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301.

At present the number of fighter squadrons IAF has:

A. 25
B. 26
C. 28
D. 30
Answer» E.
302.

Hiring the right people for organization like Taj hotel requires which of the following?A. Compete to get best employeesB. Hire for competency and inclinationC. Be the most preferred employerD. Choose the most talentedChoose the correct option:

A. A and B
B. B and C
C. A, B and C
D. B, C and D
Answer» C. A, B and C
303.

According to the passage, what is true about Geography?

A. Geography is changing its law of nature.
B. Geography is heading towards scientific form
C. Geography is a must read subject
D. Geography is one of the loathed subjects.
Answer» C. Geography is a must read subject
304.

Loss of personal power in the society is attributed to

A. Rigid human relations
B. Aggressiveness of the oppressors
C. Weakness of the oppressed
D. Power struggle in society
Answer» B. Aggressiveness of the oppressors
305.

Directions: Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.A. Although he was successful in the international industry, George was still not a very well educated man.B. So, George never had any difficulties with him and trusted him completely.C. Usually, he did not have much time to go through a speech, but the speechwriter wrote clever things for George to say.D. He began to have speeches written for him by a special speechwriter.

A. ADBC
B. ACBD
C. ADCB
D. ABCD
Answer» D. ABCD
306.

Purely domestic firms are affected by

A. Low interest rates
B. Small variability of profits
C. Larger variability of profits
D. Export controls
Answer» D. Export controls
307.

Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain for how many years?

A. 64 years
B. 34 years
C. 54 years
D. 44 years
Answer» B. 34 years
308.

According to the passage which of the approaches is the most complicated.

A. The narrative approach
B. The consultative approach
C. The suggestive approach
D. No significant difference
Answer» C. The suggestive approach
309.

As seen in the passage scientists generally agree that:

A. The pterosaurs could fly over large distances because of their large wingspan
B. The close evolutionary relationship can be seen between the pterosaurs and bats, when the structure of their skeletons is studied.
C. The study of the fossilized remains of the pterosaurs reveals how they solved the problem associated with powered flight.
D. The pterosaurs were reptiles.
Answer» E.
310.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.A. European cloth manufacturers therefore had to depend on a plant called woad to make dyes.B. However, cloth dyers preferred indigo which produced a rich blue colour.C. Being a plant of the temperate zones, woad was easily available in Europe.D. Indian indigo was very expensive and only small quantities reached the European markets.

A. CBDA
B. DACB
C. DCAB
D. ACBD
Answer» C. DCAB
311.

He woke up at dawn because _____________

A. he wanted to study
B. he wanted to pray
C. he had to go to school
D. he wanted to play cricket
Answer» E.
312.

In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. the workaholic often (P) becomes a prisoner of success (Q) inadvertently (R) reaping greater and greater rewards (S)The correct sequence should be:

A. SPRQ
B. SPQR
C. RPQS
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
313.

According to the passage, why is Instagram being more preferred over Facebook.

A. Instagram is comparatively new as compared to Facebook.
B. Many celebrities can be found on Instagram.
C. People feel more 'engaged' on Instagram.
D. Facebook news policy is not reliable.
E. Instagram has comparatively fewer ads than Facebook.
Answer» D. Facebook news policy is not reliable.
314.

According to the passage, under the globalization, government interventions are viewed as processes leading to

A. distortions and inefficiency in the economy.
B. optimum use of resources.
C. more profitability to industries.
D. free play of market forces with regard to industries.
Answer» B. optimum use of resources.
315.

Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S and are given below each sentence in four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.P. The man in the competitionQ. had been electedR. as the chairperson of the sports committeeS. in red who stood first

A. S P Q R
B. S R P Q
C. P S Q R
D. Q R S P
Answer» D. Q R S P
316.

How many people unveiled the Queen Victoria statue at Cubbon Park?

A. One
B. Six
C. Four
D. Two
Answer» B. Six
317.

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.A. Someone had been smart enough to remove it before I went on the rampage.B. My hands had been itching to tear down that collage from my bedroom wall.C. But I found the wall bare.D. So, I entered my room in a hurry.

A. DABC
B. CBAD
C. ABCD
D. BDCA
Answer» E.
318.

According to the above passage, what must one do along with assimilating the spirit of other religions?

A. One must become a Buddhist.
B. One must not pray for the destruction of other religions.
C. One must try to follow every religion.
D. One must preserve his individuality and follow his own law of growth.
Answer» E.
319.

Arrange the jumbled sentences to make a meaningful paragraph.A. For Nespresso, delivering a consistently perfect cup of coffee meant creating a capsule system for people at home. B. Each one needed a casing that was protective, durable, and airtight enough to ensure that the coffee inside stayed as fresh.C. Aluminum is a material that met the challenge because it allows every capsule to be hermetically sealed, locking in that coffee aroma.D. Aluminum’s low density, light weight and malleability make it one of the most useful metals in industry today.

A. ABDC
B. CDAB
C. ABCD
D. DABC
Answer» D. DABC
320.

In the passage, the underlined word “downside” in the last paragraph means:

A. Minus point
B. De-motivating factor
C. Advantage
D. Key element
Answer» B. De-motivating factor
321.

Leopards come to raise children

A. When normal food is not available
B. Despite the usual food available
C. When tigers hunt buffalo
D. When they enter the village
Answer» C. When tigers hunt buffalo
322.

Directions: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options select the one that gives their correct order.A. The boat floated down the river and reached the other bank.B. Thinking that she was dead, her friends secretly took her and abandoned her in a boat.C. The people on the bank took her to a hospital and saved her.D. Smelling a flower given by the magician, Shweta fell down unconscious.

A. DBAC
B. ACDB
C. DABC
D. BCAD
Answer» B. ACDB
323.

Directions: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options select the one that gives their correct order.A. Their classmate, Koushal, hardly studied and spent much of his time wasting on prattles.B. He made himself busy by collecting old pens and used papers in order to avoid studies.C. Poonam, the class teacher, was very much loved and respected by her students.D. Three of them were very intelligent and spent most of their time studying with Poonam.

A. DCAB
B. CADB
C. CDAB
D. CDBA
Answer» D. CDBA
324.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words by choosing the suitable set of answers from the options given below the paragraph.The disqualification as a (i) _____ of defection does not apply. If the original party of a member (ii) _____ with another party and he either changes his political party as a consequence of the merger. A merger is )(iii) _____ to take place only if not less than two-third of the (iv) _____ of the Legislative party (v) _____ to such merger.

A. (i) consequence (ii) merges (iii) deemed (iv) members (v) agree
B. (i) consequence (ii) agree (iii) deemed (iv) members (v) merges
C. (i) consequence (ii) deemed (iii) members (iv) merges (v) agree
D. (i) consequence (ii) agree (iii) merged (iv) deemed (v) members
Answer» B. (i) consequence (ii) agree (iii) deemed (iv) members (v) merges
325.

In the following sentence, certain parts are marked in bold and marked P, Q and R. One of the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable is standard written communication. Select the part containing an error. Choose 4 as your answer if there is no error.The student corrected all the errors (P) that the instructor marked (Q) on the answer book. (R)

A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. No error
Answer» C. R
326.

Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the part of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.P: scientists have determinedQ: injury in animals and humansR: that is linked to the severity of spinal cordS: a gene signature

A. P S R Q
B. Q R P S
C. Q S P R
D. P Q R S
Answer» B. Q R P S
327.

All of the following can be inferred from Le Boeuf’s study as described in the passage EXCEPT that:

A. male northern elephant seals might not have exhibited dialects had they not become nearly extinct in the nineteenth century.
B. the average call pulse rate of male northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo Island increased from the early 1970s till the disappearance of dialects.
C. changes in population and migration had no effect on the call pulse rate of individual male northern elephant seals.
D. the influx of new northern elephant seals into Año Nuevo Island would have soon made the call pulse rate of its male seals exceed that of those at Isla Guadalupe..
Answer» E.
328.

Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.A. The greatest tragedy facing humanity is the persistence of chronic hunger.B. The Hunger Project that is providing food to lakhs has come to recognise that hunger in India is, to a large degree, due to the subjugation of women.C. It’s an intolerable phenomenon that takes the lives of 24,000 of us daily.D. Besides, day after day, one billion people are denied the opportunities they need to lead healthy and productive lives due to hunger.

A. ABCD
B. ACDB
C. ACBD
D. ADBC
Answer» C. ACBD
329.

Directions: Given below are four sentences, three of which are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.A. As the night advanced, Swami’s fears deepened.B. The most haunting was how his friend Mani had seen the devil in the banyan tree.C. He began to think of all the ghost stories he had heard in his life.D. Mani’s face had gone white as a ghost before he had fainted.

A. ADCB
B. ADBC
C. ACBD
D. ABDC
Answer» D. ABDC
330.

Arrange the jumbled sentences to make a meaningful paragraph. A. Yet there is also no reason to despair.B. None of this is true today as we fight the coronavirus pandemic.C. The global financial crisis in 2008-09 was a massive demand shock, but our workers could still go to work, our firms were coming off years of strong growth, our financial system was largely sound, and our government finances were healthy.D. Economically speaking, India is faced today with perhaps its greatest emergency since Independence.

A. DCAB
B. DBCA
C. DABC
D. DCBA
Answer» E.
331.

For submitting tax returns, all resident males with annual income below Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form P and all resident females with income below Rs 8 lakh should fill up Form Q. All people with incomes above Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form R, except non residents with income above Rs 15 lakhs, who should fill up Form S. All others should fill Form T. An example of a person who should fill Form T is

A. a resident male with annual income Rs 9 lakh
B. a resident female with annual income Rs 9 lakh
C. a non-resident male with annual income Rs 16 lakh
D. a non-resident female with annual income Rs 16 lakh
Answer» C. a non-resident male with annual income Rs 16 lakh
332.

If a world is deprived of literature, what would happen to the broad, the noble and the generous?

A. They would be living a free life without care.
B. They would worry themselves into petty issues.
C. They would tend to dissappear and life would be correspondingly degraded.
D. They would celebrate life.
Answer» D. They would celebrate life.
333.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.A. When we wish to achieve something, we cannot expect success in a moment.B. It is the same with any great achievement.C. It took several years to build Rome and bring it to the state of glory.D. Rome, the greatest city of the ancient world was not built in a short time.

A. BACD
B. ABCD
C. CDAB
D. DCBA
Answer» E.
334.

Oxpeckers and rhinos manifest a symbiotic relationship in the wild. The oxpeckers warn the rhinos about approaching poachers, thus possibly saving the lives of the rhinos. Oxpeckers also feed on the parasitic ticks found on rhinos.In the symbiotic relationship described above, the primary benefits for oxpeckers and rhinos respectively are,

A. Oxpeckers save their habitat from poachers while the rhinos have no benefit.
B. Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos have no benefit.
C. Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos may be saved from the poachers.
D. Oxpeckers save the lives of poachers, rhinos save their own lives.
Answer» D. Oxpeckers save the lives of poachers, rhinos save their own lives.
335.

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.A. He heard some robbers planning to commit a robbery at the moneylender’s house.B. A man was roaming in the village at night.C. However, the robbers outnumbered him and overpowered him easily.D. He followed them and confronted them boldly.

A. BADC
B. BCAD
C. DBCA
D. CDAB
Answer» B. BCAD
336.

Between 1951 and 1999, the death rate and infant mortality rate have fallen by

A. more than 2 times and 3 times respectively
B. more than 3 times find 2 times, respectively
C. more than 3 times and 3 times respectively
D. None of the above
Answer» C. more than 3 times and 3 times respectively
337.

Kalam’s father was a

A. Boat rower
B. Boat owner
C. Boat maker
D. Boat seller
Answer» C. Boat maker
338.

A group of fish is called a:

A. school
B. army
C. standard
D. bus
Answer» B. army
339.

Choose the factor, which was NOT responsible for the death of mountaineers in May, 2019.

A. Frost bite and exhaustion
B. Lack of food
C. Lack of oxygen
D. Dehydration
Answer» C. Lack of oxygen
340.

In which year was the fort built by the Portuguese near the river Belem?

A. 1541
B. 1637
C. 1616
D. 1639
Answer» D. 1639
341.

Given below are six sentences, four of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.Sentence 1. Bill held open the door and I looked around.P. I prayed to be away from this place.Q. There were a dozen or so beds in small, partitioned cubicles along the walls of a large room.R. The wheezing sound of respirators filled the air.S. Most of the beds were occupied by patients who were wired to all kinds of machinery.Sentence 6. Instead, I was wheeled over to a bed with a number printed behind it on the wall – No. 10

A. PQSR
B. QRSP
C. PRQS
D. QSRP
Answer» E.
342.

“a marketable product” as mentioned in the passage signifies:

A. A product that appeals to buyers and sell at a certain price range to generate profit
B. A product that appeals to investors and help them get their money back
C. A product whose market value is increasing continuously and becoming difficult for buyers to buy the same
D. A product that is appreciated by the media houses and earn revenue from advertisements
Answer» B. A product that appeals to investors and help them get their money back
343.

Complete the sentence.The boy’s parents:

A. stopped their son from fishing with the old man.
B. wanted their son to become a great fisherman.
C. liked their son working for the old fisherman.
D. were sad that the old man could not catch fish.
Answer» B. wanted their son to become a great fisherman.
344.

According to the passage, who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

A. Kenneth Rogoff
B. Bimal Jalan
C. Mr Kapali
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
Answer» C. Mr Kapali
345.

Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.however (P) still held their own in foreign markets (Q) in spite of these laws (R) Indian silk and cotton textiles (S)

A. Q P R S
B. S P R Q
C. S R P Q
D. R P S Q
Answer» E.
346.

Based on your reading of the passage, identify the correct sentence from the given options:

A. Number of charitable organizations neglected the idea of supporting handicapped people.
B. According to charitable organizations, handicapped people are better suited for employment.
C. For the betterment of differently-abled people, many charitable organizations gathered support from other NGOs.
D. Initially, very few people believed in the idea that handicapped people have abilities that can be channelized in different directions.
Answer» E.
347.

Based on your reading of the passage, identify the correct sentence from the given options.

A. During war, the service of physically handicapped people was utilized keeping in mind their alternative skills within the limit of their capacities.
B. Scientists and doctors work collaboratively to support the people with physical impairments.
C. Scientists alone have found ways to enable physically handicapped people to work as normal people.
D. During war. physically handicapped people played a major role in the victory of specific nations.
Answer» B. Scientists and doctors work collaboratively to support the people with physical impairments.
348.

_____________ organization took an active part in a conference of Labour Ministers for the first time.

A. International Monetary Fund
B. International Labour Organization
C. World Health Organization
D. UNICEF
Answer» C. World Health Organization
349.

Find the odd one in the following group of words. mock, deride, praise, jeer

A. mock
B. deride
C. praise
D. jeer
Answer» D. jeer
350.

A to-do list becomes useful when we:

A. add to it all tasks to be done
B. complete all tasks listed
C. give a timeline to the tasks
D. are productive all day
Answer» D. are productive all day