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Reasoning Ability
Directions (1-5): Study the following information work that he/she has to do is already doing by
carefully and answer the given questions. the person who is before him/her in the
Seven persons- A, B, C, D, E, F and G are alphabetical order), then that person works in
studying nursing course. They are allocated to do Cardiac ward.
work in different departments in the hospital for 1. How many weeks it took for the person who
practice in a week – ER ward, ICU ward, General completed the work at the second last person?
ward, OP ward, Surgical ward, Oncology ward a) 21 weeks
and Paediatric ward in alphabetical order. The b) 18 weeks
work allocated in OP ward will be completed c) 19 weeks
consecutively for three weeks and the work d) 20 weeks
allocated in ICU ward will be completed e) 17 weeks
consecutively for two weeks whereas the rest are
completed in one week. Each work will be 2. Who among the following person complete the
assigned and monitored by the individual chief work before B?
nurse. a) G
In the first week A will work in ER ward and B will b) C
work in General ward and in the second week A c) D
will work in General ward and B will work in ICU d) Both options a and c
ward and so on as in alphabetical order. The e) Both options b and c
work will be repeated in alphabetical order only.
Note: If a chief nurse is unavailable, then the 3. Which of the following pair completed the
next department in the order will be assigned. work in the same week?
i.e., if a person needs to work in OP ward in a) A and C
alphabetical order but that ward is already b) E and C
assigned to someone else, then that person c)A and D
should be assigned to Paediatric ward. d) E and B
The work allocated to Surgical ward will be e) Both options b and c
followed by the work allocated to ER ward and
the cycle is repeated. Each person works in each 4. Paediatric ward is related to B in __ and
department only once. If for a person, no chief Surgical ward is related to E in __
nurse is available for a particular week (either a) Week 1 and Week 9
because he/she has already done all the works b) Week 6 and Week 7
or he/she cannot do the available works or the c) Week 8 and Week 12
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A shelf in a bakery is divided into 25 small shelves viz. 5 Rows and 5 Columns. Different types of cakes
are placed on the shelves. Different quantities of cakes are there on the shelves i.e. Vanilla-15 kg,
Strawberry-13 kg, Pista- 12 kg, Chocolate- 11 kg and Red velvet- 18 kg. You have to fill the shelf in which
the same cake should not be repeated in a particular row and a particular column. Some of the cakes are
filled in the diagram given below. One of the Red velvet cakes is not placed in Row-1 and Column-1.
11. Which of the following cake is placed in Row- 13. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
4 of Column-3? way based on the given arrangement and thus
a) Red velvet form a group. Which one of the following does
b) The cake which is also placed in Row-2 of not belong to the group?
Column-4 a) Row-2, Column-3
c) The cake which has 11 kg b) Row-4, Column-1
d) The cake which has 15 kg c) Row-1, Column-2
e) None of these d) Row-3, Column-4
e) Row-5, Column-4
12. What will be the sum of the quantities of
cakes on all shelves in Column-4 and the first 14. If Pista cake is related to Row-1, Chocolate
and last shelves in Column-5? cake is related to Row-2 in a certain way, then
a) 87 kg which of the following cakes are related to Row-5
b) 96 kg and Row-3 respectively?
c) 94 kg a) Red velvet cake and Pista cake
d) 84 kg b) Vanilla cake and Pista cake
e) 95 kg c) Strawberry cake and Pista cake
d) 2708 e) 375
e) None of these
20. What is the sum of the resultant of both
19. What is the difference between the resultants rows?
of both rows? 25 56 79
42 11 24 12 03 07
23 72 54 a) 754
a) 485 b) 845
b) 465 c) 814
c) 425 d) 744
d) 475 e) 854
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Directions (1-5):
1. Answer: B
2. Answer: E
The work allocated in OP ward will be
3. Answer: E
completed consecutively for three weeks
4. Answer: D
and the work allocated in ICU ward will be
5. Answer: C
completed consecutively for two weeks
We have,
whereas the rest are completed in one
In the first week A will work in ER ward
week.
and B will work in General ward and so on
The work allocated to Surgical ward will
as in alphabetical order. The work will be
be followed by the work allocated to ER
repeated in alphabetical order only.
ward and the cycle is repeated. Each person
works in each department only once. If for a Boat B docks 54m to the right of G.
person, no chief nurse is available for a Only three boats are docking between
particular week (either because he/she has boat G and boat S.
already done all the works or he/she cannot
do the available works or the work that
he/she has to do is already doing by the
person who is before him/her in the
alphabetical order), then that person works
in Cardiac ward.
Again we have,
The number of boats docking between
boat S and boat K is one less than the
number of boats docking to the right of
boat K.
Directions (6-10): Boat T docks 180m away from K.
6. Answer: C Applying the above conditions, Case 2
7. Answer: D and Case 3 are eliminated because there
8. Answer: C is no possibility to place boat T.
9. Answer: A(Only two boats dock between the
given pair of boats except option a)
10. Answer: E
Final Arrangement:
We have,
We have,
Same cake should not be repeated in a
particular row and a particular column.(5
different cakes should be filled in all rows and
columns)
First we fill Column-5. In Column-5 there are
two empty shelves. Chocolate cake is placed in
Again we have,
Row-1 of Column-4.
As many boats dock to the left of boat G
Applying the above Rules, Vanilla cake is
as to the right of boat J, which docks
placed in Row-1 of Column-5 and Chocolate
adjacent to boat T.
cake is placed in Row-5 of Column-5.
Applying the above conditions, Case 1 is
Thus, Column-5 is filled.
eliminated because there is no possibility
One of the Red velvet cakes is not placed in
to place J. Hence, Case 1a gives a final
Row-1 and Column-1. So, the Red velvet cake
arrangement.
is placed in Row-1 of Column-3.
Remaining place of Row-1 was filled by Pista
Cake.
Directions (11-15):
11. Answer: C Next, we fill Column-3. To fill Row-2 of
13. Answer: D(same cake placed on the given Column-3 together except the Strawberry cake.
Then, we fill Row-2. We have all three cakes Vanilla cake. Vanilla cake is placed Row-2 and
placed in Row-2 except Chocolate cake and Column-1. So we can place Strawberry cake in
Red velvet cake. Chocolate cake is placed in Row-4 of Column-1 and Vanilla cake in Row-4 of
cake in Row-2 of Column-2 and Red velvet Remaining cakes are placed in Row-5
17. Answer: D
In Row 1,
Quantitative Aptitude
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
The given table shows the number of minutes of workouts by five persons [A, B, C, D, and E] on five days
of a week and the total number of minutes of workouts for five days for each person also given.
1) On Monday,the ratio of time spent by A onthe more than the total workout time of D and E on
plank and jumping jack was 5:4 out of his total Thursday and Friday together.
time working out. The next day, he reduced his Find which of the following value is satisfy the
time on the plank by 20%, and the rest of the blank?
time, he did jumping jacks. The ratio of time a) 85,3
spent doing jumping jacks on Wednesday and b) 88, 8
Tuesday is 1:2. Find the time spent by A to do c) 81, 6
plank on Wednesday? [A only did these two d) 89, 9
excise in these three days.] e) 89, 0
a) 4
b) 3 3)
c) 6 Quantity I: The Total workout time of all the
d) 2 people together on Monday is what percent of
e) 9 the total workout time of all the people together
on Tuesday?
2) Total workout time of B and C on Monday and Quantity II: The total workout time of all the
Tuesday together is _______ which is _______ people together on Thursday is what percent of
Directions (6 - 9): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
The given Radar graphs show the average number of employees in HR and IT, IT and accounts, and
Accounts and HR departments of five different companies [A, B, C, D, and E].
6)The Ratio of male and female employees in employee accounts departments of company A
the HR departments of company A is 3:2, and is 4:5. Find the number of males in all
the ratio of male and female employees in the IT department is what percent of the number of
department of company A is 3:4. Ratio of the female employees in all department company A?
number of female employees in the IT to male a) 125%
Number of 4's hit by D is 20% more than the 2's and none 3 then finds the total runs scored by
number of 6's hit by him. The ratio of the number E?
of 6's hit by D and C is 5:4. B scored a total of a) 945
560 runs in boundary [4's and 6's] Number of 6's b) 923
hit by C is 16.67% less than the number of 4's hit c) 965
by the same person. The number of 6's hit by B d) 982
is the same as the number of 4's hit by C. The e) None of these
Ratio of the number of 4's hitby A and B is 1:2. A
scored a total of 820 runs out of these 40% runs 14) Find the difference between the total runs
in boundary [ by 4's and 6's]. score by B and D together in boundary and the
11) C scored 75% of runs from the boundary and total runs score by A and C together by
D scored 60% of runs from the boundary. If C boundary?
scores 25% runs by 2's and D scores 20% runs a) 360
by 2’s then find the difference between the b) 320
number of 2’s taken by C and D? c) 340
a) 12 d) 380
b) 14 e) None of these
c) 18
d) 16 15) Cost price of item A is Rs. (x+80) and the
e) 20 cost price of item B is Rs. (2x+60). Item A is
marked up by 40% and then sold at a 10%
12) Ratio of the number of 4's hit by C and F is discount and item B is marked up by 60% and
12:11. Ratio of the number of 6's and 4's hit by F then sold at a 25% discount. The difference in
is 1:2. IF F scores 40% runs in boundary and selling price of items B and A is Rs.108. Find the
ratio of 1's, 2's, and 3's is 81:45:20. Find the total sum of the selling price of both items, if it is sold
runs scored by F by 1's? at (x/6)% profit?
a) 182 a) 7x
b) 324 b) 8x
c) 243 c) 9x
d) 162 d) 11x
e) 172 e) None of these
13) E scored 112 runs more in boundary than A.
The ratio of 4's and 6's hit by E is 5:4. Ratio of 16) Ratio of milk and water in container A is 5:3
4's and 1's of E is 2:17 and he takes twenty-nine and the ratio of milk and water in container B is
a) ii)-c)
b) i)-b)
c) iii)-b) & ii) -b)
d) iii)-c)
e) None of these
a) only I
20) 21)
Quantity I:
Quantity II:
a) Quantity: I Quantity: II
b) Quantity: I > Quantity: II
a) ii)-b) c) Quantity: I < Quantity: II
b) i)-b) d) Quantity: I ≤ Quantity: II
c) i)-a) & ii) -b) e) Quantity I = Quantity II
d) iii)-a)
e) None of these
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17. Answer: A
I. Police flow EFBC path and Thief flow ABC
path.
So, total distance covered by police =
50+30+20=100
Time taken = 100/25=4
Total distance covered by thief = 30+20=50 19. Answer: C
Time taken = 50/15=3.3
So, cannot catch
II. Police flow EBC path and Thief flow ADC
path.
Time taken by police = [60+20]/25=3.2
Time taken by thief = [29+20]/15=3.26
So, police can catch the thief
20. Answer: D
III. Police flow EDC path and Thief flow ABC
path.
Time taken by police = [40+20]/25=2.4
Total distance covered by thief = 30+20=50
Time taken = 50/15=3.3
So, police can catch the thief
21. Answer: C
Quantity I
18. Answer: C
Quantity II
Quantity I < Quantity II
English Language
Directions (1-5): In each of these questions, a Earth’s rotational pole tends to wander in a
paragraph is given that has a blank in it. Out of circular pattern several metres wide every year
the given options, only one sentence fits in with due to the weather, season changes, the molten
the context of the paragraph. Select that as your core and even hurricanes. Scientists have been
answer. able to track this motion by looking at
1) A 26.7% boom in services exports last year astronomical phenomena such as centres of
had helped narrow the steep goods trade and bright galaxies or quasars by comparing their
current account deficits amid surging global changing positions in the sky as the Earth’s axis
prices of commodities such as oil and fertilisers shifted.
whose imports are inelastic for India. The trend a) Unlike a globe which has a fixed axis and
reversal in that pace of growth began this March rotates stably the Earth’s axis wobbles.
and has accelerated to a critical point with a b) Polar motion is the main concept behind
mere 0.7% rise in global services receipts in earth’s rotation.
May. ___________________. c) Crust here refers to the outermost shell of the
a) However the rise is negligible and India has to earth surface.
follow the US and China for recovery. d) The earth’s axis is also stable like the fixed
b) These studies show that India has to boost its axis of the globe.
service sector. e) None of the above
c) But India need not worry as service sector
contribution is very little towards the overall 3)The sacred grove of the Manikavu Sree
growth. Mahadeva temple in Wayanad under the
d) The global slowdown that had clearly hit Malabar Devaswom Board has set a model in
consumer demand for products, now appears to transforming barren land into a ‘forest’ with the
be infecting the appetite for services too. addition of rare endemic and threatened (RET)
e) None of the above plant species of the Western Ghats.The model
has been set up by the temple authorities with
2) The Earth’s rotational pole is the point along the support of M.S. Swaminathan Research
which the planet rotates. This point, also called Foundation (MSSRF), the Social Forestry and
the axis of the Earth, moves in a process called Soil Conservation departments and the
polar motion which is when the Earth’s pole Meenangadi grama panchayat.More than 29
varies relative to the crust. ____________.It is acres of land are now under the canopy of nearly
more like a spinning top gone off-kilter where the
4,000 plants that belong to more than 50 b) Google has depicted a Doodle dedicated to
species.____ _____. Sohonie, celebrating her 112th anniversary.
a) Wayanad is one of the districts in God’s own c) Biochemistry deals with the chemical
country Kerala. processes that are related to all the living
b) M.S. Swaminathan is the father of the green organisms.
revolution in India. d) Gender bias is when a person faces
c) The temple is known for its biodiversity as it advantages or disadvantages based on their
lies on the lap of lush green woods and water gender.
flows perennially on the deity from a stream e) None of the above
through a stone channel which is a major
attraction of the temple. 5) Earlier on May 19, RBI decided to withdraw
d) All these grama panchayats are covered the ₹2,000 denomination currency notes from
under the model. circulation, but said it will continue to remain as
e) None of the above legal tender. However, RBI has advised banks to
stop issuing ₹2,000 denomination banknotes
4) Google on June 18 paid tribute to an Indian with immediate effect. People can exchange or
biochemist and scientist Kamala Sohonie, who deposit their ₹2,000 notes in bank branches and
did pioneering work in her field of biochemistry regional branches of
and helped forge a path for future Indian women RBI.___________.September 30 has been
to overcome gender bias and pursue their decided as the last date for the purpose of
dreams.______ ____.Sohonie was born in Indore completing the exercise in a time-bound manner
on this day in 1911. Her father and uncle were and to provide adequate time to the public.
chemists and alumni of the erstwhile Tata a) Regional branches of RBI are limited in almost
Institute of Sciences (which later became the all the cities.
Indian Institute of Science) in Bengaluru.Inspired b) ₹2,000 can still be used because it remains as
by her family, Sohonie studied chemistry and a legal tender.
physics at Bombay University and graduated at c) A non-account holder also can exchange
the top of her class in 1933. She became the first ₹2000 banknotes up to a limit of ₹20,000 at a
woman to be inducted into the IISc but faced time at any bank branch
issues because its director Sir C.V. Raman d) People are not completely aware of how these
doubted the capabilities of women in science. decisions of RBI are going to affect their daily
a) Women face many problems while finding a life.
good career and one of them is gender e) None of the above
discrimination.
b) Only III
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c) Both I and II
d) Both I and III A. whether D. affect
e) All correct
B. is E. arrive
A. grow D. straight
A. painted D. around
B. make-up E. cross
B. built E. with
C. got F. time
C. maintained F. especially
a) A-D
a) A-F
b) B-E
b) C-F
c) B-D
c) B-E
d) C-D
d) B-D
e) C-F
e) C-E
12) A uniform civil code for the entire country is
14) While DDoS attacks are mainly a nuisance,
indeed a lofty goal, but the question
making websites __________without penetrating
________introducing one for all aspects of
them and security experts say they can
personal law would _______on the freedom of
_______the work of millions if they successfully
religion has been part of the debate.
interrupt the services of a software service giant
like Microsoft on which so much global highlighted as they might’ve been placed at the
commerce depends. wrong positions. One of these words might also
be incorrect and need a replacement. Read the
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same carefully and mark the appropriate option
A. unreachable D. allow as the answer.
16) In a account (A) to CEOs of all general
B. operate E. disrupt
insurance companies, and standalone health
C. shuting F. enhance insurance companies, the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) said
a) A-D
it needs to be ensured (B) that all claims are
b) B-D
surveyed immediately and claim on circular (C)
c) A-F
payments are disbursed at the earliest and in any
d) C-F
case not within (D) the stipulated timeline.
e) A-E
a) A-C, B-assured
b) A-C, C-circulation
15) In 2017, the Supreme Court of India
c) B-D, B-ensure
recognised privacy as a fundamental right,
d) A-C, D-exceeding
____________the need to protect personal
e) No swapping needed, D-exceeding
information but the country is still ___________to
frame a personal data protection policy.
17) Studies validated (A) by researchers at the
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
University of Virginia School of Medicine, U.S.,
18) The decision to confer (A) the award on Gita a) A-D, no replacement needed
Press was taken by a jury headed by Prime b) C-D, A-been
Minister Narendra Modi after due c) A-C, D-there
(B)deliberations on Sunday in recognition of the d) B-C, C-enquire
publishing house’s “outstanding contribution e) No correction needed
towards (C) social, economic and political
transformation throw (D) non-violent and other 20) Issues such as developing a comprehensive
Gandhian methods”, the Culture Ministry said in approach towards (A)national security, pushing
a statement. domestic defence production and those
a) A-D, A-confers pertaining to serving and retired armed forces
b) B-C, A-confers personal (B) will be discussed (C) at a
c) C-D, D-threw brainstorming (D)session beginning here on
d) A-C, C-toward Monday, the Defence Ministry said in a
e) No swapping needed, D-through statement.
a) A-B, A-toward
19) After a recent amendment of the Registration b) No swapping needed, B- personnel
Act, District Registrars have been (A) c) C-D, C- discussing
empowered under (B) Section 77(A) to inquire d) B-C, D- brainstorm
(C)into complaints of fraudulent or bogus e) No correction required
registrations and order their (D) cancellation.
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1) Answer: D
The paragraph talks about the boom in services wobbles during rotation. The following sentence
exports last year and the trend reversal this year. also gives more information on the wobbling
The rise in global services is very little this year. mechanism but comparing the axis to a spinning
This context must be followed with sentence ‘d’ top.
which gives a reason for the slowdown in the Other given sentences do not fit in the blank of
service sector. The global shutdown due to the paragraph because :
pandemic has affected the consumer demands Option b - Polar motion is the main concept
as well as the services. So, the best option to behind earth’s rotation - this sentence cannot be
choose is ‘d’ followed with ‘it is more like a spinning top’. What
Other sentences do not fit in the paragraph is compared to a spinning top ? The comparison
because: is with the axis of the earth and not the motion.
Option a - the sentence is inappropriate to the Option c - The detail about crust is an unwanted
context because the paragraph is revolving information here and hence this sentence does
around the exports and demands of India and it not fit the blank, because the before and after
does not contain any information regarding the sentences deals only with the axis and the
US and China, so this option is wrong as it is rotation.
involving US and China. Option d- It is wrong because if the axis is stable
Option b - ‘These studies’ there is no such it is not going to spin or wobble, it makes the
information on any study in the paragraph so whole paragraph meaningless, hence this is not
‘these’ is meaningless as it does not have the answer.
anything to denote.
Option c - is wrong because we all know that all 3) Answer: C
the sectors are important for the ultimate growth The main topic here is Manikavu Sree
of the country, the given sentence makes no Mahadeva temple in Wayanad that has setup a
sense and thus we find it inappropriate. model to transform barren land to forest
area.And the passage continues to provide
2) Answer: A information on the model and the authorities who
Clearly the correct answer is ‘option a’ because helped to set it up.The third sentence talks about
before the given blank the paragraph has the area and the species it has.So, the fourth or
information regarding the axis of the earth and the final sentence would be a description of the
how the earth rotates. ‘Option a’ talks about how area in and around the temple. Also among the
the earth’s axis is different from the globe’s axis given options, only option ‘c’ would best suit the
which is fixed and stable and earth's axis context.
Other sentences do not fit the blank because : Option d - Definition of gender bias is
Option a - this sentence provides information on unnecessary in the passage.
Wayanad which is not even the desired topic or
context. 5) Answer: C
Option b - The passage tells about the research The sentences that precede and succeed the
foundation with M.S.Swaminathan’s name but blank are talking about the exchange of 2000
the main content here is the temple and its rupees notes before the deadline.So,the
model. sentence that fits the blank should also revolve
Option d - only one grama panchayat has been around the same idea.The only sentence related
mentioned in the paragraph, ‘these’ do not fit the to the exchange is Option c. Hence, this would
given context. be the right pick.
4) Answer: B Other options do not fit the blank because :
The paragraph’s introductory sentence is about Option a - Does not talk about exchange instead
Google's tribute to the Indian biochemist and about the RBI branches.
scientist Kamala Sohonie. Out of the four given Option b - It is still a legal tender but RBI ordered
options ‘b’ would be the relevant sentence to the banks not to issue the notes further - this has
context of the passage as it gives more been discussed in the first few sentences and
information on the tribute that Google gave the the topic has switched to exchange of notes
Biochemist celebrating her 112th birth before the given deadline, this sentence will not
anniversary. be a continuity.
Other given options do not fit the blank because Option d - completely irrelevant to the context of
: the given paragraph.
Option a - The main idea of the topic is Kamala
Sohonie, her studies, her achievements and 6) Answer: B
Google’s honour for her. The given sentence ‘a’ The task is to find the wrong usage of the word
seems inappropriate as it is based on gender ‘accent’. Only sentence II is the right option as
discrimination which is not the main idea of the the other two given sentences have used the
passage. word correctly and appear to be correct and
Option c - Kamala Sohonie was a biochemist but meaningful sentences.
the passage is not about the stream Error is sentence II - Accent must be replaced
biochemistry and hence this sentence is not with ascent in this sentence.Accent - way of
relevant to the passage. pronouncing words, ascent - rising or moving
upwards.
The correct sentence : The little boy completed Sentence III has the inappropriate usage of the
his ascent to the mountain Everest and made a given word and needs correction.
Guinness world record as expected. Meaning of the word tedious -
boring/tiring/lasting for long
7) Answer: E The correct sentence would be : It was a
All the above given sentences have the right tediously long journey from Mysore to the capital
usage of the word throb. They are correct and (or) It was a tedious long journey from Mysore
meaningful as well so we go for option e as the to the capital.
answer.
Throb - strong regular movements, to beat 11) Answer: C
strongly B-D is the right option that fits both the blanks
with respective words. Make-up and straight are
8) Answer: E the correct words.
All the three sentences I, II and III are correct Make-up - contribute to
and have used the given word appropriately. Seventh straight month - continuously for the 7th
Hallucinate - to imagine things which are not real month
and true Other words don’t fit because :
First blank
9) Answer: D Grow over a quarter of India’s goods export -
Only sentence III is wrong as it has used a quarter of India’s goods export means ‘¼ th of’ -
wrong word instead of dampen. engineering good grow over a 1/4th of India’s
Dampen - to make something dull, uninteresting, goods export has no logical meaning in it
wet Got over - means finished/empty - hence does
Dump - to put down something not fit the blank
Sentence III is wrong because dampen is a Second blank
wrong form of usage in the given sentence. Seventh cross month - no meaning
Instead replace dampen with dampened(past Seventh time month - redundancy (it should
tense) either be seventh time or seventh month)
The corrected sentence would be : . All the The sentence : Engineering goods that make up
clothes were dampened due to the rain before over a quarter of India’s goods export basket
they could be sun dried. contracted for the 11th month in a row, while the
employment-intensive textiles sector shrank for
10) Answer: B the seventh straight month.
The given options are the same words but in disbursed at the earliest and in any case not
different forms. Highlighting and exceeding the stipulated timeline.
struggling(gerunds) make the sentence correct
and meaningful. 17) Answer: A
Highlight does not fit the blank. A and D needs swapping and the word showned
Highlighted fits only if there is a conjunction ‘and’ is wrong and must be replaced with shown.
‘Struggled’ and ‘struggles’ both are wrong forms Validated and conducted must be swapped to
of usage. make the sentence meaningful and correct.
The sentence : In 2017, the Supreme Court of No word such a ‘showned’ as shown itself
India recognised privacy as a fundamental right, represents a past tense.
highlighting the need to protect personal Other given options are not right as the
information but the country is still struggling to suggested swaps and replacement of words are
frame a personal data protection policy. not correct.
The correct sentence : Studies conducted by
16) Answer: D researchers at the University of Virginia School
The sentence needs swapping of the two words of Medicine, U.S., and Uppsala University,
A and C and also replacement of the word ‘D’ Sweden, together have shown that Loss of
In a circular to CEOs - circular is an official chromosomes(LoY) in humans occurs with age
information that will be circulated. and is associated with several debilitating
Claim on account payments, circular payments medical conditions, a finding that has been
are not meaningful and hence require a swap. validated in mice with LoY, resulting in weak
In any case not within the stipulated time - it is heart muscles , stretched or thickened heart
wrong according to the context so replace it with tissue and heart failure.
the word ‘exceeding’.
Other given options contain no proper swapping 18) Answer: E
and replacement choices. All the words are already in the right places and
The correct sentence : In a circular to CEOs of do not require swapping but the word ‘throw’ is
all general insurance coThe correct sentence inappropriate to the context of the sentence, it
:mpanies, and standalone health insurance must be replaced with ‘through’.
companies, the Insurance Regulatory and The correct sentence : The decision to confer
Development Authority of India (IRDAI) said it the award on Gita Press was taken by a jury
needs to be ensured that all claims are surveyed headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after
immediately and claim on account payments are due deliberations on Sunday in recognition of the