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This section includes 2448 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1001. |
Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.Multitude |
| A. | Impoverished |
| B. | Handful |
| C. | Acknowledged |
| D. | Plenty |
| E. | Solitude |
| Answer» E. Solitude | |
| 1002. |
According to the author of the above passage, a language is |
| A. | simple enough to be described in one word |
| B. | of a complex nature and therefore, cannot be described in one short expression |
| C. | an impossible phenomenon to be described in words |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. an impossible phenomenon to be described in words | |
| 1003. |
As per the passage, a wholesale rejection of globalisation would result in affecting.(A) Global businesses(B) Movement of Ideas(C) Local knowledge systemsChoose the correct answer from the options given below: |
| A. | (A) and (B) only |
| B. | (A) and (C) only |
| C. | (C) and (B) only |
| D. | (A), (B) and (C) |
| Answer» B. (A) and (C) only | |
| 1004. |
Alex, a parrot mentioned in the passage, understands that the same object could be defined by- |
| A. | material |
| B. | colour |
| C. | shape |
| D. | object name |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1005. |
Given below are six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four-sentence in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences.S1: In a globalised world, no country can hope to impose tariffs without affecting its own economic interests.S6: The ongoing trade war also threatens the rules-based global trade order which has manages to amicably handle trade disputes between countries for decades.P: So both the U.S. and China, which have blamed each other for the ongoing trade war, are doing no good to their own economic fortunes by engaging in tit-for-tat tariff battle.Q: Apart from disadvantaging its consumers, who will have to pay higher prices for certain goods, tariffs will also disrupt the supply chain of producers who rely on foreign imports.R: China, which is fighting an economic showdown, will be equally affected.S: The minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve June policy meeting show that economic uncertainty due to the trade war is already affecting private investment in the U.S., with many investors deciding to scale back or delay their investment plans. |
| A. | S Q P R |
| B. | Q P S R |
| C. | Q R P S |
| D. | P S R Q |
| Answer» C. Q R P S | |
| 1006. |
Private universities : |
| A. | Do not offer core social sciences |
| B. | Offer core social sciences |
| C. | Are slow responding to demands of the economy |
| D. | Do not help democratic aspirations |
| Answer» B. Offer core social sciences | |
| 1007. |
According to the passage, who contributed towards the development of Geography? |
| A. | Prof. A.Z. Herbertson |
| B. | Prof. J. Fair |
| C. | Prof E.A. Macnee |
| D. | Human activities |
| Answer» B. Prof. J. Fair | |
| 1008. |
Directions: Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.P - for long and, Q - the backbone of India, R - will continue to be the same, S - agriculture has been |
| A. | SPQR |
| B. | SQPR |
| C. | QRSP |
| D. | QSRP |
| Answer» C. QRSP | |
| 1009. |
Cynthia was afraid to stand on stage because |
| A. | she felt her classmates may laugh at her. |
| B. | her stomach was churning. |
| C. | she lacked self-confidence. |
| D. | she did not like school plays. |
| Answer» D. she did not like school plays. | |
| 1010. |
According to the passage,why is it difficult to climb mountains? |
| A. | Mountains are big hils |
| B. | It consumes more time |
| C. | Prisoners often escape form camps and settle there |
| D. | Paths are steep and uneven |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1011. |
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. There was a boy named Ali.P. They asked him to find work.Q. He lived with his parents.R. But Ali refused to work.S. They were very poor.6. They asked him to leave the house. |
| A. | RQPS |
| B. | PSQR |
| C. | QSPR |
| D. | SQPR |
| Answer» D. SQPR | |
| 1012. |
According to the passage why do the doctors welcome the ban? |
| A. | New clothes, sweets and fire crackers are nothing but the waste of money. |
| B. | Banning firecrackers is a decision taken by the government and we should respect it. |
| C. | This ban supports logic and we all should support logic. |
| D. | Fumes from firecrackers take pollution levels beyond safe limits. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1013. |
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.A This lovable big cat is all ready to charm kids in a film version.B ‘The Tiger who Came to Tea’ is Judith Kerr’s bestselling book,having sold 5 million copies.C He ends up making a delightful nuisance of himself.D The story is about a tiger who pops by for tea. |
| A. | BCAD |
| B. | BDCA |
| C. | ACDB |
| D. | CDBA |
| Answer» C. ACDB | |
| 1014. |
Direction: The question below consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.He said thata small college (P) he’d rather go to (Q) not studying at all (R) instead of (S) The correct sequence should be |
| A. | Q S P R |
| B. | P R Q S |
| C. | Q P R S |
| D. | Q P S R |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1015. |
Directions: Find out the proper sequence of the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph.A. Moreover, salaries in public sector enterprises are not as competitive as those offered by private or foreign corporations.B. This trend should be a wake-up call for stakeholders to examine why employees are seeking better opportunities with private companies in India and abroad.C. Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) have been experiencing severe challenges in attracting, motivating and retaining their key staff.D. Having identified these as the reasons why employees leave PSEs, it is important to empower stakeholders to find ways to remedy the situation.E. One reason is that young employees lured away by private firms are more willing to undertake professional risks.F. Employees in specialist roles especially have become increasingly difficult to retain. |
| A. | FBCAED |
| B. | CBEFAD |
| C. | CFBEAD |
| D. | FCBAED |
| Answer» C. CFBEAD | |
| 1016. |
Direction: A reference is given to each of the following words. From the given options, select the word or phrase closest to the word's meaning in the relevant context.Discourage: The manager was discouraged by the performance of the programmer. |
| A. | Unhappy, because it did not work as expected |
| B. | Pleased because it worked as expected |
| C. | Impressed with performance |
| D. | Frightened |
| Answer» B. Pleased because it worked as expected | |
| 1017. |
Approximately half of India's 1.2 billion people are under the age of ________. |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 26 |
| C. | 22 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» C. 22 | |
| 1018. |
How is the trade fair an effective way of promoting products? |
| A. | It brings together the maximum number of manufacturers, suppliers and buyers in a single place |
| B. | It brings together the maximum number of buyers to a single place. |
| C. | It is conducted by The Trade Fair Authority of India. |
| D. | It has seminars, conferences and film shows on the various products. |
| Answer» B. It brings together the maximum number of buyers to a single place. | |
| 1019. |
Choose the statement that accurately reflects a team: |
| A. | Just a group of people. |
| B. | A highly interdependent group geared towards achieving a common goal. |
| C. | A group for administrative convenience. |
| D. | A number of individuals having some unifying relationship. |
| Answer» C. A group for administrative convenience. | |
| 1020. |
Direction: Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.The existing oathP. of allegiance for peopleQ. seeking British nationalityR. is to be changedS. from a royal oathto a citizenship pledge |
| A. | PQRS |
| B. | QPSR |
| C. | PSQR |
| D. | RSQP |
| Answer» B. QPSR | |
| 1021. |
Kalam’s lifestyle was |
| A. | Lethargic |
| B. | Lavish |
| C. | Garish |
| D. | Modest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1022. |
Even a cricket player needs maths to ______________ |
| A. | calculate his batting averages |
| B. | calculate the fee he gets for playing |
| C. | calculate the daily expenses in his life |
| D. | become part of history |
| Answer» B. calculate the fee he gets for playing | |
| 1023. |
Choose the appropriate word / phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence:Frogs_________ |
| A. | croak |
| B. | roar |
| C. | hiss |
| D. | patter |
| Answer» B. roar | |
| 1024. |
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.A. It is a popular tourist spot for watching the sunset and sunrise over the ocean.B. Kanyakumari is a coastal town in the State of Tamil Nadu on India's southern tip.C. It is also a noted pilgrimage site, thanks to its Bagvathi Amman Temple and Our Lady of Ransom Church, a centre of Indian Catholicism.D. Jutting out into the Laccadive sea, the town was known as Cape Comorin during the British rule. |
| A. | BDAC |
| B. | DCAB |
| C. | ACDB |
| D. | BCDA |
| Answer» B. DCAB | |
| 1025. |
How will a wholesome education including arts and sports not benefit the disadvantaged? |
| A. | Children will get exposure to arts and sports. |
| B. | Children will have feelings of low self-esteem and self-exclusion. |
| C. | Children will explore play and learning outside of class. |
| D. | Children will no longer have the fear of not fitting in. |
| Answer» C. Children will explore play and learning outside of class. | |
| 1026. |
How are women portrayed in Chopin’s novels? |
| A. | Unconventional and scandalous |
| B. | Moralistically upright |
| C. | Dominating and independent |
| D. | Immoralist |
| Answer» B. Moralistically upright | |
| 1027. |
Directions: In the following sentences, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up, you are required to rearrange these parts which are labeled as P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sentence.Children who show _________(P) their age often turn(Q) intelligence far beyond(R) out to be mediocre(S) in adult life |
| A. | PQSR |
| B. | QRSP |
| C. | QPRS |
| D. | SQPR |
| Answer» D. SQPR | |
| 1028. |
A checklist is purely objective, no __________ is involved. |
| A. | Subjectiveness |
| B. | Subjective |
| C. | Subjectivity |
| D. | Subjects |
| Answer» D. Subjects | |
| 1029. |
In the first sentence the word “it” in the phrase “ not all of it is mountainous” refers to |
| A. | Mountains |
| B. | Neighboring countries |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | Alps |
| Answer» D. Alps | |
| 1030. |
Directions: In each of the following sentence some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labeled as P, Q, R, S to produce the correct sequence. Choose the proper sequence from the four alternatives:P. Our educationalists are too often anxiousQ. to teach childrenR. without any languagesS. so many languages |
| A. | QRPS |
| B. | QRSP |
| C. | SRQP |
| D. | PQSR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1031. |
Lachrymal glands or tear glands are situated |
| A. | Inside the eye. |
| B. | In the black of the eye. |
| C. | At the outer corner of the eye. |
| D. | On the eyelid. |
| Answer» D. On the eyelid. | |
| 1032. |
Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.A. People were driving away wild pigs from the fields by shooting at them.B. We were passing through the sugarcane fields near Mysore.C. We thought that the shooting was over when a sloth bear came running towards us.D. Some got shot while others escaped. |
| A. | CDAB |
| B. | BADC |
| C. | DABC |
| D. | ACDB |
| Answer» C. DABC | |
| 1033. |
'Cardiology' is related to 'Heart' in the same way as 'Phonetics' is related to '_______'. |
| A. | insects |
| B. | Heredity |
| C. | Phones |
| D. | Sound |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1034. |
Directions: In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and ‘labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on Answer Sheet.S1: Biology is the study of life in its entirety.S6: Classical descriptive and clueless biology found a theoretical framework in the evolutionary theory of Darwin.P: In later years, the focus was physiology and internal morphology or anatomy.Q: Darwinian ideas of evolution by natural selection changed the perception completely.R: The growth of biology as a natural science during the last 1000 years is interesting from many points of view.S: One feature of this growth is changing emphasis from mere description of life forms to identification and classification of all recorded living forms.The correct sequence should be: |
| A. | RSPQ |
| B. | SPRQ |
| C. | QRPS |
| D. | PRQS |
| Answer» B. SPRQ | |
| 1035. |
Directions: In the following question, parts of a sentence have been jumbled. You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option.P. also/ Q. cultivate/ R. they/ S. asked them to/ T had to/ U. those/ V. which/ W. crops/ X. the English |
| A. | RVTWXQUPS |
| B. | RSTXQVUPW |
| C. | TUPXRQWVS |
| D. | RPTQUWVXS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1036. |
According to the author |
| A. | an English lady masters any language like a foreign man |
| B. | an English lady's handwriting is mostly similar to that of a foreign man |
| C. | an English lady is masculine in nature |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. an English lady's handwriting is mostly similar to that of a foreign man | |
| 1037. |
Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.relieve nausea, pain and stress (P) aromatherapy may also help (Q) using lavender oil on their skin (R) but patients are cautioned against (S) |
| A. | R Q P S |
| B. | S Q P R |
| C. | Q P S R |
| D. | R P S Q |
| Answer» D. R P S Q | |
| 1038. |
A ‘dogmatic statement’ in the context means a statement which is |
| A. | convincing |
| B. | proved |
| C. | unquestionable |
| D. | doubtful |
| Answer» D. doubtful | |
| 1039. |
Jim Corbett said that |
| A. | Leopard is clever animal |
| B. | Tiger is clever animal |
| C. | Leopards are gentlemen |
| D. | Tigers are gentlemen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1040. |
Directions: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.One racehorse of aX-sedge species now springs out of theY-proverbial gate a full 26 daysZ-earlier than it did a decade ago |
| A. | ZYX |
| B. | XYZ |
| C. | ZXY |
| D. | YZX |
| Answer» C. ZXY | |
| 1041. |
Identify and name the figure of speech used in 'Poems are made by fools like me'. |
| A. | Personification |
| B. | Simile |
| C. | Imagery |
| D. | Metaphor |
| Answer» C. Imagery | |
| 1042. |
Directions: In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and ‘labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on Answer Sheet.S1: “Every person carries in his head a mental model of the world — a subjective representation of external reality,” writes Alvin Toffler in Future Shock.S6: When we begin to think, we can do so only because our mind is already filled with all sorts of ideas with which to think.P: It organizes our knowledge and gives us a place from which to argue.Q: This mental model is, he says, like a giant filing cabinet.R: It contains a slot for every item of information coming to us. S: As E.F. Schumacher says, “When we think, we do not just think; we think ideas.”The correct sequence should be |
| A. | PSRQ |
| B. | SPRQ |
| C. | QRPS |
| D. | RQPS |
| Answer» D. RQPS | |
| 1043. |
Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). (a) He waved us a bye-bye(b) as he boarded the train(c) which disappeared into the tunnel(d) No error |
| A. | (a) |
| B. | (b) |
| C. | (c) |
| D. | (d) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1044. |
Ants are considered to control most terrestrial systems, because |
| A. | They are pollinators and scavengers. |
| B. | They are well known in taxonomy |
| C. | They play a variable role in the ecosystem |
| D. | They are mainly used for soil reversal and energy channels. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1045. |
Our inmost well-being depends upon |
| A. | Sharper intellect |
| B. | Nourishment of body and mind |
| C. | Acceptance of life energies |
| D. | Connect with supreme power |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1046. |
Marie _______ left Poland and travelled to France to enter the Sorbonne. |
| A. | boldly |
| B. | showed intelligence |
| C. | behaved |
| D. | was distressed |
| Answer» B. showed intelligence | |
| 1047. |
‘A people’ in the poem stands for |
| A. | common man |
| B. | a nation |
| C. | a group |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. a nation | |
| 1048. |
Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.The opposition members(P) The ruling of the speaker (Q) to protest against (R) of the Parliament (S) walked out The proper sequence should be |
| A. | S P Q R |
| B. | Q R P S |
| C. | R S P Q |
| D. | S R Q P |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1049. |
Direction: Which of the following should be avoided in official letter ? |
| A. | clear details |
| B. | polite words |
| C. | jargon |
| D. | formal words |
| Answer» D. formal words | |
| 1050. |
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option gives the correct order.A. In the hotel room I rested till dinner time.B. I had not escaped from my tiresome neighbour after all.C. I had barely raised the glass to my lips when a familiar voice greeted me.D. Then I went down and ordered a drink. |
| A. | ACBD |
| B. | ABDC |
| C. | DBCB |
| D. | ADCB |
| Answer» E. | |