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Question : Baily's beads can be observed during a/an:
Option 1: Occultation of Jupiter
Option 2: Partial solar eclipse
Option 3: Lunar eclipse
Option 4: Total solar eclipse
Correct Answer: Total solar eclipse
Solution : The correct answer is Total solar eclipse.
The arc of bright spots known as "Baily's beads" is visible during total and annular solar eclipses. They are known as "beads" because of the irregularity of light created by mountains and valleys on the lunar surface. They are named for the English astronomer Francis Baily, who first brought them to light after witnessing an eclipse in 1836.
Answer laterQuestion : Gurunaidu Sanapathi, who became India's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the IWF in 2022, is from which state?
Option 1: Kerala
Option 2: Tamil Nadu
Option 3: Andhra Pradesh
Option 4: Odisha
Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Solution : The correct answer is Andhra Pradesh.
Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India's first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championship in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old claimed the medal with a total effort of 230 kg (104 kg + 126 kg) in the boy's 55 kg.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions.
A woman who rides the success wave as an underwater photographer, pilot, financial adviser, management consultant, pearl diver, bartender, bus driver, or police officer, is very often suddenly swung back looking for answers after she becomes a mother.
And there comes a phase when she has to choose between motherhood and a thriving career. The former takes precedence for many, as it becomes the purpose for the latter to exist.
To work or not to work: Hobson’s choice imposes a high cost on both individuals and society. As a result, many professionals reject motherhood entirely. Others delay childbearing for so long that they are forced into the arms of the booming fertility industry. Some choose not to work at all, representing a loss to collective investment in talent. But a choice must be made!
Conventionally, a mother is seen putting others before herself. She is known for slaying her sphere bit by bit to build a new world for her child. Thereupon, motherhood and sacrifice get conjoined in such a way that both become inseparable.
What merits attention is to understand a woman’s struggle to answer the individual within her! Her circumstances post-delivery (over which she hardly has any control) conveniently rob her of the goalpost she fielded half her life, that is, her career. Neither money nor family can restore what is lost when she loses her career.
To map the paradigm of this loss-gain conundrum, let’s examine women in the empowered and non-empowered categories. The first lot has financial, ideological, and emotional resources to re-create a career. It is the latter that gets sandwiched between their call for motherhood and a slipping career.
Noticeably, education is the least responsible factor for their deplorable situation. Instead, it is the educated bunch who are more frustrated than their uneducated counterparts; the ones who had carefully worked on a skill and climbed up the success ladder, only to embrace identity crises.
It is important to close the vacuum of a lost career as soon as it appears. At risk is a woman’s individuality, her self-esteem, which constitutes the very purpose of her being. Otherwise, a long hiatus from work can consume even a well-minded woman and push her into depression.
Question:
Which of the following options about working women is not mentioned in the passage?
Option 1: Some choose not to have a career.
Option 2: Many decide to adopt babies.
Option 3: Women decide not to bear children.
Option 4: Women delay motherhood.
Correct Answer: Many decide to adopt babies.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The passage discusses various choices and challenges faced by working women regarding motherhood and careers. It mentions that some choose not to have a career, others reject motherhood, and some delay having children. However, it doesn't specifically address the choice of adopting babies.
Therefore, the incorrect sentence would be many decide to adopt babies.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Rohan said, "I will arrive late."
Option 1: Rohan says that he is late in his arrival.
Option 2: Rohan said that he would arrive late.
Option 3: Rohan said that I will arrive late.
Option 4: Rohan said that he is arriving late.
Correct Answer: Rohan said that he would arrive late.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone says than their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "he".
- The modal "will" is changed to its past form, "would".
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Rohan said that he would arrive late."
Question : Directions: Which two symbols from amongst the given options should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
272 ÷ 17 – 196 ÷ (5 × 3 + 1) = 30
Option 1: × and –
Option 2: × and +
Option 3: + and ÷
Option 4: + and –
Correct Answer: + and –
Solution : Given:
272 ÷ 17 – 196 ÷ (5 × 3 + 1) = 30
Replace the given symbols in the options one by one with the original symbols in the given equation.
First option: × and –
Solving the L.H.S. of the equation –
= 272 ÷ 17 × 196 ÷ (5 – 3 + 1)
= 16 × 196 ÷ 3
= 16 × 65.34
= 1045.34 ≠ 30
Second option: × and +
Solving the L.H.S. of the equation –
= 272 ÷ 17 – 196 ÷ (5 + 3 × 1)
= 16 – 196 ÷ 8
= –8.5 ≠ 30
Third option: + and ÷
Solving the L.H.S. of the equation –
= 272 + 17 – 196 + (5 × 3 ÷ 1)
= 289 – 181
= 108 ≠ 30
Fourth option: + and –
Solving the L.H.S. of the equation –
= 272 ÷ 17 + 196 ÷ (5 × 3 – 1)
= 16 + 14
= 30 = R.H.S.
So, only the fourth option satisfies the R.H.S. of the given equation. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Which one of the following has greatest mass?
Option 1: electron
Option 2: proton
Option 3: neutron
Option 4: hydrogen nucleus
Correct Answer: neutron
Solution : The correct option is neutron.
The neutron has the greatest mass among the proton, neutron, electron, and nucleus of hydrogen. The mass of a proton is 1.672621777(74) × 10-27 kg. The mass of a neutron is 1.674927498(94) × 10-27 kg. The mass of an electron is 9.1093837015(28) × 10-31 kg. The mass of a hydrogen nucleus is 1.674927498(94) × 10-27 kg. A neutron's mass is somewhat larger than that of a proton. An electron's mass is substantially lower than that of a proton or neutron. Because a hydrogen nucleus contains just one proton, its mass is the same as that of a proton.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Chicken hearted
Option 1: Someone who cannot be won over
Option 2: Someone who is hypocritical
Option 3: Someone who is brave and courageous
Option 4: Someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened
Correct Answer: Someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The idiom chicken hearted is used to describe an individual who is easily frightened, timid, or lacks courage. It likens the person to a chicken, which is often associated with being fearful or easily scared.
Therefore, among the given options, the appropriate meaning of the given idiomatic expression is, someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened.
Question : How many times has Shivaji plundered Surat?
Option 1: Four times
Option 2: Once
Option 3: Thrice
Option 4: Twice
Correct Answer: Twice
Solution : The correct answer is Twice.
By assaulting Surat twice, he made a clear statement to Aurangzeb. Due to its prominence as a commercial hub, it prospered between the 16th and 18th centuries. British India Regiment captain James Grant Duff claims that Shivaji attacked Surat on January 5, 1664. He was called as "mountain rat" by Aurangzeb.
Question : The "Gho" for men and the "Kera/Kira" for women are the traditional attire worn in:
Option 1: Sri Lanka
Option 2: Nepal
Option 3: Bhutan
Option 4: Myanmar
Correct Answer: Bhutan
Solution : The correct option is Bhutan.
The terms "Gho" and "Kira" refer to the traditional attire worn in Bhutan. The Gho is a knee-length robe worn by Bhutanese men, and the Kira is a traditional dress worn by Bhutanese women. Bhutan is a landlocked country located in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia. The traditional clothing holds cultural significance and is an important part of Bhutanese identity.
Question : Concerning communication, 'Doordarshan' in India is a___________.
Option 1: national web browser
Option 2: national radio channel
Option 3: national television channel
Option 4: national newspaper
Correct Answer: national television channel
Solution : The correct option is the national television channel.
Doordarshan is a national television channel that receives funding from the Indian government. It is one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. Founded on September 15, 1959, it is among the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of studio and transmitter facilities.
