Re-entry occurs when a person leaves his or her social system for a period of time and then returns. Which of the situations described below best describes re-entry? 

A. When he is offered a better paying position, Ram leaves the restaurant he manages to manage a new restaurant on the other side of the town. 

B. Sheela is spending her first year of college studying abroad in London. 

C. Mohan is readjusting to civilian life after five years of service in Indian Army as an officer. 

D. After several miserable months, Neeta decides that she can no longer share an apartment with her room-mate Mita.

Choose the correct replacement for the underlined part of the following sentence. 

An analysis of objects found in the cities of Indus valley civilization show that even some people owned gold and silver ornaments. 

A. show that some people owned gold and silver ornaments 

B. show that some people owned even gold and silver ornaments 

C. shows that even some people owned gold and silver ornaments 

D. shows that some people owned even gold and silver ornaments 

Meaning of the proverb “All roads lead to Rome” is 

A. People with similar interests and tastes tend to group. 

B. People can arrive at the same conclusion by different means. 

C. Family ties are stronger than other relationships. 

D. All evil will be finished in the end. 

Great people are indifferent ______ pain and pleasure. 

A. to 

B. in 

C. for 

D. about. 

Someone who is new to a field or activity is called 

A. kook 

B. tyro 

C. cretin 

D. ignorant. 

Answer the Questions 1 – 3 based on the comparative bar chart of the production of rice in four states in five successive years, given below. The data for 2016 are projected.

1. In which of the following states did the production of rice increase every year? 

A. West Bengal 

B. Andhra Pradesh 

C. Karnataka 

D. Kerala. 

2. By what percentage was the production of rice in Kerala in 2015 less than the production of rice in West Bengal in 2014? 

A. 16.67% 

B. 0% 

C. 20% 

D. 40%. 

3. What is the difference between the average production of rice in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka over the period? 

A. 34 lakh MT 

B. 24 lakh MT 

C. 14 lakh MT 

D. 4 lakh MT

A big part of the population in urban cities is suffering from stress ____ by overwork. 

A. brought 

B. brought on 

C. brought around 

D. brought for. 

Select the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. 

P: They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the roads. 

Q: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories. 

R: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young and scantily clad labours. 

S: The locality is almost a slum and stinks most of the time. 

The proper sequence should be 

A. QSRP 

B. SQRP 

C. SRPQ 

D. SQPR

Study the following graph of monthly exports and imports (in Rs. million) in a particular year, given below, and note the information given in it to answer the Questions 1 to 4.

1. The maximum per cent fall in exports compared to the previous month was exhibited in the month of 

A. May 

B. June 

C. July 

D. September

2. In how many months was there a fall in exports, but a rise in imports compared to the previous month? 

A. 1 

B. 2 

C. 3 

D. 4

3. Trade balance for the whole period shown in the graph (in Rs. million) was approximately. 

A. 15

B. -10

C. -25

D. 10

4. The highest import was about —– times the lowest import. 

A. 3.1

B. 1.1

C. 5.1

D. 7.1

5. In which of the following months was the largest deficit exhibited? 

A. March 

B. July 

C. August 

D. November

The period of 400 AD to 1600 AD is considered as classical period of Indian Mathematics, though it emerged in the Indian subcontinent from 1200 BC. The decimal number system and the concept of zero as a number was first recorded in Indian mathematics. Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of arithmetic, algebra, and trigonometry. In addition, the modern definitions of sine and cosine were developed here. Ancient and medieval Indian mathematical works, all composed in Sanskrit, usually consisted of a section of sutras in which a set of rules or problems were stated with great economy in verse in order to aid memorization by a student. This was followed by a second section consisting of a prose commentary (sometimes multiple commentaries by different scholars) that explained the problem in more detail and provided justification for the solution. In the prose section, the form was not considered as important as the ideas involved.

Excavations at Harappa, Mohenjo-daro and other sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation have uncovered evidence of the use of practical mathematics. They used a standardised system of weights based on the ratios: 1/20, 1/10, 1/5, 1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500, with the unit weight equalling approximately 28 grams, approximately equal to the English ounce or Greek uncia. They mass-produced weights in regular geometrical shapes, which included hexahedra, barrels, cones, and cylinders, thereby demonstrating knowledge of basic geometry. The inhabitants of Indus civilisation also tried to standardise measurement of length to a high degree of accuracy. They designed a ruler called as the Mohenjo-daro ruler, whose unit of length (approximately 1.32 inches or 3.4 centimetres) was divided into ten equal parts. Bricks manufactured in ancient Mohenjodaro often had dimensions that were integral multiples of this unit of length.

I. The decimal number system was first used by the mathematicians based in 

i. Greece 

ii. Indian subcontinent 

iii. England 

iv. elsewhere.

II. In ancient and medieval Indian mathematics, 

i. a formula was written in the form of Sanskrit verses 

ii. a formula was explained as prose 

iii. both i and ii 

iv. neither of i and ii.

III. People of Indus Valley Civilisation 

i. were good at using basic geometry 

ii. developed the system of units for measuring mass and length 

iii. both i and ii 

iv. neither of i and ii.

The correct answers to I, II and III are: 

A. ii, iv and iv, respectively 

B. iv, i and ii, respectively 

C. i, ii and iii, respectively 

D. ii, iii and iii, respectively.