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All Passage Questions(1–12 of 12)

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Q1easymcqHindiCompetitive Exam2026
Read the following poem excerpt and answer the question:
"लक्ष्मी थी या दुर्गा थी वह स्वयं वीरता की अवतार
देख मराठे पुलकित होते उसके तलवारों के वार
नकली युद्ध, व्यूह की रचना और खेलना खूब शिकार
सैन्य घेरना, दुर्ग तोड़ना, ये थे उसके प्रिय खिलवाड़
महाराष्ट्र कुल-देवी उसकी भी आराध्य भवानी थी
बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी थी
खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी।"

Most of the creations of the poetess (Subhadra Kumari Chauhan) are based on:
Q2mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and ______ to the ground into a large field.
While she was ______ there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on her. As the frozen bird lay there in the ______ of cow dung, she began to realize how warm she was.
The dung was actually ______ her out! She lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A ______ cat heard the bird singing and discovered the bird under the cow dung. The cat dug her out and ate her.

Choose the word from the given options which fits in the blank labelled 1 and gives correct meaning.
Q3mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and ______ to the ground into a large field.
While she was ______ there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on her. As the frozen bird lay there in the ______ of cow dung, she began to realize how warm she was.
The dung was actually ______ her out! She lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A ______ cat heard the bird singing and discovered the bird under the cow dung. The cat dug her out and ate her.

Choose the word from the given options which fits in the blank labelled 2 and gives correct meaning.
Q4mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and ______ to the ground into a large field.
While she was ______ there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on her. As the frozen bird lay there in the ______ of cow dung, she began to realize how warm she was.
The dung was actually ______ her out! She lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A ______ cat heard the bird singing and discovered the bird under the cow dung. The cat dug her out and ate her.

Choose the word from the given options which fits in the blank labelled 3 and gives correct meaning.
Q5mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and ______ to the ground into a large field.
While she was ______ there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on her. As the frozen bird lay there in the ______ of cow dung, she began to realize how warm she was.
The dung was actually ______ her out! She lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A ______ cat heard the bird singing and discovered the bird under the cow dung. The cat dug her out and ate her.

Choose the word from the given options which fits in the blank labelled 4 and gives correct meaning.
Q6mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and ______ to the ground into a large field.
While she was ______ there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on her. As the frozen bird lay there in the ______ of cow dung, she began to realize how warm she was.
The dung was actually ______ her out! She lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A ______ cat heard the bird singing and discovered the bird under the cow dung. The cat dug her out and ate her.

Identify the phrasal verb/word which fits in the blank labelled as 5 and gives correct meaning.
Q7mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the given passage and answer the question that follow.
Prime Minister Modi has recently declared Modhera, Gujarat as India's first 24x7 solar-powered village. It is an important marker in India's ambitious renewable energy vision. The aim is to increase installed capacity by more than three-fold to 500 GW by 2030. The commercial viability of solar power will have a say in realising this goal. Presently, India's electricity sector displays a dichotomy, representing the challenges facing the renewable sector.
Thermal power contributed 75%-85% of the power generated over the last three financial years. Its installed capacity, however, dipped from 62.3% to 59.6% over the same period. During the same phase, solar power installed capacity increased from 9.4% to 12.8% among renewables, its share in a generation increased. Therefore, among available sources of renewable energy, it's solar power that holds the brightest promise. Renewable energy consumption gets a big push from the Government of India in the form of legally binding purchases called Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO). Despite this boost, renewables struggle to meet generation targets because states which have an incentive to keep costs low often fail to meet their RPO. A March 2021 parliamentary committee report showed that only four states met their entire RPO target in 2019-20.
Solar power trajectory is delicately poised despite the Government's move to increase the share of RPO till 2030. An increase in important tariff this year on inputs such as solar modules to boost domestic industry will in the near future push up project costs and, thereby, power tariffs. This is at odds with a separate move to nudge discoms to maintain financial discipline. Moreover, the renewable space itself is set to get more competitive with the advent of green hydrogen. The renewable energy is set for a churn with a complex set of factors at play.

Select the most appropriate title for the passage.
Q8mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the given passage and answer the question that follow.
[Same Passage as above]

Select the correct full form of RPO?
Q9mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Exam2026
Read the given passage and answer the question that follow.
[Same Passage as above]

How many states met the RPO target in 2019-20?
Q10mediummcqHindi Language & ComprehensionPractice Test2026
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question based on it.
"Regarding literary disinterest in politics, it appears that, as a subject of literary presentation, it does not focus much on the obscure behavior of politics, but focuses on how it is often portrayed in literature, that is, a presentation of what politics is? A political novel is mostly not just a novel about politics but has its own politics. Therefore, it does not only tell us how things are, but clearly gives a definite thought to related ideas about how things should be and states that one should think and do exactly so that things move in the desired direction; in short, it wants to convert or enlist readers into a particular cause or ideology. This is often not literature (it is only a highly familiar phrase) but a propaganda. This is nothing but an encroachment on the literary spirit, through which we understand the world well and the sphere of our sympathies is wide, and let it not narrow our thinking and sympathy with narrow commitment, as John Keats said, 'We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us'."

According to the given passage, what does a political novel usually focus more on?
Q11mediummcqHindi Language & ComprehensionPractice Test2026
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question based on it.
"Regarding literary disinterest in politics, it appears that, as a subject of literary presentation, it does not focus much on the obscure behavior of politics, but focuses on how it is often portrayed in literature, that is, a presentation of what politics is? A political novel is mostly not just a novel about politics but has its own politics. Therefore, it does not only tell us how things are, but clearly gives a definite thought to related ideas about how things should be and states that one should think and do exactly so that things move in the desired direction; in short, it wants to convert or enlist readers into a particular cause or ideology. This is often not literature (it is only a highly familiar phrase) but a propaganda. This is nothing but an encroachment on the literary spirit, through which we understand the world well and the sphere of our sympathies is wide, and let it not narrow our thinking and sympathy with narrow commitment, as John Keats said, 'We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us'."

What is political literature often called in the passage?
Q12mediummcqHindi Language & ComprehensionPractice Test2026
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question based on it.
"Regarding literary disinterest in politics, it appears that, as a subject of literary presentation, it does not focus much on the obscure behavior of politics, but focuses on how it is often portrayed in literature, that is, a presentation of what politics is? A political novel is mostly not just a novel about politics but has its own politics. Therefore, it does not only tell us how things are, but clearly gives a definite thought to related ideas about how things should be and states that one should think and do exactly so that things move in the desired direction; in short, it wants to convert or enlist readers into a particular cause or ideology. This is often not literature (it is only a highly familiar phrase) but a propaganda. This is nothing but an encroachment on the literary spirit, through which we understand the world well and the sphere of our sympathies is wide, and let it not narrow our thinking and sympathy with narrow commitment, as John Keats said, 'We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us'."

According to the passage, what is the purpose of political writing?

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