Passage - 1
Buttercups and daisies - Oh the pretty flowers, Coming ere the springtime To tell of sunny hours.
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The poet refers to the season in the stanza:
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn
(e) None of these
Buttercups and daisies grow during the:
(a) Same season
(b) Different season
(c) Sunny hours
(d) Rainy season
(e) None of these
According to the poet, the flowers talk of:
(a) Their stay in the sunshine
(b) Brightness of the sun
(c) Their adventure during the sunshine
(d) Exciting activity undertaken during the day
(e) None of these
The poet seems to be a lover of:
(a) Nature
(b) Scenery
(c) Environment
(d) Flowers
Passage - 2
The day is past, the sun is set, And the white stars are in the sky; While the long grass with dew is wet, And through the air the bats now fly.
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The stanza reflects the time of the day:
(a) Morning
(b) Evening
(c) Dusk
(d) Night
(e) None of these
The line 'The day is past, the sun is set' hints:
(a) Day has ended .as the sun has set
(b) Day has finished with the setting of sun
(c) The sun has set and so the day is over
(d) Sun has set after the day has ended
(e) None of these
Why is the long grass with dew wet?
(a) Dew could not dry away from the long grass
(b) The sun's rays could not penetrate inside the long grass to dry the dew
(c) It is monsoon and due to rain the long grass is wet with dew
(d) As the dew is inside long grass so it cannot dry
(e) None of these
From your understanding of the stanza, guess the season which the poet is talking about:
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Spring
(d) Monsoon
(e) None of these
Passage - 3
Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
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Passage - 1
With 1.21 billion people, India is currently the world's second largest country. India crossed the one billion mark in the year 2000; one year after the world's population crossed the six billion thresholds. Demographers expect India's population to surpass the population of China, currently the most populous country in the world, by 2030. At that time, India is expected to have a population of more than 1.53 billion while China's population is forecast to be at its peak of 1.46 billion. India's 2011 census showed that the country's population had grown by 181 million people in the prior decade. When India gained independence from the United Kingdom sixty years ago, the country's population was a mere 350 million. Since 1947, the population of India has more than tripled. In 1950, India's total fertility rate was approximately 6 children per woman. Nonetheless, since 1952 India has worked to control its population growth. The U.S. Census Bureau does predict a near-replacement total fertility rate of 2.2 to be achieved in India in the year 2050. India's high population growth results in increasingly impoverished and sub Standard conditions for growing segments of the Indian population. As of 2007, India ranked 126th on the United Nations' Human Development Index, which takes into account social, health, and educational conditions in a country. Population projections for India anticipate that the country's population will reach 1.5 to 1.8 billion by 2050. While only the Population Reference Bureau has published projections out to 2100, they expect India's population at the close of the twenty-first century to reach 1.853 to 2.181 billion. Thus, India is expected to become the first and only country on the planet that will ever reach a population of more than 2 billion.
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The word 'demographer' relates to:
(a) Checking the changes in number or births and deaths
(b) Having authority to check the population of a country
(c) Being capable of taking into account the register of births and deaths (d) Keeping record of births and deaths of a place
(e) None of these
The census of 2011 reflect that the population of India had grown by:
(a) 1.53 billion
(b) 350 million
(c) 1.46 billion
(d) 181 million
(e) None of these
The population of India since its independence has:
(a) Crossed the six billion threshold
(b) Forecasted to rise and touch 1.46 billion
(c) Surpassed China's population
(d) More than tripled
(e) None of these
Starting 1952, India has been constantly processing:
(a) Curb population growth
(b) Replace total fertility rate
(c) Find a method to check fertility
(d) Become the more... 
Passage - 1
Once, on being asked whether the work had not been overextended, Mother Teresa laughed, 'lf there are poor on the moon, we shall go there too; Born an Albanian, Mother Teresa came to Kolkata at the age of 18, and in the course of her life's mission of caring for the poorest of the poor, dominated the Indian century. In the process she was respected almost everywhere. In the eyes of much of the world she was considered the Saint of the Gutters in her lifetime. Neither the highest honours nor the barbs flung at her could distract her from her chosen path. In spite of her early difficulties and, much later in life, her many near brushes with serious illness and death, she lived to complete much of her agenda. The major achievements in Mother Teresa's life are well- documented. After almost two decades in Kolkata's Loreto Convent, where she taught geography and catechism, Mother Teresa was permitted to step into the world that lay beyond the security of convent wall, to begin her mission which she said was an answer to a 'call' that she received on a train journey to Darjeeling. She started with three sarees and a five-rupee note. From a single school which she started in a Kolkata slum in 1948, the Order grew into a multinational that continued to be run from a small office in Kolkata. In the year before her death, her Order ran 755 homes in 125 countries. During that year the Missionaries of Charity fed half a million hungry mouths in five continents, treated a quarter of a million sick, taught over 20,000 slum children and ran homes for the mentally retarded, the leprosy-afflicted, AIDS patients, the crippled and alcoholics and drug addicts. They ran day-creches, night- shelters, soup-kitchens and TB hospitals.
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'Neither the highest honours nor the barbs flung at her could distract her from her chosen path/ What does the 'chosen path' mean?
(a) Help the poor
(b) Lead a life for helping the poor
(c) Compassionate towards poor of the poorest
(d) Caring for poorest or the poor
(e) None of these
The subject which Mother Teresa never taught in her lifetime:
(a) Catechism
(b) Geography
(c) Abhorrence
(d) Love
(e) None of these
Which of the statement is false in context to the Missionaries of Charity?
(a) It looked after the pupils of Kolkata's Loreto Convent
(b) It provided education to the slum children
(c) It ran day-crèches, hospitals and night-shelters
(d) It treated a quarter of a million sick people
(e) None of these
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Passage - 1
The world has changed since the first computer was introduced. However, only in recent years, in an astonishingly accelerated way, computer technology has become more and more complex and multifunctional within our society. In the beginning, the computer was a huge monster, occupying an entire room. Nowadays, the more efficient a computer gets the smaller they become, Business needs powerful computers to save their client and customer data. So, they have to use computers to sell more and in a quick way, making or keeping people very satisfied. It would not be possible if they did not have computers. Schools and universities also use computers to assist students and for research. The government would be slower in serving citizens without computers, because they provide storage for citizen's data and enable the processing of their demands. More than ever Health assistance has been integrating technology into its treatment and therapy. Services, entertainment, and many activities worldwide are using computer technology to improve themselves. Nevertheless, the chief aim of the computer technology industry is the individual. Personal users must be conquered, because they return higher revenues and take the bigger part, and also hold the biggest demand for electronics. That is why Microsoft, Google and Apple are millionaires; aiming to grasp individuals firmly, they grant people access to the World Wide Web, and not only this, they seduce people in way that young and old alike cannot escape. It is for certain that people are addicted to computers and they cannot live without them.
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The size of the computer in the earlier days was:
(a) Compact
(b) Large
(c) Small
(d) huge monster
(e) None of these
The prime aim of computer technology industry is to hit:
(a) Personal users
(b) Schools and universities
(c) Business corporate
(d) Government organizations
(e) None of these
Powerful computers are the demand of:
(a) Health sectors
(b) Business sectors
(c) Government sectors
(d) Educational institutions
(e) None of these
The word 'addicted' in the passage means:
(a) Passionate
(b) Uncontrollable
(c) Unable to stop using
(d) Enthusiastic about using
(e) None of these
Passage - 2
India has 21.59 million telephone-line networks, which is the largest in Asia, 3rd largest among emerging economies (after China and Republic of Korea) and the 12th largest in the world. India's telecom network comprises of 27,753 telephone exchanges, with a total equipped capacity of 272.17 lakh lines and 226.3 lakh working telephones. The more... 
Comprehension Based on Stanzas
Passage - 1
So stay by my side and we'll light up the sky,
Watch as life and dreams fly by.
Never stop wishing, no matter how far,
I think you might be my lucky star.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
What is the object which you think is the poet referring to?
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Star
(d) Planet
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: (c)
There has been the mention of 'lucky star' in the last line In the stanza; therefore it is certain that the poet is indicating to a star.
From the stanza it seems the poet is:
(a) Optimistic
(b) Pessimistic
(c) Cynical
(d) Confident
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: (a)
After reading the stanza, it becomes clear that the poet is very hopeful and positive about reaching his goal and fulfilling his ambition. Therefore, the correct option will be Optimistic, which means hopeful.
The poet wants the company of:
(a) Somebody to stay nearby for lighting the sky
(b) The sun to light up the sky
(c) The moon to light up the sky
(d) A star to jointly light up the sky
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: (d)
The first and last lines in the stanza indicate the correct answer to the question.
The two lines in the stanza - watch as life and dreams fly by. Never stop wishing, no matter how far, assert that the poet:
(a) Hardly wants to lose at any cost
(b) Never compromise to get the life's best
(c) Is very hopeful about his deeds and actions
(d) Always thinks high to achieve the desired goal
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: (d)
The correct option which can be made out from the given two lines is option (d), that is, always thinks high to achieve the desired goal.
Passage - 2
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils.
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What did float over vales and hills?
(a) Poet
(b) Daffodils
(c) Cloud
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Comprehension Based on Current Affairs
Passage - 1
The tourism ministry has kicked off road shows abroad to promote the homegrown health industry, which has an annual growth of 35 per cent. According to ministry officials, more people are flocking the country for cheaper and good medical services and the numbers have increased drastically over the years. Official records show more than 63,000 foreign tourists have arrived from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Denmark and the US for surgeries and treatments this year. 'In India, medical facilities are far cheaper and way more advanced than in many countries. This has attracted a lot of people. We just want to take this a step further and promote it through our road shows. Health tourism is attracting more people than summer vacationers from all over the world/ said a senior bureaucrat with the tourism ministry. Ministry officials estimate a 35 per cent increase in the number of people coming to India for treatments starting from dental surgeries to knee transplants and neurosurgery. India has also emerged as a major destination for cosmetic surgery. In the past three years, the health sector has faced stiff competition from Singapore and Malaysia, which are offering high-end health solutions at competitive prices. 'We plan to reach out to more people through our road shows; said the official. He added the ministry expected a minimum of 85,000 to 1 lakh people coming to India this year for treatments. The road shows will comprise presentations and one-to-one business meetings between trade delegations from India and travel trade representatives in the respective countries. Road shows were carried out in the US, Caribbean countries, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. At present, Indian destinations are being showcased in Manchester, Birmingham, Durban and Glasgow in England.
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India is widely acknowledged by the foreigners for:
(a) Medical services
(b) Tourist spots
(c) Cheaper facilities
(d) Surgeries and treatments
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The sentence in the passage 'Official records show more than 63,000 foreign tourists .....' states the correct answer.
The tourism that has attracted more people than summer vacationers is:
(a) Health
(b) Medical
(c) Dental
(d) Transplant
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation:
The sentence in the passage 'Health tourism is attracting more people .....' hints the correct answer to the question.
India chiefly attracts foreign tourists in medical services related to:
(a) Neurosurgery
(b) Dental surgery
(c) Cosmetic surgery
(d) Knee surgery
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The line in the passage 'Indian more... 
Comprehension Based on Stories
Passage - 1
Helen Keller has an ageless quality about her in keeping with her amazing life story. Blind, deaf and mute from early childhood, she rose above her triple handicap to become one of the best known characters in the modern world and an inspiration to both, the blind and the seeing everywhere. Born in the little Alabama Town of Tuscumbia on June 27, 1880, she was a normal baby up to nineteen months and seemed to enjoy the flowers, the flitting birds, the play of light and shadow. Then she was stricken with a severe illness diagnosed as brain fever. The fever subsided almost as suddenly as it had begun. It left her unable to see, hear or speak. Soon her mother noticed that Helen's eyes did not close when she bathed the child. She took her to an oculist and learnt that Helen was blind. Next she noticed that the child did not respond to sound. Helen was deaf, too. Inevitably by the age of three, she was also mute. Helen was physically strong but threw a lot of tantrums. She would scream for no reason. Anne Sullivan, who was an Irish girl, was not only a tutor to Helen but also a companion of the next fifty years. She gifted Helen a doll and spelt d-o- 1-1 in her hand. Helen repeated the same motion. This was the first conscious effort ever made to teach Helen. Miss Sullivan moved Helen away from her upset parents to a nearby cottage. There was physical as well as mental struggle between both, but Sullivan won.
Helen Keller was a normal baby until:
(a) One year, five months
(b) One year, six months
(c) One year, seven months
(d) One year, eight months
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The mention of 'nineteen months' in the line in the passage 'Born in the little Alakama Town of Tuscumbia on .....' gives the hint to the answer.
The first symptom of her illness was:
(a) Inability to speak
(b) Blindness
(c) Brain fever
(d) Inability to see
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The line Then she was stricken with a severe illness diagnosed as brain fever' gives clue to the answer.
The word 'mute' in the passage means:
(a) Without speech
(b) No ability to make sound
(c) Cannot speak with mouth
(d) Voiceless
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The word 'mute' in the passage has been used to state the discovery of Helen Keller's dumbness by her mother. Hence, the more... 
Comprehension
Introduction: Comprehension is an important segment that tests the ability of an individual to understand the language, his knowledge of words and how nicely can an examinee understand the given passage. This part is in fact very easy but many fail to fix it since they fail to follow the rules defined to approach it.
Comprehension Based on General Topics
Passage - 1
The outer portion of a woody stem or root is called bark. What does bark do for the tree? One of the main functions is to protect the inner, more delicate parts. It not only keeps them from drying out, but also guards them against outside injuries of various types. The thick barks of some redwood trees in America show scars as a result of fires near the ground, but the inner portions of the trees show no signs of injury. The process, by which bark is formed, may go on year after year. In the very young branch of a maple, for example, there is no rough bark; the shoot is nearly smooth. As the twig forms more wood and grows in size, the outer parts may split open. The injury caused in this way is healed from the inside. Some of the outer portions become dry and die. The dead broken portions give the bark a rough look. Some of the dry pieces are broken off as the twig grows larger and older. Man finds the bark of many trees very useful. Commercial cork is obtained almost entirely from the cork oak tree. The bark of the hemlock tree is used in the tanning of leather. The spice we know as cinnamon is the bark of a tree which grows in India and Malaya. Quinine is obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree. Extracts from the bark of other trees are used for flavoring, and the bark of the roots and branches of many trees, is used in medicine.
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The process of formation of the bark:
(a) Stops with the ageing of the tree
(b) Continues with the growth of the tree
(c) Depends on the age of the tree
(d) Continues year after year
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The line in the passage 'The process, by which bark is formed, may go on year after year' indicates that the correct answer should be (d) Continues year after year.
The injury caused due to split opening of the outer parts in a maple tree:
(a) Dries up the tree
(b) Heals from inside
(c) Cause the more... 
Principle of Prevention
One of the basic principle of prevention is the community hygine. We can prevent the communicable disease by increasing the public awareness regarding the causes of disease. While treating the infectious disease we normally face the problems like unrecoverable situation of the patient one he suffers from the disease, the treatment taking long time to cure and lastly we have to take care that it does not spread from one person to another. Thus, we can say that prevention is, much better than cure. To prevent the spread of disease we should have proper living condition that is hygienic. There should be proper facility of safe drinking water and clean surroundings. If some one is suffering from the disease we should keep him away from the others, till he gets well properly. The best way to prevent the disease is to immunize the children against various disease, by giving them vaccines. The process of inducing vaccine to the children against certain disease is called vaccination.
What do we call the uncontrolled growth of tissue in any parts of body?
(a) Deficiency disease
(b) Degenerative disease
(c) Cancer
(d) Metabolic disorder
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Identify the figure given below:
(a) Bacteria
(b) Polio virus
(c) Fungus
(d) Protozoa
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
The insect vectors which cause yellow fever is:
(a) Anopheles mosquitoes
(b) Culex
(c) Aedes
(d) Housefly
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Who first discovered the disease TB?
(a) Louis Pastures
(b) J.Martin
(c) M.Thomas
(d) Robert Koch
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Match the following columns first and second:
Principle of Treatment
There are two principles of treatment i.e. either by reducing the effect of disease or by killing the cause of the disease. In the first type, we can provide the treatment, that will reduces the symptoms by giving the medicines. However, symptoms related treatments are not sufficient to cure the disease. To cure the disease we have to kill the microbes by identifying them and giving the proper drugs. Since each microbes can be killed by a specific drug, it is essential to identify them separated and induce the drugs. Each groups of organisms will have some essential biochemical life process, which are different from others. We have to find the drugs that will block the microbes synthesis pathway, without affecting our own.
