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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

There's more than the 101-seater dining table at the Falaknuma Palace that is awe inspiring. The library done in rosewood and mahogany is a place that will force anyone to pause, if only to admire the fine original polish, the furniture and the walnut carved high roof. The last is supposedly an imitation of the one at Windsor Castle.

The library is almost the size of a large banquet hall and acts as the passage to other parts of the palace including the dining area. For years the palace had no librarian because they couldn't find the right person to do justice to the treasure trove of books collected by the Nizam's family over several decades. That is until they found Asif Husain Arastu who belongs to the family that owned the famous A A Husain book store in Abids. So when his friend and historian Anuradha Naik pointed out the palace's requirement at the library, Husain was delighted. On his very first day as the librarian at the magnificent Taj Falaknuma palace, Asif Husain found a reference book on 'How to paint grass' by Alfred East.

Which part of the palace is an imitation of the Windsor Palace?

Select the four statements about Plasmodium that are true.

A)  Inside an infected mosquito, haploid gametes fuse, forming a diploid zygote that develops into an oocyst

B) Plasmodium cells infect two specific types of cells in humans.

C) Inside an infected mosquito, haploid gametes fuse, forming a haploid zygote that develops into an oocyst.

D) When a mosquito bites a human with malaria, diploid Plasmodium cells enter the mosquito.

E) Plasmodium cells are transferred to humans through mosquito saliva.

F) The life cycle of Plasmodium involves only haploid forms.

G) The complete life cycle of Plasmodium requires two hosts.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

There is also

P - ­drought, the
Q­ - the hope that after two years of
R­ - monsoon will be good in the coming fiscal

Biological catalysts are protein molecules which

1. speed up a chemical reaction

2. remain unchanged after reaction

3. function optimally at 37 deg C.

4. do not have an enzymatic activity

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Select the synonym of

to concoct

An interest group hires lobbyists to

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

It was a bittersweet moment for me when I found out that I had been selected for the Sakura Science Exchange programme, a Robotics and IoT workshop in Japan. A fully-funded opportunity of a lifetime. Fly off to Saitama without a care on the world, and all I had to do was put into practice what I love to do – computer science. The bitter part of the episode – that I would lose two weeks of IB education, an almost literal mountain to cover when I got back – was quickly forgotten when I envisioned myself programming robots in the country that gave us Anime and sushi! It was with the eagerness to have an extended vacation in an un-visited land, and the opportunity to learn more about a subject that I am passionate about, that I headed to the Kempegowda International Airport outside Bengaluru. Little did I know this would be the experience of a lifetime, more for the endearing values of the Japanese culture that made their mark on me than anything else. The first feature of Japanese society that called out to me was the Discipline. Walking into the Narita International Airport, used as I was to the noisy crowds back in India, I quite literally lost my breath to the sight that awaited me. Be it the security check or baggage claim, somehow there was a silence that felt right. Everyone went about their activities without any confusion. And, contrary to the bharatiya custom of lazy pot-bellied officials, every guard and all counter personnel did what they were supposed to do to ensure this flow was maintained.

What was it that the writer did not like about his trip to Japan?

Select the antonym of

facade