Exams

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

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Though George is(a) a honourable man(b) his activities arouse suspicion(c). No error.(d)

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P: Added to this is their economic dissatisfaction.
Q: The youth get frustrated when they see a great deal of disparity between the theory and its application.
R: All these factors blend together and give rise to a cult of violence.
S: This causes them to wonder whether all that they ever learnt would overcome in use or would go waste.

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

Everyone expected Mary Zophres to win for her retro-revival Technicolor clothes in La La Land — the eventual winner, Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, seemed surprised too. But as other awards began to slip away from the well-reviewed musical, a theme could be teased out. What is Fantastic Beasts if not a plea for equal treatment of people, magical or otherwise? Then, Arrival, a film about the inherent benignity of aliens (read immigrants) won for Best Sound Editing. Hacksaw Ridge, which is, in a way, an anti-guns movie, won in two categories. Fences, about an African-American father who fears racial discrimination, took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Earlier, Moonlight, featuring two minority communities (black and gay), won for Best Supporting Actor. This turned out to be one of those years the Oscar voter was underestimated. As a majority of voters are actors, there was the tendency to think they'd reward La La Land, a celebration of creation: the heroine wants to make movies, the hero wants to make jazz. It looked like the year of The Artist all over again.

Colleen Atwood won which Award?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(Take off) your shoes before you enter the temple.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P: In addition, tsunamis move throughout the depth of the ocean and not just its surface.
Q A tsunami wave isn’t much different in height compared to other waves in the ocean.
R: That is why a tsunami generally goes unnoticed in the open ocean.
S: But, due to its wavelength, it "piles up" when it approaches land.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P: When one gets solved or nears the solution, other starts raising its ugly head.
Q: Threats to our nation building processes are increasing day by day.
R: Tougher punishments should be provided for them in order to weed them out completely.
S: The need of the day is to go for integrated approach with taking steps to solve the poverty, illiteracy and population problems along with tough steps and stern action against the terrorists.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Tenzing Norgay created history

P-to conquer Mount Everest
Q-became the first men
R-on May 29, 1953, when he and Sir Edmund Hillary