Current Affairs 3rd Class

      Passage - 2   Read the passage carefully and answer the following question: India is a land of rivers and mountains. There are many rivers in India. The Ganga is one of them. The Ganga arises from the mighty Himalayas and ends into the Bay of Bengal. She is one of the longest rivers of India. Many big and small cities are situated on the banks of this river. The water of Ganga is considered holy by many. It is used for irrigation and also as a means of transportation. Boats and ships move in river Ganga.               The passage is about which river? (A) Gomti                                                            (B) Son (C) Kosi                                                                 (D) Ganga (E) Narmada     Answer: (D) Explanation: This passage is about the river Ganga. Therefore, option (D) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.         From which one of the following mountains the Ganga has arisen? (A) Himalayas                                                    (B) Aravali (C) Mount Abu                                                  (D) Kanchenjunga (E) Kilimanjaro     Answer: (A) Explanation: The origin of river Ganga is in Himalayas. Therefore, option (A) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.         Where does the river Ganga end? (A) Bay of Bengal                                             (B) Assam (C) Bihar                                                               (D) Sikkim (E) Tripura     Answer: (A) Explanation: The Ganga ends in Bay of Bengal. Therefore, option (A) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.         The water of which river is considered holy? (A) Kosi                                                                                (B) Yamuna (C) Gandak                                                         (D) Mahanadi (E) Ganga     Answer: (E) Explanation: The water of Ganga is considered holy by many. Therefore, option (E) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

     Passage - 1   Read the passage carefully and answer the following question: The Taj Mahal was built by one of the greatest Mughal emperor Shahjahan in the memory of his queen Mumtaz. The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful monuments in the world. It is made of white marbles. It looks very beautiful and wonderful if seen in the full moon night. It took almost twenty two years to complete the making of the Taj Mahal. About twenty thousand men worked to complete this building. The Taj Mahal is a great gift of love from a husband to his wife.           Who built the Taj Mahal : (A) Shahjahan                                                   (B) Akbar (C) Jehangir                                                        (D) Aurangzeb (E) Ashoka     Answer: (A) Explanation : Shahjahan built the Taj Mahal. Therefore, option (A) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.           In whose memory the Taj Mahal was built? (A) Padma                                                           (B) Jodha Bai (C) Fatema                                                          (D) Rani Roop Kumari (E) Mumtaz     Answer: (E) Explanation: The TajMahal was built in the memory of Mumtaz. Therefore, option (E) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.         What kind of marble was used in the making of the Taj Mahal ? (A) Green marble                                            (B) Black marble (C) Red marble                                                  (D) White marble (E) Yellow marble                 Answer: (d) Explanation: White marble was used in the making of the Taj Mahal. Therefore, option (D) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.         How much time was taken to complete the Taj Mahal? (A) 21 years                                                        (B) 20 years (C) 22 years                                                        (D) 18 years (E) 17 years     Answer: (c) Explanation: 22 years was taken to complete the Taj Mahal. Therefore, option (C) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

     Introduction   Comprehension means 'Understanding'. In comprehension, you are given a passage and few questions to answer from that passage.         Answering questions to a given passage depends on the following abilities of a student: (i) How good you are in understanding the meaning of the entire passage; (ii) How good you are in finding the answers in the passage; (iii) How good you are in writing error free.         Points to keep in mind while doing comprehension

• Read the given paragraph carefully and underline important points,
• Read the questions one by one and try to find the answers in the passage.
• Write answers in your own words.
• Do not add unnecessary and extra information.

     Clip Art     Clip Art is a collection of readymade graphic images. These are available from many sources and range from simple symbols to elaborate drawings. By using Paint Brush you can create your own clipart images which can be used later.              To insert a Clip Art into your drawing perform the following steps:

• Click Edit menu.
• Select the Paste From option in the Edit menu.
• Click the name of the graphic you want from the list of Clip Art.
• Select OK. (The Clip Art appears in the top left corner of the screen).
• Move the pointer onto the Clip Art.
• Click and drag it to the position you want on the screen.
• To fix the Clip Art, click the left mouse button outside the selected Clip (A) border. 

       Fill in the Blanks: 1. _________ is a collection of readymade graphic images. 2. Clip art is available from many ____ and ___ from simple symbols to elaborate drawings. 3. The clip art appears in the ____corner of the screen. (A) Word art, source, range, bottom       (B) Clip art, source, range, below right (C) Clip art, source, range, top left            (D) Word art, resource, level, top right (E) Word art, clipart, level, top left     Answer: (C) Explanation Correct Option: (C) Options given in (C) are correct. Incorrect Options: (A) Options given in (A) are incorrect. (B) Options given in (B) are incorrect. (D) Options given in (D) are incorrect. (E) Options given in (E) are incorrect.             You can insert clipart in your picture. Given below are the steps to insert clipart in your picture. Steps are given in jumbled form. Arrange the steps correctly. 1. Move the pointer onto the ClipArt. 2. Click the name of the graphic you want from the list of ClipArt. 3. Select the Paste From option in the Edit menu. 4. Click Edit menu. 5. Select OK. 6. Click and drag it to the position you want on the screen. 7. To fix the ClipArt, click the left mouse button outside the selected ClipArt border. (A) 5321467 (B) 4321516 (C) 123456 more...

   Use of More   Tools In addition to the tools used till now, Paint Brush offers some more tools and facilities which will improve the appearance of your drawing. Let us discuss then.         Colour Pencil Use the Pencil tool to draw thin, free form lines or curves. The pencil is always set at a width of one pixel that is you cannot change the thickness of the drawing using the pencil.          Steps:

• Click Pencil.
• Clicka a colour in the Colour box.  
• Drag the.pointer in the picture to draw. To draw using the background colour, right-click while you drag the pointer.  

       Filling an Area or Object with Colour Use the Fill with Colour tool to fill the entire picture or an enclosed shape with colour.          Steps:

• Click Fill With Colour.                  
• Click a colour in the Colour box.
• Click inside the area or object you want to fill.
• To remove the colour and replace it with the background colour, right-click the area where you want to remove the colour. The default background and foreground colours appear at the left in the colour box. You can fill with the foreground colour by clicking or you can fill with the background colour by right-clicking.  

     Creating an Airbrush Effect Use the Airbrush tool to create an airbrush effect in the picture.        Steps:

• Click Airbrush.                        
• Click a spray pattern just below the toolbar.
• Click a colour in the Colour box.
• Drag the pointer to paint.
• To paint using the background colour, right-click while you drag the pointer.  

     Painting with a Brush Use the Brush tool to paint thick or shaped free form lines and curves.        Steps:

• Click Brush.
• Click a shape just below the toolbar.
• Click a colour in the Colour box.
• Drag the pointer to paint. To paint using the background colour, right-click while you drag the pointer.  

     Drawing Curves You can use the Curve tool to draw a smooth, curved line.        The following are the steps:

• Click Curve.
• Click a line width in the options box just below the toolbar.
• Click a colour in the Colour box.
• Drag more...

    The Colour Palette     The colour palette can be seen under the main window of the Paint Brush application. The two squares set apart from the rest at the left end of the palette show the active colours, i.e. those which are presently in use. When you click on a colour in the palette with the left mouse button, the colour will be the primary or foreground colour (shown as pink in the example above). The colour you click on with the right mouse button will be the secondary or background colour.              Fill in the blanks:                                                        1. The colour palette can be seen _______ the main window of the Paint Brush application.                                                    2. Apart from different palette on the colour palette, the_______ set of palette show the active colours.                                        3. ________ tool is used for colouring.                                 (A) Above, Three rectangle, Tool box     (B) Under, Two square. Colour palette                                  (C) Left, Two rectangle, Colour box          (D) Right, Two circle, Colour palette                                       (E) Under, Two rectangle, Colour bar                                           Answer: (B)                                         Explanation Correct Option: (B) Options given in (B) are correct. Incorrect Options: (A) Options given in (A) are incorrect. Therefore, option (A) is incorrect. (C) Options given in (C) are incorrect. Therefore, option (C) is incorrect. (D) Options given in (D) are incorrect. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect. (E) Options given in (E) are incorrect. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect.          Given below are the statements about colour palette. Read the statement and select the correct one. 1. In the colour palette, primary colour is also called background colour. 2. When you click on a colour in the palette with the left mouse button, the colour will be the foreground colour. 3. Foreground colour is also known as secondary colour. 4.  The colour you click on with the right mouse button will be the background colour. (A) 1and 3                                                           (B) 1 and 4 (C) 2 and 4                                                           (D) 1, 2 and 3 (E) All of these     Answer: (C) Explanation Correct Option: (C) Statements 2 and 4 are correct about colour palette. Incorrect Options: (A) Statements 1 and 3 are incorrect. Therefore, option (A) is incorrect. (B) Statement 1 is incorrect where as statement 4 is correct. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect. (D) Statements 1 and 3 are incorrect but statement 2 is correnct. Therefore option (D) is incorrect option (D) is incorrect.   (E) AII the given statements are not correct. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect  

  Printing     A copy of your drawing can be printed, either as a full image or as a section of the image. (See Figure 3.9.13)             To print an image performs the following steps:  

• Select the Print option from the File menu.
• The Print dialog box appears. Select the options you want (such as the number of copies and whole or partial image) and then select OK.

  The image will be printed automatically if your printer is switched on and connected to the computer                                                                        Few statements are given below about printing. Read the statements and identify the correct one. 1. After making a picture, you cannot see the print preview. 2. On the standard bar print option is present; 3. The shortcut key for print is Alt + P. 4.  4. In the file menu, print option is present. (A) 1 and 2                                                          (B) 2 and 4 (C) 1 and 3                                                           (D) All of these (E) None of these     Answer: (B) Explanation Correct Option: (B) Statements 2 and 4 are correct about printing a file. Incorrect Options: (A) Statement 1 is incorrect whereas statement 2 is correct Therefore; option (A) is incorrect. (C) Statements 1 and 3 are incorrect. Therefore, option (C) is incorrect. (D) All the given statements are not correct. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect. (E) All the given statements are not incorrect. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect.        After drawing a greeting card Clive wants to take a printout of it. Which of the following steps he should take to get a printout? (A) Click File menu  Select print Click OK (B) Select the picture  Press Ctrl  Click OK (C) Select the picture  Click print icon on Standard bar Click OK (D) All of these (E) None of these   Answer: (d) Explanation Correct Option: (D) All the given steps are correct. Clive can follow any of the given steps to get a printout. Incorrect Options: (A) Not only Option (A) is correct but all the given options are correct Therefore, you cannot consider only option (A) as a correct option. (B) Not only Option (B) is correct but all the given options are correct Therefore, you cannot consider only option (B) as a correct option. (C) Not only Option (C) is correct but all the given more...

     Saving a Drawing     You must save your picture frequently to ensure that you do not accidentally lose your work. To do that, on the File menu, click Save. This saves all of the changes you made to the picture since the last time you saved. The very first time that you save a new picture, you need to give your picture a file name.              The steps are the following:

• On the File menu, click Save.
• In the Save as type box, select the file format you want,
• In the File name box, type a name.
• Click Save.  

           Given below are the statements about saving a drawing. Select the correct statement. 1. One must save his/her picture frequently to ensure that s/he does not accidentally lose his/her work. 2. You cannot save the file more than twice. 3.  The shortcut key for saving a file is Ctrl + S. 4. On the Standard bar save icon is present. (A) 1 and 3                                          (B) 2 and 3 (C) 1, 2 and 3                                      (D) 1, 3 and 4 (E) All of these     Answer: (D) Explanation Correct Option: (D) Statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct about saving a file. Incorrect Options: (A) Not only statements 1 and 3 are correct but statement 4 is also correct. Therefore, option (A) is incorrect. (B) Statement 2 is incorrect whereas statement 3 is correct. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect. (C) Statements 1 and 3 are correct but statement 2 is incorrect. Therefore, option (C) is incorrect. (E) All the given statements are not correct. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect.          While saving a new picture first time, you need to give your picture a file name. The steps are given below in a jumbled way. Arrange them correctly. 1. In the File name box, type a name. 2. In the Save as type box, select the file format you want. 3. Click Save. 4. On the File menu, click Save. (A) 4321                     (b) 2314 (c)  421 3                      (d) 3124 (E) 1234     Answer: (C) Explanation Correct Option: (C) In option (C) steps are arranged correctly. Incorrect Options: (A) In option (A) steps are arranged incorrectly. (B) In option (B) more...

     Copying Parts of a Drawing     In case you are making a drawing of a garden, you need lots of flowers in it. After taking one flower, you can create copies of it to make a large number of flowers   Steps to copy part of a drawing are the following:  

• Select the Pick tool. Move the cursor into the drawing area.
• Press and hold down the left mouse button to anchor one corner of the flexible box.
• Drag the cursor until the box encloses the area you want to define (the dotted border shows the selected area).
• Release the mouse button after enclosing the area.
• Select the Copy option from the Edit menu.
• Then select the Paste option from the Edit menu.

A copy of the selected part appears in the top left corner of the screen. You can move this part of the drawing to wherever you want by dragging See Figure 3:9.11)          Mary and John are discussing about different activities done in the paint brush. Who is correct? Mary : We can copy the same drawing multiple number of time and save our time. John : No, we can copy any drawing limited number of time. If you cross that limit, you have to draw a new picture. (A) Mary is correct                                           (B) John is correct (C) Both are partially correct                       (D) Both are correct (E) Both are incorrect   Answer: (A) Explanation Correct Option:                                                  (A) Mary is correct. Therefore, option (A) is correct. Incorrect Options: (B) John is incorrect. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect. (C) Mary is fully correct whereas john is fully incorrect. Therefore. option (C) is incorrect.   (D) Both are not correct. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect.   (E) Both are not incorrect. Therefore/option (E) is incorrect.      Given below are the steps of copying a picture. The steps are given in jumbled way. Arrange them correctly. 1.  Select the Pick tool. 2. Move the cursor into the drawing area. 3. Press and hold down the left mouse button to anchor one corner of the flexible box. 4. Drag the cursor until the box encloses the area you want to define 5. Release the mouse button after enclosing the area. 6. Select the Copy option from the Edit menu. 7. Then select the Paste option from the Edit menu (A) 7 -> 6 -> 5 -> 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1              (B) 6 -> 5 -> 4 -> 2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7 (C) 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7               (D) 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> 4 -> 1 -> 6 ->7 (E) 4 -> 3 -> 1 -> 1 -> 5 -> 6 more...

         Cutting Parts of a Drawing     Sometimes, you may decide that you do not want some parts of the drawing and those should be removed. The Pick tool defines a rectangular cutout to perform this action. Once the tool has been selected, the shape can be 'picked out' and then cut.               To cut out a regular shaped part of a drawing perform the following steps:

• Select the Pick tool.
• Move the cursor into the drawing area.
• Press and hold down the left mouse button to anchor one corner of the flexible box.
• Drag the cursor until the box encloses the area you want to define (the dotted border shows the selected area).
• Release the mouse button.
• Select the Cut option from the Edit menu. You will see that the 'picked' shape has been cut from the drawing.  

           Read the given statements and select the correct one. 1. You cannot cut the regular part of a drawing. 2. The dotted border shows the selected area for cutting. 3. Cut option is selected from Edit menu.                                (A) 1 and 2                                                          (B) 1 and 3                         (C) 2 and 3                                                           (D) All of these (E) None of these     Answer: (C) Explanation Correct Option: (C) Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Incorrect Options: (A) Statement 1 is incorrect whereas statement 2 is correct. Therefore, option (A) is incorrect Therefore. (B) Statement 1 is incorrect whereas statement 3 is correct. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect. Therefore.   (D) All the given statements are not correct. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect. (E) All the given statements are not incorrect. Therefore, option (E) is incorrect.            To cut a regular shaped part of a drawing, steps are given in jumbled way. Arrange the steps correctly. 1. Release the mouse button.                                         2. Drag the cursor until the box encloses the area you want to define.      3. Move the cursor into the drawing area.  4. Select the Pick tool. 5. Press and hold down the left mouse button to anchor one corner of the flexible box. 6. Select the Cut option from the Edit menu.   (A) 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6                       (B) 4 -> 3 -> 5 -> 1 -> 1 -> 6 (C) 5 -> 4 -> 3 -> 6 -> 2 -> 1                        (D) 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> 6 -> 4 -> 5 (E) 2 -> 1 -> 4 -> 3 -> 5 ->  6     Answer: (b) Explanation Correct Option: (B) In option (B) steps are arranged correctly. Incorrect Options: (A) In option (A) steps are arranged incorrectly. more...