Question : Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

Saira is unable to sustain friendships because she always has too many axes to grind.

Option 1: To work for others

Option 2: To have one's own interests to serve

Option 3: To use weapons carefully

Option 4: To believe in selflessness

Question : In which year did the first SAARC summit take place?

Option 1: 1985

Option 2: 1992

Option 3: 1972

Option 4: 1990

Question : The simplest value of $\sin^{2}x+2\tan^{2}x-2\sec^{2}x+\cos^{2}x$ is:

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 0

Option 3: –1

Option 4: 2

Question : Select the sentence that has a spelling error.

A- One has to understand the rudimentery fact that intelligence and intellect are at two opposite poles.

B- An intellectual person may have all the knowledge of the world but won’t know how to give it a shape.

C- Knowledge will plague the individual if he does not have the intelligence to express it.

D- Without basic intelligence, an individual is trapped within himself manifesting conflicts and ignorance in the external world.

Option 1: Without basic intelligence, an individual is trapped within himself, manifesting conflicts and ignorance in the external world.

Option 2: An intellectual person may have all the knowledge of the world but won’t know how to give it a shape.

Option 3: Knowledge will plague the individual if he does not have the intelligence to express it.

Option 4: One has to understand the rudimentery fact that intelligence and intellect are at two opposite poles

Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster.
ABSORPTION : ROSBANOITP :: VISUALIZER : ?

Option 1: UASIVERZIL

Option 2: VUAISREZIL

Option 3: AUSIVREZIL

Option 4: AUSIVREILZ

Question : Directions: 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. H can be represented by 00, 24, etc, and L can be represented by 56, 98, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word HALT.

Option 1: 31, 59, 68, 21

Option 2: 43, 86, 99, 40

Option 3: 24, 78, 56, 02

Option 4: 12, 97, 88, 33

Question : Directions: In a certain code language, ROCK is written as SQFO. How is LATE written in that code language?

Option 1: TWCM

Option 2: NXWM

Option 3: MCWI

Option 4: OPRZ

Question : Directions: 6 friends are sitting around a circular table. Vini, Urja, and Tanvi are sitting facing the centre and two out of Abhay, Bala, and Chan are not sitting facing the centre. Vini is sitting second to the left of Chan. Urja is sitting second to the right of Abhay. Bala is sitting third to the left of Tanvi. Chan is sitting second to the right of Tanvi. Abhay is sitting next to Vini. Who is sitting fourth to the right of Chan?

Option 1: Tanvi

Option 2: Urja

Option 3: Vini

Option 4: Bala

Question : Which is the first state in India to enact the Food Security Act?

Option 1: Chhattisgarh

Option 2: Gujarat

Option 3: Tamil Nadu

Option 4: Bihar

Question : Directions: A bus starts from point A and runs 20 km towards the south, then turns to its right and runs 25 km. It then turns right again and runs 20 km. Afterwards, it runs 5 km in the east direction and reaches point D. How far is the bus from the starting point?

Option 1: 35 km

Option 2: 20 km

Option 3: 25 km

Option 4: 30 km