Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

New York City is on 'high alert' after reporting 100 cases of a rare inflammatory disease apparently tied to COVID-19 in children. The city recently began reporting rising cases of paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, an illness that officials say is similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, with symptoms including a fever and abdominal pain and which 'appears to be linked to an immune response to COVID-19,' The New York Times reports.

City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a press briefing on Thursday, said, "We are now on high alert in addressing the syndrome after the number of confirmed cases of paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome in the city has reached 100." "Among those cases, 55 children have tested positive for COVID-19 or the antibodies", de Blasio said, "and one child has died." Two other children have also died from the illness in New York State, according to the Times. De Blasio had reported 82 cases of the syndrome in the city.

These developments continue to be 'really troubling' after it was previously thought that "children seemed to have very little effect from this disease," de Blasio said. He urged parents to call their doctor immediately if a child had a persistent fever, a rash, abdominal pain, vomiting, and especially a combination of these symptoms.

Question:

When the City Mayor says, "We are now on high alert in addressing the syndrome", he means:

Option 1: people are consulting each other in panic

Option 2: the administration understands it's an urgent health issue

Option 3: it's sad for the people who are suffering

Option 4: the city administration is concerned about war

Question : Comprehension:
India is a diverse nation with many different cultures. Although some eating habits are considered staples of Indian cuisine, these habits may not be practised by all the cultures of India. Cuisine differs across India's diverse regions as a result of variations in local culture, geographical location (proximity to the sea, desert, or mountains), and economics. It also varies seasonally, depending on which fruits and vegetables are ripe. Also, Middle Eastern and Central Asian influences have occurred in North Indian cuisine since the years of Mughal rule. Indian cuisine is still evolving as a result of the nation's cultural interactions with other societies.

Historical incidents such as foreign invasions, trade relations, and colonialism have played a role in introducing certain foods to the country. For instance, potato, a staple of the diet in some regions of India, was brought to India by the Portuguese, who also introduced chillies and breadfruit. Indian cuisine has shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe was the primary catalyst for Europe's Age of Discovery. Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Indian cuisine has influenced other cuisines across the world, especially those from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the British Isles, Fiji, and the Caribbean.

Indian food is rich in flavour. However, spices do more than flavour a dish; they are also used to cool and warm the body during hot or cold weather. Yoghurt is commonly used to flavour dishes or as a sauce to chill spicy dishes. Many Indian dishes are cooked in vegetable oil, but peanut oil is popular in northern and western India, mustard oil in eastern India, and coconut oil along the western coast, especially in Kerala. Gingelly (sesame) oil is common in the south since it imparts a fragrant, nutty aroma. In recent decades, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils have become popular across India. Butter-based ghee, or deshi ghee, is used frequently, though less than in the past.

Based on the passage above, choose the correct option for the following question.

Question

According to the passage, what have Middle Eastern and Central Asian influences in India?

Option 1: Dresses

Option 2: North Indian cuisine

Option 3: Festivals

Option 4: Lifestyle

Question : Directions: Select the number that will replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
44, 22, 22, 33, 66, ?

Option 1: 178

Option 2: 143

Option 3: 165

Option 4: 205

Question : The basis of the formulation Din-i Ilahi was:

Option 1: Universal brotherhood

Option 2: Universal faith

Option 3: Universal harmony

Option 4: Universal belief

Question : Directions: In the following question, a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
H, J, M, Q, ?

Option 1: A

Option 2: W

Option 3: S

Option 4: V

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
She said that she was going to the theatre then.

Option 1: She said, "I am going to the theatre now."

Option 2: She said, "She goes to the theatre now."

Option 3: She said, "She has gone to the theatre now."

Option 4: She said, "I go to the theatre then."

Question : 'Gynecomastia' is

Option 1: development of hair on ears in males

Option 2: increased height in females

Option 3: development of an extra finger in females

Option 4: development of breasts in males

Question : In which of the following years was Hindu Mahasabha, a "Hindu Sangathan", founded in India as an organisation?

Option 1: 1940

Option 2: 1935

Option 3: 1915

Option 4: 1957

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

The boat was drowned.

(1) was sunk

(2) was drown

(3) was sink

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Question : Directions: Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
a _ aabb _ _ ab _ b _

Option 1: baaaa

Option 2: babab

Option 3: baaba

Option 4: bbaaa