development of the nation and ultimately
right at every ______ becomes the ______ of the public opinion.
Options: Options:
1) height 2) stride 1) symbol 2) motion
3) growth 4) address 3) role 4) badge
11. Vivekananda ______ the young to “arise” and 18. Aristotle held that some persons are fit to rule
“awake”, to reject all doctrines and dogmas that while others are fit to be ruled ______.
were based on superstition and prejudice.
Options:
Options: 1) over 2) of
1) flattered 2) lauded 3) on 4) at
3) exhorted 4) commended
12. When negative attitudes toward religion, in the

West or elsewhere, are motivated by a ______ for
justice, they must be respected.
19.
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The role of the ______ in the society is extremely
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important because it formulates the policies and
takes the decisions.
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Options:
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Options: 1) elite 2) ordinary
1) disinterest 2) concern 3) poor 4) common
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3) distraction
l i s h 4) association
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The art of growing up is living in the school of life,
20. There is no ______ the fact that traditions have a
greater hold on the public than anything else.
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ity is important.
it ar
where learning is ______, and taking responsibil-
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1) jigging 2) denying
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Options: 3) abducting 4) bemusing
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1) neglected 2) ignored
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3) focused 4) superficial 21. A learned man may be stupid for he knows only
from books and not from his ______.
14. Walt Disney failed many times, but learned the
him.
Options:
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right lessons and hence failure was not ______ for Options:
1) experiences
3) consequenced
2) arbitration
4) repercussions
1) frustrating
3) argument
y e n 2) celebration
4) connector
22. Modern India has a secular constitution and ______
itself on being a secular country.
15.
a t
There is now a reasonably ______ body of evidence
suggesting that, even from the most rigorous sci-
entific perspective, unselfishness and concern for
Options:
1) prides 2) humiliates
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3) shy 4) disgraces
others are not only in our own interests but also,
in a sense, innate to our biological nature.
23. The goal of education should be to help the stu-
dent to grow physically strong, mentally brilliant,
Options:
spiritually ______, culturally rich, prosperous, glo-
1) substantial 2) small bally peaceful and environment-friendly.
3) insignificant 4) ethereal
Options:
16. A common man is not fully ______ with the com- 1) enlightened 2) misleading
plexities of the laws.
3) dominating 4) hopeful
Options:
24. Vivekananda dared to attempt to ______ all that
1) accused 2) reversed was rotting in Indian society and to enrich and
3) abused 4) conversed learn from all that was noble.
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Options: cash transfers to beneficiaries will be in sync
1) create 2) sustain with what developed countries do. But it’s im-
3) derive 4) revamp portant for India to enhance its efforts to rein-
vigorate WTO. In this context, India’s plan to
organise a meeting of some countries early next
25. Education is not just for giving you livelihood but
year is a step in the right direction. WTO rep-
giving you the art of ______ wholly and joyously.
resents the best available platform to accom-
modate interests of a diverse set of nations.
Options: Therefore, India should be at the forefront of
1) living 2) leaving moves to fortify it.
3) believing 4) driving
1. Why was the WTO’s 11th binennial ministerial
ANSWER KEY conference worrisome?
1. (D) 6. (B) 11. (C) 16. (D) 21. (A) Options:

2. (B)
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7. (C) 12. (B) 17. (A) 22. (A) 1) Denial of states quo.
3. (A) 8. (B) 13. (C) 18. (A) 23. (A) 2) Inability of negotiators to reach to substantive
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4. (B) 9. (B) 14. (A) 19. (A) 24. (D) outcome for the problems.
5. (A)
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10. (B) 15. (A) 20. (B) 25. (A) 3) Rift in the policies suggested by WTO on IPR.
4) Non-cooperation from Indian government on
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various matters.
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Read the passage carefully and select the best
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answer to each question out of the given four
2. What is the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy to-
day?
alternatives.
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The conclusion of World Trade Organization’s
Options:
1) India being not working in its best interest.
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2) Lost of faith in WTO by US.
11th biennial ministerial conference at Buenos
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Aires was worrisome. From an Indian stand-
point, there was no loss as status quo contin-
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ues in the most important issue: the right to
3) Negotiators of WTO are not decision takers.
4) WTO’s lame attitude towards global trade.
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continue the food security programme by us-
ing support prices. But the inability of the ne-
a
gotiators to reach even one substantive out-
3. Which of the following nation is keen to fortify its
interest on WTO platform?
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come suggests that WTO’s efficacy is under Options:
question. As a 164-country multilateral
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1) USA 2) Japan
organisation dedicated to crafting rules of trade
through consensus, WTO represents the opti- 3) Russia 4) India
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mal bet for developing countries such as India.
Strengthening WTO is in India’s best interest.
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4. Which of the following is the most successful seg-
ments of the WTO mentioned in the passage?
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Perhaps the biggest threat to WTO’s efficacy
today is the attitude of the US. The world’s larg-
a
est economy appears to have lost faith in the
Options:
1) Dispute redressal mechanism
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organisation and has begun to undermine one 2) Intellectual Property Rights
of its most successful segments, the dispute 3) Reviewer of government’s trade policies.
redressal mechanism. This is significant as the 4) Agreement on trade in services.
US has been directly involved in nearly half of
all cases brought to WTO. Separately, large
groups of countries decided to pursue negotia- 5. According to the passage, which of the following
tions on e-commerce, investment facilitation statement is NOT true?
and removal of trade obstacles for medium and
small scale industries. By itself this should not Options:
weaken WTO. But it comes at a time when there 1) 11th WTO conference was held at Nairobi.
is growing frustration with gridlock at WTO. 2) India’s take on food security programme in the
WTO conference was positive.
India did well to defend its position on its food 3) US is termed as the world’s largest economy.
security programme. The envisaged reform 4) US is involved directly in half of the cases
package which will see a greater use of direct brought to WTO
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One should consciously engage in activities 2) A soulful sculptures art.
that will nourish your soul. Just as we nourish 3) Freeing our mind.
the body, we need to nurture the soul to con- 4) Embracing what feeds our soul.
nect to the creative power of the universe and
to manifest joy in our lives. Often, we forget to
7. According to the passage, why even our amateur-
address the soul, lost as we are in a jungle of
ish attempts motivate us?
material and sensual pleasures. But the more
you embrace what feeds your soul, the happier
you become. So if you want to enjoy the abun- Options:
dance of life, engage in what enriches your soul. 1) Because even unknown forces of the universe
Nurturing the soul is all about finding calm are assisting us in them.
amidst chaos. There are a number of practices 2) Because we never knew that this part ever ex-
that empower people towards this end includ- isted inside us.
ing silent contemplation, various forms of medi- 3) Because these amateur attempts of ours are
tation, yoga and tai chi However, the rigor and insincere ones.
discipline involved in the pursuit of such prac- 4) Because they still are clumsy and need improve-
o
tices often seems to discourage people. Add to ment.
this, the temptations of the material world that
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leave little time and motivation for anyone to
8. What activities can nutrify soul?
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pursue the spiritual path. Poet Walt Whitman
declared: “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth”.
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The good news is that simple, everyday activi- Options:
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ties can also nutrify the soul — like spending 1) Creative activities that needs your involvement.
time in the midst of nature, dancing in the rain 2) Any activity that doesn't touch the soul.
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or just putting thoughts on paper. Do what-
ever is calming and pleases you. Creative pur-
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suits are particularly appealing as inside each
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3) Peaceful and calming activities.
4) Immaculate artwork.
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one of us, there is an artist craving for release
9. What can you infer from Michelangelo’s statement
g h
and awaiting an opportunity for expression.
a
- "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I
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One of the ways to indulge the artist within is
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to get started with the practice of any one or set him free"?
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more of the creative art forms such as music,
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singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting,
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sculpting, poetry, fiction or essay writing.
Options:
1) Michelangelo’s soul probably wanted to free the
angel and hence his artwork portrayed the
same.
a
When you engage in such soul nourishing ac-
tivities, all thought and energy gets focused 2) Michelangelo didn’t like the angel and hence
r
toward goal accomplishment. At this point, you
d
will find that even unknown forces of the uni-
verse are conniving to assist you in your ama-
wanted to do away with it
3) Michelangelo wanted his artwork to look as close
to real as possible.
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teurish but sincere attempts. As you progress,
you are motivated to do better. You touch and
access a faculty, a part of you that you never
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4) Michelangelo’s mind felt free after setting the
angel free in his artwork.
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knew existed. Your inner artist is unleashed, 10. Why do creative pursuits appeal us?
baring the beauty of your soul that has found a
a
fond medium of expression. For instance, a
sculptor’s soul is seen in his artwork; a Options:
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musician’s in his compositions; an actor’s in
his acting, a painter’s in his paintings and so
on. It is immaterial whether your effort is an
immaculate artwork or just a clumsy attempt
by a layperson. The idea is to try, be inspired
and to create giving free rein to the mind. As
1) They nutrify our souls.
2) Inside each one of us, is an artist craving to
come out.
3) They identify beauty of our body.
4) They are not simple activities.
Michelangelo remarked: “I saw the angel in the
The saddest part of life lies not in the act of
marble and carved until I set him free”!
dying, but in failing to truly live while we are
alive. Too many of us play small with our lives,
6. According to the passage, what makes us really never letting the fullness of our humanity see
happy? the light of day. I’ve learned that what really
counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys
Options: we have collected or how much money we’ve
1) A soulful music. accumulated, but how many of our talents we
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have liberated and used for a purpose that adds Options:
value to this world. What truly matters most 1) Simple point of happiness.
are the lives we have touched and the legacy 2) That we live for ourselves only when we live for
that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when others.
he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we 3) That his spirit was undeterred.
live for others.” It took me forty years to dis-
4) That he was a great leader of human hearts.
cover this simple point of wisdom.
Forty long years to discover that success can-
not really be pursued. Success ensues and flows 14. What according to the passage is success?
into your life as the unintended yet inevitable
byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of Options:
other people. When you shift your daily focus 1) Success cannot be pursued.
from a compulsion to survive towards a life- 2) Success is an unintended yet inevitable
long commitment to serve, your existence can- byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of
not help but explode into success. I still can’t others..
believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” 3) Success is true fulfillment.
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of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as 4) Success is incremental act of decency.
a human being comes not from achieving those
grand gestures that put us on the front pages
of the newspapers and business magazines, but
instead from those basic and incremental acts
15.
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According to the passage, what did Mother Teresa
learned the hard way in her life?
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of decency that each one of us has the privi-
lege to practice each and every day if we sim-
ply make the choice to do so.
h
Options:
1) That there are no great acts, only small acts
are done with great love.
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Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts
if ever there was one, said it best: “There are
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no great acts, only small acts done with great
2) That she had been so busy striving that she
had missed out on living.
3) That her days were over scheduled and her mind
n g i h a
love.” I learned this the hard way in my life.
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Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I
w
had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing
was over worked.
4) That she was so busy chasing life’s big plea-
sures that she had missed out on the little one’s.
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life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on
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the little ones, those micro joys that weave
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themselves in and out of our lives on a daily
basis but often go unnoticed. My days were
Teaching about compassion and empathy in
schools can help deal with problems of climate
change and environmental degradation,” says
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overscheduled, my mind was overworked and
Barbara Maas, secretary, Standing Committee
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my spirit was underfed.
for Environment and Conservation, Interna-
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tional Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was
11. According to the passage, what does ''failing to in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s gov-
n
truly live while we are alive means.''? erning council meeting, December 10-11, 2017.
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“We started an awareness campaign in the year
Options: 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we
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1) End up thinking of death all our lives.
2) Never letting the fullness of our humanity see
a
the light of day.
learnt that tiger skins were being traded in
China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Bud-
dhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to
say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to
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3) Focus on basic and incremental acts of decency.
say, “We will stop this.” He used very strong
4) Over scheduling our days and over paying our- words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he
selves.
said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins,
he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This sent huge shock
12. Suggest a suitable title for the passage? waves in the Himalayan community. Within six
months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim
Options: of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress.
1) True happiness as experienced by Mother Teresa
2) Forty years of discovery Tolstoy The messenger was ideal and the audience was
3) Living truly receptive,” says Maas who is a conservation-
4) Learning it the hard way ist. She has studied the battered fox’s behav-
ioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads
the endangered species conservation at the
13. According to the passage, what took Tolstoy forty Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union
years to discover? (NABU) International Foundation for Nature,
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Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The 4) She believes that “abstinence helps you win
Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe major battles of life”.
Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist,
you become like this, I am going for it, “says 18. What did HH Dalai Lama said to his followers
Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including which came as a blow to them?
the Buddhist perspective to the global dis-
course on climate change by presenting the
Options:
statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist
Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in 1) He said “we need to live with contentment and
Paris. deal with each other and the environment with
love and compassion.
2) He said that if he sees people wearing fur and
“It was for the first time in the history of Bud-
skins, he doesn’t feel like living.
dhism that leaders of different sanghas came
together to take a stand on anything! The state- 3) He said Buddhism is an ideal vehicles it makes
ment lists a couple of important things: the people more contented.
first is that we amass things that we don’t need; 4) He said “we need to live with contentment and
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there is overpopulation; we need to live with deal with each other and the environment with
contentment and deal with each other and the love and compassion”.
environment with love and compassion,” elabo-
rates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a ve-
gan diet because “consuming meat and milk
19.
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According to the passage, what do you infer from
''The messenger was ideal and the audience was
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globally contributes more to climate change receptive''?
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than all "transport in the world.”
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Options:
Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires
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1) It means that the audience found the messen-
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complete change of perspective before one ger attractive and that they wanted to listen to
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gives up eating their favorite food. What are
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him more and more.
the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of
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2) It means that audience’s reaction goes hand in
n g it wa
change at the individual level? “To change our
behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made
me a more contented person,” says Maas, who
hand with the speaker’s effectiveness.
3) It means that HH Dalai Lama was a perfect
choice of messenger for the message to be re-
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grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping,
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ceived by the audience.
meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can
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change, so can anybody”. 4) It means that messenger was tested and was
working properly.
16.
Options:
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According to the passage, how can studying com-
passion and empathy in schools help? 20. Why did Ms. Barbara Mass say “If I can change,
so can anybody”?
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Options:
1) It can help us understand and connect Bud-
1) She never wanted to change but she still did,
e
dhism.
so anyone else can.
2) It can help deal with problems of climate change
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2) She was a complete vegan but still turned non
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and environmental degradation.
vegetarian.
3) It can change our behaviours and make us more
a
content person. 3) She did not believe in Buddhism but the reli-
gion attracted her.
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4) It can help us in turning vegetarian.
4) She grew up eating non vegetarian but turned
vegan.
17. Why is Ms. Barbara an ardent follower of vegan
diet?
What is Gandhian philosophy? It is the reli-
gious and social ideas adopted and developed
Options: by Gandhi, first during his period in South Af-
1) She believes that “consuming meat and milk rica from 1893 to 1914, and later of course in
contributes more to climate change than all India. These ideas have been further developed
transport in the world”. by later "Gandhians", most notably, in India by,
2) She believes that “turning vegan gives your skin Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan. Out-
an unmatchable glow and helps you stay away side of India some of the work of, for example,
from diseases”. Martin Luther King Jr. can also be viewed in
3) She believes that “all living beings should be this light. Understanding the universe to be an
treated with love and compassion”. organic whole, the philosophy exists on sev-
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eral planes - the spiritual or religious, moral, 2) Truthfulness in word and deed
political, economic, social, individual and col- 3) Moral laws and code
lective. The spiritual or religious element, and 4) All of these
God, is at its core. Human nature is regarded
as fundamentally virtuous. All individuals are
23. According to Gandhiji, what is the most powerful
believed to be capable of high moral develop-
force in existence?
ment, and of reform. The twin cardinal prin-
ciples of Gandhi's thought are truth and non-
violence. It should be remembered that the Options:
English word "truth" is an imperfect transla- 1) Truth 2) Violence
tion of the Sanskrit, "satya", and "non-vio- 3) Non violence 4) Morality
lence", an even more imperfect translation of
"ahimsa". Derived from "sat" - "that which ex- 24. According to the passage, which of the following
ists" - "satya" contains a dimension of mean- statement is not true?
ing not usually associated by English speakers
with the word "truth". There are other varia-
Options:
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tions, too, which we need not go into here. For
Gandhi, truth is the relative truth of truthful- 1) Nonviolence is regarded as the highest law of
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ness in word and deed, and the absolute truth humankind
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- the Ultimate Reality. This ultimate truth is 2) All individuals are believed to be capable of high
God (as God is also Truth) and morality - the moral development
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moral laws and code - its basis. Ahimsa, far from 3) Violence alone to other is very much self de-
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meaning mere peacefulness or the absence of structive aspect of the universe
overt violence, is understood by Gandhi to de- 4) Love is the universal law of life
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note active love - the pole opposite of violence,
or "Himsa", in every sense. The ultimate sta-
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tion Gandhi assigns non violence stems from
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25. What can be suitable title to the passage?
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two main points. First, if according to the Di-
h
Options:
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vine Reality all life is one, then all violence
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committed towards another is violence towards
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oneself, towards the collective, whole self, and
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thus "self"-destructive and counter to the uni-
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1) The Gandhian philosophy
2) The twin cardinal principles of Gandhiji
3) Truth and nonviolence
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versal law of life, which is love. Second, Gandhi
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believed that ahimsa is the most powerful force
in existence. Had himsa been superior to
4) Violence a self destructive mode
Public opinion may be passive and false or ac-
a
ahimsa, humankind would long ago have suc- tive and real. It is claimed in theory that all
ceeded in destroying itself. The human race
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governments are ultimately based on the opin-
certainly could not have progressed as far as it ion or sanction of the governed. But we find
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has, even if universal justice remains far off that in practice the people's rights are often
the horizon. From both viewpoints, non vio-
n
trodden down and tyranny and oppression are
lence or love is regarded as the highest law of allowed to continue. The government does it
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humankind. not because the people want it to do so but
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because they are too idle, too uneducated and
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21. What are the twin cardinal principles of Gandhi’s too disunited or timid to oppose the
thought? govern-ment. Such public opinion is passive
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Options:
a
1) spiritualty and morality
2) truth and non violence
3) ethics and social responsibility
4) Individual and collective sharing
and false and not an active verdict. But when
we find people alert, intelligent and determined
to let the government know their will, when
they want to exercise actively their voice in
the management of their country, we have an
instance of true or active public opinion. True
public opinion is formed by and expressed
Correct Answer: truth and non violence through the press, the platform, political par-
Candidate Answer: truth and non violence ties and educational institutions. These have
sacred duties to perform, duties on which de-
22. According to Gandhiji, truth complies to which of pends the ultimate good of the entire commu-
the following? nity. The press today wields a tremendous in-
fluence, So it should support the causes and
Options: move-ments and condemn the wrong one's and
thus teach people to form correct opinion. A
1) God is the ultimate truth free and fair press ventilates the grievances of
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the public. Thus a healthy relationship devel- Options:
ops between the people and the government 1) 1, 2 and 3 2) Only 4
through out an unbiased press. Political par- 3) 2 and 3 4) All of these
ties also help to create and regulate opinions.
No less important part is played by the educa-
30. What can be the suitable title to the passage?
tional Institutions which train the minds of the
young people who will be the citizens of to-
morrow. It has been said that modern Germany Options:
and China have been made by their universi- 1) Role of media in forming public opinion
ties. It is necessary that the young and the 2) Formation of public opinion
growing minds should imbibe the spirit of fel- 3) Public opinion in autocratic society
low-feeling, the spirit of tolerance, the habit of 4) True public opinion
compromise, and show due regard for the feel-
ings and opinion of others without which a
democratic society cannot function, let alone It was for long the insurmountable peak for ODI
succeed. When there is true awakening of the batting, but one man might now have a tem-
plate to score ODI double-centuries again and
o
people, we shall have the real and conscious
public opinion. And justice will reign on earth again. In Bengaluru, against Australia in 2013,
p
and truly will the voice of the people be the Rohit Sharma reached 20 off 35th ball, 50 off
the 71st, and the hundred in the 38th over of
x
voice of God.
the innings. In Kolkata, against Sri Lanka in
2014, he was nearly caught for 4 off the 17th
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26. Who among the following has tremendous influ- ball he faced, reached his 20th run off the 35th
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ence in forming the true public opinion? ball, but accelerated slightly earlier to bring
h
up his century in the 32nd over of the innings.
Options: On a cold mid-week afternoon in Mohali this
1) Press
l i s
2) Political parties
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season, he was even slower to start, reaching
20 off 37 balls, 50 off 65 balls, and bringing up
the hundred only in the 40th over. All three
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3) Educational intuitions
4) God man
n g it wa
were ODI doubles. One time can be a charm,
but to accelerate so crazily three times after
having set up the innings and to make it look
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27. What is important for the democratic society to
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predictable is a perfect combination of skill,
function properly?
Options:
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fitness and the right mental approach to ODI
batting. You can be all amazed at how he man-
ages to do it, but Rohit's reaction to it is typi-
a
1) Spirit of fellow-feeling cally relaxed. "That's my template, no?" he
r
2) Spirit of tolerance tends to ask. He remembers the innings clearly:
3) Habit of compromise reaching "50 off 70 balls", bringing up the hun-
28.
4) All of these
e n d
Which of the following is not the reason for the
dred "near the 40th over", and then knowing
that the bowlers can't get him out unless he
makes a mistake. "That is my style of play,"
Rohit said. "You are set and seeing the ball nice
y
oppression caused to general public by the run- and hard and you have understood what the
t
ning government in the country? bowlers are trying to do by then, and it's all
about trying to play with the field once you get
Options:
S a
1) People want themselves such kind of atrocities
to be done to them
2) People are uneducated
3) People are disunited
4) People are timid to oppose the government
past 100. It's all about you not making a mis-
take and getting out. I am not saying it's im-
possible or difficult, but it's very unlikely the
bowlers are going to get you out once you have
scored a hundred. "So it was all about me not
making a mistake and batting as long as pos-
sible. That's what I did. There is no secret or
formula to it. You just have to bat and not make
29. According to the passage, which of the following any mistake. The ground is good, the pitch is
is needed from the people to have true or active nice and hard, so you can trust the bounce and
public opinion? play the shots."
1. Alertness 31. Rohit Sharma hit century in which over in Kolkata

2. Determination match against Sri Lanka?
3. Intelligence
4. Raising their voice Options:
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1) 38th 2) 35th 60 men along with the boats from the expedi-
3) 32nd 4) 40th tion and forage for supplies. De Orellana floated
down the Rio Napo to its confluence with the
32. According to passage what made Rohit Sharma Amazon, near Iquitos (Peru), and then to the
so consistent with his innings for three times con- mouth of the Amazon. Along the way his expe-
secutively? dition suffered numerous attacks by Indians;
some of the Indian warriors, they reported, were
female, like the Amazons of Greek mythology,
Options: and thus the world’s greatest river got its name.
1) skill No one made a serious effort to claim this
2) fitness sweaty territory, however, until the Portuguese
3) right mental approach built a fort near the mouth of the river at Belém
4) All of these in 1616, and sent Pedro Teixeira up the river
to Quito and back between 1637 and 1639.
33. What is Rohit Sharma’s say on hitting hundred During the 17th and 18th centuries, Portuguese
bandeirantes (groups of roaming adventurers)
near the 40th over in Mohali test?
o
penetrated ever further into the rain forest in
pursuit of gold and Indian slaves, exploring as
p
Options: far as present-day Rondônia, and the Guaporé
x
1) To not commit mistake to give chance to bowler and Madeira river valleys. Amazonian Indians
to bowl him out had long used the sap from rubber trees to make
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2) To be very aggressive on field after 25th over waterproof bags and other items. European
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3) To stay calm and face every ball as it comes explorers recognized the potential value of
natural latex, but were unable to market it be-
h
4) To give your best as if it is the last match to
play cause it tended to grow soft in the heat, or
34.
l i s ri
What does Rohit thinks of being bowled out after
scoring a hundred in a match?
brittle in the cold, and thus had limited appeal
outside the rain forest. However, in 1842
American Charles Goodyear developed vulca-
g h
nization (made natural rubber durable) and in
n
Options:
it wa
1) Bowlers become less enthusiastic to bowl out a
i
1890 Ireland’s John Dunlop patented pneu-
matic rubber tires. Soon there was an un-
quenchable demand for rubber in the recently
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batsman who has scored a hundred
T
2) They become so aggressive to bowl the bats-
man as soon as possible
industrialized USA and Europe, and the price
of rubber on international markets soared. As
profits skyrocketed, so did exploitation of the
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3) The remaining overs are then bowled by the seringueiros, or rubber tappers, who were lured
part time bowlers into the Amazon, mostly from the drought-
d r
4) Bowlers are very less likely to bowl you out then stricken northeast, by the promise of prosper-
ity only to be locked into a cruel system of
virtual slavery dominated by seringalistas (own-
n
35. What according to Rohit Sharma is the secret or ers of rubber-bearing forests). Rigged scales,
formula to hit centuries consistently on the
e
hired guns, widespread illiteracy among the
ground? rubber tappers, and monopoly of sales and pur-
Options:
a t y
1) To check the pitch before starting to play
2) To have got bat to play with
chases all combined to perpetuate the work-
ers’ debt and misery. In addition, seringueiros
had to contend with jungle fevers, Indian at-
tacks and all manner of deprivation.
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3) Not to panic on the field
4) No secret at all
The Amazon basin has been continuously in-

habited for at least 10, 000 years, possibly
more. Its earliest inhabitants were stone-age
36. From where did the Europeans explorers first ar-
rive?
Options:
1) The West 2) The East
3) The North 4) The South West
peoples, living in hundreds of far-flung tribes,
some tiny, others numbering in the tens of
thousands. It was from the west that Europe- 37. Where did De Orellano float down to for its
ans explorers first arrived. In 1541 a Spanish confluence with the Amazon?
expedition from Quito, led by Gonzalo Pizarro,
ran short of supplies while exploring east of Options:
the Andes in what is today Peru. Pizarro’s 1) Belem 2) Quito
cousin Francisco de Orellana offered to take 3) Rio Napo 4) Peru
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38. In which year did the fort was built by Portuguese ‘Nilofar’, given by Pakistan, is the Urdu name
near the river Belem? of the lotus or water lily. The eight names sug-
gested by India, and which are in the list of
Options: 64, are Agni, Akaash, Bijli, Jal, Leher, Megh,
1) 1541 2) 1637 Sagar and Vayu, meaning in that order, fire,
sky, lightning, water, wave, cloud, sea and
3) 1616 4) 1639
wind. Five of these names (that is, up to Leher)
have been used so far.
39. Seringalistas refers to
41. For the next cyclone if it is the turn of an Indian
Options: name to be chosen, then what will be that name?
1) natural latex
2) owners of rubber bearing forests Options:
3) group of roaming adventures 1) Agni 2) Megh
4) natural rubber durable 3) Leher 4) Vayu
40. Who among the following patented the pneumatic

rubber tires?
Options:
42.
x p o
Which country did not contribute to the list of
the cyclone names?
Options:
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1) Gonzalo Pizarro 1) Oman 2) Pakistan
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2) Francisco de Orellana 3) Bangladesh 4) Yemen
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3) Pedrco Teixeira
s
4) John Dunlop 43. Which of the following names is a type of a pre-
i i
cious stone?
l r
Eight north Indian Ocean countries, namely,
h
Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar,
g
Options:
n it a
Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, were
asked to contribute names so that a combined
w
list could be compiled. Each country gave eight
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1) Aila
3) Phaillin
2) Nilofar
4) Hudhud
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names and a combined list of 64 names was
44. Names of which type of cyclones do people re-
T
prepared. This list is currently in use, and all
cyclones arising in the north Indian Ocean are member?
named from this list, with one name from each
ra
country being used in turn. Almost 38 or 39
names from the list have been used up, but
since many cyclones dissipate long before they
d
hit land, their names rarely figure in the pa-
Options:
1) The ones that originate in the Bay of Bengal
2) The ones which have memorable names
3) The ones that do not cause any deaths
n
pers or other media. The names that people
4) The most destructive ones
do know about, and remember are, naturally,
y e
those that were most destructive ones, or very
recent. Aila, in 2009 is remembered with a
t
shudder for the enormous destruction it caused
45. Which name suggested by India has not been used
so far?
a
in West Bengal and Bangladesh; Phaillin, also
for the damage it caused when it hit the Odisha Options:
S
coast in 2013. Two harmless cyclones, which 1) Leher 2) Agni
also might remain in people’s memory, are the 3) Bijli 4) Vayu
more recent ones of 2014 — Hudhud, which
threatened the east coast of India and Nilofar,
which was expected to, but did not, devastate In mid-2012 I completed my first massive
the western coast. The names in the cyclone online open course, or MOOC, the kind widely
list are usually words one associates with offered by Coursera, EdX, Udacity and so on in
storms; words which mean water or wind or partnership with different educational insti-
lightning in various national languages. Some- tutions. It was on clinical trials and ethical
times they are names of other things — birds practices, offered by Johns Hopkins, on
or flowers or precious stones. The name ‘Aila’, Coursera. This was shortly before the MOOC
contributed by the Maldives means ‘fire’, the sensation hit India, and when Coursera, which
name ‘Phaillin’ from Thailand means sapphire, was founded by two Stanford professors, itself
the name ‘Hudhud’ from Oman is the name of was just a few months old. The MOOC bug had
a bird, probably the hoopoe, and the name bit me. The course I’d completed was mainly
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designed for health care professionals who Just as space permeates everything in the uni-
would be involved in actual clinical trials, not verse, love permeates every part, every aspect
college students who had no prior knowledge of creation. If there is one answer to the ques-
of that area. I decided to enroll in the course tion, “How and why does this world exist?”
because it was the only biology related course the answer, in one word, is ‘Love’. Rather, the
open at the time. However, I did see hope in answer is ‘Pure Love’, since the word ‘love’ has
that sometime in the future I’d be able to get lost its meaning.
a glimpse of what classes are like in the hal-
lowed halls of major educational institutions Your very existence is an expression of pure
around the world. By early 2013, Coursera and unconditional love of the Source (you may call
EdX had partnered with so many educational it Consciousness, Creator, God, Divine Self).
institutions and expanded their course offer- This is the truth of your being. True love tran-
ings to include everything from food and nu- scends both love and hatred. It is uncondi-
trition to Greek mythology to business, that I tional, unquestioning, boundless, unchanging
was spoilt for choice. I spent hours going love. It is overflowing love of the Source for
through course catalogues and poring over the Source through all of creation.
o
course descriptions, almost delirious with ex-
citement at the fact that I was actually going
p
True love is way beyond the personalized love
to be able to take classes offered by universi-
that two or more individuals assert on one
x
ties I had only dreamt of attending.
another. Personalized love, though apparently
selfless, is rooted in desires and conditional
46.
h - E
Which of the following is the name of a university
and not an online education delivery company?
satisfaction.
We have been brought up in a society that
s
Options: judges love based on conditions. We have been
i i
1) Coursera 2) Johns Hopkins made to believe that we can receive love only
47.
3) EdX
g l th ar
4) Udacity
The C in MOOC stands for which word?

when we fit into people’s expectations. If we
are not good enough, we will be deprived of
love.
E n
Options:
1) Course
w i iw
2) College
These beliefs have influenced the collective
psyche of families, groups, communities, and
T
societies since generations to such an extent
3) Coursera 4) Class
that love has been reduced to fear of denial.
48.
a
The course the author completed on MOOC was
r
related to which subject?
Options:
d
We need to shift from the paradigm of false
conditional love to the essence of pure uncon-
ditional love .
1) Biology
3) Mythology
y e n 2) Nutrition
4) Business
The experience of true love comes with sur-
render of the false ‘I’, in letting go of the feel-
ing of separateness. Without this sacrifice, it
t
49. What aspect of MOOC excited the author? is not possible to attain divine love. When this
separate ‘I’ is discarded, you embrace every-
Options:
S a
1) The fact that the course was free as it was
offered online
2) That he could take a break in a course if he
wanted to
3) The fact that he could take a course from the
thing in oneness and catch a glimpse of pure
love.
True love can be experienced only through giv-

ing, not by demanding. People who exist in your
life are not here to love you. They are here to
university he dreamt of remind you that you are the Source of Love.
4) That he could take any course from any uni-
versity in the world By knowing that you are the Source of love,
you can love yourself, instead of waiting to
50. Coursera was founded by professors from which receive love from the world. Ask yourself, “Why
university? do I need an agent to love myself?” Waiting
for the world to love you, is like hiring an agent
Options: to love yourself!
1) Harvard 2) Massachusetts
3) Stanford 4) Oxford
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It is time for you to honor yourself as the parts of the same whole, each nourishing and
Source of love. You have undertaken this hu- guiding the other. Acknowledging that our well-
man journey to realize and express the bound- being depends on others makes caring for oth-
less love that you truly are. ers’ well-being a moral responsibility.
Through a “mindful citizen” exercise, we cre-
51. What can be the suitable title to the passage ? ate a story articulating who we are as individu-
als who are also part of communities. This ex-
Options: ercise helps us move beyond cynicism, com-
placency, and despair, instead infusing us with
1) Understanding the true love
a sense of purpose. We embrace our gifts, re-
2) Conditional love solving to do our part to promote a sense of
3) Role of ‘1’ in love common humanity as a means toward social
4) Selflessness justice.
With this exercise, I believe we can help stu-
52. What does ‘source’ refers to in the last line of the dents bridge their divides and replace anger
second para of the passage? and distrust with compassionate connections
o
– just as I witnessed between Shirley and Tif-
fany.
p
Options:
1) God Shirley returned to class after a brief hiatus,
x
2) Human being keeping a cool distance from Tiffany. But over
the weeks spent together they gradually came
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3) Man’s ego to know each other. They practiced seeing and
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4) Living beings other than humans listening, sharing stories so different that they
felt bewildered as to how they could overcome
53.
h
According to the passage, which of the following
s
statement is not TRUE?
l i i
the gap. But they found that acknowledging
their differences led them to discover a place
of deep connection in commonalities, such as
Options:
n g ith ar
1) World exists because of pure love.
2) Conditional love never gives the fear of denial.
being raised by grandmothers, and even
wounds, including childhood trauma, that they
never imagined existed.
w
In assessments of these classes, students say
3) Human being himself is a source of love.
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that these small groups become “healing com-
w
4) True love is not the one that two or more indi- munities,” where we overcome victimization
T
viduals assert on one another. and claim agency. Healing occurs as we tran-
scend an “us vs. them” mentality, crossing
a
54. According to the passage, whom to honour as the borders and forging connections. These com-
r
source of love? munities show a way of reducing intergroup
prejudice and fostering inclusion based in psy-
d
Options: chology research and pedagogical practice.
n
1) Family 2) Community
3) Society 4) Yourself 56. What makes the others’ well-being a moral re-
55.
y e
Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE
t
about pure love?
sponsibility for us?
Options:
a
1) By way of our concerned nature.
2) As our own well-being depends on others well-
S
Options:
1) World exists not because of love but because being.
of pure love. 3) It depends on one’s upbringing.
2) Pure love is experienced with surrender of the 4) It is mentioned as a fundamental duty in our
false ‘I’. Indian Constitution.
3) It is experienced by giving and not by demand-
ing something. 57. What does the “mindful citizen” exercise help us
4) All of these in?
Options:
By practicing mindfulness and other principles, 1) To be cynical 2) Live in despair
we become more aware of and present to our 3) Be complacent 4) To get purpose of life
fears and others’ fears, bearing witness as a
way of healing and empowering. We see the 58. How students can replace their anger and dis-
spiritual path as intertwined with the path of trust?
social action, with contemplation and action
36
Options: Gandhi was known as much for his wit and in-
1) With the help of compassionate connections. telligence as for his piety. When he was ar-
2) By diverting their mind. rested several more times over the years for
3) By going into deep meditation. his actions during the movement, Gandhi
calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death
4) By doing some physical exercise.
would embarrass the British enough to spur
independence, which had become the focus of
59. What was the reason behind the strong connec- his politics by 1920.
tion between Shirley and Tiffany?
Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked
Options: off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to
1) By sharing different stories. boycott British goods and traditions and be-
2) Commonalities in their stories. come self-reliant. His most famous protest
3) Discussion on fairy tale stories. came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of
4) Sharing their horror experience of past. Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town
to produce salt, on which the British had a
60. What do you mean by pedagogical practice?
Options:
1) Going on foot rather than using any transport
61.
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monopoly.
Who is ‘he’ referred to in the first paragraph of

the passage?
3) Mindful games
h - E
2) Related to child behaviour
4) Relating to teaching
Options:
1) Narendra Modi
3) Dalai Lama
2) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Martin Luther King
i s ri
He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last,
l
but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat
62. Which of the following can help one to "take on"
an empire?
g h
is certainly the most famous of the world's
t iwa
peaceful political dissidents.
n i
Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known
Options:
1) By acting ethically and intelligently.
E w
as Mahatma – led India's independence move-
T
ment in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly
without carrying much of a big stick, facing
2) By getting violent as and when required.
3) By being a good orator.
4) By speaking softly.
a
down the British colonialists with stirring
speeches and non-violent protest. More than
r
63. What led to the growth of legend of Mahatma
anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved Gandhi among the Indians?
d
that one man has the power to take on an
empire, using both ethics and intelligence.
n
Options:
e
1) He being a very promising lawyer returning
Urges Britain to quit India from South Africa.
y
It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi 2) His non-violent nature.
t
working in the rough and tumble world of law,
3) His travel to India with INC to learn about the
but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a
a
local struggle of Indians.
lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the
S
local Indian community's struggle for civil 4) His support to local Indian communities in
rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried South Africa.
over his desire to improve the situation of the
lower classes. 64. Bapu was known for his:
Options:
Gandhi quickly became a leader within the In- 1) intelligence 2) wit
dian National Congress, a growing political 3) piety 4) All of these
party supporting independence, and traveled
widely with the party to learn about the local
65. According to the passage, British had a monopoly
struggles of various Indian communities.
of producing which of the product?
It was during those travels that his legend grew
Options:
among the Indian people, historians say.
1) Indigo 2) Khadi
3) Salt 4) Rice
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India’s title triumph in the Under-19 cricket 68. Which one quality of Rahul Dravid is mentioned
World Cup at the Bay Oval in New Zealand in the passage as a captain of U-19 Cricket team
seemed inevitable. Prithvi Shaw’s boys, as- of India?
tutely coached by Rahul Dravid, maintained
an unbeaten record through their three-week Options:
sojourn. The rousing campaign commenced 1) Calmness 2) Dominate
with a 100-run win against Australia on Janu-
3) Aggressiveness 4) Sincerity
ary 14; in subsequent games, Papua New
Guinea, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Pakistan
were all emphatically defeated. There were no 69. What does Rahul Dravid mean by saying that U-
big-game nerves and even in the much-hyped 19 Cricket World Cup victory of India should not
semifinal against Pakistan, India pocketed a be the “team’s defining memory”?
facile 203-run victory. In the summit clash
against Australia, Shaw’s boys followed their Options:
template of dominance. Australia was bowled 1) He meant to say that it is just a start of career
out for 216 and India cruised home in 38.5 of each cricketer in the team and they should
o
overs with eight wickets to spare, and enjoyed focus one achieving more.
the added lustre of opener Manjot Kalra’s un- 2) He wants them to rest as the tournament was
p
beaten 101. Through the tournament India very stressful for them.
x
found diverse heroes. Fittingly, its batting 3) He wants Indian children to pay more focus on
troika of Shaw, Kalra and Shubman Gill, along cricket as their career choice.
E
with seamer Kamlesh Nagarkoti and spinner
4) None of these
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Anukul Roy, found a berth in the International
Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup team,
h
essentially a tribute to the best players on view 70. Who was the captain of the U-19 Cricket team of
s
in the championship. Cricketing excellence India who won the 2012 World Cup?
i i
allied with the resultant celebrity status, es-
g l th ar
pecially during the teenage years, can be a
double-edged sword and it helped that in the
dressing room there was the calming presence
Options:
1) Virat Kohli
3) Prithvi Shaw
2) Anukul Roy
4) Unmukt Chand
n i
of Dravid. As the ecstatic players leapt and
E w T w
photo-bombed after clinching the trophy,
i
Dravid cut through the hype and said that this
win should not be the team’s defining memory
as each individual cricketer has much more to
achieve in his career. Dravid has a point. In-
I don’t know whether the Madras Photographic
Society has anything to do with the recently-
publicised Chennai Photo Biennales, the first
last year and the next scheduled for 2018, but
a
dia has won the Under-19 World Cup on four participant or not, it certainly deserves a bow
r
occasions, including the previous golden runs for being the country’s first photographic so-
ciety. Its founder was an Army doctor,
d
in 2000, 2008 and 2012. From among these
champion sides, only a few graduated to the Alexander Hunter. The Society was founded in
n
big stage. Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli came 1857, shortly after Lord Canning arrived as
Governor-General. Canning and Lady Canning,
e
through the under-19 ranks and managed to
carve a niche for themselves, but Unmukt both photography enthusiasts, were respon-
y
Chand, who led the team to the Cup in 2012, sible for creating the famed Government se-
t
and then featured in a soft drink advertise- ries, The People of India. Hunter had still ear-
lier, in 1850, privately started the Madras
a
ment besides writing a book, has been unable
to make it to the Indian senior team. School of Arts. The School, taken over by Gov-
S
ernment in 1852, moved from Popham’s Broad-
way to Poonamallee High Road. There, he and
66. According to the passage, who is the captain of an eight-member committee revised the sylla-
the U-19 Cricket World Cup team? bus, offering two streams, Industrial and Ar-
tistic. Hunter was put in charge of the institu-
Options: tion, renamed the Government School of In-
1) Prithvi Shaw 2) Rahul Dravid dustrial Arts, in 1855. It was the first formal
3) Manjot Kalra 4) Shubman Gill school of Art in the country. In it, Hunter in-
troduced Photography.
67. Against which country, the U-19 Cricket match Hunter retired in 1868, to be succeeded by
semi final got much hyped in India? Robert Chisholm. No mean photographer,
Options: Hunter encouraged the School, it is now the
Government College of Arts and Crafts to build
1) Pakistan 2) Australia up a photographic collection. Unfortunately,
3) Bangladesh 4) Zimbabwe little is left of his work, especially the monu-
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ments of South India captured by Government across the world yet very little research or
photographer Linnaeus Tripe and his assistant documentation has been done. Articles or fea-
C Iyahsawmi. Hunter himself did a series of tures have appeared off and on but this book
pictures of the ‘Seven Pagodas’ is amongst the first of its kind, which aims to
(Mahabalipuram) and worked with his wards document the vast treasure called Chikan.
on photographs of the five hill tribes of the What makes the book extremely interesting is
Nilgiris. It was at a prize-giving of the School that unlike other books that tend to rely on
that Hunter urged the Governor to provide it second hand material, with exhaustive refer-
more suitable premises. They came up on the ences and quotes, Paola Manfredi has filled her
PH Road site in Chisholm’s time and to his tome with passionate grass-roots level re-
design — and remain there. search. The narrative more in the nature of a
personal journey, with all the quirks and street-
71. Besides Artistic which was the other course on smart practicality, makes the book refreshing.
offer at the erstwhile Madras School of Arts? As Paola says in the book, it is not a scholarly
or academic research but more of a documen-
tation of the world of chikankari.
Options:
o
Paola questions the use of chikan as a word
1) Industrial 2) History
for embroidery, highlighting that it has a
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3) Journalism 4) Craft
Government College of Arts and Crafts shifted to
x p
broader connotation encompassing haute cou-
ture, the fine art of making a garment, em-
broidering it and finishing it with finesse. She
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which place during the tenure of Robert is no stranger to chikankari having worked with
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Chisholm? SEWA and several craftsmen. Her love for white
on white embroidery also found a calling in
Options:
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1) Nilgiri Hills
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chikan. Paola came to India to work in textile
exports and as she says, “If you like textiles …
India is a heaven, an inexhaustible treasure
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2) Popham’s Broadway
trove.”
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3) Poonamallee High Road
g it
4) Government quarters
n wa 76. Name one type of garment design style that Paola

loves?
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73. Who was in charge of the Government School of
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Options:
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Industrial Arts before Chisholm?
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Options:
1) Embroidery on cotton cloth
2) Colorful embroidery
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1) Hunter 2) Lady Canning
3) White on white embroidery
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3) Iyahsawmi 4) Tripe
4) Silk work on khadi cloth
74.
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Who is credited for creating the famous ‘People of
n
India’ photography series?
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77. Why did Paola come to India?
Options:
y
Options:
1) To visit Lucknow
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1) Alexander Hunter
2) To write a book
2) Robert Chisholm
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3) Linnaeus Tripe 3) To study chikankari
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4) Lord Canning 4) To work in textile exports
78. When did Paola get her first experience of

75. Alexander Hunter was by profession a
_____________. chikankari?
Options: Options:
1) When she was still in Italy
1) Photographer 2) Artist
3) Teacher 4) Doctor 2) When she was working with SEWA
3) When she started writing her book on
chikankari
It is a labour of love and the result of pains-
4) When she was looking to buy some haute cou-
taking research. Chikankari - A Lucknawi Tra-
dition by Paola Manfredi, an Italian, is a book ture
that shows her close and long association with
the craft. Lucknow’s chikankari is known 79. The book, ‘Chikankari - A Lucknawi Tradition’ is
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best described as a ____________ the art of thing, the parent says just the opposite, and
chikankari. the reason may say something totally differ-
ent. There is no necessity that your adult mind
Options: agrees with your parents.
1) documentation of Many times you find them very dogmatic, su-
2) academic research on perstitious, believing in foolish things, irratio-
nal ideologies. Your parent says do it, your
3) dissertation on
adult says it is not worth doing, and your child
4) report on goes on pulling you somewhere else. This is
the triangle within you.
80. What makes the book, ‘Chikankari - A Lucknawi
Tradition’ interesting? 81. Whom do we find dogmatic many times?
Options: Options:
1) It is based on personal experience and obser- 1) Parent 2) Child
vation
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3) Adult 4) All of these
2) It contains all types of chikan designs
p
3) It is illustrated to highlight the beauty of the
82. What is the triangle within us?
art
4) The fact that it has been written by a foreigner
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Transactional Analysis has the triangle of PAC.
P means parent, A means adult, C means child.
x
Options:
1) We are like a three storeyed building where in
the first floor is of the child, the second floor is
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that of the parent and the third floor is that of
These are your three layers, as if you are a
the adult.
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three-storeyed building. The first floor is that
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of the child, the second floor is that of the 2) The child is spontaneous, the parental voice is
l r
parent, the third floor is that of the adult. All that of a caution and the adult has himself
come of an age.
g h
three exist together. This is your inner triangle
t a
and conflict. Your child says one thing, your
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parent says something else, and your adult,
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rational mind says something else. The child
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3) Whenever you want to do something-your par-
ent says do it, your adult says it is not worth
doing and your child goes on pulling some-
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says ‘enjoy’. For the child, this moment is the where else.
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only moment; he has no other considerations. 4) Our parent make us sensible, our adult makes
The child is spontaneous, but unaware of the as rational and disciplined and one child makes
consequences — unaware of past, unaware of us carefree.
d ra
future. He lives in the moment. He enjoys —
but his enjoyment is not creative, cannot be
creative. He delights — but life cannot be lived
only through delight.
83. Why you cannot remain a child forever?
Options:
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You cannot remain a child forever. You will
have to learn many things because you are not
alone here....The child has to be disciplined —
y
1) Because you are not alone here.
2) Because you have to become a parent
3) Because you have to be disciplined.
t
and that’s where the parent comes in. The pa-
rental voice in you is the voice of the society, 4) Because you have to become capable of living
a
culture, civilization; the voice that makes you in the city
capable of living in a world where you are not
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alone —where there are many individuals with
conflicting ambitions, where there is much
struggle for survival, where there is much con-
flict. The parental voice is that of caution. It
makes you civilized. The word ‘civil’ is good.
It means one who has become capable of liv-
84. What happens when you become an adult?
Options:
1) Being an adult gives us a vision and a mission.
2) Being an adult we are no longer controlled by
our parents.
ing in a city, who has become capable of being
a member of a group, of a society. It is needed. 3) Being an adult the child inside you gets lost
And then there is the third voice within you, somewhere
the third layer, when you have become adult 4) Being an adult gives you strength to fight
and you are no longer controlled by your par- against all odds.
ents; your own reason has come of age, you
can think on your own. And these three layers 85. According to the passage, you are not capable of
are continuously fighting. The child says one being a member of a group, of a society until you
become ______.
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Options: 87. Who among the following has a record of launch-
1) Parent 2) Civil ing maximum satellites in one go in the year 2014?
3) Dogmatic 4) Auditious
Options:
The Indian Space Research Organisation 1) Russia 2) The U.S.
boosted its reputation further when it success- 3) The U.A.E. 4) India
fully launched a record 104 satellites in one
mission from Sriharikota on 15th February, 88. In how many minutes the ISRO put the satellite
2017 by relying on its workhorse PSLV rocket. into orbit which was launched by it recently?
An earth observation Cartosat-2 series satel-
lite and two other nano satellites were the only
Options:
Indian satellites launched; the remaining were
from the United States, Israel, the UAE, the 1) 90 minutes 2) 37 minutes
Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Switzerland. Of 3) 20 minutes 4) 12 minutes
the 101 foreign satellites launched, 96 were
from the U.S. and one each from the other five 89. What can be the suitable title to the passage ?
countries. Till now Russia held the record of
launching 37 satellites in a single mission, in
2014, while the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration of the U.S. launched 29
satellites in one go in 2013. Last June, ISRO
x p o
Options:
1) ISRO sets the bar high
2) ISRO launching the satellites
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had come close to NASA’s record by launching
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20 satellites in one mission. But ISRO views
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the launch not as a mission to set a world
3) India’s space working
4) NASA – A space warrior
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record but as an opportunity to make full use 90. Why the recent launch of satellite is significant
i i
of the capacity of the launch vehicle. The to ISRO?
l r
launch is particularly significant as ISRO now
cements its position as a key player in the lu-
g h
Options:
t a
crative commercial space launch market by
1) It is now known for expensive launch of satel-
n i
providing a cheaper yet highly reliable alter-
lite into the space.
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native. At an orbital altitude of around 500
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2) It is now identified as key player in the profit-
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km, the vehicle takes about 90 minutes to
complete one orbit. Though ISRO had suffi- able commercial space launch market by giv-
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cient time to put the satellites into orbit, it
accomplished the task in about 12 minutes.
a
With the focus on ensuring that no two satel-
ing cheap and highly reliable launch alterna-
tive.
3) It is now known to be close to launching maxi-
r
lites collided with each other, the satellites mum satellites at one go.
were injected in pairs in opposite directions. 4) None of these
n d
Successive pairs of satellites were launched
once the vehicle rotated by a few degrees,
thereby changing the separation angle and time
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of separation to prevent any collision.
Let’s move to the crackling topic of the SC’s
firecracker ban in Delhi. Like me and millions
of other children raised in India, Masaba must
a t y
Besides setting the record for the most num-
ber of satellites launched in a single mission,
the Indian space agency has launched two nano
have celebrated Diwali with new clothes,
sweets and the quintessential rockets, anars
and phuljharis. But when she supports the ban
on firecrackers because of the pollution it cre-
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satellites weighing less than 10 kg. It is a tech- ates, the earthworms once again flail desper-
nology demonstrator for a new class of satel- ately, not by quoting statistics or making logi-
lites called ISRO nano satellites (INS). With cal arguments to refute her point but by muck-
many Indian universities already building and raking. ‘Don’t mess with our ancient tradi-
launching nano satellites, the availability of a tions,’ they say. I would like to tell them that
dedicated nano satellites platform is sure to if we stuck to all our traditions just because
boost space research in India. they’re ancient then we should still be push-
ing widows into funeral pyres to commit sati
86. Which country has the maximum satellites and get our children married off at the age of
launched into the space on 15th February, 2017? eight.
As much as I would like to see the delight on
my daughter’s face — the same glee I had as a
Options:
child — while bursting atom bombs and laris,
1) The U.S. 2) Russia it is the present scenario and not nostalgia that
3) Israel 4) Switzerland must dictate my actions. If even doctors wel-
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come the ban as they feel fumes from firecrack- 3) They should adhere to traditional ways com-
ers take pollution levels beyond safe limits, pletely.
then perhaps we need to change our traditional 4) They should keep the flag of traditions held
values and create new ones. If saying that high.
makes me a bad Indian, then so be it.
One of the greatest privileges I have — in fact 94. According to the passage why do the doctors wel-
because of the very background that they are come the ban?
trying to smear — stems from the fact that I
was lucky enough to have a mother who has
Options:
raised me to believe that equality isn’t one of
my privileges but it is my right. One that was 1) New clothes, sweets and fire crackers are noth-
hard won by some brave and fearless women, ing but the waste of money.
women who set the right precedent for other 2) Banning firecrackers is a decision taken by the
women by standing against inequality. government and we should respect it.
The flailing trollers do not realize that you 3) This ban supports logic and we all should sup-
cannot shame us by pulling down our moth- port logic.
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ers, those fiercely independent women who 4) Fumes from firecrackers take pollution levels
have lived life on their own terms, who have beyond safe limits.
not just talked the talk but walked the walk.
Yes, you can reason with us by presenting a
logical argument but this seems to be beyond
95.
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What do you infer by the term "not just talked
the talk but walked the walk"?
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the resources of these anonymous creatures
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hiding their faces in the mud. Options:
And yes one last thing, for all those claiming
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1) It means not just talking but doing some ac-
to be the flag-bearers of ancient traditions, it
s
tion too.
would be lovely if you adhered to your so-called
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2) It means not just talking but walking too.
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traditional ways completely. Why do you write
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open letters, tweet and troll in the language of 3) It means presenting logical arguments.
g h
4) It means fighting for your rights.
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the Brits? Why not go traditional there as well,
English?
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use only our ancient languages and spare us
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your venom-filled and grammatically incorrect The first thing is that the rich people of the
world should start living in communes. Let
those communes be of the rich! So they will
91.
Options:
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Who do you think is the author of the passage? not be dragged down from their standard of
life, their comforts, and their luxuries. Let
there be, around the world, hundreds of com-
r
munes of rich people – that is, rich communes.
1) Feminist
And to me, wealth is a certain kind of creativ-
d
2) Social activist ity. If five thousand rich people who have all
3) Politician
n
created wealth individually are together, they
4) Designer can create wealth a million-fold. Their stan-
92.
y e
What according to the author should dictate his/
her action?
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dard will not go lower; their standard could go
even higher. Or they can start sharing. They
can start inviting people who are not rich but
who are creative in some other way, who will
Options:
S a
1) Present scenario
2) Flailing trollers
3) Equality
4) Nostalgia
enhance the life of their commune although
they may be poor.
Five thousand rich people, together with their
genius for creating wealth, are capable of cre-
ating so much wealth that they can invite thou-
sands of other people who may not be rich in
the sense of being wealthy, but who may be
93. According to the author, what should flag-bear- rich as painters, poets, dancers, singers.
ers of ancient traditions do? What are you going to do only with wealth?
You cannot play music on money; you cannot
Options: dance just because you have so much cash in
1) They should spare people from reading their the bank. And these rich communes can start
grammatically incorrect English. becoming bigger, absorbing more and more
2) They should stop writing open letters, tweets creative people. They can make beautiful
and trolls. places all around the world, and slowly, new
people can be absorbed.
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For example, you will need plumbers, however Options:
rich you may be; you will need mechanics; 1) They may be poor but they would still have
technicians; you will need shoemakers. Invite something to contribute.
them – and they come to you not as servants, 2) They cannot play music or dance.
but as members of the commune. Slowly, we 3) They may not be wealthy, but they may be rich
can transform the whole world – without any as painters, poets, dancers or singers.
bloodshed and without any dictatorship.
4) They may be able of making your surround-
A communism that comes out of love, out of ings beautiful
intelligence, out of generosity, will be real. A
communism that comes through force is go-
ing to be unreal. There is not a single man in 100. Suggest a suitable topic to the passage.
the world, howsoever poor, who has nothing
to contribute. Around the world all the rich Options:
communes will need people; and slowly, slowly 1) Wealth is creativity
your commune will become bigger and bigger. 2) Poor are not our servant
The rich will not become poor, but the poor 3) Share your money
will become rich, and respectable, and equal –
in no way inferior to anybody else – because
they are also functioning in the same way as
anybody else. And whatever they are doing is
needed as much as anybody else’s expertise is
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4) Making the whole world rich
The activities will start in the next 20 days

time, promising to give an exciting glimpse of
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needed. Vizag to aero adventure lovers in a way never
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experienced before. “We have partnered with
AP Tourism to promote aero adventures for the
h
96. According to the passage, what is an advantage first time in the city. We will be getting one
s
of rich people living in communes? powered parachute and a paratrike in two
Options:
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1) So that communes belong to the rich and their
a
weeks time following which aero adventure
activities will commence,” says B Balaram
Naidu, director of Livein Adventures. The two-
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standard of living gets uplifted. seater powered parachute will be equipped with
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2) So that all of them can club their creativity a 55 hp engine and will take people up to a
together.
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3) Because rich people need plumbers, mechan-
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ics, shoemaker and technicians too.
4) Because you cannot dance just because you
height of 500 feet. With an experience of nearly
a decade in the Indian Navy as a sky diving
and aero adventure trainer, Balaram now wants
to make Vizag as destination of adventure
sports, bringing in a clutch of activities
a
have cash in the bank.
through his adventure company Livein Adven-
97.
d r
Who all have something to contribute towards the
making of the communes?
tures. His passion has led to the creation of
like-minded adventurers in the city who regu-
larly converge at Mangamaripeta for kayaking
n
and Kambalakonda for eco-friendly adventure
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Options: sports activities like zip liner and Burma
1) The rich bridge.
t y
2) The serving class
3) The worker class
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4) Everybody
101. Which activity is available at Mangamaripeta?
Options:
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1) Kayaking
98. According to the passage, what kind of commu- 2) Paratriking
nism would we prefer? 3) Zip liner
4) Burma Bridge
Options:
1) Bigger and bigger 102. Mr B Balaram Naidu has worked with which of
2) That comes out of love, out of intelligence and the following?
out of generosity.
3) That comes with force Options:
4) That comes from anybody else's expertise 1) Indian Airforce
2) Indian Army
99. According to the passage, what is not necessarily 3) Indian Navy
true about those who are not rich in the sense of 4) Indian Paratroopers
being wealthy?
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103. What equipment will be employed by Livein Ad- parking and shops/restaurants who unabash-
ventures to provide aero adventures? edly extend their shopfronts onto footpaths.
Secondly, hawking is also an employment is-
Options: sue. It provides the urban poor a means to earn
1) Kayaks a legitimate livelihood, and in fact, many sell
goods produced in small-scale or home-based
2) Zip line
industries.
3) Paratrike
4) Burma Bridge
106. Why does the middle class think of hawking as a
menace?
104. Livein Adventures has collaborated with whom
to bring adventure activities to Vizag?
Options:
1) They think hawking is illegal activity
Options:
2) They think hawkers take away business from
1) B Balaram Naidu their shops
2) AP Tourism
o
3) They think once hawkers get licenses it will be
3) Indian Navy difficult to evict them
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4) The city of Vizag 4) They think hawking crowds them out of public
x
space
105. What is common between Burma bridge and pow-
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ered parachute? 107. Why do only a small number of Mumbai’s hawk-
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ers have licenses?
Options:
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1) Both are adventure activities
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2) Both these are available at Kambalakonda
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Options:
1) Hawkers are illiterate hence fail to follow rules
r
3) Both are being launched by Livein Adventures 2) Authorities have stopped issuing licenses
h
4) Both are an initiative by Vizag city authorities
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3) Licenses have become a source of extortion
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There may be some merit in this, but clearly,
w
we need to look at the hawkers issue more
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4) Hawkers get tied to a location once they have a
license
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broadly. For quite some time now, many
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middle-class citizens groups have urged strict
action against hawkers, asking residents not
to favour their business. The terms routinely
108. What makes the middle class too guilty of the
same crime they blame hawkers?
a
Options:
used to refer to hawkers and vendors is “men-
r
ace”, with their everyday businesses described 1) Ill treatment of hawkers
2) Turning a blind eye when hawkers face extor-
d
as “encroachments” on public space. This,
despite the fact that an existing 2014 central tion
n
law, the Street Vendors (Protection of Liveli- 3) Encroaching public spaces
e
hood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 4) Not promoting small scale industries
protects their presence as a part of the right
t y
to livelihood. The law specifies the number of
licensed hawkers permitted and outlines the
a
process to implement a fair street vending
policy. Mumbai and other cities have failed to
109. What makes hawkers vulnerable to extortion?
Options:
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implement the law to date, with the Mumbai 1) Their poverty
municipality having frozen hawker licenses 2) The fact that they do not have unions
since 1978. As a result, only a fraction of 3) Their illiteracy
Mumbai’s hawkers are licensed. Hawkers de- 4) Authorities not issuing them licences
sire legal status — their illegality makes them
vulnerable to extortion and harassment by a 110. What is the positive externality of hawking?
whole range of State and non-State actors.
Unfortunately, by looking upon the hawkers
Options:
question as only a clearing of pavements is-
sue, we have neglected to see their contribu- 1) It makes city dwelling more fruitful
tion in several other ways. Firstly, hawkers are 2) It is a tourist attraction
not the only ones sullying our pavements. But 3) It slows down traffic and hence accidents
they are far easier to target as villains than 4) It generates employment opportunities
the middle-class who use pavements for car
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Vibrant salads, wholesome bites, vegan bak- the first line of the second para of the passage?
ing, all vegetarian!” Thus proclaimed a bill-
board on a stand placed just outside The Light- Options:
house Cafe. Well, well, well, I thought to my- 1) She is very optimistic and lively person.
self, another one of those places designed to
2) She is very dull and boring.
attract tourists; can’t be genuine, can it? I
couldn’t have been more wrong. I’d embarked 3) She is very aggressive.
on a walking tour of Galway, a city facing the 4) She is always satisfied with whatever she gets
Atlantic, in the Republic of Ireland, and my in life.
guide was Billy Murray who told me at the out-
set that I would be the solitary walker – others 113. Why was just Lighthouse Cafe recommended to
had stayed away because of the dismal weather. the author to have lunch at?
The weather had indeed been unfriendly, with
beating rain, thunder, poor visibility and of Options:
course, gray and cold, especially on the Wild 1) It serves tasty food.
Atlantic Way where I had braved the weather
2) It was close to the author’s hotel.
o
and carried on with a coach tour I’d booked
earlier, after having spent the previous day 3) It has good ambience.
driving down to Galway from Dublin. But to-
day the rains had stopped and the sky was clear
but still gray and yet, I found the ambience
x p4) It serves vegetarian food only and the author

was also vegetarian.
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rather romantic and full of promise. “Of course, 114. What was liked by the author in the restaurant –
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we’ll go on that walking tour,” I said to a sur- The Lighthouse Cafe?
prised Billy who led me out of the Tourist Cen-
i s h
tre in downtown Galway and on to the rain-
washed street. At the end of the rather com-
i
prehensive tour I asked Billy for advice – where
l
Options:
1) The lotus flower in the cafe.
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should I eat my lunch? And he’d recommended 2) The dog in the cafe.
g h
the Lighthouse Cafe near Lynch’s Castle (now 3) The vegetarian food there.
t a
a bank) when I specified that I was vegetarian.
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It seems there are quite a few local residents
iw
who are vegetarian and more are exploring this 115.
4) All of these
What kind of ambience was there inside the Light-
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choice, mainly because of health and environ-
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mental reasons. But the decor inside the res-
taurant suggested that the owner turned to this
house Cafe?
Options:
a
choice due to compassion. I remembered then 1) Peaceful and soothing
that Billy did mention that Kerry Legh and her
r
spouse, who run the place, practise Sahaj 2) Full of loud music and dance
d
Marga meditation. The lotus flower was a domi- 3) Not lively at all
nant feature of the restaurant’s interior. Be 4) Overcrowded and lot of mismanagement was
n
that as it may, my lunch turned out to be one
e
of the best vegetarian ones I’ve ever had any-
where in the world. When I’d entered the res-
y
there.
The Russian doping scandal continues to cast
t
taurant, a large dog that answers to the name a long shadow over international sport as the
of ‘Chieftain’ was seated beside his owner, in- 2018 Winter Olympics begin in Pyeong Chang,
a
tently watching him eat, without begging even South Korea, on February 9. In December, the
once. Maybe they too practise some kind of
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International Olympic Committee banned Rus-
meditation, I figured. sia from competing in the Games following
investigation into an alleged state-sponsored
111. Why was the author considered as solitary walker doping programme at the 2014 Winter Olym-
in Galway by the guide Billy Murray? pics in Sochi, Russia. The decision to ban Rus-
sia came after the IOC’s Disciplinary Commis-
Options: sion, headed by former president of the Swiss
Confederation Samuel Schmid, confirmed “sys-
1) Because of the bad weather that day. temic manipulation of the anti-doping rules
2) Because the author hardly use to mingle up and system in Russia”. The IOC had stated,
with the people around. however, that clean Russian athletes would be
3) As the author was left behind by her friend allowed to compete as neutrals and last month
who accompanied her to this tour. invited 169 of them – each to be known as
4) The author always preferred to travel all alone. Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) – to par-
ticipate in the Pyeong Chang Games. The an-
112. What kind of nature is reflected of the author from
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nouncement did not go down well outside Rus- der their flag at the closing ceremony of the
sia, even though the IOC declared that “more games.
than 80%” of those athletes had not competed 3) Russian athletes are being given special treat-
in Sochi and had been carefully vetted. That ment at the games as compared to those of
the OAR will form one of the largest contin- other countries.
gents at the Games, although there will be no 4) None of these
place for the Russian flag and anthem, makes
the ‘ban’ seem a bit of a farce. Further, Rus-
120. When did the decision come to ban Russia in
sian athletes could be allowed to march under
Winter Olympic Games 2018?
their own flag at the closing ceremony if they
comply with the IOC’s conditions during the
Games. There is a sense that the IOC is not Options:
able to punish a sporting superpower like Rus- 1) It was after IOC’s head confirmed systematic
sia. manipulation of the anti doping rules and sys-
tem in Russia in Winter Olympics Games 2014.
116. Where was the Winter Olympic 2014 held? 2) It was after examining Russia athletics who
o
didn’t qualify the rules for the games to play.
3) It was after the Russia which argued special
p
Options:
treatment to be given to its players during the
1) Pyeong Chang, South Korea
x
games.
2) Sochi, Russia
4) It was when Russia complained of bad weather
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3) Vancouver, Canada of South Korea where the games have begun.
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4) Turin, Italy
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Religious architecture forms a major portion
117. Why is Russia banned to compete in Winter Olym- of India’s built heritage. These structures are
pics 2018?
Options:
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not only unwritten documents of history, they
are also stamps of the might of the rulers who
built them and articulations of grand visions.
n g i h
in Winter Olympics, 2014.
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1) Due to manipulation of the anti doping rules
t
2) Because of misbehaviour of Russian players
Secular and religious structures are products
of their location – the material used to build
them depended on what was available to the
E w i
with other team’s players. kings and workers at that time. They were also
a reflection of the piety of the artisans and
T
3) As Russian players are not fit enough to take
the pressure of Olympic games held on such a workers, for nothing else can explain the hard
big platform. work that went into cutting through solid natu-
a
4) As Russia is in some war with South Korea ral rock to carve out temples and spectacular
r
where the games are to be played. sculptures. Rock-cut architecture never fails
to awe me with all its majesty, precision, and
118.
d
Why does ban on Russian flag and anthem dur-
n
ing Winter Olympic Games 2018 seem a bit of a
farce?
e
intricate detail.
The earliest rock-cut architecture is from the
Mauryan dynasty, but the Ajanta caves, which
I had visited a few decades ago and which left
y
me awestruck, are among the earliest rock-cut
t
Options: temples.
1) Because Russian Athletes will be one of the
a
The Udayagiri caves, in Vidisha, Madhya
largest team to compete in the games. Pradesh, are not as popular but they are worth
S
2) The games are organized in Russia only. a visit, for they contain some of the oldest
3) Russia has always played these games legally Hindu temples and iconography. They were
and ethically. built during the Gupta period (350-550 CE).
4) Russian players are best in the world when These caves were not just an expression of re-
comes to playing in Olympics. ligious piety but also a political statement.
They lie on two low sandstone hills between
119. How is it evident from the passage that IOC is the rivers Betwa and Beas. It is possible that
not able to punish a sporting superpower like when these caves were carved out, they fell
Russia fully? directly on the Tropic of Cancer and thus the
name translates to Mount of Sunrise. On the
day of summer solstice, the sun would have
Options: been directly overhead, making this a place of
1) Russian flag will be a part of opening ceremony worship.
of Olympics Games.
2) Russian athletes will be allowed to march un-
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121. From what all materials the kings in the past used 4) None of these
to build beautiful architectures? Correct Answer: It is because when the rock was carved
out of these caves, it fell onto Tropic of Cancer.
Options:
1) The material that was available to the kings Malnutrition affects millions of people world-
and workers at that time. wide and is responsible for one-fifth of deaths
2) Special kind of raw material was asked to be in children under the age of five. Children can
produced by the people by the king to build also experience impaired cognitive develop-
these architectures. ment and stunted growth.
3) Most of the material was imported from out- According to Finlay and UBC PhD student Eric
side India by the kings. Brown, malnutrition can be difficult to treat
4) None of these because it affects the good bacteria that live
Correct Answer: The material that was available to the in the gut. People suffering from malnutrition
kings and workers at that time. often show signs of a disease known as envi-
ronmental enteropathy, which is an inflamma-
tory disorder of the small intestine and is likely
o
122. What qualities of the architecture made the au- caused by ingesting pathogenic fecal bacteria
thor to be awestruck while seeing them?
p
early in life from a contaminated environment.
This shifts the balance of the original healthy
Options:
1) Its majesty
2) Its precision
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3) Its intricate detail
x bacteria in the gut and leads to poor absorp-
tion of nutrients.
The study, published in Nature Communica-
tions, explains how the research team devel-
h
4) All of these oped a mouse model to reproduce the symp-
s
Correct Answer: All of these toms of environmental enteropathy and mal-
i i
nourishment.
123.
dynasty?
g l t ar
The earliest rock-cut architecture is from which
h
“We were able to see how a malnourished diet
has a strong, measurable impact on the mi-
crobes in the small intestine,” said Brown.
n i
“This new model gives us the opportunity to
w
Options: examine the impact of malnutrition on gut
E
1) Mauryan
3) Chola
Correct Answer: Mauryan
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2) Gupta
4) Satvahana
microbiology and assess the role of infections.”
Pathogenic bacterial infections like salmonella
and E. coli are huge problems in developing
countries because they are much more harm-
124.
Options:
d ra
Why Udayagiri caves are worth a visit? ful to people suffering from malnutrition, lead-
ing to chronic diarrhea and inflammation.
“Treatments and vaccines created in developed
nations and tested on healthy people often
n
1) Because they contain some of the oldest Hindu don't work in malnourished populations,” said
temples and iconography.
e
Finlay, distinguished professor at UBC's Peter
2) Because they are built in Gupta period. Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. “People
a t
completely.
y
3) Because they don’t take much time to see them
4) Because they have reverence for our ances-

tors.
suffering from malnutrition respond differ-
ently.”
With an animal model, Finlay said researchers
S
will be better able to test treatments and un-
Correct Answer: Because they contain some of the old- derstand how malnutrition impacts a child's
est Hindu temples and iconography. development.
125. Why the caves of Vidisha got its name as Udayagiri 126. Why malnutrition is difficult to be treated?
– Mount of Sunrise?
Options:
Options: 1) As it is a communicable disease.
1) It is because the day of winter solstice, the sun 2) No vaccine is available for it.
is directly overhead to the caves. 3) People don’t consider malnutrition a serious
2) It is because when the rock was carved out of problem at all.
these caves, it fell onto Tropic of Cancer. 4) As it affects the good bacteria in the gut.
3) It is because Gupta had deep reverence for Sun Correct Answer: As it affects the good bacteria in the
god. gut.
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127. Which of the following statement is true about ful animal. It is vital that this momentum
enteropathy? should not be lost merely on account of the
technicality that the estimated numbers have
Options: crossed the threshold for an 'endangered' clas-
1) It is an inflammatory disorder of the small in- sification, which is 2,500. If anything, studies
testine. on its vulnerability have to be intensified, and
the task of monitoring its entire habitat of high
2) It enlarges the large intestine.
mountains speeded up.
3) It occurs in early forties.
4) It is caused due to the consumption of con-
131. Which countries will be involved in the collabo-
taminated water.
ration to protect the snow leopard?
128. According to the passage, what has a strong im-
Options:
pact on the microbes in the small intestine?
1) Member countries of International Union for
Conservation of Nature
Options:
2) Countries which are financing the project to
1) Malnourished diet
2) Salmonella
3) E. coli
4) Vitamin C
x p o conserve the snow leopard

3) Same countries which participated in Project
Tiger
4) Countries where the snow leopard is found
129.
- E
According to the passage, which chronic disease
is caused by malnutrition in developing countries?
h
132. Why do the scientists find it difficult to study the
snow leopard?
Options:
1) Diarrhea
3) Diabetes
l i s 2) Asthma
r
4) Cancer
i
Options:
1) Due to governmental restrictions
h
2) Due to its remote habitat
130.
n g it a
Which factor is responsible for the vaccines that
w
don’t work on people from developing countries
3) Due to
4) Due to
lack of funding
its nocturnal habits
E
Options:
w Ti
as compared to those of developed nations?
133. The snow leopards habitat overlaps all these
states except _________.
a
1) Malnutrition 2) Water Options:
r
3) Environment 4) Economic 1) Uttarakhand
2) Sikkim
n d
The elusive and charismatic snow leopard has
lost its endangered status in the Red List of
the International Union for Conservation of
e
Nature, causing genuine worry among wildlife
3) Arunachal Pradesh.
4) Uttar Pradesh
y
biologists, who believe this sends out the wrong 134. Why did the snow leopard lose its 'endangered'
t
signal to those working to protect it. If the status?
argument for a downgrade to vulnerable sta-
S a
tus from endangered is that conservation ac-
tions have reduced the threat to the cat, there
is an equally persuasive response on how little
scientists know about its population health,
given its remote habitat in the alpine zones of
the Himalayas and trans-Himalayas. As a ma-
Options:
1) Due to increase in its habitat area
2) Due to disagreement between wildlife experts
3) Due to inability in counting its population
4) Due to rise in its numbers
jor range country, India has worked to protect
these animals, and even launched a programme 135. On what factor is the classification of a species
on the lines of Project Tiger for its conserva- decided?
tion, covering 128,757 sq. km of habitat in
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Options:
Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. 1) How critical that species is in the food web
There is also an upcoming international col- 2) Its population
laborative effort, the Global Snow Leopard and 3) Its habitat
Ecosystem Protection Program, involving the
countries that make up the range of this grace- 4) On expert opinion
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As the 23rd conference of the UN Framework perature
Convention on Climate Change in Bonn shifts 3) How to fund the costs for mitigation, adapta-
into high gear, developing countries including tion and compensation
India are focussing on the imperatives of en- 4) The share of renewables in energy generation
suring adequate financing for mitigation and
adaptation. They are moving ahead with spe-
137. What is the Paris Agreement's central aim?
cific instruments for loss and damage they
suffer due to destructive climate-linked events.
India's progress in reducing the intensity of Options:
its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP 1) To keep rise in global temperature below 2°C
by 20-25% from 2005 levels by 2020, based 2) To compel rich countries to give up their rigid
on the commitment made in Copenhagen in approach
2009, has been positive. Early studies also 3) Force developing countries to be more ambi-
suggest that it is on track to achieve the na- tious in their emission cuts
tional pledge under the 2015 Paris Agreement 4) The world should have atleast 40% energy from
for a 33-35% cut in emissions intensity per renewables
o
unit of growth from the same base year (2015)
by 2030, and thus heed the 2°C global warm-
p
ing goal. Since this performance is predicated 138. India has/had plans to generate 40% of its en-
ergy from renewables by which year?
x
on a growth rate of just over 7%, and the par-
allel target for 40% share of renewable energy Options:
E
by that year (2030), the national road map is 1) 2030 2) 2009
-
clear. What is not, however, is the impact of 3) 2015 4) 2020
extreme weather events such as droughts and
s h
floods that would have a bearing on economic
growth. It is in this context that the rich coun-
i i
tries must give up their rigid approach towards
l
139. What does India need to do to be recognised as a
leader in protecting global climate?
r
the demands of low and middle income coun-
Options:
g h
tries, and come to an early resolution on the
t a
question of financing of mitigation, adaptation
n i
and compensation. Of course, India could fur-
w
ther raise its ambition in the use of green tech-
i
1) Make more emission cuts
2) Host the next conference on climate change
3) Successfully force rich countries to give up their
E w
nologies and emissions cuts, which would give
T
it the mantle of global climate leadership.
rigid approach
4) Keep economic growth rate at 7%
a
136. The rich and the poor countries have not yet 140. India has set a target to reduce by 33-35% its
r
agreed on which issue? emissions intensity per unit of GDP growth in how
many years?
Options:
e n d
1) The time frame by which each country should
achieve their climate goals
2) The amount of acceptable rise in global tem-
Options:
1) 10
3) 20
2) 15
4) 5
a t y ANSWER KEY
S
1. (B) 15. (A) 29. (A) 43. (C) 57. (D) 71. (A) 85. (B) 99. (C) 113.(D) 127.(A)
2. (B) 16. (B) 30. (B) 44. (D) 58. (A) 72. (C) 86. (A) 100.(D) 114.(D) 128.(A)
3. (D) 17. (A) 31. (C) 45. (D) 59. (B) 73. (A) 87. (A) 101.(A) 115.(A) 129.(A)
4. (A) 18. (B) 32. (D) 46. (B) 60. (D) 74. (D) 88. (D) 102.(C) 116.(B) 130.(A)
5. (A) 19. (C) 33. (A) 47. (A) 61. (B) 75. (D) 89. (A) 103.(C) 117.(A) 131.(D)
6. (D) 20. (D) 34. (D) 48. (A) 62. (A) 76. (C) 90. (B) 104.(B) 118.(A) 132.(D)
7. (A) 21. (B) 35. (D) 49. (A) 63. (C) 77. (D) 91. (B) 105.(A) 119.(B) 133.(D)
8. (B) 22. (D) 36. (A) 50. (C) 64. (D) 78. (B) 92. (A) 106.(D) 120.(A) 134.(D)
9. (A) 23. (C) 37. (C) 51. (A) 65. (C) 79. (A) 93. (C) 107.(B) 121.(A) 135.(B)
10. (B) 24. (D) 38. (C) 52. (A) 66. (A) 80. (A) 94. (D) 108.(C) 122.(D) 136.(C)
11. (B) 25. (A) 39. (B) 53. (B) 67. (A) 81. (D) 95. (A) 109.(D) 123.(A) 137.(A)
12. (C) 26. (A) 40. (D) 54. (D) 68. (A) 82. (C) 96. (A) 110.(D) 124.(A) 138.(A)
13. (B) 27. (D) 41. (B) 55. (D) 69. (A) 83. (A) 97. (D) 111.(A) 125.(B) 139.(A)
14. (A) 28. (D) 42. (D) 56. (B) 70. (D) 84. (B) 98. (B) 112.(A) 126.(D) 240.(B)
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is most definitely determined by our ______.

Also our ______ tend to be habit.

12. It appears that one can harm anybody at any time

It is a delight _______________ the illuminating

25. and did __________ despair of governing so great a

juniors for their ______ ways!

d r 34. it tries to ______ its

t 35. own ______ about life and living.

once ______, it may hurt someone‘s 45.

among the scientists and ___________ among the

_____________ who argue in this way support

Not just to ______ the new morning

ourselves is also ______ with the

3) awakened 4) disowned Of the three activities of thought, word and

Options: 69. those divine lights ________. In my mind I can

Options: 70. the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that

importance to ______, seeking

For me the ______________ and the chill of those

is framed as a set ______ questions, the answer

We can choose to make a ______ to change our

style that works ______ for them

89. they work for different ______ types Options:

Over the years Blyton ________________ for a lot

the nostalgia of rainy afternoons ___________

Options: 100. the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar

x p othe significant, ______ and even

restrict social ______ and wait

we have to ______ these negativities

x p a pile of fragrant mogras into a string,

easy to take ________ if need be,

An insurance programme in _________ residents

a t 124. a woman _________ weaving a pile of fragrant

Himachal Pradesh ________________ also worked

into a string, ______________ brewing hot tea

PARA JUMBLES (PQRS)

x p o cial structure so that woman can enjoy as im-

P: No partner is expected to air the views of a par-

P: Biographies of great men can also help us in

x pother starts raising its ugly head.

R: Some of the most common psychological con-

P: The Information Technology today is rightly

P: But our behavior, ‘good’ or ‘bad’, certainly

P: The English developed transport and commu-

P - Kohli, along with Deepika and Ranveer, has

P: His story symbolizes a lifestyle struggle against

P: In addition, tsunamis move throughout the

P: But when it comes to negative human rights

50. P: One’s language fluency is determined by the

P: The depletion of organic nutrients in the soil x ernment interference.

P: In this world there is no such thing as a hu-

x pin India are bringing accolades to their par-

81. P: “Health is Wealth” is a very old proverb how- Options:

P: As a result, people end up saving a consider-

P: Modern medicine has scored significant victo-

Galileo was the first scientist to recognize clearly

12. When negative attitudes toward religion, in the

1. (D) 6. (B) 11. (C) 16. (D) 21. (A) Options:

Public opinion may be passive and false or ac-

1. Alertness 31. Rohit Sharma hit century in which over in Kolkata

The Amazon basin has been continuously in-

40. Who among the following patented the pneumatic