Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the Earth and provide many important services to human society. They exhibit enormous diversity according to their genesis, geographical location, water regime and chemistry, dominant species, and soil and sediment characteristics. Globally, the area extent of wetland ecosystems ranges from 917 million hectares (m ha) to more than 1275 m ha. One of the first widely used wetland classification systems, devised by Cowardin et al., 1979, categorised wetlands into marine (coastal wetlands), estuarine (including deltas, tidal marshes, and mangrove swamps), lacustrine (lakes), riverine (along rivers and streams), and palustrine ( marshes, swamps and bogs) based on their hydrological, ecological and geological characteristics.The 

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was an international treaty signed in 1971. Overall, 1052 sites in Europe; 289 sites in Asia; 359 sites in Africa; 175 sites in South America; 211 sites in North America; and 79 sites in the Oceania region have been identified as Ramsar sites or wetlands of International importance. As per the Ramsar Convention definition most of the natural water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, coastal lagoons, mangroves, peat land, coral reefs) and man-made wetlands (such as ponds, farm ponds, irrigated fields, sacred groves, salt pans, reservoirs, gravel pits, sewage farms and canals) in India constitute the wetland ecosystem distributed in different geographical regions ranging from Himalayas to Deccan plateau. As of February 2022, India has 49 Ramsar sites covering an area of 10,93,636 hectares, the highest in South Asia. As per the estimates, India has about 757.06 thousand wetlands with a total wetland area of 15.3 m ha, accounting for nearly 4.7% of the total geographical area of the country. Out of this, areas under inland wetlands account for 69%, coastal wetlands 27%, and other wetlands (smaller than 2.25 ha) 4%. Gujarat has the highest proportion (17.5%) and Mizoram has the lowest proportion (0.66%) of the area under wetlands. Among Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest proportion (around 96%) and Chandigarh has the lowest proportion (3%) of the geographical area under wetlands.

Question:

Under which category of wetlands, are delta and mangrove swamps included?

Option 1: marine

Option 2: estuarine

Option 3: lacustrine

Option 4: palustrine

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, ARMS is written as 5467 and LIAR is written as 1254. How is SMALL written in that code language?

Option 1: 76521

Option 2: 76512

Option 3: 76511

Option 4: 76544

Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.
This year, orange prices are forecast to grow, despite an expected increase in global___________.

Option 1: production

Option 2: organisation

Option 3: abduction

Option 4: assumption

Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Something which is worth believing.

Option 1: Spurious

Option 2: Expedient

Option 3: Credible

Option 4: Impending

Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2, and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.

A new chapter may been put forth in which India gained independence only in the last year and not in 1947.

1. may have been put forth
2. may be put forth
3. may be left forth
4. No Improvement

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 4

Question :

Which angiosperm is vesselless?

Option 1:

Hydrilla

Option 2:

Trochodendron

Option 3: Maize

Option 4: Wheat

Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd letter cluster from the given alternatives.

Option 1: BDF

Option 2: GIK

Option 3: LMO

Option 4: OQS

Question : Direction: In this question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices, given below. The columns and rows of Matrix (I) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix (II) are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g. 'U' can be represented by 03,14, 32, etc., and 'O' can be represented by 56, 67, 75, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word given in the question.

 'PURE'

Option 1: 69, 14, 04, 98

Option 2: 34, 76, 31, 79

Option 3: 04, 32, 87, 59

Option 4: 69, 99, 31, 01

Question : The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?

Option 1: Allahabad Pillar inscription

Option 2: Eran inscription of Bhanugupta

Option 3: Aihole inscription of Pulakeshin II

Option 4:  Bhitari Pillar inscription of Skandagupta

Question : Which of the following functions of the government budget is associated with the distribution of income?

I. Allocation function

II. Redistribution function

Option 1: Only I

Option 2: Neither I nor II

Option 3: Both I and II

Option 4: Only II