Given below is a report in jumbled form. Arrange the jumbled parts to give its logical sequence. |
P: The death toll in Kedarnath and neighbouring areas is much higher than what the officials are saying. Locals told us that bodies were stuck in the rubble and caught in the debris of houses. Dogs and vultures were preying on them. If locals are to be believed, the number of dead could be in thousands. |
Q: "Only 100 people have been air-lifted from Badrinath so far," said Dharmender Pandey, a Delhi government official who has been stranded at the shrine since Saturday. "There are 10,000 people here and there does not seem to be any way of getting out of this place". |
R: It is nightmare that is unfolding in Kedarnath. |
With the rains letting up, the lucky few who have survived the nature's fury have horror stories to tell - of dogs preying on the dead, large swathes of land washed away by furious flood water and of a number of tiny hamlets wiped off the face of earth. |
S: India's top disaster management agency, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), could not give a time-frame within which those stranded could be rescued. An NDMA official, who did not want to be named, admitted that they were functioning under difficult conditions. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: |
____ his journey, he read three books. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: |
My grandfather died ____ overwork. |
Identify the part of speech of the word underlined in the given sentence: |
These books are not such as we read in the library. |
Complete the sentence. |
She is not used ____ for so long. |
Give the synonyms of the words given in capital letters below: |
IMPASSIONED |
Give the synonyms of the words given in capital letters below: |
KNAVE |
Given below is the body of a letter to the Editor of a Newspaper with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it readable. |
Dear Sir, |
With reference to the report ____ I____ (Sun day, July 20), it is a matter of shame that in India, which is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, _____ II ______to waste. Despite millions of the country's children starving, little is done to prevent food grain from rotting in the open. However, criticising the government will not solve the problem. People on______ III ______food is donated to poor families or NGOs who will send the food to those who are in need of it. We must also realise that colossal wastage of food is a significant contributor to global warming. Before the government passes___ IV _____ storage capacity. |
V.D. Rajsekhara |
P: 'Spare a thought before you waste' |
Q: the National Food Security Bill in Parliament, it must take effective measures to increase the food grain |
R: an individual level should ensure that no food is wasted at home and leftover |
S: a quantity of wheat equivalent to the entire production of Australia goes |
Arrange P, Q, R, S to make a meaningful sentence. |
A French woman |
P: committed suicide |
Q: where she had put up |
R: who had come to Kolkata |
S: by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel |
Two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II are given below. You are to identify the conclusion(s) that logically follow(s) the given statements. |
Statements: |
I. Some doctors are nurses. |
II. All nurses are patients. |
Conclusions: |
I. All doctors are patients. |
II. Some patients are doctors. |
Fill in the gaps as per subject verb agreement: |
Neither boys nor the girl ____ asked to attend the birthday party. |
Fill in the gaps as per subject verb agreement: |
All these years I ____ him to keep away from such friends, but he did not listen to me. |
The underlined word in the given sentence is; |
Dhoni is better than any other captain. |
Fill in the gaps with the correct use of article. |
_____more, ____ merrier. |
Give the exact meaning of the phrases and idioms written in capital letters below: |
To make a shot |
Give the exact meaning of the phrases and idioms written in capital letters below: |
By the rule of thumb |
Use the correct determiner. |
___ years ago, Yash shifted to India. |
Direction: Read the given statements carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
I. But by then it was too late to correct things. |
II. It is impossible to steer such a large project to success without planning. |
III. He had to stand by and watch helplessly. |
IV. The whole scheme was destined to fail from the beginning. |
V. Salman started realizing this only towards the end. |
Which sentence should come first in the paragraph? |
Direction: Read the given statements carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
I. But by then it was too late to correct things. |
II. It is impossible to steer such a large project to success without planning. |
III. He had to stand by and watch helplessly. |
IV. The whole scheme was destined to fail from the beginning. |
V. Salman started realizing this only towards the end. |
Which sentence should come fourth in the paragraph? |
Given below is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part. |
One of the most (I)/widely spread (II)/bad habit (III)/is the use of tobacco (IV). |
Judge the right word. |
I have profound respect for his political____. |
Identify the antonym of the words given in capital letters below: |
DITHER |
Identify the antonym of the words given in capital letters below: |
INSOLENT |
Find the analogy. |
Ink : Paper |
Give the usage of the word underlined in the following sentences: |
To find fault is human. |
Change the voice. |
A lion may be helped even by a little mouse. |
Give one word substitution for the followings: |
A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost |
Give one word substitution for the followings: |
A child of unusual or remarkable talent |
Fill in the blanks with suitable modals. |
I wish you ___ chatter so much. |
Change the narration. |
He said, "Will you listen to such a man?" |
Fill in the blanks with correct conjunction. |
I must stay here, _____ such is my duty. |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working. But if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may even end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome. |
By the observation, "Do not study too long__?? the author suggests that: |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working. But if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may even end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome. |
A man feels that he is exhausted when: |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. |
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working. But if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to injurious result and may even end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome. |
What author suggests to do when we find that extra trouble is needed to keep our attention fixed? |
Give the appropriate question tag. |
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