Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

I was away in a (1)_____ part of Japan waiting for a (2)______ train at a small (3)______ station. A young girl was also waiting (4)______ the train. I watched her (5)______ out candy from her bag and eat it. Afterward, she walked (6)______ to a nearby waste bin provided on the (7)_____ to deposit the wrapper. Such is the level of (8)_____to keep surroundings clean from a young age. It is the (9)______ of cleanliness and tidiness which is (10)______ from an early age.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

Option 1: combining

Option 2: connective

Option 3: connecting

Option 4: convergent

Question : Directions: Select the number that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.
45 : 41 :: 27 : ?

Option 1: 49

Option 2: 57

Option 3: 53

Option 4: 78

Question : Directions: Four letter–clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd letter–cluster.

Option 1: HSY

Option 2: DWC

Option 3: FUB

Option 4: KPV

Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence.

I still cherish those little pranks and naughty. tricks that we did during our school days.

Option 1: sinful

Option 2: tractable

Option 3: impish

Option 4: nasty

Question : Much of the rainfall along the Western Ghats is ___________, as the moist air is obstructed and forced to rise along the ghats.

Option 1: local

Option 2: orographic

Option 3: convectional

Option 4: cyclonic

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
'What's your name, boy?' said the gentleman in the high chair. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble and speak in a very low and hesitating voice.
'Listen to me. You know you're an orphan, I suppose? And that you were brought up by the parish, don't you?'
'Yes, sir,' replied Oliver, weeping bitterly.
'I hope you say your prayers every night,' said another gentleman in a gruff voice, 'and pray for the people who feed you, and take care of you'.
'Yes, sir,' stammered the boy.
'Well! You have come here to be educated, and taught a useful trade,' said the red-faced gentleman in the high chair.

Poor Oliver! He little thought, as he lay sleeping, happily unconscious of things around him, that the board had that very day arrived at a decision which would exercise the most material influence over all his future fortunes.

But they had. They believed the workhouse was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes; a tavern where there was nothing to pay; a public breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round; a brick and mortar place, where it was all play and no work.
'Oho!' said the board, looking very knowing; 'we are the fellows to set this to rights; we'll stop it all, in no time.'

So, they established the rule, that all poor people should be starved by a gradual process in the house. The water-works were asked to lay on an unlimited supply of water; a corn-factory asked to supply small quantities of oatmeal; and it was decided to issue three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll of bread on Sundays.

Question:
The changes to be brought about for the inhabitants at the workhouse were that they would be given:
a) thin gruel thrice a day
b) healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner
c) plenty of water to drink
d) free entertainment and fun activities
e) half a roll of bread on Sundays
f) plenty of food from a corn factory

Option 1: a,c and e

Option 2: b,e and f

Option 3: a,c,and d

Option 4: c,d,and e

Question : Directions: Select the option related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster.
LEMON : MDOMQ :: AXILE : ?

Option 1: BWKJH

Option 2: BVKJH

Option 3: BWLJH

Option 4: BVJKH

Question : "From Purdah to Parliament" is a book authored by:

Option 1: Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

Option 2: Fatima al-Fihriya

Option 3: Benazir Bhutto

Option 4: Soufeina Hamed

Question : Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the Hindustani classical vocalist, is a follower of which gharana?

Option 1: Bhendi Bazaar

Option 2: Kirana

Option 3: Agra

Option 4: Patiala

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

It was my second year at boarding school. I was sitting on platform No. 8 (1)______ Ambala station, waiting for the north-bound train. My parents (2)______ me old enough to travel on my own. I (3)______ by bus to Ambala early in the evening. Now, (4)______ was a long wait till my train (5)______. Most of the time, I had been (6)______ up and down the platform, (7)______ at the bookstall, or feeding broken biscuits to stray dogs. (8)______ a train arrived, it would become (9)______. As the carriage doors opened, people would swoop down (10)______ the nervous little ticket collector at the gate.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

Option 1: arrived

Option 2: arrives

Option 3: arrive

Option 4: is arriving