Question : Which of the following statement is in correct?
Option 1: For a computer manufacturing company, manufacturing and selling of computers is its principal revenue producing activity.
Option 2: For a trading company, purchase and sale of goods is its principal revenue producing activity.
Option 3: For a finance company, giving and taking loans, purchase and sale of securities is its principal revenue producing activity.
Option 4: None of the above
Correct Answer: None of the above
Solution : Answer = None of the above
None of the above statements is incorrect because each statement accurately describes the principal revenue-producing activity for the respective types of companies: manufacturing and selling computers for a computer manufacturing company, purchasing and sale of goods for a trading company, and giving and taking loans, purchasing and sale of securities for a finance company.
Hence, the correct option is 4.
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, (1)________ increasingly in greater demand. With climate change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we (2)_______ the world's energy, water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics, agriculture, climate science, and social science. The growing (3)________ of epidemics and pandemics will also (4)_______ collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines, and the resultant social issues heighten the need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing (5)__________ for humanities and art as India moves towards becoming a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: command
Option 2: extort
Option 3: demand
Option 4: claim
Correct Answer: demand
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The context of the sentence discusses growing something for humanities and art. Demand fits well in this context, indicating an increasing need or desire for the humanities and art.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
- Command means to give an authoritative order.
- Extort means to obtain something by force or threat.
- Claim means to assert or demand.
Therefore, the correct answer is demand.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.
"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.
An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.
Question:
Which of the following is NOT true of Nikhil Srivastava, according to the passage?
Option 1: He had his education in many countries around the world.
Option 2: He has served as the Indian ambassador to Denmark and Uganda.
Option 3: He was born in North India in the early 1980s.
Option 4: He is now a faculty at the University of Califomia.
Correct Answer: He has served as the Indian ambassador to Denmark and Uganda.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
As stated in the last paragraph of the passage, it was Nikhil's father who was an Indian Foreign Services officer and served as the Indian Ambassador to Uganda and Denmark, and not him.
Therefore, the correct answer is: He has served as the Indian ambassador to Denmark and Uganda.
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, (1)________ increasingly in greater demand. With climate change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we (2)_______ the world's energy, water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics, agriculture, climate science, and social science. The growing (3)________ of epidemics and pandemics will also (4)_______ collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines, and the resultant social issues heighten the need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing (5)__________ for humanities and art as India moves towards becoming a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: is
Option 2: are
Option 3: will be
Option 4: should be
Correct Answer: will be
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The sentence discusses the future demand for a skilled workforce, particularly in fields like mathematics, computer science, and data science. The phrase, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities, suggests that these skills will be increasingly in demand in the future. So, will be appropriately convey the future nature of the demand for a skilled workforce in the given context.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: "...across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, will be increasingly in greater demand."
Question : Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
The science of climate change is more solid and widely agreed upon than you might think. But the scope of the topic, as well as rampant disinformation, can make it hard to separate fact from fiction. Here, we've done our best to present you with not only the most accurate scientific information but also an explanation of how we know it. Climate change is often cast as a prediction made by complicated computer models. But the scientific basis for climate change is much broader, and models are actually only one part of it (and, for what it's worth, they're surprisingly accurate).
For more than a century, scientists have understood the basic physics behind why greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide cause warming. These gases make up just a small fraction of the atmosphere but exert outsized control on Earth's climate by trapping some of the planet's heat before it escapes into space. This greenhouse effect is important: It's why a planet so far from the sun has liquid water and life! However, during the Industrial Revolution, people started burning coal and other fossil fuels to power factories, smelters and steam engines, which added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Ever since human activities have been heating the planet.
Question:
Predictions of climate change are made by:
Option 1: gas model
Option 2: liquid model
Option 3: paper models
Option 4: computer models
Correct Answer: computer models
Solution : The correct option is 4, i.e 'Computer models.'
Explanation:
Consider the fourth sentence of the first paragraph of the passage:
- 'Climate change is frequently portrayed as a prediction made by complex computer models.'
- The preceding line implies that computer models are used to forecast climate change.
Further Information
- A prediction is something that is predicted; a forecast.
Question : A computer programming language often used by children is:
Option 1: LOGO
Option 2: PILOT
Option 3: BASIC
Option 4: JAVA
Correct Answer: LOGO
Solution : The correct answer is LOGO.
LOGO is another popular computer programming language among children. It is a text-based language, but it is intended to be simple to learn and apply. LOGO is also incredibly adaptable and can be used to build tasks, including sketching graphics, animating figures, and developing games.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.
"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.
An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.
Question:
What is the connection between the prize winners and the famous Indian mathematical genius Ramanujan?
Option 1: They explained Ramanujan's graphs in solving the Kadison-Singer problem.
Option 2: The prize winners were all admirers of Ramanujan's great contribution.
Option 3: The prize winners were all students of Ramanujan.
Option 4: They solved questions on Ramanujan's graphs that had not been solved for a long time.
Correct Answer: They solved questions on Ramanujan's graphs that had not been solved for a long time.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
As stated in the second paragraph of the passage, the prize winners, Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava, solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.
Therefore, the correct answer is: They solved questions on Ramanujan's graphs that had not been solved for a long time.
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
It is take / a couple of minutes / for the computer / to boot up.
Option 1: for the computer
Option 2: to boot up
Option 3: a couple of minutes
Option 4: It is take
Correct Answer: It is take
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: The verb "take" in the segment "It is take" does not agree with the singular subject "It". In English, when the subject is a singular pronoun like "it", the correct form of the verb "take" should be the singular form "takes".
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "It takes a couple of minutes for the computer to boot up."
Question : Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
The science of climate change is more solid and widely agreed upon than you might think. But the scope of the topic, as well as rampant disinformation, can make it hard to separate fact from fiction. Here, we've done our best to present you with not only the most accurate scientific information but also an explanation of how we know it. Climate change is often cast as a prediction made by complicated computer models. But the scientific basis for climate change is much broader, and models are actually only one part of it (and, for what it's worth, they're surprisingly accurate).
For more than a century, scientists have understood the basic physics behind why greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide cause warming. These gases make up just a small fraction of the atmosphere but exert outsized control on Earth's climate by trapping some of the planet's heat before it escapes into space. This greenhouse effect is important: It's why a planet so far from the sun has liquid water and life! However, during the Industrial Revolution, people started burning coal and other fossil fuels to power factories, smelters and steam engines, which added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Ever since human activities have been heating the planet.
Question:
For what duration of time, scientists learned the green house gases?
Option 1: more than a decade
Option 2: more than two fortnights
Option 3: more than a 20 years
Option 4: more than a century
Correct Answer: more than a century
Solution : The correct answer is option 4.
Explanation:
'More than a century,' is the correct answer.
Take a look at the first sentence of the passage's final paragraph:
'For more than a century, scientists have understood the basic physics behind why greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide cause warming.'.
According to the preceding line, scientists have known about greenhouse gases for over a century.
Question : Under computerised accounting, procedure means:
Option 1: A logical sequence of actions to perform a task
Option 2: The raw fact (as input) for any business application
Option 3: User
Option 4: Computer, associated peripherals, and their network
Correct Answer: A logical sequence of actions to perform a task
Solution : Sequence means a logical sequence of actions to perform a task. Hence, the correct option is 1.