Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

In her heart, Sheila knew that her paths with Rahul would ____________soon.

Option 1: change

Option 2: end

Option 3: merge

Option 4: cross

Question : The Index of eight core Indian industries is a production index prepared by CSO and is considered to be the lead indicator of the industrial performance in India. Which of the following industries is not treated as a core industry for calculating this index?

Option 1: Fertilisers

Option 2: Information technology

Option 3: Cement

Option 4: Natural gas

Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Sushant said to the elderly lady, “Madam, you can take my place and stand here in the queue.”

Option 1: Sushant gave up his place and said to the elderly lady that she can stand here.

Option 2: Sushant said to the elderly lady that he can give his place in the queue.

Option 3: Sushant gave up his place in the queue and said to the elderly lady that she can stand there.

Option 4: Sushant told the elderly lady that she could take his place and stand there in the queue.

Question : Directions: Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the * signs and balance the given equation.
88 * 44 * 22 * 66 * 99 * 251

Option 1: +, ÷, –, ×, =

Option 2: ÷, +, –, ×, =

Option 3: +, +, –, ×, =

Option 4: –, ÷, +, +, =

Question : Kishori Amonkar, one of the great vocalists of Hindustani music, is associated with which of the following gharanas?

Option 1: Agra

Option 2: Jaipur

Option 3: Maihar

Option 4: Gwalior

Question : Directions: In the given question, if a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Question : Directions: Three of the following four-letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd one out.

Option 1: TWGD

Option 2: ADZE

Option 3: PSKH

Option 4: FIUR

Question : In the given sentence, identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

While the night we felt afraid as the resort was very dark and secluded.

Option 1: and secluded

Option 2: was very dark

Option 3: we felt afraid

Option 4: while the night

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Difficult times could create feelings of anxiety, insecurity, and fear. As we navigate through undesirable situations and uncertainties, we find that the negativity surrounding the problems consumes our minds. It is in those times that we have to exert ourselves to change our perspective and adopt a more positive and solution-driven attitude. Wise people have always chosen to leverage adversities as opportunities for growth and progress rather than succumb to negative thought patterns. Saint Kabir described how different people respond when challenged by problems: "Gold, virtuous people, and saints are resilient; you may break them a hundred times and yet they will re-join. In contrast, negative people and clay pots are fragile; once shattered, they are broken forever."
The distinguishing feature of the successful is that they have a mindset that enables them to remain positive in the face of adversity and even utilise the negative situation for their own benefit. The eagle can teach us a few lessons on this. When the storm starts blowing, it does not cower down before it. It flies to a higher point and waits for the wind to blow over. When the storm sets in, the eagle spreads its wings and uses the draft of the wind to rise higher and higher in the sky. It does not run away from the storm; rather, it uses the storm to its advantage. While the storm rages below, the eagle soars above it.
The winning attitude to overcome despair and stress is to realise that adversities have opportunities inherent in them, and opportunities do not come without problems. Hence, difficulties and obstacles have a positive side to them as they make us grow from within. A gem gets polished with friction. The finest steel is produced by putting it on fire. Similarly, the more hardships we face, the stronger we become.

Question:
Which of the following is NOT a message that the passage gives us?

Option 1: Difficulties enable us to become stronger as we learn to face them.

Option 2: Those who are positive are fragile and can be easily shattered by difficulties.

Option 3: We have to change our view point and adopt a more positive and solution-driven attitude towards difficulties.

Option 4: Adversities have opportunities as well as obstacles inherent in them.

Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Blue Pottery is widely recognised as a traditional craft of Jaipur, though it is Turko-Persian in origin. The name 'blue pottery' comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to colour the pottery. It is relatively unusual as a type of luxury Indian pottery as most Indian types are functional and though often highly decorated, relatively low prestige wares. Jaipur blue pottery is glazed and low-fired. No clay is used: the 'dough' for the pottery is prepared by mixing quartz stone powder, powdered glass, fuller's earth, borax, gum and water.

Some of this pottery is semi-transparent and mostly decorated with bird and animal motifs. Being fired at very low temperatures makes them fragile. The range of items is primarily decorative, such as vases, coasters, small bowls, and boxes for trinkets. The colour palette is restricted to blue derived from the cobalt oxide, green from the copper oxide and white, though other non-conventional colours, such as yellow and brown, are sometimes included. The use of blue glaze on pottery is an imported technique, first developed by artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts. This technique travelled east to India with early Turkic conquests in the 14th century. During its infancy, it was used to make tiles to decorate mosques, tombs and palaces in Central Asia. Later, following their conquests and arrival in India, the Mughals began using them in India. Gradually the blue glaze technique grew beyond an architectural accessory to Indian potters. From there, the technique travelled to the plains of Delhi and in the 17th century went to Jaipur.

Other accounts of the craft state that blue pottery came to Jaipur in the early 19th century under the ruler Sawai Ram Singh II. The Jaipur king had sent local artisans to Delhi to be trained in the craft. However, by the 1950s, blue pottery had all but vanished from Jaipur, when it was re-introduced through the efforts of the muralist and painter Kripal Singh Shekhawat, with the support of patrons such as Kamladevi Chattopadhaya and Rajmata Gayatri Devi.

Question:

Which of the following is NOT used to make the Jaipur blue pottery?

Option 1: Clay

Option 2: Glass

Option 3: Gum

Option 4: Borax