Q1: In the following question there are three sentences given as(I),(II),(III),find out which two or three sentences convey the same meaning.If all three sentences are different, mark (5) as the answer i.e ‘all different’.
I. The Manager would like you to help him in locating the fault.
II. If you help him in locating the fault , the Manager would like you.
III. The Manager desires that you should provide him the necessary assistance to locate the fault.
(1) I and II (2) II and III (3) I and III (4) All are same (5) All are different
Answer: (3) I and III
Explanation:
I. The Manager would like you to help him in locating the fault.
(Means: Manager chahte hain ki tum unki help karo fault locate karne mein)
II. If you help him in locating the fault , the Manager would like you.
(Means: Agar tum fault locate karne mein help karoge tab manager tumhein like karenge)
III. The Manager desires that you should provide him the necessary assistance to locate the fault.
(Means: Manager chahte hain ki tum unki help karo fault locate karne mein)
Clearly, Both (1) and(3) convey the same meaning.
Q2: Spotting-Error:
The train(1)/ has arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
Answer: (2)
Correct: The train(1)/ *had* arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
Explanation:
The train(1)/ has arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
(Means: Jab weh pahuncha tab tak train pahunch chuki hai)
(It does make proper sense)
The train(1)/ *had* arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
(Means: Jab weh pahuncha tab tak train pahunch chuki thi)
(It makes proper sense)
Q3: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Four sentences are LOGICAL connected, one sentence is out of the context. Find the ODD SENTENCE.
Clearly, ABCE is a proper sequence.
Q4: Fill in the blanks:
Along with a sharp rise in ……, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in …………
(A) Crime, apathy
(B) fatalities, poor
(C) deaths, slums
(D) unemployment, poverty
Answer: (D) unemployment, poverty
Explanation:
Along with a sharp rise in *unemployment*, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in *poverty*.
Please note: Fatality means an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.
Apathy means lack of interest
Slum means: a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
Q5: Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
(A) The students were introduced to make a working model of cars using solar energy
(B) The students were elated after successfully completing the working model of the car
(C) But in a matter of one hour, their nimble hands transformed
(D) At a time when the significance of research activity shifted to the field of clean energy
(E) These parts into small and beautiful cars that were powered by solar energy.
(F) They were given wires, plastic parts, tiny wheels and solar panels
Answer: DAFCEB
The proper rearrangement is:
(D) At a time when the significance of research activity shifted to the field of clean energy
(A) The students were introduced to make a working model of cars using solar energy
(F) They were given wires, plastic parts, tiny wheels and solar panels
(C) But in a matter of one hour, their nimble hands transformed
(E) These parts into small and beautiful cars that were powered by solar energy.
Please read the lines:
"The poor and those who survive on daily wages were not enthusiastic about enrolment, because it meant losing four or five days wages, to stand in queues, to fill up forms, to produce documents, to provide biometrics, etc..."
It's clear that according to the author, the poor are not interested in ‘Aadhar scheme’ because it involves a number of procedures which are to be completed and they will have to sacrifice their daily work schedule.
I. The Manager would like you to help him in locating the fault.
II. If you help him in locating the fault , the Manager would like you.
III. The Manager desires that you should provide him the necessary assistance to locate the fault.
(1) I and II (2) II and III (3) I and III (4) All are same (5) All are different
Answer: (3) I and III
Explanation:
I. The Manager would like you to help him in locating the fault.
(Means: Manager chahte hain ki tum unki help karo fault locate karne mein)
II. If you help him in locating the fault , the Manager would like you.
(Means: Agar tum fault locate karne mein help karoge tab manager tumhein like karenge)
III. The Manager desires that you should provide him the necessary assistance to locate the fault.
(Means: Manager chahte hain ki tum unki help karo fault locate karne mein)
Clearly, Both (1) and(3) convey the same meaning.
Q2: Spotting-Error:
The train(1)/ has arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
Answer: (2)
Correct: The train(1)/ *had* arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
Explanation:
The train(1)/ has arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
(Means: Jab weh pahuncha tab tak train pahunch chuki hai)
(It does make proper sense)
The train(1)/ *had* arrived (2)/ when he reached(3)/ the station (4) /No Error (5)
(Means: Jab weh pahuncha tab tak train pahunch chuki thi)
(It makes proper sense)
Q3: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Four sentences are LOGICAL connected, one sentence is out of the context. Find the ODD SENTENCE.
A. Fear is a dreadful thing.
B. It darkens our lives, from fear we act neurotically.
C. We are asking whether man can ever be free of this terrible burden.
D. Courageous people are very contented with their lives.
E. fear may be lurking in the deep unconsciousness, in the deep recesses of one’s own brain.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Answer: (d) D
Explanation:
A. Fear is a dreadful thing.
B. It darkens our lives, from fear we act neurotically.
C. We are asking whether man can ever be free of this terrible burden.
E. fear may be lurking in the deep unconsciousness, in the deep recesses of one’s own brain.
Clearly, ABCE is a proper sequence.
D sentence: "Courageous people are very contented with their lives." is different from the above sequence.
Please note:
Lurk means be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
Dreadful means causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness
Q4: Fill in the blanks:
Along with a sharp rise in ……, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in …………
(A) Crime, apathy
(B) fatalities, poor
(C) deaths, slums
(D) unemployment, poverty
Answer: (D) unemployment, poverty
Explanation:
Along with a sharp rise in *unemployment*, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in *poverty*.
Please note: Fatality means an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.
Apathy means lack of interest
Slum means: a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
Q5: Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
(A) The students were introduced to make a working model of cars using solar energy
(B) The students were elated after successfully completing the working model of the car
(C) But in a matter of one hour, their nimble hands transformed
(D) At a time when the significance of research activity shifted to the field of clean energy
(E) These parts into small and beautiful cars that were powered by solar energy.
(F) They were given wires, plastic parts, tiny wheels and solar panels
Answer: DAFCEB
The proper rearrangement is:
(D) At a time when the significance of research activity shifted to the field of clean energy
(A) The students were introduced to make a working model of cars using solar energy
(F) They were given wires, plastic parts, tiny wheels and solar panels
(C) But in a matter of one hour, their nimble hands transformed
(E) These parts into small and beautiful cars that were powered by solar energy.
(B) The students were elated after successfully completing the working model of the car
Q6: Comprehension:
The Aadhaar scheme of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is to provide India’s billion-plus people with a unique identification number. Enrolment is not mandatory, though it was mentioned that it would be difficult for people to access public services if not done. The scheme requires individuals to provide their photograph, fingerprints and iris scan along with documentary personal information for data capture by outsourced operators. It is meant to bypass the corrupt bureaucratic system and deliver government subsidies and grants to the poor, and bring them into the banking system. Sceptics argue that it is an effort to capture the funds of hundreds of millions of micro- and nano-investors who are today outside the banking system, to bring them into the credit economy.
The scheme was introduced as a pilot project in Karnataka’s Mysore district. The poor and those who survive on daily wages were not enthusiastic about enrolment, because it meant losing four or five days wages, to stand in queues, to fill up forms, to produce documents, to provide biometrics, etc., and, later, to open bank accounts. The UIDAI overcame the initial reluctance by wide advertisement of the benefits of enrolment. When this too did not achieve the target set, the local administration informed the public that PDS ration and LPG supply would not be available without the Aadhaar number. This resulted in serpentine queues right through the day at enrolment centres, at the end of which the UIDAI could claim that 95 per cent of Mysore district’s population had enrolled itself into the scheme.
Media reports indicate that commencing January 1, 2013, MGNREGA, the Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana (RGAY), the Ashraya housing scheme, Bhagyalakshmi and the social security and pension scheme will be linked with Aadhaar in Mysore district. This linking, with rights like salary and pension, and important entitled benefits and services, has raised some hackles because enrolment is not mandatory.
It has led to questions on whether salary and pension rights, and benefits like PDS ration and LPG supply can be denied just because an individual does not possess a unique Aadhaar number. Today, teachers in Maharashtra and government employees in Jharkhand cannot draw their salaries. Apart from pro-poor projects like MGNREGA and RGAY, even jobs, housing, provident funds and registering a marriage now require enrolment. From being not mandatory, the “poor-inclusive” .Aadhaar scheme appears to have quietly metamorphosed into becoming exclusionary and non-optional.
The UIDAI’s own Biometrics Standards Committee stated that retaining biometric efficiency for a database of more than one billion people “has not been adequately analysed” and the problem of fingerprint quality in India “has not been studied in depth.” Thus the technological basis of the project remains doubtful.
Q: Why, according to the author, are the poor not interested in ‘Aadhar scheme’?
(1) They are not willing to provide their biometric measures
(2) They do not possess the required documents which are needed to be produced at the time of enrolment
(3) They do not perceive it as a benefit to them
(4) It involves a number of procedures which are to be completed and they will have to sacrifice their daily work schedule
(5) The poor are interested in enrolling into ‘Aadhar scheme’
Answer: (4) It involves a number of procedures which are to be completed and they will have to sacrifice their daily work schedule
Explanation:
"The poor and those who survive on daily wages were not enthusiastic about enrolment, because it meant losing four or five days wages, to stand in queues, to fill up forms, to produce documents, to provide biometrics, etc..."
It's clear that according to the author, the poor are not interested in ‘Aadhar scheme’ because it involves a number of procedures which are to be completed and they will have to sacrifice their daily work schedule.
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