Question : Directions: In a certain code language, DRAWING is written as CQZVHMF, and TURQUOISE is written as STQPTNHRD, how will COLOR be written in that language?
Option 1: BNKNQ
Option 2: BMKMQ
Option 3: ANKNQ
Option 4: AMKMQ
Correct Answer: BNKNQ
Solution : Given:
DRAWING is written as CQZVHMF –
Subtract 1 from the place value of each letter of DRAWING to obtain the required code –
D – 1 = C; R – 1 = Q; A – 1 = Z; W – 1 = V; I – 1 = H; N – 1 = M; G – 1 = F
Thus, DRAWING is coded as CQZVHMF.
And, TURQUOISE is written as STQPTNHRD –
T – 1 = S; U – 1 = T; R – 1 = Q; Q – 1 = P; U – 1 = T; O – 1 = N; I – 1 = H; S – 1 = R; E – 1 = D
Thus, TURQUOISE is coded as STQPTNHRD.
Similarly, follow the same pattern for COLOR –
C – 1 = B; O – 1 = N; L – 1 = K; O – 1 = N; R – 1 = Q
So, COLOR is coded as BNKNQ. Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Special Drawing Rights (SDR) facility is available at:
Option 1: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Option 2: World Bank (IBRD)
Option 3: International Develop-ment Association (IDA)
Option 4: Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Correct Answer: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Solution : The correct option is - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The term Special Drawing Rights (SDR) refers to a form of international reserve currency established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1969 as an addition to the existing foreign exchange reserves of member nations. SDRs are an addition to the standard reserve currencies, increasing worldwide liquidity. They were developed in response to issues about the constraints of gold and dollars being the exclusive way of settling international accounts.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest, and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part, and we treated it like the fables of the prophets she used to tell us.
Question:
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Revolting
Option 1: Attractive
Option 2: Unpleasant
Option 3: Rebel
Option 4: Peace
Correct Answer: Attractive
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The word revolting describes something that causes strong disgust or repulsion. On the other hand, attractive refers to something appealing or pleasing to the senses.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
- Unpleasant describes something that is not pleasing or disagreeable.
- A rebel is someone who resists or defies authority.
- Peace refers to a state of tranquilly or absence of conflict.
Therefore, the correct answer is attractive.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part and we treated it like the fables of the Prophets she used to tell us.
Question:
Select an appropriate title for the given passage.
Option 1: The Grandchildren
Option 2: My Grandfather
Option 3: Grandmothers
Option 4: My Grandmother
Correct Answer: My Grandmother
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The appropriate title for the given passage is my grandmother because the passage primarily discusses the author's grandmother, her appearance, and the perceptions surrounding her.
Therefore, the correct answer is my grandmother.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest, and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look like the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part, and we treated it like the fables of the prophets she used to tell us.
Question:
Select the most appropriate fact from the given options.
Option 1: The author and grandma lived for twenty years.
Option 2: Grandma was twenty years old.
Option 3: The author was twenty when Grandma died.
Option 4: The author was twenty years old when he wrote the story.
Correct Answer: The author was twenty when Grandma died.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The reason for the answer is directly stated in the passage: "She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her." This indicates that the author and the grandmother had known each other for twenty years.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "The author was twenty when grandma died."
Question : Kalamkari painting refers to
Option 1: a hand-painted cotton textile in South India.
Option 2: a handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in Northeast India.
Option 3: a block-painted woollen cloth in the Western Himalayan region of India.
Option 4: a hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North Western India.
Correct Answer: a hand-painted cotton textile in South India.
Solution : The correct option is a hand-painted cotton textile in South India.
A style of hand-painted cotton cloth known as kalamkari is made in the Deccan region of India, in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which were previously a part of the Golconda Sultanate. In the 23-step process of kalamkari, only natural dyes are used.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part, and we treated it like the fables of the prophets she used to tell us.
Question:
Select the most appropriate inference drawn from the passage.
Option 1: The author looked upon his grandmother as an old woman like every grandmother.
Option 2: People said that the grandmother was pretty.
Option 3: Grandmother had a husband.
Option 4: Grandmother loved to talk of her childhood.
Correct Answer: The author looked upon his grandmother as an old woman like every grandmother.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The author perceives his grandmother as an old woman, in line with the common notion of grandmothers being elderly. Despite claims of her youth, the author finds it challenging to believe, given her long-standing old age of twenty years.
The passage reflects a shared understanding of grandmothers being seen as aged individuals.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "The author looked upon his grandmother as an old woman like every grandmother."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Nidhi draws the diagrams.
Option 1: The diagrams are drawn by Nidhi.
Option 2: Diagrams are drawn by the Nidhi.
Option 3: The diagrams are being drawn by the Nidhi.
Option 4: It is Nidhi who is drawing the diagrams.
Correct Answer: The diagrams are drawn by Nidhi.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.
The structure of the passive voice in the case of the simple present tense is: "Plural object + are + past participle form of the verb + 'by' followed by the agent of the action."
Therefore, the sentence in the passive voice will be: The diagrams are drawn by Nidhi.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Go back to the drawing board.
Option 1: Mediate a task.
Option 2: Accomplish a task.
Option 3: Start over.
Option 4: Leave a work.
Correct Answer: Start over.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
This idiom means to start a task or project over from the beginning, often because the previous attempt was not successful or needs significant revision.