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.

When he died on 27 November 1953, Gladstone O'Neill was (1)______recognised as one of the major dramatists of the modern world. Four times a Pulitzer Prize-winner, he had also been (2)______the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. His plays have been translated into most major languages and read by more people than those of (3)_____other playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard Shaw. O'Neill was a puzzle to his friends - a genuinely shy, brooding, complicated man in whom (4)_____alternated with touching kindness. He was both, naive and worldly. One biographer found him "sentimental one instant, hard as nails the next." His widow, after 26 years with O'Neill, said, "To (5)_____his work you must understand the man, for the work and the man are one."

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: failure

Option 2: success

Option 3: benefit

Option 4: cruelty

Question : Which factor has been a major cause of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka?  
    

Option 1: Economic disparity between regions  
      

Option 2: Language differences between ethnic groups  
    

Option 3: Religious tensions between Buddhists and Hindus  

Option 4: Political power struggle between parties  

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.

Clean India Mission is one of the most (1) _____ and popular missions to have taken place in India. This mission includes a reward to a state and a city. This encourages every citizen to keep the surroundings clean. This cleanliness campaign was (2) _____ by the Indian government at the national level, (3) _____ all the rural towns and urban cities. Its primary objective is to spread awareness of the importance of cleanliness. Slogans are written on the banners and pictures are painted in a very attractive manner to evoke the feeling of cleanliness. After that, a major objective was to teach citizens to (4) _____ of waste mindfully and to provide basic (5) _____ facilities. For this, wet and dry dustbins are kept by every citizen whether it is home or office.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: insignificant

Option 2: meaningless

Option 3: significant

Option 4: demonstrative

Question : What characteristic of hill stations made them popular retreats for British officials in India?  

Option 1: Their cultural heritage  

Option 2: Their cooler climate compared to the plains  
 

Option 3: Their proximity to major cities  

Option 4: Their rich biodiversity

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.

Clean India Mission is one of the most (1) _____ and popular missions to have taken place in India. This mission includes a reward to a state and a city. This encourages every citizen to keep the surroundings clean. This cleanliness campaign was (2) _____ by the Indian government at the national level, (3) _____ all the rural towns and urban cities. Its primary objective is to spread awareness of the importance of cleanliness. Slogans are written on the banners and pictures are painted in a very attractive manner to evoke the feeling of cleanliness. After that, a major objective was to teach citizens to (4) _____ of waste mindfully and to provide basic (5) _____ facilities. For this, wet and dry dustbins are kept by every citizen whether it is home or office.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: sanitation

Option 2: refinement

Option 3: purification

Option 4: contamination

Question : Which mineral salt is dissolved in a major amount in ocean water?

Option 1: Calcium chloride

Option 2: Calcium carbonate

Option 3: Sodium chloride

Option 4: Calcium sulphate

Question : Which of the following was a major challenge faced during the implementation of land reforms in India?  
 

Option 1: Lack of political will  
 

Option 2: High agricultural productivity  
 

Option 3: Urbanization  

Option 4: Industrial growth  

Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

The drainage systems of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of the subcontinent. Accordingly, the Indian rivers are divided into two major groups: the Himalayan rivers; and the Peninsular rivers.
Apart from originating from the two major physiographic regions of India, the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers are different from each other in many ways. Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial. It means that they have water throughout the year. These rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains. The major Himalayan rivers are the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. These rivers are long and are joined by many large and important tributaries. A river along with its tributaries may be called a river system. The two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra originate from the north of the mountain ranges. They cut through the mountains making gorges in the upper course. The perennial Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. They perform intensive erosional activity in their upper courses and carry huge loads of silt and sand with their swift current. In the middle and the lower courses, these rivers form meanders, oxbow lakes, levees, and many other depositional features in their floodplains as their speed slackens. They also have well-developed deltas.
A large number of the Peninsular rivers like the Godavari, Kaveri, and Krishna are seasonal, as their flow is dependent on rainfall. During the dry season when it doesn’t rain, even the large rivers have reduced flow of water in their channels. The Peninsular rivers have shorter and shallower courses as compared to their Himalayan counterparts. However, some of them originate in the central highlands and flow towards the west. Most of the rivers of peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal.

Question:

The word ‘seasonal’ rivers in the passage means:

Option 1: rivers that never go dry in any season

Option 2: rivers whose flow is dependent upon rainfall

Option 3: rivers that change their course in every season

Option 4: rivers that flood in every season

Question : What was a major cause of political conflicts over language in India?  

Option 1: Economic disparities  
 

Option 2: Religious differences  
 

Option 3: Linguistic nationalism  

Option 4: Foreign influence