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Question 1
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Arrange the following parts to form a logical and meaningful sentence:
a. for the last six months
b. as he has been
c. he will do well in the examinations
d. studying diligently

A
d-b-a-c

B
c-a-d-b

C
d-a-c-b

D
c-b-d-a

Solution

The first statement in the sequence should be the one that introduces a new topic. It must not be a continuation or extension of a topic.
c is first in the sequence: c is the only phrase that starts a topic. It says that he will do well in the examinations.
c is followed by b: b tells us why he will do well. It says that he will do well as he has been doing something.
b is followed by d: d tells us what he has been doing. It says that he will do well as he has been studying diligently.
d is followed by a: a tells us for how long he has been studying. It says that he has been studying diligently for the last six months.
Finally, the correct sentence is 'He will do well in examinations as he has been studying diligently for the last six months'.
Thus, the correct sequence is c b d a. Hence, D is the correct option.
Question 2
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Rearrange the following sentence in the correct order:
a. when we celebrate Holi
b. my
c. favourite month is
d. March

A
b-a-d-c

B
a-b-c-d

C
d-c-b-a

D
b-c-d-a

Solution

b is first in the sequence: b starts talking about something that is the subject's something by saying 'my'.
b is followed by c: c tells us what b is talking about. It says that b starts to talk about the subject's favourite month.
c is followed by d: d tells us the favourite month of the subject. It says that the subject's favourite month is March.
d is followed by a: a tells us why March is the subject's favourite month. It says that March is subject's favourite because that is when they play Holi.
Finally, the correct sentence is 'favourite month is March when we celebrate Holi'.
Thus, the correct sequence is b c d a. Hence, D is the correct option.
Question 3
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows. [/passage-header]
In the middle of the big river, the river that began in the mountains and ended in the sea, was a small island. The river swept around the island, sometimes clawing at banks, but never going right over it. A small hut stood on the island, a mud-walled hut with a sloping thatched roof. The hut had been built into a huge rock, so only three of the walls were mud, and the fourth was rock. A few goats grazed on the short grass which grew on the island. Some hens followed them about. There was a melon patch and a vegetable patch. In the middle of the island stood a peepal tree. It was an old tree. Many years ago, a seed had been carried to the island by a strong wind, had found shelter between two rocks, had taken root there, and had sprung up to give shade and shelter to a small family. Grandfather was mending a fishing net. He had fished in the river for ten years, and he was a good fisherman. He knew where to find the slim silver chilwa, the big beautiful mahseer and the long moustached singhara; he knew where the river was deep and where it was shallow; he knew which baits to use- which fish liked worms and which liked gram. He had taught his son to fish, but his son had gone to work in a factory in a city, nearly a hundred miles away. He had no grandson; but he had a granddaughter, Sita, and she could do them better. She had lost her mother when she was very small. Grandmother had taught her all the things a girl should know. But neither of her grandparents could read or write, and as a result, Sita couldn’t read or write either.

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Where was the island situated?

A
In the middle of the mountains.

B
In the sea.

C
In the middle of the big river.

D
Near the banks of the river.

Solution

Option C is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'In the middle of the big river, the river that began in the mountains and ended in the sea, was a small island.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 4
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question given after it.[/passage-header]Nehru was a many-sided personality. He enjoyed reading and writing books, as much as he enjoyed fighting political and social evils or residing tyranny. In him, the scientist and the humanist were held in perfect balance. While he kept looking at special problems from a scientific standpoint, he never forgot that we should nourish the total man. As a scientist, he refused to believe in a benevolent power interested in men's affairs. But as a self proclaimed non-believer, he loved affirming his faith in life and the beauty of nature. Children, he adored. Unlike Wordsworth, he did not see them as trailing clouds of glory from the recent sojourn in heaven. He saw them as blossoms of promise and renewal, the only hope for mankind.

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Nehru though that children _______.

A
Were trailing clouds of glory

B
Held promise for a better future

C
Were like flowers to be loved and admired

D
Held no hope for mankind

Solution

The given passage talks about the many sides Nehru possesses. He was a great scientist and a humanist. He loves children. He did not see them as trailing clouds of glory but he saw them as the only hope for mankind. Thus, option B is the correct answer.
Question 5
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Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
A donkey and a rooster lived peaceably together in the farmyard. One day, a hungry lion passed by. His eyes brightened at the sight of the plump donkey, and he thought of the fine meal in store for him. But just as the lion was about to pounce on the donkey, the rooster began to crow. Now, it is said that there is nothing a lion hates more than the sound of a cock-a-doodle-doo. Perhaps, it is true, for the lion turned and fled at the sound of the rooster’s crowing. The donkey laughed. “Why, the lion is a coward! The mighty king of beasts runs from a rooster.” And donkey felt so bold that he began to chase the lion. He had not gone very far, however, when the lion turned. With a great roar, he leapt upon the donkey. The rooster, watching from the farmyard, said sadly, “Alas! My poor friend did not realise what he could not do. False confidence often leads to misfortune.”

Why did the lion run away?

A
The lion was afraid of the donkey.

B
The lion hated the crow.

C
The lion hated the crowing of the rooster.

D
None of the above.

Solution

Option C is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'Now, it is said that there is nothing a lion hates more than the sound of a cock-a-doodle-doo.
Perhaps, it is true, for the lion turned and fled at the sound of the rooster’s crowing.'
Options A, B, and D are incorrect because the right answer is Option C.
Question 6
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Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Once there was a miser who sold all his possessions and, with the money, bought a great lump of gold, dug a deep hole at the edge of the garden, and there he buried his gold. Once a day, thereafter, the miser went to the garden, dug up his gold, and embraced it lovingly. One of the miser's workmen wondered why his master spent so much time in the garden. One day, he hid behind a tree and soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure. That night, when the miser was fast asleep, the workman crept into the garden and stole the lump of gold. When the miser found that his gold was gone, he tore his hair and cried aloud in his despair. A neighbour came running to see what was the matter, and the grief-stricken miser told him what had happened. Then the neighbour said, "Pray stop your weeping. Go and find a stone. Place the stone in the hole and imagine that it is your lump of gold. The stone will serve your purpose, for you never meant to use the gold anyway." "To a miser, what he has is of no more use than what he has not."

How did the miser get the lump of gold?

A
By selling all he had.

B
By digging in his garden.

C
From his ancestors.

D
From his neighbour.

Solution

Option A is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'Once there was a miser who sold all his possessions and, with the money, bought a great lump of gold, dug a deep hole at the edge of the garden, and there he buried his gold.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options B, C, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 7
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the questions:[/passage-header]The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown on a newspaper reader without discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation, is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line where someone puts his foot down for certain and says, "This is important and that does not amount to a row of beans; deserves no one's attention and should travel wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.

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Newspapers lack a sense of discrimination because ________.

A
They do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism

B
They have to accept whatever is received on the wires

C
Limited man power makes serious evolution impossible

D
People don't see the difference between 'junk' and 'real' news

Solution

Option A is the correct answer. The passage suggests that the newspapers do not discriminate between real news and sensationalism, which leads to the public treating it the same way, or, often, hyping up the latter, without giving the real news its due relevance. Options B,C and D are not supported by the text and thus, are incorrect.
Question 8
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows. [/passage-header]Once there was a miser who sold all his possessions and, with the money, bought a great lump of gold, dug a deep hole at the edge of the garden, and there he buried his gold. Once a day, thereafter, the miser went to the garden, dug up his gold, and embraced it lovingly. One of the miser's workmen wondered why his master spent so much time in the garden. One day, he hid behind a tree and soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure. That night, when the miser was fast asleep, the workman crept into the garden and stole the lump of gold. When the miser found that his gold was gone, he tore his hair and cried aloud in his despair. A neighbour came running to see what was the matter, and the grief-stricken miser told him what had happened. Then the neighbour said, "Pray stop your weeping. Go and find a stone. Place the stone in the hole and imagine that it is your lump of gold. The stone will serve your purpose, for you never meant to use the gold anyway." "To a miser, what he has is of no more use than what he has not."

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How was the gold stolen and by whom?

A
The miser's workman discovered the secret and stole the gold in the night.

B
A thief came there and stole the lump of gold in the night.

C
The neighbour stole it.

D
None of the above.

Solution

Option A is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - '
'One of the miser's workmen wondered why his master spent so much time in the garden.
One day, he hid behind a tree and soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure.
That night, when the miser was fast asleep, the workman crept into the garden and stole the lump of gold.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options B and C are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Option D is incorrect because the right answer is Option A.
Question 9
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Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _____(1)_____. The rain answered that ____(2)____. The poet again asked it _____(3)_____. The rain replied that ____(4)____. It further told that ____(5)_____.

Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank (4) with the most appropriate option.

A
Why has it come here

B
Why had it come here

C
Why it had come there

D
Why have you come there

Solution

A poet asked the rain who he was (1). The rain answered that he was the "poem of the earth"(2). The poet again asked the rain why has the rain come to earth (here)(3). The rain replied that it has come to beautify "its origins" (the earth)(4). It further told that it (rain) had come to give life to "unborn seeds" (5).
Question 10
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows. [/passage-header]Once upon a time, a miller and his young son were going along a road. They had their ass with them. Hardly had they covered a few metres when they came across a person who laughed and said, "How foolish both of you are! Can't one of you ride on the ass?" Hearing this, the son rode on the animal, and the father walked along. About two hundred metres away, they met an old man who said, "Look at this shameless youngster!" He is merrily riding on the ass, while the father is trudging his way. This was enough for the boy to get off the animal. Now, the miller himself rode on it. After five minutes, they met another man who made fun of the old man, saying, "Look at the old man! He's too selfish to think of the young boy." These singing words made the poor miller get off the ass. Now, the father and the son tied the ass to two poles with the help of ropes. They carried the animal on their shoulders, to the great amusement of the passers-by. As they were crossing a bridge over a river, the ass got impatient. It kicked itself free but was drowned in the deep water.

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Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
The first person laughed at the miller and his son because _______________.

A
Both of them were going with a donkey

B
Neither of them was using the ass for a ride

C
The ass was looking funny

D
None of the above

Solution

Option B: These lines are mentioned in the beginning: "Hardly had they covered a few metres when they came across a person who laughed and said, How foolish both of you are! Can't one of you ride on the ass?"
According to these lines, when they just began their journey, the first person laughed at the miller and his son and called them fools for not riding on the ass. ('Can't one of you ride on the ass?' implies that none of them are riding it.)
So, he's laughing at them because none of them are riding the ass.
Hence B is the correct option.
Option A and C: These reasons are neither mentioned nor implied by the passage.
Hence A and C are incorrect.
Option D is incorrect because the answer lies in B.

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Question 1

d-b-a-c

c-a-d-b

d-a-c-b

c-b-d-a

Solution

Question 2

b-a-d-c

a-b-c-d

d-c-b-a

b-c-d-a

Solution

Question 3

In the middle of the mountains.

In the sea.

In the middle of the big river.

Near the banks of the river.

Solution

Question 4

Were trailing clouds of glory

Held promise for a better future

Were like flowers to be loved and admired

Held no hope for mankind

Solution

Question 5

The lion was afraid of the donkey.

The lion hated the crow.

The lion hated the crowing of the rooster.

None of the above.

Solution

Question 6

By selling all he had.

By digging in his garden.

From his ancestors.

From his neighbour.

Solution

Question 7

They do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism

They have to accept whatever is received on the wires

Limited man power makes serious evolution impossible

People don't see the difference between 'junk' and 'real' news

Solution

Question 8

The miser's workman discovered the secret and stole the gold in the night.

A thief came there and stole the lump of gold in the night.

The neighbour stole it.

None of the above.

Solution

Question 9

Why has it come here

Why had it come here

Why it had come there

Why have you come there

Solution

Question 10

Both of them were going with a donkey

Neither of them was using the ass for a ride

The ass was looking funny

None of the above

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