Questions

- In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. A poor woman lost her only son.

P. He asked her to bring mustard seed from a house where no death had ever taken place.
Q. As Buddha wanted her to understand that death is inevitable.
R. She could not find such a house.
S. She came to Buddha to bring her son back to life.
6. The woman understood the message of Buddha.

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

Consternation

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

All in the same boat.

Which Malayalam actress won the National Film Award for the film 'Minnaminungu' in 2017?

The bar graph shows the annual sales of the different departments of a company. Study the diagram and answer the following questions

What is the ratio of the annual sales of department B to that of department F?

The angle of elevation of the top of a pillar from the foot and the top of a building 20 m high, are 60° and 30° respectively. The height of the pillar is

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

I said to the taxi driver, "You must be crazy to drive so fast."

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated