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Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions.

For birds to survive, they must learn to live with and off humans, and those birds, like crows, sparrows, and mynahs, who do this to perfection, continue to thrive as our cities grow, whereas the purely wild birds, who depend on forests for life, are rapidly disappearing because forests are disappearing. If you have just a bit of garden and perhaps a guava tree, you will be visited by innumerable bulbuls, mynahs, tailor birds, parrots, etc. Or, if you own an old house, you will have to share it with pigeons and sparrows. And, if you have neither a garden nor a rooftop, you will still be visited by the crows.

Where man goes, the crow follows. He has learned to perfect the art of living off of humans. He will, I am sure, be the first bird on the moon, scavenging among the paper bags and cartons left behind by untidy astronauts. Crows favour the densest areas of the human population, and there must be one for every human. Many crows seem to have been humans in their previous lives; they possess all the cunning and sense of self preservation of man. At the same time, there are many humans who have obviously been crows, we haven't lost their thieving instincts.

Watch a crow sidling along the garden wall with an eye at the kitchen door and any attendant humans. He waits in the background till his chance comes, and then he pounces! I have even known a crow to make off with an egg from the breakfast table. The mynah, however, is more of a gentleman. He prefers fruit on the tree to scraps from the kitchen and visits the garden in expectation of handouts. He is quite handsome, too, with his bright orange bill. Although the blue jay is quite capable of making his living in the forest, he seems to show a preference for human haunts. He would rather perch on a telegraph wire because he finds it a better launching pad for his sudden rocket flights and aerial acrobatics!

Question:

The narrator thinks that some crows must have been humans in previous births because of their:

Option 1: city dwelling

Option 2: selfish ways

Option 3: large numbers

Option 4: untidy habits

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Correct Answer: selfish ways


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation:
The narrator suggests that crows exhibit cunning and a sense of self-preservation similar to humans. The statement, "many crows seem to have been humans in their previous lives; they possess all the cunning and

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Question : Directions: Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.

11 14 180
17 18 342
23 20 ?

Option 1: 369

Option 2: 504

Option 3: 444

Option 4: 568

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Correct Answer: 504


Solution : Add one to the first and second numbers and then multiply the resultants to get the third number –
Row I: (11 + 1) × (14 + 1) = 12 × 15 = 180
Row II: (17 + 1) × (18 + 1) = 18

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Question : Which of the following controls the wind speed?

Option 1: Pressure gradient

Option 2: Rotation of Earth

Option 3: Insolation

Option 4: None of the options is correct

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Correct Answer: Pressure gradient


Solution : The correct answer is Pressure gradient.

Differences in air pressure can cause air masses to travel from one point to another. Air masses tend to move from high-pressure locations to low-pressure locations. As a result, winds blow from high-pressure zones to low-pressure areas. Hence

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Question : Directions: Introducing a lady, Sumona said, She is my father–in–law's wife's only son's daughter's brother's father's sister. How is Sumona's father–in–law related to the lady?

Option 1: Father

Option 2: Brother–in–law

Option 3: Father–in–law

Option 4: Paternal uncle

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Correct Answer: Father


Solution : As per the given information, the family tree will be as follows –

 

Here, the quadrilateral represents the male and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.

So, from the above family tree, Sumona's father–in–law is the father of that lady. Hence, the

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Question : Directions: Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.
A_ _BCD_AB_ _DAA_ _CDA_ _BCD

Option 1: ACBBABBAB

Option 2: ABABCBBAB

Option 3: ABBBABCAB

Option 4: BABABABCB

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Correct Answer: ABABCBBAB


Solution : Given:
A_ _BCD_AB_ _DAA_ _CDA_ _BCD

To fill the series we have to divide the series –
A_ _BCD \ _AB_ _D \ AA_ _CD \ A_ _BCD

Let's check each option –
First option: ACBBABBAB; AACBCD \ BABBAD \

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Question : Which of the following states annually celebrates the "Shirui Lily festival"?

Option 1: Manipur

Option 2: Sikkim

Option 3: Odisha

Option 4: Chhattisgarh

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Correct Answer: Manipur


Solution : The correct answer is Manipur.

Every year, Manipur celebrates a four-day festival, the Shirui Lily festival, which includes traditional games, cuisine, music and other cultural events. The Shirui Lily festival took place for the first time in 2017. The festival's primary goals are

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, DAM is coded as 50, and PAD is coded as 47. How will MAP be coded in that language?

Option 1: 38

Option 2: 40

Option 3: 36

Option 4: 42

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Correct Answer: 38


Solution : Given:
DAM is coded as 50, and PAD is coded as 47. 

Subtract 13 from the sum of positional values of the opposite letters of the word DAM, to obtain the required code –
D→W (23); A→Z (26); M→N (14)
= (23 + 26 +

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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
They will send Madhu away to a boarding school.

Option 1: Madhu will be sent away to a boarding school by them.

Option 2: Madhu will send away to a boarding school by them.

Option 3: Madhu shall be sent away to a boarding school by them.

Option 4: Madhu will have been sent away to a boarding school by them.

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Correct Answer: Madhu will be sent away to a boarding school by them.


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence

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