Question : Directions: Pranav went 10 kilometres to the north. Then he turned West and covered 10 kilometres. Then he turned south and covered 5 kilometres. Finally, he turned to the east and covered 10 kilometres. In which direction is he from the starting point?

Option 1: South

Option 2: North

Option 3: East

Option 4: West

Question : Rukmini Devi Arundale is the exponent of which of the following Indian classical dance forms?

Option 1: Bharatanatyam

Option 2: Manipuri

Option 3: Sattriya

Option 4: Odissi

Question : Two trains, A and B, start from stations X and Y and travel towards Y and X, respectively. After passing each other, they take 4 hours 48 minutes, and 3 hours 20 minutes respectively to reach Y and X. If train A is moving at 45 km/hr, then the speed of train B is:

Option 1: 60 km/hr

Option 2: 64.8 km/hr

Option 3: 54 km/hr

Option 4: 37.5 km/hr

Question : In all AIBA Boxing competitions, the rest time between each round is___________ minutes.

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 5

Question : Find the single equivalent discount for successive discounts of 12%, 18%, and 25% on the marked price of a car.

Option 1: 35.28%

Option 2: 42.65%

Option 3: 40.25%

Option 4: 45.88%

Question : The three sides of a triangle are 5 cm, 9 cm, and x cm. The minimum integral value of x is:

Option 1: 2

Option 2: 3

Option 3: 4

Option 4: 5

Question : Evergreen type forests are found in:

Option 1: Mediterranean region

Option 2: Monsoon climatic area

Option 3: Desert region

Option 4: Equatorial region

Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

You go up a dark, rickety stairwell of a building on a crowded street in Calcutta. You enter a small room. The centre of the room is empty but the corners are stacked with bedrolls, utensils and water bottles. Musical instruments, drums, cymbals and gongs are piled in a corner. Today, the room is filled with the laughter of men and women in colourful attire. Among the happy chorus of congratulations and laughter, the bride Chumki Pal and the groom Sandeep can be seen smiling. They are both blind, as are most of the people surrounding them. Pal is wearing a bright turquoise blue sari. “I know it’s blue because people have told me but I can’t imagine how it looks. But believe me, when I dream, I dream only in colours,” she says. Their romance blossomed when they met as members of Blind Opera, the only one of its kind in the country as well as in Asia.

The 36 spirited members of Blind Opera demonstrate that physical disability is not an obstacle. They enact plays by Rabindranath Tagore, considered challenging even by veteran theatre groups. Blind Opera was launched in 1996 by four theatre aficionados, who took it as a challenge to get together the talents of these visually impaired people. The challenge to present the cast on stage is immense since space management is a problem. To solve this, the directors use ropes to separate the stage and the wings. When the actors step on the rope they know that it is the entrance to the stage. The members cannot see, but they can smell, hear and touch – three elements inherent to any theatre. At Blind Opera, they “believe that the blind can see. That is, they see in their own way, if not in our way, with the help of these abilities.”

For the visually impaired, theatre is the medium for the expression of their creative urges. They respond instinctively; they cannot copy anyone else because they cannot see. Their body language tells the story and hence it is very spontaneous. The members have earned kudos from Calcutta audiences. For the members of the troupe, discovering the language of the body is in a way also a journey of the persona. Coming from diverse backgrounds but bound together by the same disability, they have found an outlet for their creativity through the plays. They do not feel isolated anymore because they can relate to their fellow performers. There is also a greater purpose behind it: to use theatre to build a community and mainstream the huge number of disabled living in isolation. Together they can be a force to demand better facilities in public life. Blind children should enter the mainstream from the beginning. The big dream of the group is to establish a drama school following the ideal of Tagore’s Shantiniketan, offering a platform for creative expression to all those who are economically and socially forced to stay in the periphery. Like Chumki Pal, they all dream in colour.

Question:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Option 1: Blind Opera is one of its kind in the world.

Option 2: Calcutta audiences have lauded Blind Opera.

Option 3: The blind can see in their own way.

Option 4: Blind Opera was launched in 1996.

Question : Which of the following is not one of the scheduled public sector banks in India?

Option 1: Canara Bank

Option 2: UCO Bank

Option 3: Indian Overseas Bank

Option 4: Bandhan Bank

Question : The largest four-digit number that is exactly divisible by 88 is:

Option 1: 9988

Option 2: 9944

Option 3: 8888

Option 4: 9768