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

Question : Which state has the least poverty according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021?

Option 1: Karnataka

Option 2: Tamil Nadu

Option 3: Kerala

Option 4: Telangana

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 blank.

The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 8.

Option 1: farthest

Option 2: further

Option 3: farther

Option 4: far

Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
1. Some tables are chairs.
2. Some chairs are beds.
3. All beds are goods.
Conclusions:
I. Some chairs are goods.
II. Some goods are not beds.

Option 1: Only conclusion I follows

Option 2: Only conclusion II follows

Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow

Option 4: None of the conclusions follow

Question : Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
Mr. Ahirwar disowned his son as he was found to be indulged in burglary.

Option 1: involved in stealing

Option 2: involved in rustling

Option 3: involved in smuggling

Option 4: involved in sneaking

Question : Who among the following badminton players is hearing-impaired?

Option 1: Jwala Gutta

Option 2: Ami Ghia

Option 3: Pullela Gopichand

Option 4: Rajeev Bagga

Question : Who among the following ruled the Magadha after the Mauryan dynasty?

Option 1: Haryanka dynasty

Option 2: Shishunaga dynasty

Option 3: Shunga dynasty

Option 4: Nanda dynasty

Question : Directions: Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?
8, ?, 20, 32, 48, 68

Option 1: 14

Option 2: 10

Option 3: 12

Option 4: 16

Question : Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits the State from conferring "Titles"?

Option 1: Article 14

Option 2: Article 16

Option 3: Article 17

Option 4: Article 18

Question : Directions: L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S are sitting around a square table not facing the centre. Some of them are sitting at the corners while some are sitting at the exact centre of the sides. L is sitting to the immediate right of P. O is sitting to the immediate right of L. O is sitting between L and S. S is sitting to the immediate left of R. M is sitting between Q and R. N is sitting to the immediate right of Q and immediate left of P. Who is sitting second left from N?

Option 1: M

Option 2: O

Option 3: P

Option 4: S