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IRDAI has directed all third-party insurance companies to include vehicle insurance policies cover to vehicle owners-drivers of all vehicles (two-wheelers, three-wheelers, passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles) for an additional premium of- 

Which Indian lake is renowned as the Lagoon lake of India?

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The path runs ______ forests and mountains.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The corrupt officer was a ____________ to the department.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Hearsay

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

The author portrays mankind as

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Children with poor phonological skills progress more poorly.
Q: The consensus concerns the causal role of phonological skills in young children’s reading progress.
R: Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades.
S: Children who have good phonological skills, or good phonological awareness become good readers and good spellers.