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8 Q:Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
It is well accorded that COVID-19 extracts a huge toll on the mental health of patients and leaves behind a slew of neurological sequelae in its wake. However, what is alarming is the wide gamut of mental and neurological disorders seen even in those with milder symptoms. Such patients frequently reported being anxious, depressed and having difficulty in sleeping. A higher incidence of frank psychosis manifesting as disorganization of thought processes and personality disorders was also reported. Many survivors of COVID19 had to battle substance abuse in its immediate aftermath. There was a steep increase in the amount of alcohol consumed by regular drinkers. Persons who had stopped smoking and consuming alcohol resumed their habit in disconcerting numbers.
The occurrence of neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinsonism is concerning as this would bring longterm disability in the form of impaired mobility and memory decline. It has been hypothesized that the causative mechanism for many of the neurological conditions due to COVID-19 may be the direct invasion of the nervous system by the virus, an increased tendency to blood clotting or an exaggerated immune response by the body. Various other factors like pre-existing psychiatric illness, prolonged quarantine, perceived lack of organizational support, and social stigma are risk factors. Anxiety, Nervousness, and Posttraumatic stress disorder are often fuelled by fear of infecting other family members, physical distancing, loneliness, and ________ at home in cramped quarters.
The pandemic has radically transformed the way businesses function and services delivered. Remote working disrupts a healthy-work life balance. Face to face contact and human interactions which were considered so essential for emotional well-being has taken a backseat. Lack of comforting physical contact like shaking hands and hugging friends is stressful and disconcerting. Online classes and home-schooling have placed a gargantuan burden both on students and parents. Lack of access to reliable computer hardware and spotty internet connections, particularly in rural areas and in the economically backward have created a new class divide. Children have been deprived of co-curricular activities, participation in group events and sports which is essential for their holistic development. Mental stress and fatigue have increased manyfold due to the rigours imposed by virtual learning.
According to the passage, what is alarming considering COVID-19's toll on mental health?
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64ec841e13af0928f84f774a- 1The rise of the black fungus wrecking havoc on patients with mild immunity.false
- 2The steep increase in the amount of alcohol consumption by regular drinkers.false
- 3The rise of virtual learning and work from home.false
- 4The wide range of mental and neurological disorders in patients with milder symptoms.true
- 5None of the above.false
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Answer : 4. "The wide range of mental and neurological disorders in patients with milder symptoms."
Q:Directions : You have a passage with 10 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Long ago men spent most of their time looking for food. They ate anything they could find. Some lived mostly on plants. They ate the fruit, stems, and leaves of some plants and the roots of others. When food was scarce, they ate the bark of trees. If they were lucky, they would find a bird’s nest with eggs. People who lived near the water ate fish or anything that washed ashore, even rotten whales. Some people also ate insects and small animals like lizards that were easy to kill.
Later, men learned to make weapons. With weapons, they could kill larger animals for meat. These early people had big appetites. If they killed an animal, they would drink the blood, eat the meat, and chew the bones. When they finished the meal, there was nothing left.
At first men wandered from place to place to find their food. But when they began to grow plants, they stayed in one place and ate what they could grow. They tamed animals, trained them to work, and killed them for meat. Life was a little better then, but there was still not much variety in their meals. Day after day people ate the same food.
Gradually men began to travel greater distances. The explorers who sailed unknown seas found new lands. And in these lands they found new food and spices and took them back home.
The Portuguese who sailed around the stormy Cape of Good Hope to reach China took back “Chinese apples”, the fruit we call oranges today. Later, Portuguese colonists carried orange seeds to Brazil. From Brazil oranges were brought to California, the first place to grow oranges in the United States. Peaches and melons also came from China. So did a new drink, tea.
Which of the following statements is not true?
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63bd4edf61d62119f1d4d037- 1The Portuguese colonists carried orange seeds to Brazil.false
- 2Oranges grow in California, in the United States.false
- 3Explorers took back home new food and spices.false
- 4Peaches, melons, oranges, tea and spices came from China.true
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Answer : 4. "Peaches, melons, oranges, tea and spices came from China. "
Q:Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shellcutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous – disc shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.
Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists’ experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form. Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects – including bangles, ladles and inlay – which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
Shell objects were mostly made at Nageshwar and Balakot because:
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64cb7bf9a919c8488e2b7e05- 1the women loved to wear bangles made of shellsfalse
- 2shells were readily available in these coastal areastrue
- 3specialised drills were found herefalse
- 4shells were transported here from Lothalfalse
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Answer : 2. "shells were readily available in these coastal areas"
Q:Direction: The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are - A, B, C, D, E and F. Sentence E is fixed and its position cannot be changed. The rest of the sentences are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and answer the following questions.
A. So a person that has integrity will act and behave as per set values and beliefs they hold dear.
B. There is a famous saying which perfectly describes integrity.
C. The word ‘integrity’ itself has a Latin origin.
D. “Honesty is telling the truth to other people; integrity is telling the truth to myself.”
E. So it refers to the sense of completeness and togetherness one enjoys when they live their lives honestly and morally.
F. It is derived from the word ‘integer’ and means to feel whole, i.e., a complete person.
Which sentence should be the second sentence in the paragraph?
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64d376e1e0ce557496879b4c- 1Bfalse
- 2Ffalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Afalse
- 5Dtrue
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Answer : 5. "D"
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below, four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct positions. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is, select '5' as your option.
Sarah moved (A) to the big city with successful (B) of becoming a dreams (C) singer, but she was met with harsh rejection (D) everywhere.
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64df35ea4e4237f6c99339e8- 1B-Ctrue
- 2A-Cfalse
- 3D-Bfalse
- 4B-Afalse
- 5No Rearrangementfalse
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Answer : 1. "B-C"
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Answer : 5. "Deteriorating"
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Answer : 4. "1 and 2"
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