Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
The timing couldn?t have been better. It is entirely fitting that on the eve of the Rio Olympics a sports film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim - on an Indian child swimmer should hit the screens. What is more significant, however, is that Hana Yadav manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian snorts film. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism; in fact it inverts and questions it. It is not quite about winning for India. Then there is the triumph of the underdog cliche. Yes there is an underprivileged child at the heart of the film but we don?t wallow in the squalor of his slum life in Ranchi, nor do we celebrate his rise up from the bottom of the heap. It is about how India can actually crush its own hope for medals, trample a champion on the margins of the society than help him blossom. In fact it also makes us debate whether it is entirely ethical in dreaming of a champion in a mere five year old? |
For a change, it's also good not to have Mumbai and Delhi as the centre of action in a Hindi film. A new film-maker from Jharkhand comes up with an assured de-but-nicely paced, well-crafted and entirely engaging. A film that is rooted in the state, brings alive the sights, sounds, lingos, colours and flavours of Jharkhand, and yet manages to speak to all. Yes the film is on the wonder boy from the state, Yadav, but it would not be quite right to describe it as a biopic. It is not about that talented little boy but the circus that got built around him. The boy, who wets his bed, can't even tie his shoelaces and can hardly comprehend the significance of swimming as a sport and carrier. |
Like another good sports film, Paan Singh Tomar, the world of Haria is riddled with complexities, at the heart of which is his coach Biplab Das. The ambitious man drives a five year old round the bend relentlessly, pushes him to the limits yet cares enough to get him a new swimsuit, feeds him almonds and apples and cries silently on getting separated from him. |
Much rests on Aryaan Kapoor's seemingly effortless performance as a judo coach who trains 22 orphans in his hostel and also runs a dhaba and a salon to make ends meet. Never once does Aryaan appear to act and finely balances out Biplab - neither a hero, nor a villain, just a human being with flaws and warts. There is a fine line that separates ambition from obsession, a visionary from an opportunist and Aryaan's Biplab stands very well on it. The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones without being judgmental. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism'. |
Why the author thinks that the film has not weighed down by the burden of nationalism? |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
The timing couldn?t have been better. It is entirely fitting that on the eve of the Rio Olympics a sports film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim - on an Indian child swimmer should hit the screens. What is more significant, however, is that Hana Yadav manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian snorts film. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism; in fact it inverts and questions it. It is not quite about winning for India. Then there is the triumph of the underdog cliche. Yes there is an underprivileged child at the heart of the film but we don?t wallow in the squalor of his slum life in Ranchi, nor do we celebrate his rise up from the bottom of the heap. It is about how India can actually crush its own hope for medals, trample a champion on the margins of the society than help him blossom. In fact it also makes us debate whether it is entirely ethical in dreaming of a champion in a mere fiveyear old? |
For a change, it's also good not to have Mumbai and Delhi as the centre of action in a Hindi film. A new film-maker from Jharkhand comes up with an assured de-but-nicely paced, well-crafted and entirely engaging. A film that is rooted in the state, brings alive the sights, sounds, lingos, colours and flavours of Jharkhand, and yet manages to speak to all. Yes the film is on the wonder boy from the state, Yadav, but it would not be quite right to describe it as a biopic. It is not about that talented little boy but the circus that got built around him. The boy, who wets his bed, can't even tie his shoelaces and can hardly comprehend the significance of swimming as a sport and carrier. |
Like another good sports film, Paan Singh Tomar, the world of Haria is riddled with complexities, at the heart of which is his coach Biplab Das. The ambitious man drives a five year old round the bend relentlessly, pushes him to the limits yet cares enough to get him a new swimsuit, feeds him almonds and apples and cries silently on getting separated from him. |
Much rests on Aryaan Kapoor's seemingly effortless performance as a judo coach who trains 22 orphans in his hostel and also runs a dhaba and a salon to make ends meet. Never once does Aryaan appear to act and finely balances out Biplab - neither a hero, nor a villain, just a human being with flaws and warts. There is a fine line that separates ambition from obsession, a visionary from an opportunist and Aryaan's Biplab stands very well on it. The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones without being judgmental. |
What do you think is 'exceptional' about the film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim? (Give the most appropriate answer.) |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
The timing couldn?t have been better. It is entirely fitting that on the eve of the Rio Olympics a sports film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim - on an Indian child swimmer should hit the screens. What is more significant, however, is that Hana Yadav manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian snorts film. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism; in fact it inverts and questions it. It is not quite about winning for India. Then there is the triumph of the underdog cliche. Yes there is an underprivileged child at the heart of the film but we don?t wallow in the squalor of his slum life in Ranchi, nor do we celebrate his rise up from the bottom of the heap. It is about how India can actually crush its own hope for medals, trample a champion on the margins of the society than help him blossom. In fact it also makes us debate whether it is entirely ethical in dreaming of a champion in a mere five year old? |
For a change, it's also good not to have Mumbai and Delhi as the centre of action in a Hindi film. A new film-maker from Jharkhand comes up with an assured de-but-nicely paced, well-crafted and entirely engaging. A film that is rooted in the state, brings alive the sights, sounds, lingos, colours and flavours of Jharkhand, and yet manages to speak to all. Yes the film is on the wonder boy from the state, Yadav, but it would not be quite right to describe it as a biopic. It is not about that talented little boy but the circus that got built around him. The boy, who wets his bed, can't even tie his shoelaces and can hardly comprehend the significance of swimming as a sport and carrier. |
Like another good sports film, Paan Singh Tomar, the world of Haria is riddled with complexities, at the heart of which is his coach Biplab Das. The ambitious man drives a five year old round the bend relentlessly, pushes him to the limits yet cares enough to get him a new swimsuit, feeds him almonds and apples and cries silently on getting separated from him. |
Much rests on Aryaan Kapoor's seemingly effortless performance as a judo coach who trains 22 orphans in his hostel and also runs a dhaba and a salon to make ends meet. Never once does Aryaan appear to act and finely balances out Biplab - neither a hero, nor a villain, just a human being with flaws and warts. There is a fine line that separates ambition from obsession, a visionary from an opportunist and Aryaan's Biplab stands very well on it. The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones without being judgmental. |
What is so unique about Aryaan Kapoor's performance as 'Biplab Das' in the film? |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
The timing couldn?t have been better. It is entirely fitting that on the eve of the Rio Olympics a sports film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim - on an Indian child swimmer should hit the screens. What is more significant, however, is that Hana Yadav manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian snorts film. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism; in fact it inverts and questions it. It is not quite about winning for India. Then there is the triumph of the underdog cliche. Yes there is an underprivileged child at the heart of the film but we don?t wallow in the squalor of his slum life in Ranchi, nor do we celebrate his rise up from the bottom of the heap. It is about how India can actually crush its own hope for medals, trample a champion on the margins of the society than help him blossom. In fact it also makes us debate whether it is entirely ethical in dreaming of a champion in a mere five year old? |
For a change, it's also good not to have Mumbai and Delhi as the centre of action in a Hindi film. A new film-maker from Jharkhand comes up with an assured de-but-nicely paced, well-crafted and entirely engaging. A film that is rooted in the state, brings alive the sights, sounds, lingos, colours and flavours of Jharkhand, and yet manages to speak to all. Yes the film is on the wonder boy from the state, Yadav, but it would not be quite right to describe it as a biopic. It is not about that talented little boy but the circus that got built around him. The boy, who wets his bed, can't even tie his shoelaces and can hardly comprehend the significance of swimming as a sport and carrier. |
Like another good sports film, Paan Singh Tomar, the world of Haria is riddled with complexities, at the heart of which is his coach Biplab Das. The ambitious man drives a five year old round the bend relentlessly, pushes him to the limits yet cares enough to get him a new swimsuit, feeds him almonds and apples and cries silently on getting separated from him. |
Much rests on Aryaan Kapoor's seemingly effortless performance as a judo coach who trains 22 orphans in his hostel and also runs a dhaba and a salon to make ends meet. Never once does Aryaan appear to act and finely balances out Biplab - neither a hero, nor a villain, just a human being with flaws and warts. There is a fine line that separates ambition from obsession, a visionary from an opportunist and Aryaan's Biplab stands very well on it. The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones without being judgmental. |
In context of the passage, which of the following statements is correct? |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
The timing couldn?t have been better. It is entirely fitting that on the eve of the Rio Olympics a sports film Haria Yadav: Born to Swim - on an Indian child swimmer should hit the screens. What is more significant, however, is that Hana Yadav manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian snorts film. |
It is not weighed down by the burden of nationalism; in fact it inverts and questions it. It is not quite about winning for India. Then there is the triumph of the underdog cliche. Yes there is an underprivileged child at the heart of the film but we don?t wallow in the squalor of his slum life in Ranchi, nor do we celebrate his rise up from the bottom of the heap. It is about how India can actually crush its own hope for medals, trample a champion on the margins of the society than help him blossom. In fact it also makes us debate whether it is entirely ethical in dreaming of a champion in a mere five year old? |
For a change, it's also good not to have Mumbai and Delhi as the centre of action in a Hindi film. A new film-maker from Jharkhand comes up with an assured de-but-nicely paced, well-crafted and entirely engaging. A film that is rooted in the state, brings alive the sights, sounds, lingos, colours and flavours of Jharkhand, and yet manages to speak to all. Yes the film is on the wonder boy from the state, Yadav, but it would not be quite right to describe it as a biopic. It is not about that talented little boy but the circus that got built around him. The boy, who wets his bed, can't even tie his shoelaces and can hardly comprehend the significance of swimming as a sport and carrier. |
Like another good sports film, Paan Singh Tomar, the world of Haria is riddled with complexities, at the heart of which is his coach Biplab Das. The ambitious man drives a five year old round the bend relentlessly, pushes him to the limits yet cares enough to get him a new swimsuit, feeds him almonds and apples and cries silently on getting separated from him. |
Much rests on Aryaan Kapoor's seemingly effortless performance as a judo coach who trains 22 orphans in his hostel and also runs a dhaba and a salon to make ends meet. Never once does Aryaan appear to act and finely balances out Biplab - neither a hero, nor a villain, just a human being with flaws and warts. There is a fine line that separates ambition from obsession, a visionary from an opportunist and Aryaan's Biplab stands very well on it. The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones without being judgmental. |
Which of the following fundamental questions do you think the film raises? |
Given below is a report with four blanks marked I, II, III, and IV. Fill those blanks with the correct option to make it a sensible one. |
In order to____ (I) ____ the Maharashtra government has decided to formulate SOPS Standard Operating Procedures) to help the administration to identify both organ donors and recipients. Speaking to reporters in Mantralay. State Health Minister Dr. Deepak Sawant said that ____ (II) ____that will prevent fake donors from selling their kidneys for monetary gains. Both the donor and recipients will be ____ (III) ______of kidney transplant. This step comes in the wake of the alleged kidney transplant racket at the Hiranandani hospital in Mumbai. Mumbai-based____ (IV) _______in connection with the racket. |
P: L.H. Hiranandani Hospital's CEO and four doctors were recently arrested |
Q: both donors and recipients will now be linked via Aadharcard |
R: shown a video explaining the implications, complications and hazards |
S: bring transparency in organ transplants |
Arrange P, Q, R, S to make a correct sentence. |
The Tripura-girl, |
P: to qualify for the Olympics, |
Q: vault cleanly to secure 14.850 points |
R: managed to perform her much-appreciated 'Produnova' |
S: who is the country's first woman gymnast after two attempts. |
Improve the sentence given below by changing its underlined portion. |
Day before yesterday I saw her in the market. |
Direction: Carefully read the information given below and answer the questions that follow. |
I. But we cannot consider the judgement of a single individual infallible. |
II. Any really great book, we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time; and every additional time that we read it, we find new meanings and new beauties in it. |
III. The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. |
IV. The opinion that makes a book great must be the opinion of many. |
V. A book that a person of education and good tastes does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. |
Which sentence should come first in the paragraph? |
Direction: Carefully read the information given below and answer the questions that follow. |
I. But we cannot consider the judgement of a single individual infallible. |
II. Any really great book, we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time; and every additional time that we read it, we find new meanings and new beauties in it. |
III. The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. |
IV. The opinion that makes a book great must be the opinion of many. |
V. A book that a person of education and good tastes does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. |
Which sentence should come last in the paragraph? |
Identify the type of the sentence given below. |
According to the proclamation all men found with arms will be shot. |
Give an appropriate filler. |
The intruder stood_____. |
Change the voice. |
Do you imitate others? |
Arrange P, Q, R and S to give the correct sequence of the story given in the question. |
P: In a sense. Bolt's running prowess is the culmination of the best of inputs from quality training to fierce competition right from a young age. Add to that Bolt's inborn talent, and you have the greatest track athlete of our generation. Bolt has already struck Rio once. But fans want a couple of more en-cores. Bolt just might oblige. |
Q: The Rio Olympic Games will go down in his-tory for witnessing a feat that in all likelihood won't be repeated easily. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt - dubbed as the fastest man on the planet - cemented his legacy by winning a record third Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 metre sprint to add to his titles from Beijing 2008 and London |
2012. This officially makes Bolt the greatest sprinter of all time. |
R: Which begs the question - what's the secret to Bolt's stupendous success? His mother Jennifer alludes to a yam-heavy diet. How-ever, Bolt himself cites the school athletics system in Jamaica that keeps producing a battery of world class sprinters. Indian sports authorities would do well to take note of that. |
S: Aside from his eye-popping records, what makes Bolt a legend is that he alone has compelled fans to keep faith in a sport that has been wracked by allegations of doping in recent years. In fact. Bolt's closest competitor in Rio and long-time rival American Justin Gatlin had been banned twice for doping offences. Other Jamaican athletes such as Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell too have been tainted by doping charge of various degrees. But Bolt has remained above all this and emerged as the face of clean athletics. |
Change the narration. |
The priest said, "May God grant peace to the departed soul!" |
Give the type of clause for the underlined part of the sentence given below. |
Few are better leaders than he. |
Identify the tense of the sentence given below. |
When Jintu met Jina she was wearing a palazzo. |
Give a correct question tag. |
You will come to my party tomorrow, ______? |
Identify the mood of the verb underlined in the given sentence. |
Are you well? |
Fill in the blank with correct article. |
____men cannot live by bread alone. |
Give the antonym of the words written in capital letters below. |
CRYPTIC |
Give the antonym of the words written in capital letters below. |
CHOICE |
Fill in the blanks with correct order of adjectives. |
There was a____, _____, ______ outside the house. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. |
The members of his family are coming ___ this train. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. |
Place a ladder ___ the wall. |
Identify the kind of pronoun for the word underlined in the given sentence. |
Each of the men received an award. |
Give the synonym of the words written in capital letters below. |
CONTRITE |
Give the synonym of the words written in capital letters below. |
MORONIC |
Give the parts of speech for the word underlined in the sentence below. |
The child, thinking all was safe, attempted to cross the road. |
Find the meaning of the phrase and idiom given below. |
To be at one's finger's end |
Judge the right word. |
When you were sick, it was your mother who ___you back to health. |
Give one word substitutions to the following. |
Paying back injury with injury |
Give one word substitutions to the following. |
To send an unwanted person out of the country |
Arrange the following words in a meaningful order. |
1. Word |
2. Paragraph |
3. Sentence |
4. Letter |
5 Phrase |
Fill in the blank with correct modal. |
Mother asked me when I___ have a glass of milk. |
Select the combination of numbers so that the letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful word. |
T I R B H G |
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Fill in the blank as per subject-verb agreement. |
Many believed that the girls who_____ western education would make slaves of their husbands. |
Express the meaning of the following assertive sentence as question. |
Nowhere in the world will you find a taller building than the Burj Khalifa. |
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
(i) X is older than L. |
(ii) M and N are of equal age. |
(iii) Z is the youngest. |
(iv) Y is younger than N. |
(v) Y is older than X. |
Which statement (s) is /are not required to prove that L is younger than M? |
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
(i) X is older than L. |
(ii) M and N are of equal age. |
(ill) Z is the youngest. |
(iv) Y is younger than N. |
(v) Y is older than X. |
Which two of the above statements indicate that Y is older than L? |
What comes next in the given series? |
Identify the relationship of words. |
Inefficiency, Failure |
Fill in the blanks with correct determiners. |
There isn't ______ milk in the refrigerator. You had better ask_______ to get us______. |
In this question a statement followed by two conclusions has been given. You are to say which of the given conclusions follows the given statement. |
Statement: |
Political leaders often invite film starts for their election campaign. Conclusions: |
I: People have more faith in film stars. |
II: Film stars are big crowd pullers. |
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