Directions (Qs. 26-31) : Complete each of the sentences given below with the help of the options that follow:
(B) to
(C) with
(D) towards
(B) with
(C) in
(D) on
(B) held up
(C) held in
(D) held ove
(B) set up for
(C) set in for
(D) set apart for
(B) has faced
(C) is facing
(D) was saving
(B) was held
(C) had been held
(D) might have been held
Directions (Qs. 32 & 33) : Which part of speech is the underlined word in each of the following sentences?
(B) Adverb
(C) Conjunction
(D) Pronoun
(B) Noun
(C) Conjunction
(D) Preposition
Directions (Qs. 34 & 35 ) : Each of the following sentences has an error in it. Identify the part which has the error.
Directions (Qs. 36-40): Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements with the help of the options that follow:
In the twenty-three years since Aurangzeb had marched north to seize the throne, the area of the Deccan had been dominated by a small Maratha chieftain, Shivaji, whose guerilla tactics were to prove fatal to the Moghuls and who thereby became a very special hero to Hindus in the political climate of the early twentieth century. With the independence movement under way to eject the British and to restore India to the Indians after nine centuries of domination by rulers whose roots were outside the subcontinent, there was a magnetic appeal about a Hindu who, from comparatively humble beginnings, had risen to shake the very foundations of the Moghul Empire. In the words of Sir Jadunath Sarkar, the leading Hindu biographer of Aurangzeb, writing in about 1915, Shivaji ‘proved by his example that the Hindu race can build a nation, found a State, defeat enemies; they can conduct their own defence; they can protect and promote literature and art, commerce and industry; they can maintain navies and ocean-trading fleets of their own, and conduct naval battles on equal term with foreigners. He taught the modern Hindus to rise to the full stature of their growth’. So, when viewed with hindsight through twentieth-century glasses, Aurangzeb on one side and Shivaji on the other come to be seen as key figures in the development of India. What Shivaji began, Gandhiji could complete-the addition of ji is in both cases a mark of respect, and Indians today speak in conversation of Gandhiji rather than Gandhi-and what Aurangzeb stood for would lead to the establishment of the separate state of Pakistan.
(B) Shivaji shook the foundations of the Moghul empire.
(C) He was a big Maratha chieftain.
(D) Shivaji’s guerilla tactics proved fatal to the Moghuls.
(B) proved that Indians were capable of managing all of their affairs.
(C) stressed the need for national unity.
(D) was determined to free India from the yoke of the Moghul empire.
(B) India’s longing for a just and equitable society
(C) India’s struggle against foreign domination culminating in freedom
(D) sacrifices made by the Indian people
(B) Captivating
(C) Enormous
(D) Charismatic
(B) Dipa Karmakar
(C) P.V. Sindhu
(D) Simone Biles
(B) Bikaner is famous for Phulkari
(C) Kerala is renowned for its painting on ivory
(D) Piply, famous for appliqué work, is in Andhra Pradesh
(B) Lothal
(C) Atamira
(D) Dholavira
(B) Basketball
(C) Bridge
(D) Baseball
(B) 11
(C) 12
(D) 14
(B) Handles of cooking material are made of plastics and wood to avoid heating due to convection
(C) Ventilators in home are made near the ceiling of a room
(D) Sea breeze occur due to convention current
(B) Organic acids
(C) Mineral acids
(D) Neutralised acids
(B) Vinegar is natural source of lactic acid
(C) Litmus is the most common indicator used in the laboratory
(D) In an acidic medium the turmeric paper turns reddish brown
(B) ureters
(C) nephrons
(D) intestine
(B) Groundnut
(C) Mustard
(D) Maize