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Directions (For the 07 items which follow) : In this section, you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Passage I Elephants spray water over their ears to stay cool. The rhythm of an elephant's day is set largely by its watering routine. An adult needs about thirty gallons of water a day. When water is abundant there is no problem. But during droughts, elephants resort to an intriguing technique : digging wells. In a dried-up river bed they scoop out holes with their forefeet until they reach water. After waiting patiently for the sand to settle, they drink in order of seniority, calves last.
At first his brother tried to get the bird to sing by
Answer: D
Directions (For the 07 items which follow) : In this section, you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Passage I Elephants spray water over their ears to stay cool. The rhythm of an elephant's day is set largely by its watering routine. An adult needs about thirty gallons of water a day. When water is abundant there is no problem. But during droughts, elephants resort to an intriguing technique : digging wells. In a dried-up river bed they scoop out holes with their forefeet until they reach water. After waiting patiently for the sand to settle, they drink in order of seniority, calves last.
What does the word "coaxing" mean ?
Answer: C
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
Which of the above assumptions can be drawn from the above passage ?
Answer: A
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
Gandhi transformed the uneducated people by teaching them
Answer: C
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
Gandhi's attitude to the labour class was one of
Answer: C
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
The word 'leonine' in the passage means
Answer: B
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
The dog fence in Australia has been erected to keep out hostile invaders, in this case hordes of yellow dogs called dingoes. The empire it preserves is that of wool growers. Yet the fence casts a much broader ecological shadow. For the early explorers, a kangaroo or a wallaby sighting marked a noteworthy event. Now try not to see one. Without a native predator there is no check on the marsupial population. The kangaroos are now cursed more than the dingoes. They have become rivals of sheep, competing for water and grass. The State Governments now cull more than three million kangaroos a year to keep Australia's natural symbol from over running the pastoral lands. The Fence is meant to keep the :
Answer: D
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
Australia's national symbol is :
Answer: A
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
What has led to the unchecked growth of the marsupial population ?
Answer: B
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
The marsupial population is up in Australia because :
Answer: C
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
Not all nocturnal animals have good eyesight. Many of them concentrate on the other senses for finding their way about and for finding food. The sense of touch is very well developed in many nocturnal animals, whether they have good eyes or not. The large hairs or whiskers on the faces of cats and mice are sense organs and the animals react rapidly if these whiskers are touched. The sense of smell is also very important for nocturnal animals such as hedgehogs and field mice. The moist night air holds scent much better than dry air does. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
Answer: B
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : In this section, you have 03 short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, labourers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness. Consider the following assumptions : 1. Gandhi was a great man throughout his life. 2. Men are not born great, but they are made great by self effort. 3. Gandhi liked the ordinary people and neglected the rich. 4. Gandhi transformed the ordinary masses into great heroes.
The cat's whiskers are organs associated with the sense of
Answer: B