A. Several times I have visited the narrow, dirty streets where the poor live, and I grow hot and indignant to think that good people should be content to live in fine houses and become strong and beautiful, while others are condemned to live in hideous, sunless tenements and grow ugly, withered and cringing.
B. Dear little creatures, they crouch in my heart and haunt me with a constant sense of pain.
C. The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow.
D. In the country one sees only nature’s fair works, and one’s soul is not saddened by the cruel struggle for mere existence that goes on in the crowded city.

A. Many species of bamboo flower once in several years and then die.
B. The stem itself is hollow and is connected to a network of rhizomes, which spreads out beneath the surface of the soil.
C. Roots grow out of this network of rhizomes and help the plants to absorb and distribute food and water from the soil.
D. The bamboo is a variety of grass, with a woody, many-jointed stem.

A. And also, they contribute to the development of social and environmental solutions for the planet’s future.
B. Companies do play an important role in modern society.
C. Because of their systematic relevance and their impact on policy-making, companies must use their influence in ways that benefit the public good.
D. Some corporations have become so large that their activities and strategic decisions have a direct impact on government policy and citizens’ lives.

A. Louis was enthralled by the concept of a raised dots system.
B. He made up his mind to use the technique to represent an alphabetic code.
C. Blind persons could read large-letter books that are bulky with the aid of this alphabet code.
D. Additionally, he developed the six-dot cell technology, which was at his fingertips.

A. Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb that has multiple benefits like improving thyroid functioning and reducing blood sugar levels.
B. But remember to consult a specialist while deciding the dosage and duration of continued intake.
C. It relaxes the nervous system and lowers cortisol (stress hormone) levels in the blood, thus making you feel calm and relaxed overall.
D. You can consume Ashwagandha powder or Ashwagandha capsules.

A. Through the development of technologies, telecommunications, transportation, and other areas, globalisation has developed very quickly in the last few decades, resulting in economic, social, political, and cultural integration on a global scale.
B. Although technology has had both positive and harmful effects on human life, its negative repercussions must be addressed appropriately.
C. Globalisation has made significant positive contributions to economies all across the world.
D. For example — Science and technology have made remarkable strides, providing businesses with a fantastic opportunity to expand quickly even outside of national borders.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

S1. He sat in his seat
A. hardly showing any signs of hearing
B. beside the bed,
C. gazing sternly
D. at the patient’s face
S6. what they were saying to him.

A. Lord Ganesha, the Destroyer of Obstacles, is worshipped for his wisdom and brilliance.
B. People adore the goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on Diwali.
C. This ‘New Year’ i.e., Diwali is marked by merchants establishing new account books.
D. Goddess Lakshmi is also worshipped on Diwali for wealth and success.

A. Diwali, referred to as the ‘festival of lights’, ushers in the winter season with joy, shopping, presents, and a slew of new occasions and celebrations, such as Dussehra, Dhanteras, Govardhan, Bhaidooj, and Narak Chaturdashi.
B. In the spiritual world, the event symbolises ‘the triumph of light over darkness’.
C. The five-day festival of Diwali is observed during the Hindu month of Kartika as an event.
D. In India, Diwali is also known as Deepawali.

A. According to him, Rupees 75 lakhs has been spent to make the gymnasium fully equipped with state-of-the-art fitness machines.
B. The Honorable Commissioner of Police inaugurated the Gymnasium and Swimming pool and appended the management for their efforts in providing such amenities to students.
C. A new indoor gymnasium and swimming pool was inaugurated at APJ International School, Goa.
D. Mr. Mercia, the Principal of the school familiarised the guests about the cost incurred and the various facilities available.

A. This has an impact not just on global poverty, but also on Indians’ awareness of the country’s poverty for the first time in a decade.
B. And, for the first time in a decade, this update includes India’s poverty data.
C. From 15 September 2022, a new global poverty line has been established, with the World Bank revising its data in the Poverty and Inequality Platform on this basis.
D. According to Sunitha Sinha, Roy and Roy van der Weide of the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper, “poverty in India had dropped over the recent decade, although not as much as previously thought.”

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

S1. A moment comes
A. long suppressed
B. and when the soul of a nation
C. which comes but rarely in history
D. when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends
S6. finds utterance.

A. The 1995 World Summit for Social Development had also emphasised the pivotal role of women in eradicating poverty and mending the social fabric.
B. Women are rational in approach, careful in handling situations and want to do things as best as possible.
C. The Fourth World Conference of Women held in Beijing in September 1995 had emphasised that no enduring solution of society’s most threatening social, economic and political problems could be found without the participation and empowerment of the women.
D. Today’s woman is a highly self-directed person, alive to the sense of her dignity and the importance of her functions in the private domestic domain and the public domain of the world of work.

A. Nostalgia helps us maintain a positive psychological status when counteracting the negative impact of difficult situations.
B. Nostalgia is a sentimental longing for one’s past.
C. The adaptive functions of nostalgia are many, with one effect being pain relief.
D. It is a self-conscious, perhaps bittersweet but predominantly positive social emotion.

A. Android began in 2003 as a project of the American technology company Android Inc., to develop an operating system for digital cameras.
B. In 2004, the project changed to become an operating system for smartphones.
C. Android is an operating system for cellular telephones and tablet computers.
D. In 2005, Android Inc. was bought by the American search engine company Google Inc. that transformed the OS into what it is today.

A. India has an upbeat vision of a liberal, nonviolent, relatively pluralistic democracy with non-threatening global leadership.
B. Epics from mythologies like the Mahabharata and Ramayana are likened to classic Greek works like the Odyssey and Iliad and between 1 and 1000 AD, India was lauded as the ‘Golden Bird’ for its GDP, which was higher than China at the time.
C. Luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, as well as the arts of literature, music, dance, the software industry, Ayurveda, etc., generate a staggering array of soft power assets that highlight India’s appeal to the world’s population.
D. With Ashoka, Buddha, and Gandhi serving as the primary leaders, Indians are known for their core values of respect, harmony, and fraternity.

A. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox and Lutheran teaching, all of their faithful departed in heaven are considered saints, although some are deemed deserving of more praise or emulation.
B. In religious belief, a saint is a person who is viewed as possessing an uncommon degree of holiness, similarity, or proximity to God.
C. The term saint, however, is used differently depending on the setting and denomination.
D. Some saints receive official ecclesiastical recognition and, as a result, a public cult of veneration through the process of canonisation in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A. In a study sponsored by World Health Organisation and carried out by Harvard School of Public Health, the global burden and injury indicated that stress diseases and accidents are going to be the killers in 2020.
B. Road traffic accidents are going to be the third largest killers.
C. These accidents are also an indicator of psycho-social stress in a fast-moving society.
D. The heart disease and depression – both stress diseases – are going to rank first and second in 2020.

A. The other half had been sued at least twice, and Levinson found that just on the basis of those conversations, she could find clear differences between the two groups.
B. Recently the medical researcher Wendy Levinson recorded hundreds of conversations between a group of physicians and their patients.
C. The surgeons who had never been sued spent more than three minutes longer with each patient than those who had been sued did.
D. Roughly half of the doctors had never been sued.

A. He later tried to franchise his restaurant.
B. Colonel Harland Sanders’ real-life story of being disappointed numerous times in his life and still making his ambition come true late in life is truly motivating.
C. He began selling chicken at the age of 40, but his dream of opening a restaurant was repeatedly denied owing to conflicts and wars.
D. He is a seventh-grade dropout who tried many things in life but found them bitter.

A. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temple.
B. When we both finished, we would be back together.
C. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or prayer in chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures.
D. The priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer.

A. It is not a walker’s paradise. So walking is not a fashionable pastime here.
B. London is known for its hectic face, frenzied movements, high decibels and dust kicked by the speeding vehicles.
C. On the contrary, life in the countryside is laid back and easy paced. Unless it is raining, people set out for walk.
D. For these reasons, Max never went out for a walk, nor did anyone ask him to accompany.

A. The government’s recent efforts have concentrated on strengthening these ties.
B. The textile industry in India is one of the country’s oldest, stretching back several centuries.
C. The textile business is immensely diverse, with hand-spun and hand-woven textiles at one end of the spectrum and capital-intensive modern mills at the other.
D. Its tight ties to agriculture (for raw materials such as cotton) and the country’s old history and traditions in terms of textiles set it apart from other sectors in the country.