Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions given below it. Indian officialdom has all but acknowledged what many suspected all along — that there is something amiss about the growth narrative. A lowering of the projections made in the Economic Survey, from 8.1-8.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, hardly comes as a surprise, […]

Directions (Q. 1–10): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. There has been abundant criticism following the budgetary cuts imposed on social sector programmes in this year’s budget, the most prominent being

Directions (Qs. 1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given after the passage. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. According to an old saw, Britons are more likely to get divorced than ditch their bank. That may not be quite

Directions (Q. 1–5): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Teamwork allows employees to take greater responsibility for decision making and also allows team members to control more of the work process.

Directions (Qs. 1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given after the passage. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. It was not just the Prime Minister who applauded ShashiTharoor’s demand from Britain for reparations for colonialism at an Oxford University

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions given below it. Nothing could be more ironical than the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government fighting over the secularist legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru institutionalised in the form of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in the heart of New Delhi. And nothing could be more insulting

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions given below it. “No man is an Island, entire of itself… And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee”. — John Donne What are the borders of the humanspirit, the contours which shape what we call the soul?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. Ethics concern an individual’s moral judgements about right and wrong.

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. Over 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminatory towards women. And only 18 countries are free of any law disadvantaging women.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Corruption is a broad term covering a wide range of misuse of entrusted funds and power for personal gain i.e. Theft, fraud, nepotism, abuse of power etc. A corrupt act is often – but not necessarily – illegal. In handling corruption you

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. The beauty pageants have not only created waves in the Fashion and Beauty industry in the country but also made a global impact through its globally popular beauty. Major international contests for women include the yearly Miss World competition; Miss Universe, Miss

In the meeting in Ufa, Russia, between the Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif, held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation conclave in July 2015, the leaders agreed to, among other things, talks being held in New Delhi between the National Security Advisers (NSA) of India and Pakistan, which

Directions (Q. 1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Children find themselves amidst a complex society that is undergoing breathtaking changes. Concepts, relationships, lifestyles are metamorphosed to accommodate the new jet-setting age. Food is no exception. Healthy nutritious foods have been replaced by the new Junk Food. The term

Market regulators and even governments have very few options when financial markets go into the kind of panic-driven free fall as witnessed. The shock waves triggered by an over 9 per cent fall in Chinese stocks hit capital and currency markets worldwide. India was no exception to the global sell-off, with the BSE Sensex shedding

Directions (Q.1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them. Thailand is no stranger to political violence. The country, which has seen two military coups in less than 10 years, has been riven by street battles between protesters and security