Reading Comprehension Questions

Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the children who should attend school the next year. She always indicates the status of their parents in her notebook. More than half of the parents are labelled as migrants.
When men migrate, women take on the usual male roles: today most agricultural labour in the villages is done by women. But in Kyrgyzstan there are also a high number of women migrants. In 2016, women accounted for about 40% of total Kyrgyz labour migrants to Russia. Some are divorced or married women and some are very young girls who begin to earn money just after graduating from high school. Women migrating to Russia are usually employed in the service sector.
Because of these trends, traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are now often in conflict. Despite the fact that these women are sometimes the main source of income in their families, they have to face misogynistic behaviour – and violence.

What is the tone of the speaker?

Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the children who should attend school the next year. She always indicates the status of their parents in her notebook. More than half of the parents are labelled as migrants.
When men migrate, women take on the usual male roles: today most agricultural labour in the villages is done by women. But in Kyrgyzstan there are also a high number of women migrants. In 2016, women accounted for about 40% of total Kyrgyz labour migrants to Russia. Some are divorced or married women and some are very young girls who begin to earn money just after graduating from high school. Women migrating to Russia are usually employed in the service sector.
Because of these trends, traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are now often in conflict. Despite the fact that these women are sometimes the main source of income in their families, they have to face misogynistic behaviour – and violence.

What does the passage actually mean when it says that the women do agricultural labour?

Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the children who should attend school the next year. She always indicates the status of their parents in her notebook. More than half of the parents are labelled as migrants.
When men migrate, women take on the usual male roles: today most agricultural labour in the villages is done by women. But in Kyrgyzstan there are also a high number of women migrants. In 2016, women accounted for about 40% of total Kyrgyz labour migrants to Russia. Some are divorced or married women and some are very young girls who begin to earn money just after graduating from high school. Women migrating to Russia are usually employed in the service sector.
Because of these trends, traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are now often in conflict. Despite the fact that these women are sometimes the main source of income in their families, they have to face misogynistic behaviour – and violence.

Select the most suitable word from the passage which means 'contempt against women'.

Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the children who should attend school the next year. She always indicates the status of their parents in her notebook. More than half of the parents are labelled as migrants.
When men migrate, women take on the usual male roles: today most agricultural labour in the villages is done by women. But in Kyrgyzstan there are also a high number of women migrants. In 2016, women accounted for about 40% of total Kyrgyz labour migrants to Russia. Some are divorced or married women and some are very young girls who begin to earn money just after graduating from high school. Women migrating to Russia are usually employed in the service sector.
Because of these trends, traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are now often in conflict. Despite the fact that these women are sometimes the main source of income in their families, they have to face misogynistic behaviour – and violence.

What does Dilya-eje realise about the status of the parents of the school children to be admitted?

Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the children who should attend school the next year. She always indicates the status of their parents in her notebook. More than half of the parents are labelled as migrants.
When men migrate, women take on the usual male roles: today most agricultural labour in the villages is done by women. But in Kyrgyzstan there are also a high number of women migrants. In 2016, women accounted for about 40% of total Kyrgyz labour migrants to Russia. Some are divorced or married women and some are very young girls who begin to earn money just after graduating from high school. Women migrating to Russia are usually employed in the service sector.
Because of these trends, traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are now often in conflict. Despite the fact that these women are sometimes the main source of income in their families, they have to face misogynistic behaviour – and violence.

Identify the most suitable title for the passage.

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Sustainability is ____ (1) ____ longer just a buzzword. It ____ (2) ____ a necessity and the primary agenda of the world today. Like many other countries, India too is witnessing a growth of ____ (3)____ green economy. It ____ (4)____ estimated that India's renewable energy target will create more than 3.4 million new job opportunities ____ (5)____ 2030. In fact, a recent survey stated that a Sustainability Manager is going to be one of the top 10 jobs this decade.

In the context of the passage, select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (4).

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
[Same Passage as Above]

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Simultaneously

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
[Same Passage as Above]

Identify an appropriate title for the given passage from the following options.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
[Same Passage as Above]

Where was the first printed book published?

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
[Same Passage as Above]

What is Jikji?

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Sustainability is ____ (1) ____ longer just a buzzword. It ____ (2) ____ a necessity and the primary agenda of the world today. Like many other countries, India too is witnessing a growth of ____ (3)____ green economy. It ____ (4)____ estimated that India's renewable energy target will create more than 3.4 million new job opportunities ____ (5)____ 2030. In fact, a recent survey stated that a Sustainability Manager is going to be one of the top 10 jobs this decade.

In the context of the passage, select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (1)

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Sustainability is ____ (1) ____ longer just a buzzword. It ____ (2) ____ a necessity and the primary agenda of the world today. Like many other countries, India too is witnessing a growth of ____ (3)____ green economy. It ____ (4)____ estimated that India's renewable energy target will create more than 3.4 million new job opportunities ____ (5)____ 2030. In fact, a recent survey stated that a Sustainability Manager is going to be one of the top 10 jobs this decade.

In the context of the passage, select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (2).

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Sustainability is ____ (1) ____ longer just a buzzword. It ____ (2) ____ a necessity and the primary agenda of the world today. Like many other countries, India too is witnessing a growth of ____ (3)____ green economy. It ____ (4)____ estimated that India's renewable energy target will create more than 3.4 million new job opportunities ____ (5)____ 2030. In fact, a recent survey stated that a Sustainability Manager is going to be one of the top 10 jobs this decade.

In the context of the passage, select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (3).

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Once the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to (1) ________ the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a (2) ________ of Buddhism. According to the prominent Indologist, AL Basham, the 'Dharma' officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all. Nevertheless, his patronage led to the (3) ________ of Buddhism in the Mauryan empire and other kingdoms during his rule, and worldwide from about 250 BCE. After the Kalinga War and Ashoka's conversion, the Empire experienced nearly half a century of peace and security. Mauryan India also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious (4) ________ and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the (5) ________ of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Sustainability is ____ (1) ____ longer just a buzzword. It ____ (2) ____ a necessity and the primary agenda of the world today. Like many other countries, India too is witnessing a growth of ____ (3)____ green economy. It ____ (4)____ estimated that India's renewable energy target will create more than 3.4 million new job opportunities ____ (5)____ 2030. In fact, a recent survey stated that a Sustainability Manager is going to be one of the top 10 jobs this decade.

In the context of the passage, select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (5).

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Dhamaal is a mix of Sufi and African (mostly East African) musical and dance traditions. It refers particularly to the spiritual practices of the Siddis of Gujarat. The Siddis begin almost every Dhamaal song by blowing into a conch shell. This is often followed by the slow playing of East African percussion instruments like the musindo and the slow thumping of feet that marks the onset of the singing and dancing Dhamaals. The ritual of foot thumping is a crucial part of spiritual East African dance and musical traditions. The Siddis are followers of Islam and arrived in India from Muslim communities in East and Central Africa. Dhamaals are performed in memory of their spiritual leaders, among them Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Baba Habash and Sidi Nabi Sultan. According to Siddi folklore they arrived from Ethiopia through the Nubian Valley, Syria and the Indian Ocean to the coast of Kuda in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Usually, Dhamaal songs and dances are performed to celebrate the anniversary of the birth and death of spiritual leaders. They are performed in two ways - Dance Dhamaal and Baithaaki Dhamaal. The Baithaaki Dhamaal is performed in the sitting position and the Dance Dhamaal is performed in both sitting and dance positions. During the performance of Baithaaki Dhamaal the focus is more on the lyrics and less on the musical instruments. During Dance Dhamaal the focus is more on the sounds of the instruments. These are often played in a frenzied manner and accompanied by frenzied dance movements. The spiritual songs that are sung during the Dhamaals are known as zikrs.

What is played in a Dhamaal song after blowing into a conch shell?

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Dhamaal is a mix of Sufi and African (mostly East African) musical and dance traditions. It refers particularly to the spiritual practices of the Siddis of Gujarat. The Siddis begin almost every Dhamaal song by blowing into a conch shell. This is often followed by the slow playing of East African percussion instruments like the musindo and the slow thumping of feet that marks the onset of the singing and dancing Dhamaals. The ritual of foot thumping is a crucial part of spiritual East African dance and musical traditions. The Siddis are followers of Islam and arrived in India from Muslim communities in East and Central Africa. Dhamaals are performed in memory of their spiritual leaders, among them Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Baba Habash and Sidi Nabi Sultan. According to Siddi folklore they arrived from Ethiopia through the Nubian Valley, Syria and the Indian Ocean to the coast of Kuda in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Usually, Dhamaal songs and dances are performed to celebrate the anniversary of the birth and death of spiritual leaders. They are performed in two ways - Dance Dhamaal and Baithaaki Dhamaal. The Baithaaki Dhamaal is performed in the sitting position and the Dance Dhamaal is performed in both sitting and dance positions. During the performance of Baithaaki Dhamaal the focus is more on the lyrics and less on the musical instruments. During Dance Dhamaal the focus is more on the sounds of the instruments. These are often played in a frenzied manner and accompanied by frenzied dance movements. The spiritual songs that are sung during the Dhamaals are known as zikrs.

Select the most suitable word from the passage which means 'excited'.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Dhamaal is a mix of Sufi and African (mostly East African) musical and dance traditions. It refers particularly to the spiritual practices of the Siddis of Gujarat. The Siddis begin almost every Dhamaal song by blowing into a conch shell. This is often followed by the slow playing of East African percussion instruments like the musindo and the slow thumping of feet that marks the onset of the singing and dancing Dhamaals. The ritual of foot thumping is a crucial part of spiritual East African dance and musical traditions. The Siddis are followers of Islam and arrived in India from Muslim communities in East and Central Africa. Dhamaals are performed in memory of their spiritual leaders, among them Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Baba Habash and Sidi Nabi Sultan. According to Siddi folklore they arrived from Ethiopia through the Nubian Valley, Syria and the Indian Ocean to the coast of Kuda in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Usually, Dhamaal songs and dances are performed to celebrate the anniversary of the birth and death of spiritual leaders. They are performed in two ways - Dance Dhamaal and Baithaaki Dhamaal. The Baithaaki Dhamaal is performed in the sitting position and the Dance Dhamaal is performed in both sitting and dance positions. During the performance of Baithaaki Dhamaal the focus is more on the lyrics and less on the musical instruments. During Dance Dhamaal the focus is more on the sounds of the instruments. These are often played in a frenzied manner and accompanied by frenzied dance movements. The spiritual songs that are sung during the Dhamaals are known as zikrs.

What is the tone of the speaker?

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Dhamaal is a mix of Sufi and African (mostly East African) musical and dance traditions. It refers particularly to the spiritual practices of the Siddis of Gujarat. The Siddis begin almost every Dhamaal song by blowing into a conch shell. This is often followed by the slow playing of East African percussion instruments like the musindo and the slow thumping of feet that marks the onset of the singing and dancing Dhamaals. The ritual of foot thumping is a crucial part of spiritual East African dance and musical traditions. The Siddis are followers of Islam and arrived in India from Muslim communities in East and Central Africa. Dhamaals are performed in memory of their spiritual leaders, among them Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Baba Habash and Sidi Nabi Sultan. According to Siddi folklore they arrived from Ethiopia through the Nubian Valley, Syria and the Indian Ocean to the coast of Kuda in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Usually, Dhamaal songs and dances are performed to celebrate the anniversary of the birth and death of spiritual leaders. They are performed in two ways - Dance Dhamaal and Baithaaki Dhamaal. The Baithaaki Dhamaal is performed in the sitting position and the Dance Dhamaal is performed in both sitting and dance positions. During the performance of Baithaaki Dhamaal the focus is more on the lyrics and less on the musical instruments. During Dance Dhamaal the focus is more on the sounds of the instruments. These are often played in a frenzied manner and accompanied by frenzied dance movements. The spiritual songs that are sung during the Dhamaals are known as zikrs.

Who is NOT a spiritual leader of the Siddis?

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Dhamaal is a mix of Sufi and African (mostly East African) musical and dance traditions. It refers particularly to the spiritual practices of the Siddis of Gujarat. The Siddis begin almost every Dhamaal song by blowing into a conch shell. This is often followed by the slow playing of East African percussion instruments like the musindo and the slow thumping of feet that marks the onset of the singing and dancing Dhamaals. The ritual of foot thumping is a crucial part of spiritual East African dance and musical traditions. The Siddis are followers of Islam and arrived in India from Muslim communities in East and Central Africa. Dhamaals are performed in memory of their spiritual leaders, among them Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Baba Habash and Sidi Nabi Sultan. According to Siddi folklore they arrived from Ethiopia through the Nubian Valley, Syria and the Indian Ocean to the coast of Kuda in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Usually, Dhamaal songs and dances are performed to celebrate the anniversary of the birth and death of spiritual leaders. They are performed in two ways - Dance Dhamaal and Baithaaki Dhamaal. The Baithaaki Dhamaal is performed in the sitting position and the Dance Dhamaal is performed in both sitting and dance positions. During the performance of Baithaaki Dhamaal the focus is more on the lyrics and less on the musical instruments. During Dance Dhamaal the focus is more on the sounds of the instruments. These are often played in a frenzied manner and accompanied by frenzied dance movements. The spiritual songs that are sung during the Dhamaals are known as zikrs.

Identify the most suitable title for the passage.

Fill in blank (1) with the most appropriate option based on the passage:दैनिक जीवन के सभी कार्य मनुष्य और ______ (1) एक समान करते हैं। मनुष्य और पशु दोनों में यदि कोई अंतर है तो बस यही कि मनुष्य में परोपकार की ______ (2) होती है। वह इसमें आनंद अनुभव करता है। पशु इस ______ (3) से वंचित रह जाते हैं। परोपकार तो हमारी भारतीय ______ (4) के मूल में है। भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण मिल जाएँगे जिन्होंने ______ (5) के लिए अपना सर्वस्व दान कर दिया।

Fill in blank (2) with the most appropriate option based on the passage:दैनिक जीवन के सभी कार्य मनुष्य और ______ (1) एक समान करते हैं। मनुष्य और पशु दोनों में यदि कोई अंतर है तो बस यही कि मनुष्य में परोपकार की ______ (2) होती है। वह इसमें आनंद अनुभव करता है। पशु इस ______ (3) से वंचित रह जाते हैं। परोपकार तो हमारी भारतीय ______ (4) के मूल में है। भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण मिल जाएँगे जिन्होंने ______ (5) के लिए अपना सर्वस्व दान कर दिया।

Fill in blank (3) with the most appropriate option based on the passage:दैनिक जीवन के सभी कार्य मनुष्य और ______ (1) एक समान करते हैं। मनुष्य और पशु दोनों में यदि कोई अंतर है तो बस यही कि मनुष्य में परोपकार की ______ (2) होती है। वह इसमें आनंद अनुभव करता है। पशु इस ______ (3) से वंचित रह जाते हैं। परोपकार तो हमारी भारतीय ______ (4) के मूल में है। भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण मिल जाएँगे जिन्होंने ______ (5) के लिए अपना सर्वस्व दान कर दिया।

Fill in blank (4) with the most appropriate option based on the passage:दैनिक जीवन के सभी कार्य मनुष्य और ______ (1) एक समान करते हैं। मनुष्य और पशु दोनों में यदि कोई अंतर है तो बस यही कि मनुष्य में परोपकार की ______ (2) होती है। वह इसमें आनंद अनुभव करता है। पशु इस ______ (3) से वंचित रह जाते हैं। परोपकार तो हमारी भारतीय ______ (4) के मूल में है। भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण मिल जाएँगे जिन्होंने ______ (5) के लिए अपना सर्वस्व दान कर दिया।

Fill in blank (5) with the most appropriate option based on the passage:दैनिक जीवन के सभी कार्य मनुष्य और ______ (1) एक समान करते हैं। मनुष्य और पशु दोनों में यदि कोई अंतर है तो बस यही कि मनुष्य में परोपकार की ______ (2) होती है। वह इसमें आनंद अनुभव करता है। पशु इस ______ (3) से वंचित रह जाते हैं। परोपकार तो हमारी भारतीय ______ (4) के मूल में है। भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण मिल जाएँगे जिन्होंने ______ (5) के लिए अपना सर्वस्व दान कर दिया।

Indeed, the path she had chosen was full of difficulties. It was almost an unimaginable thing in those days for a woman of means to live a life of independence, but the particular profession for which Florence had trained herself was a disreputable one. Thus, nurses in those days were noted for their immoral conduct. They could hardly be trusted to carry out the simple medical duties. No wonder, therefore, that Florence's parents did not like that their daughter should take up the profession. Florence, however, did not see eye to eye with them. She felt wretched. Her sadness increased.
Select the option that gives the closest meaning of the following phrase:
"A WOMAN OF MEANS"

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Do you know that fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity?
It is imperative that we educate ourselves about the ways in which we can reduce the impact our wardrobe has on the climate.
We are a society that is addicted to mindless consumerism. Each of us needs to think deeply about the ways and means through which we can reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Let us begin with our wardrobe. What is it that leads us to over-purchase? Is there an underlying reason for our compulsive buying?
Psychologists say that underlying the impulse to buy is our need for self-esteem, status and belonging. They also say that the impulse to shop is difficult to control with the emergence of online shopping 24/7 over the internet.
One way to beat this is to simply ration the time you spend looking at clothes online. Another way is to open vintage or second-hand clothes stores. The latter can be more successful as it still gives the buyer the thrill of buying and experiencing the sense of reward and fulfillment. In doing so, one slows down the fast-fashion cycle by giving a second life to clothes. Besides buying less, one can extend the life of our clothes by mending and repairing them. Websites like Love your Clothes encourage this and also offer tips on how to do this. Finally, how one disposes one’s worn out clothes at the end of their useful life is also very important. Dumping them only adds to the huge landfills or to increased harmful emissions through incineration. The most environmentally sound way of disposing them is to send them for recycling. Some major manufacturers have now started using recycled fabrics, but it is often hard for consumers to find places to take their old clothes.

The main idea of this text is that one must:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Do you know that fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity?
It is imperative that we educate ourselves about the ways in which we can reduce the impact our wardrobe has on the climate.
We are a society that is addicted to mindless consumerism. Each of us needs to think deeply about the ways and means through which we can reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Let us begin with our wardrobe. What is it that leads us to over-purchase? Is there an underlying reason for our compulsive buying?
Psychologists say that underlying the impulse to buy is our need for self-esteem, status and belonging. They also say that the impulse to shop is difficult to control with the emergence of online shopping 24/7 over the internet.
One way to beat this is to simply ration the time you spend looking at clothes online. Another way is to open vintage or second-hand clothes stores. The latter can be more successful as it still gives the buyer the thrill of buying and experiencing the sense of reward and fulfillment. In doing so, one slows down the fast-fashion cycle by giving a second life to clothes. Besides buying less, one can extend the life of our clothes by mending and repairing them. Websites like Love your Clothes encourage this and also offer tips on how to do this. Finally, how one disposes one’s worn out clothes at the end of their useful life is also very important. Dumping them only adds to the huge landfills or to increased harmful emissions through incineration. The most environmentally sound way of disposing them is to send them for recycling. Some major manufacturers have now started using recycled fabrics, but it is often hard for consumers to find places to take their old clothes.

Manufacturers can contribute to the environment by motivating people to return their worn out clothes for:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Do you know that fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity?
It is imperative that we educate ourselves about the ways in which we can reduce the impact our wardrobe has on the climate.
We are a society that is addicted to mindless consumerism. Each of us needs to think deeply about the ways and means through which we can reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Let us begin with our wardrobe. What is it that leads us to over-purchase? Is there an underlying reason for our compulsive buying?
Psychologists say that underlying the impulse to buy is our need for self-esteem, status and belonging. They also say that the impulse to shop is difficult to control with the emergence of online shopping 24/7 over the internet.
One way to beat this is to simply ration the time you spend looking at clothes online. Another way is to open vintage or second-hand clothes stores. The latter can be more successful as it still gives the buyer the thrill of buying and experiencing the sense of reward and fulfillment. In doing so, one slows down the fast-fashion cycle by giving a second life to clothes. Besides buying less, one can extend the life of our clothes by mending and repairing them. Websites like Love your Clothes encourage this and also offer tips on how to do this. Finally, how one disposes one’s worn out clothes at the end of their useful life is also very important. Dumping them only adds to the huge landfills or to increased harmful emissions through incineration. The most environmentally sound way of disposing them is to send them for recycling. Some major manufacturers have now started using recycled fabrics, but it is often hard for consumers to find places to take their old clothes.

According to the passage, we can all contribute towards a healthy environment by rethinking about our:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Do you know that fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity?
It is imperative that we educate ourselves about the ways in which we can reduce the impact our wardrobe has on the climate.
We are a society that is addicted to mindless consumerism. Each of us needs to think deeply about the ways and means through which we can reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Let us begin with our wardrobe. What is it that leads us to over-purchase? Is there an underlying reason for our compulsive buying?
Psychologists say that underlying the impulse to buy is our need for self-esteem, status and belonging. They also say that the impulse to shop is difficult to control with the emergence of online shopping 24/7 over the internet.
One way to beat this is to simply ration the time you spend looking at clothes online. Another way is to open vintage or second-hand clothes stores. The latter can be more successful as it still gives the buyer the thrill of buying and experiencing the sense of reward and fulfillment. In doing so, one slows down the fast-fashion cycle by giving a second life to clothes. Besides buying less, one can extend the life of our clothes by mending and repairing them. Websites like Love your Clothes encourage this and also offer tips on how to do this. Finally, how one disposes one’s worn out clothes at the end of their useful life is also very important. Dumping them only adds to the huge landfills or to increased harmful emissions through incineration. The most environmentally sound way of disposing them is to send them for recycling. Some major manufacturers have now started using recycled fabrics, but it is often hard for consumers to find places to take their old clothes.

Select the option that does NOT correctly complete the given sentence.

Psychologists state that addictive buying can be a result of the ________.

"Good is the enemy of great" is one of the most popular self-improvement expressions there is. It's the first sentence of an international bestselling business book, the title of another self-help book, and a mantra that NFL superstar J.J. Watt has used in press conferences. It sounds appealing and rolls off the tongue nicely, but there's a good chance it's downright wrong.
We're told that striving to be great and never being satisfied are necessary to meet the ever-increasing pressures and pace of today's world. It's the only route to success. But what is it all for? What does success even mean? Rates of clinical anxiety and depression are higher than ever. Some experts believe that loneliness and social isolation have reached epidemic proportions. Two-thirds of all employees report feeling burned out at work. Surely this isn't the kind of success that everyone is after.
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers that true success means feeling content with the unfolding of your life. It is "finding happiness in your work and life, in the here and the now."
The kind of success that Thich Nhat Hanh champions isn't about striving to be great all the time. It's about being at least OK with where you are, about accepting good enough. What's interesting is that not always trying so damn hard to be great isn't just the path to being happier; it's also the path to getting better.
This mindset improves confidence and releases pressure because you don't always feel like you're coming up short. It also lessens the risk of injury-emotional and physical-since there isn't a perceived need to put forth heroic efforts every day. The result is more consistent performance that compounds over time. Research shows that sustainable progress, in everything from diet to fitness to creativity, isn't about being consistently great; it's about being great at being consistent. It's about being good enough over and over again.
A wonderful case study is Eliud Kipchoge, who just shattered the marathon world record. He's literally the best in the world at what he does. Yet Kipchoge says that the key to his success is not overextending himself in training. He's not fanatical about trying to be great all the time. Instead, he has an unwavering dedication to being good enough. He recently told The New York Times that he rarely, if ever, pushes himself past 80 per cent-90 per cent at most-of his maximum effort during workouts. This allows Kipchoge to string together weeks and weeks of consistent training. "I want to run with a relaxed mind," he says.
Unlike so many other runners who have tried and failed to break the world marathon record, Kipchoge has never been obsessed with the mark. Prior to his record-setting race, when asked about his mindset, he told The Times, "To be precise, I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best." Kipchoge puts running in its place, which, for him, is in the here and now, not in striving to meet ever increasing expectations. “When I run,” he says, "I feel good. My mind feels good. I sleep in a freeway, and I enjoy life."
It's a paradox. A good-enough mindset might very well be the key to being great and happy. The less you want to be happy, the happier you'll be. The less you need to perform better, the better you'll perform. Just think about your own life. During the times you were happiest and performed best, were you striving? Were you chasing after something? Or were you more like Kipchoge-grounded, at peace, and feeling good enough with what was in front of you? This doesn't mean you should never desire productive change or improvement. Quite the opposite. Though they may run counter to so much of the current ethos, adopting the following core principles of good enough is likely the best route to being happier and getting better.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word depression stated in para 2 of the given passage.

[The same passage from Q.41 applies here] Select the most appropriate synonym of the word epidemic stated in para 2 of the given passage.

[The same passage from Q.41 applies here] Select the most appropriate synonym of the word perceived stated in para 5 of the given passage.

[The same passage from Q.41 applies here] Select the most appropriate synonym of the word marathon stated in para 6 of the given passage.

[The same passage from Q.41 applies here] Select the most appropriate synonym of the word precise stated in para 6 of the given passage.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Gutenberg Bible, also called 42-line Bible was the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenbarg completed it in 1455 while working at Mainz, Germany. The three-volume work, in Latin text, was printed in 42-line columns and, in its later stages of production, was worked on by six compositors simultaneously. It is sometimes referred to as the Mazarin Bible because the first copy described by bibliographers was located in the Paris library of Cardinal Mazarin. The Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings (1377), also known as Jikji, was printed in Korea 78 years before the Gutenberg Bible and is recognized as the world's oldest extant movable metal type book.
Like other contemporary works, the Gutenberg Bible had no title page, no page numbers, and no innovations to distinguish it from the work of a manuscript copyist. This was presumably the desire of both Gutenberg and his customers. Experts are generally agreed that the Bible, though uneconomic in its use of space, displays a technical efficiency not substantially improved upon before the 19th century. The Gothic type is majestic in appearance, medieval in feeling, and slightly less compressed and less pointed than other examples that appeared shortly thereafter.
The original number of copies of this work is unknown; some 40 are still in existence. There are perfect vellum copies kept in the U.S. Library of Congress, the French Bibliothèque Nationale, and the British Library. In the United States almost complete texts are preserved in the Huntington, Morgan, New York Public, Harvard University, and Yale University libraries.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The Mazarin Bible derived its name from the ________.

[The same passage from Q.46 applies here] Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the following word: "WRETCHED"

[The same passage from Q.46 applies here] Identify the style in which the given passage has been written.

[The same passage from Q.46 applies here] Select from among the given options the most suitable title for the passage.

[The same passage from Q.46 applies here] Which of the following inferences CANNOT be drawn from the given passage?

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Once the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to (1) ________ the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a (2) ________ of Buddhism. According to the prominent Indologist, AL Basham, the 'Dharma' officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all. Nevertheless, his patronage led to the (3) ________ of Buddhism in the Mauryan empire and other kingdoms during his rule, and worldwide from about 250 BCE. After the Kalinga War and Ashoka's conversion, the Empire experienced nearly half a century of peace and security. Mauryan India also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious (4) ________ and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the (5) ________ of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Once the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to (1) ________ the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a (2) ________ of Buddhism. According to the prominent Indologist, AL Basham, the 'Dharma' officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all. Nevertheless, his patronage led to the (3) ________ of Buddhism in the Mauryan empire and other kingdoms during his rule, and worldwide from about 250 BCE. After the Kalinga War and Ashoka's conversion, the Empire experienced nearly half a century of peace and security. Mauryan India also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious (4) ________ and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the (5) ________ of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Do you know that fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity?
It is imperative that we educate ourselves about the ways in which we can reduce the impact our wardrobe has on the climate.
We are a society that is addicted to mindless consumerism. Each of us needs to think deeply about the ways and means through which we can reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Let us begin with our wardrobe. What is it that leads us to over-purchase? Is there an underlying reason for our compulsive buying?
Psychologists say that underlying the impulse to buy is our need for self-esteem, status and belonging. They also say that the impulse to shop is difficult to control with the emergence of online shopping 24/7 over the internet.
One way to beat this is to simply ration the time you spend looking at clothes online. Another way is to open vintage or second-hand clothes stores. The latter can be more successful as it still gives the buyer the thrill of buying and experiencing the sense of reward and fulfillment. In doing so, one slows down the fast-fashion cycle by giving a second life to clothes. Besides buying less, one can extend the life of our clothes by mending and repairing them. Websites like Love your Clothes encourage this and also offer tips on how to do this. Finally, how one disposes one’s worn out clothes at the end of their useful life is also very important. Dumping them only adds to the huge landfills or to increased harmful emissions through incineration. The most environmentally sound way of disposing them is to send them for recycling. Some major manufacturers have now started using recycled fabrics, but it is often hard for consumers to find places to take their old clothes.

Love your Clothes is an organisation that works for a sustainable environment by teaching people how to _________ their clothes.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Once the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to (1) ________ the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a (2) ________ of Buddhism. According to the prominent Indologist, AL Basham, the 'Dharma' officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all. Nevertheless, his patronage led to the (3) ________ of Buddhism in the Mauryan empire and other kingdoms during his rule, and worldwide from about 250 BCE. After the Kalinga War and Ashoka's conversion, the Empire experienced nearly half a century of peace and security. Mauryan India also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious (4) ________ and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the (5) ________ of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Once the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to (1) ________ the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a (2) ________ of Buddhism. According to the prominent Indologist, AL Basham, the 'Dharma' officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all. Nevertheless, his patronage led to the (3) ________ of Buddhism in the Mauryan empire and other kingdoms during his rule, and worldwide from about 250 BCE. After the Kalinga War and Ashoka's conversion, the Empire experienced nearly half a century of peace and security. Mauryan India also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious (4) ________ and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the (5) ________ of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.