Pick the odd one out:
(a) Southampton
(b) Stirling
(c) Bristol
(d) Birmingham
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Ferrari
(b) McLaren
(c) Honda
(d) Mercedes
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Sir Gawain
(b) Sir Galahad
(c) Sir Gareth
(d) Sir Will
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Sloth
(b) Pride
(c) Cowardice
(d) Gluttony
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Nine ladies dancing
(b) Seven swans a-swimming
(c) Ten lads a-leaping
(d) Two turtledoves
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Happy
(b) Grumpy
(c) Dozey
(d) Bashful
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Mezzo
(b) Fortissimo
(c) Troppo
(d) Lardo
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Michael Faraday
(b) Aristophanes
(c) Pythagoras
(d) Albert Einstein
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Femur
(b) Luna
(c) Patella
(d) Clavicle
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Venus
(b) Aphrodite
(c) Mercury
(d) Bacchus
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Exosphere
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Eagle
(b) Owl
(c) Bat
(d) Penguin
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Bear
(b) Lion
(c) Cat
(d) Tiger
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Human
(b) Dolphin
(c) Shark
(d) Whale
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Angry
(b) Happy
(c) Violence
(d) Jealous
(e) None of these
Pick the odd one out:
(a) War
(b) Flood
(c) Plague
(d) Drought
(e) None of these
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Classification
Introduction: Everything in this universe is different; however, it is identical with some other things in various respects. 'Classification' is the act or process of putting people or things into a group or class. Here we present a few examples of Odd One Out, where you need to classify the objects and select the correct answer. The object of Odd One Out is to guess which one of four items does not belong and why it doesn't belong.
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Lemon
(b) Orange
(c) Apple
(d) Potato
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Chair
(b) Bed
(c) Rug
(d) Table
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Doctor
(b) Nurse
(c) Blood Donor
(d) Optician
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Jacket
(b) Sweater
(c) Vest
(d) Skirt
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Institute
(b) University
(c) School
(d) College
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) School
(b) Garden
(c) Books
(d) Library
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Snake
(b) Lizard
(c) Turtle
(d) Whale
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Cataract
(b) Conjunctivitis
(c) Diphtheria
(d) Myopia
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Spinach
(b) Cabbage
(c) Pineapple
(d) Peas
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Decrease
(b) Reduce
(c) Shorter
(d) Enhance
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Coat
(b) Scarf
(c) Gloves
(d) Shorts (e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Trousers
(b) Shirt
(c) Shawl
(d) Jeans
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pick the odd one out:
(a) Pen
(b) Paper more... 
Passage - 1
A slumber did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears;
She seem'd a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.
Read the stanza carefully and tick the correct answers:
What is meant by term 'spirit seal' in the stanza?
(a) Sealing of spirit
(b) Finishing of strength
(c) Ceasing of mind and feeling
(d) Ending of hope
(e) None of these
The poet used the word 'slumber' to mean
(a) Sleep
(b) Rest
(c) Siesta
(d) Nap
(e) None of these
In the line 'She seemed a thing that could not feel', 'she' refers to_______.
(a) Spirit
(b) Hope
(c) Fear
(d) Sleep
(e) None of these
The stanza reflects a sense of_______.
(a) Disappointment
(b) Frustration
(c) Discontentment
(d) Exasperation
(e) None of these
Passage - 2
Beauty sat bathing by a spring
Where fairest shades did hide her;
The winds blew calm, the birds did sing,
The cool streams ran beside her.
Read the stanza carefully and tick the correct answers:
In the stanza, the poet describes the beauty of_______.
(a) Spring
(b) Nature
(c) Winds
(d) Streams
(e) None of these
According to the poet,..................... sat bathing by the spring.
(a) Winds
(b) Streams
(c) Shades
(d) Beauty
(e) None of these
The usage of 'her' by the poet indicates________.
(a) Herself
(b) Birds
(c) Spring
(d) Beauty
(e) None of these
From the stanza it could be ascertained that the poet is a_______.
(a) Admirer of nature
(b) Believer of natural beauty
(c) Enthusiast of nature and beautiful attributes
(d) Lover of spring season
(e) None of these
Passage - 3
No nightingale did ever chant More welcome notes to weary bands Of travelers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands
Read the stanza carefully and tick the correct answers:
The poet hints about the travellers requiring________.
(a) Desert
(b) Sands
(c) Shady haunt
(d) Weary bands
(e) None of these
Nightingale is a________.
(a) Beautiful bird
(b) Wise bird
(c) Talking bird
(d) Singing bird
(e) None of these
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Comprehension Based on Stanzas
Passage - 1
Oft in my waking dreams do I
Live o'er again that happy hour,
When midway on the mount I lay.
Beside the ruin'd tower.
Read the stanza carefully and tick the correct answers:
In the stanza, the poet says about_________.
(a) The memory of his dreams
(b) His remembrance of happy hour
(c) Dreams which he sees in dawn
(d) Feelings of happy hour while in dream
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: (c)
The first line of the stanza states about 'waking dreams', which means the dream seen during early morning. The term 'dawn' means 'early morning'; hence the correct option is (c).
The poet says to have taken rest on the way near.
(a) Midway
(b) Mount
(c) Tower
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: (c)
The last line of the stanza states 'Beside the ruined tower' which states the correct answer.
'Happy hour' as used by the poet means_______.
(a) Good times full of delight
(b) Time of enjoyment,
(c) Period of joy and happiness
(d) When the time is favorable and pleasurable
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: (a)
The correct option will be 'Good times full of delight'. The poet asks himself if he could again cherish those happy moments which he had experienced during his dreams seen during early morning.
The point at which the poet lies down on the way to the mount -
(a) While waking up
(b) During happy hour
(c) Beside the ruin'd tower
(d) When he reaches midway
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation:(d)
As it is mentioned in the question 'point' the correct option will be option (d), because midway is a point between two places.
Passage - 2
I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade; The night that followed such a morn Had worn a deeper shade Read the stanza carefully and tick the correct answers:
The mood of the poet through the stanza reflects________.
(a) Lamentation
(b) Melancholy
(c) Complexities
(d) Skeptical
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: (d)
'Skeptical' means cynical, doubtful, etc. Hence, the mood of the poet in the stanza reflects a tone of confusion and doubt. Therefore, the correct option will more... 
Passage - 1
For the first time laser light was created by scientists, using living biological material; a single human cell and some jellyfish protein. Seok-Hyun Yun, an optical physicist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston created the living laser with his colleague Malte Gather. This was the first time that biological materials were used to build a laser and generate light from something living. Building a laser requires two things:
(i) A lasing material that amplifies light from an external source (a gain medium) and
(ii) An arrangement of mirrors (an optical cavity), which concentrates and aligns the light waves into a tight beam. Before the creation of living laser, the gain medium has only been made from non-biological substances, such as doped crystals, semiconductors or gases. But in living laser, the researchers used enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP).
GFP makes jellyfish bioluminescent, which is used extensively in cell biology to label cells. Seok-Hyun Yun and his team engineered human embryonic kidney cells to produce GFP, then placed a single cell between two mirrors to make an optical cavity just 20 micrometres across. When they fed the cell pulses of blue light, it emitted a directional laser beam visible with the naked eye and the cell was not harmed. The width of the laser beam is tiny and fairly weak. It is brighter than natural jellyfish fluorescence, with a beautiful green colour.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
The chief importance in making the laser light was-
(a) It was made by using living biological material
(b) It was made of single human cell and jellyfish protein
(c) It was for the first time that biological materials were used
(d) It could generate light from something living
(e) None of these
In making the living laser, the scientists used -
(a) Improved green fluorescent protein
(b) Non-biological substance
(c) Doped crystals, semiconductors and gases
(d) Single human cell and jelly fish protein
(e) None of these
The passage provides information about________.
(a) Discovery of laser light with biological materials
(b) Invention of laser light with biological materials
(c) Laser light made from non-biological substances
(d) Use of enhanced green fluorescent protein for laser light
(e) None of these
The scientists found the width of the laser beam________.
(a) Tiny and weak
(b) Strong and hard
(c) Soft and delicate
(d) Minuscule and flimsy
(e) None of these
Passage - 2
Corruption is an epidemic that has dogged the Indian thinkers since Independence. Rajiv Gandhi's candid admission of the rot in more... 
Comprehension Based on Current Affairs
Passage - 1
With the anticipated end of the country's isolation from global commerce in the nuclear field, India-Russia nuclear partnership will enter a new phase, National Security Adviser (NSA) M.K. Narayanan told his Russian interlocutors in Moscow. Mr. Narayanan is discussing security, defense and regional security issues with Russian officials. He said the reopening of nuclear collaboration would not only mean expanding the relationship in constructing the nuclear plant at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu but also collaboration in new projects, according to Andrei Orlov, chief of PIR Centre (Centre for Policy Studies), a quasi- government think-tank backed by influential persons in the decision-making process. In addition, India indicated that cooperation would be extended to other strategic fields such as space. The NSA also indicated that the clouds over the India-U.S. deal had almost lifted despite misgivings in some Indian political circles. Outlining the Russian position, Dr. Orlov described the deal as a 'rare bird' in the U.S.-Russian relations as both the countries seemed to be supporting India in its bid to break out of nuclear seclusion. The agreement is following the mainstream of world security rules and would preserve stability and peace in the world. India plays a unique role in the world order and that's why Russia feels it should not be compared with Pakistan and Israel, the two countries along with India, which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
The India-Russia nuclear joint venture will usher_______.
(a) A new era in nuclear collaboration
(b) Collaboration in new projects
(c) Expanding the long-term relationship
(d) Constructing a nuclear plant
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation: (b)
The sentence 'He said the reopening of nuclear collaboration would not only mean expanding the relationship.....' in the paragraph hints the answer to the question.
Development of partnership will also extend in the field of________.
(a) Science
(b) Space
(c) Security
(d) De fence
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation: (b)
The answer to the question can be retrieved from the sentence 'in addition, India indicated that cooperation would be extended to other strategic fields such as space' in the passage.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has not been signed by_________.
(a) Russia
(b) The United States
(c) Israel
(d) China
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: (c)
The line 'lndia plays a unique role in the world order and that's why Russia feels it should ....' 'in the passage hints the answer to the question.
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Passage - 1
Mini was twelve years old and a spastic. A spastic is a person who has no control over his hands and legs from birth. Mini could not walk, or button up her shirt, but she could crawl and had learnt to use her hand to brush her teeth and use a spoon to eat. She could also mean oeuvre her wheelchair. She went to a special school where she was taught exercises and underwent speech therapy, as well as learnt the usual subjects like other children. But Mini had no friends. Ever since they had come to this house six months ago, Mini had no one to play with. All the neighborhood children seemed to be busy with their own games and schools, and they had never become friendly with Mini. It was Mini's routine to watch the children at play. Big drops of rain started falling. But the children went on with their game. The big red ball bounced up and down. Suddenly, there was another ball among the children. A brown one. The girls started screaming, and the boys shouted at the top of their voices. A boy bent down to touch the ball, when it suddenly flapped its wings and flew up. Before Mini knew what was happening, the new ball had flown into her balcony and landed on her lap. It took a moment before Mini recovered from her shock. She saw that the thing in her lap was not a ball at all, but a bird it was sitting in her lap, all huddled up in fright. It suddenly started raining heavily.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
Although Mini was a spastic but she could_______.
(a) Button up her shirt
(b) Not brush her teeth
(c) Use a spoon to eat
(d) Not walk
(e) None of these
The passage intends to make us understand that_________.
(a) People with disabilities can do many things in life
(b) Disable people can do simple activities in life
(c) People who need special care are not capable of doing different activities in life
(d) Some people can learn to do different things although they are disable
(e) None of these
The ball that landed on the lap of Mini made her acknowledge that________.
(a) She could not play with other children
(b) It was so happy a moment to play with other children
(c) The ball flapped its wings and flew up
(d) It was not a ball actually but a bird
(e) None of these
Mini had a routine activity to________.
(a) Play with the ball
(b) Go to a special more... 
Comprehension Based on Stories
Passage - 1
About three o'clock in the morning, Jane, one of the servants awoke us. She had seen a great fire from her window. I looked. The fire was not that far away, but I saw no threat to us and returned to bed. I rose at seven. The fire appeared smaller and farther away. Jane said she had heard that over 400 houses had been destroyed during the night, and the fire was still raging near London Bridge. Curious, I went to have a look. From a high point near the Tower of London, I could see a huge fire raging on both sides of the bridge. We had friends who lived in that area. Worried, I approached the bridge. An intense fire was raging out of control. People were desperately trying to save their belongings, loading them in boats or flinging them into the river. Some stayed in their homes until the fire nearly touched them before making their escape. A high wind was driving the fire deeper into the city. Seeing no attempt to put it out, I sped to the King's castle. After telling what I had seen, I was ushered before his Majesty. At my suggestion, the King commanded that houses in the immediate path of the fire be torn down. In this way, we hoped to control its spread. I left to take the King's message to the Mayor. To the King's message, the Mayor replied, "What can I do? People will not obey me. I have been pulling houses down, but the fire moves faster than we do."
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
The author returned to bed after having looked at the fire:
(a) Which was away from the place
(b) There was no risk of fire
(c) The fire was not too much faraway
(d) The fire showed not threat
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: (d)
The sentence 'The fire was not that far away, but I saw no threat to us and returned to bed' hints answer to the question.
The intensity of the fire could be estimated that:
(a) It was out of control
(b) It came under control soon
(c) It was intense and killed several people
(d) It was being carried away by high wind
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: (a)
The sentence in the passage 'An intense fire was raging out of control' provides answer to the question.
When the King was informed about the fire _________ .
(a) He ordered that the houses be shifted away from the path more... 
Passage - 1
One of the largest mangrove forests in the world and a unique tiger habitat, the Sunder bans in West Bengal is facing a serious threat to its ecosystem from poaching and felling of trees. The Sunder bans is situated at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, the largest in the world. Known for its biodiversity, the region has been identified as a World Heritage Site. Although forest officials deny that any felling of trees has been going on, the increase in the region's population has led to the exploitation of the Sunder bans. Most people in the region are poor and depend on the forest for livelihood and, more specifically, their firewood needs. The blame does not lie with the poor local residents alone. There is a major racket being run in the Sunder bans by timber merchants, who bribe forest officers and workers and get a freehand in collecting as much timber as they wish. The Sunder tree, a variety of mangrove from which the Sunder bans got its name, is fast vanishing from the region as it has become one of the prime targets of the timber merchants. Another problem threatening the mangrove ecology of Sunder bans, is the collection of tiger prawn seeds. The Sunder bans has a mono-crop agricultural pattern, which means that the people of the region have no other sources of income. Thus, burdened by poverty, over two lakh people have turned to collecting tiger prawn seeds, using nylon nets, which are dragged along the river banks. In the process, apart from destroying mangrove seedlings and eliminating the possibility of a regeneration of mangroves along the river banks, at least 74 species of fish are also destroyed. The increased exploitation of the forest is directly related to the decrease in the tiger population in the Sunder bans.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
Which of the following sentence is not true about Sunder bans?
(a) It is one of the largest mangrove forests in the world
(b) It is situated at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal
(c) It got its name from the Sundari tree
(d) It was the largest delta in the world
(e) None of these
The people of the region of Sunder bans are poor. Their dependence on the forest is mainly for:
(a) Livelihood
(b) Firewood
(c) Sundari tree
(d) Mono-crop agriculture
(e) None of these
The racket relating to exploitation of trees in Sunder bans mainly rests with:
(a) People of the region
(b) Poor local residents
(c) Timber merchants
(d) Forest officers
(e) None of these
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Comprehension
Introduction: Comprehension is an important segment that tests the ability of an individual to understand the language, his knowledge of words and how nicely can an examinee understand the given passage. This part is in fact very easy but many fail to fix it since they fail to follow the rules defined to approach it.
Comprehension Based on General Topics
Passage - 1
Even as the debate over global warming and other climate change issues continues, and analyses has shown that floods and other weather-related disasters have been soaring during the past decade across the world. While the number of earthquakes, volcanoes and other geophysical disasters remained quite the same over the last 10 years, there was an increase in floods and other weather-related disasters.
The loss of life and property due to weather-related disasters has also been on the increase in recent years. Though earthquakes proved to be the deadliest disasters, with much of it attributed to the killer-quake in Gujarat on January 26, over the 1990, floods, windstorms, drought, famine and other hydro- meteorological hazards were responsible for as much as 71 per cent of all lives lost due to disasters.
Disasters cannot remain within the area of disaster managers alone. Development experts must play a bigger role in disaster management and risk reduction. Climate change associated with global warming could give all sorts of disease-causing organisms the chance they need to cause harm to plant and animal species-including humans. For example, mosquito-borne infections, like malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and certain tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis, appear to be spreading, possibly due to milder winters.
Read the passage carefully and tick the correct answers:
Analysis shows that the debate over global warming has failed to:
(a) Control disasters related to weather
(b) Control disaster related to nature
(c) Control geophysical disasters
(d) Control floods, earthquakes and volcanoes
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: (a)
The first line in the passage 'Even as the debate over global warming and other climate change issues continues, and analyses has shown that floods and other weather-related disasters have been...' hints answer to the question.
Of all the disasters recorded in the last to last decade, the disaster made by_____________. is severe.
(a) Flood
(b) Volcano
(c) Weather
(d) Earthquake
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: (d)
The sentence in the passage 'Though earthquakes proved to be the deadliest disasters, with .....' clearly gives answer to the question.
The role of controlling disaster lies with:
(a) Disaster managers
(b) Disaster management
(c) Development experts more... 
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