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.

Question : Who among the following is the author of the book "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft"?

Option 1: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Option 2: Ernest Hemingway

Option 3: Stephen King

Option 4: Clive Staples Lewis

Question : Select the most appropriate option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The letter was written by the author and mailed to the publisher.

Option 1: The letter was written and mailed to the publisher by the author.

Option 2: The author wrote the letter and mailed it to the publisher.

Option 3: The publisher received the letter written by the author.

Option 4: The letter was being written by the author and mailed to the publisher.

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.

Question : Given below is a short passage followed by some items based on the passage. First, read the passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.

More than eight months after the national lockdown was announced in late March, urban India is learning to live with the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, indicating a positive outlook for the future, many survey respondents in a recent survey say they plan to return to pre-lockdown levels of shopping, personal grooming, going to cinemas and socializing as pandemic fears continue to recede.
The survey findings highlight that the suppression of consumer demand because of fears of job losses and salary cuts could be coming to an end. Increasingly, urban Indians are showing increased confidence about the future of the economy. This could be an indicator of the possible 'pent-up demand' that several economists have been talking about - a demand that could be unleashed once a vaccine is developed and distributed, or when there are signs of the pandemic's spread reducing to negligible levels or vanishing totally.

Around 65 per cent of respondents said they had settled into new routines, or that they saw signs of the situation improving, or they had come to terms with the pandemic and were moving on with their lives. And since the survey was conducted before the news of the successful trials of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus was announced, it is likely that the consumers are now even more positive in their outlook about the future.

Question:

What predications are made by the economist reagrding the consumer demand?

 

Option 1: People are settled in their routines 
 

Option 2: There will be further suppression in demand 
 

Option 3: Suppression of demand will be coming to an end 

Option 4: People still fear of the loss of jobs and salary cuts

Question : Directions: Words given on the left side of (::) are related to each other by some Logic/Rule/Relation. Select the missing word/word pair on the right side of (::) from the given alternatives based on the same Logic/Rule/Relation.
Axe : Woodcutter :: ?

Option 1: Author : Pen

Option 2: Surgeon : Scalpel

Option 3: Spade : Labourer

Option 4: Doctor : Stethoscope

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
If you pay close attention to soap advertisements, you may hear of its pH value being claimed perfect for human skin. But is there really such a thing? Let's start at the beginning. pH (potential Hydrogen) is defined as the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. pH value ranges between 0 and 14.7 is the neutral point, 0 being the most acidic and 14 being the most alkaline. More importantly, your skin isn't exactly pH 5.5; it falls in a range between 4.0 and 7.0, depending on diverse factors like the body part, age, genetics, ethnicity, and environment conditions.

So, are products formulated at pH 5.5 perfect for skin? The short answer: not really! First, parameters like texture and other ingredients indicate a cleanser's quality, much better than pH alone. Second, though the skin pH rises slightly immediately after cleaning even with plain water, it reverts to its mild acidic pH in an hour. Healthy skin quickly rebalances the 'acid mantle' - a protective layer over the skin - and is unaffected in the long term by the cleanser's pH. Skin modulates pH, making skin products function optimally. So, why market pH 5.5 products as "perfect"? Well, for certain skin types (e.g., oily skin) and certain skin conditions (like acne), an increase in pH can aggravate these skin situations. This might lead to an interpretation that a skin care product needs to be at a 5.5 pH for optimum cleansing. Hence, skincare experts have expressed reservations about pH being the sole criterion of product safety and 'acid mantle' preservation when factors including plain water may contribute to the same. Thus, an ideal product is almost impossible to define. So, look well beyond pH alone.

Question:
"Is there really such a thing?" By "such a thing" the author is referring to:

Option 1: the perfect soap for all skin types

Option 2: the perfect pH value for human skin

Option 3: soap advertisements

Option 4: close attention paid to advertisements

Question : Who among the following was the author of 'Indica', an account of India under the reign of the Maurya dynasty?

Option 1: Strabo

Option 2: Pliny

Option 3: Diodorus Siculus

Option 4: Megasthenes

Question : Who was the author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi which is a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate?

Option 1: Jawahar-fi-Jawahir

Option 2: Khazain-ul-Futuh

Option 3: Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

Option 4: Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi

Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown.

Option 1: Autonomous

Option 2: Anomalous

Option 3: Anonymous

Option 4: Autocrat