Reading Comprehension - Verbal Ability - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions

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2012 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2012

One of the legacies of the Roman legions was discipline. In the legions, military law prevailed and discipline was brutal. Discipline on the battlefield kept units obedient, intact and fighting, even when the odds and conditions were against them.

Which one of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage?

A

Thorough regimentation was the main reason for the efficiency of the Roman legions even in adverse circumstances.

B

The legions were treated inhumanly as if the men were animals.

C

Discipline was the armies’ inheritance from their seniors.

D

The harsh discipline to which the legions were subjected to led to the odds and conditions being against them.

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2014 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2014

Moving into a world of big data will require us to change our thinking about the merits of exactitude. To apply the conventional mindset of measurement to the digital, connected world of the twenty-first century is to miss a crucial point. As mentioned earlier, the obsession with exactness is an artefact of the information-deprived analog era. When data was sparse, every data point was critical, and thus great care was taken to avoid letting any point bias the analysis.
From “BIG DATA” Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier

The main point of the paragraph is:

A

The twenty-first century is a digital world

B

Big data is obsessed with exactness

C

Exactitude is not critical in dealing with big data

D

Sparse data leads to a bias in the analysis

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2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2019

Since the last one year, after a 125 basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest rates on small saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A

Whenever the Reserve Bank of India reduces the repo rate, the interest rates on small saving schemes are also reduced

B

Interest rates on small saving schemes are always maintained on par with fixed deposit interest rates

C

The government sometimes takes into consideration the demands of banking institutions before reducing the interest rates on small saving schemes

D

A reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes follow only after a reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India

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2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2019

The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the centuries. Since the medieval period dhrupad styles were identified as baanis. Terms like gayaki and baaj were used to refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization of music education the term gharana became acceptable. Gharana originally referred to hereditary musicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples.
Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct?

A

dhrupad, baani

B

gayaki, vocal

C

baaj, institution

D

gharana, lineage

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2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2019

“I read somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.”
Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon __________

A

the prestige of the kingdom

B

the prestige of the heads

C

the number of taxes he could levy

D

the number of heads he could gather

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2020 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2020

Crowd funding deals with mobilisation of funds for a project from a large number of people, who would be willing to invest smaller amounts through web-based platforms in the project.

Based on the above paragraph, which of the following is correct about crowd funding?

A

Funds raised through unwilling contributions on web-based platforms.

B

Funds raised through large contributions on web-based platforms.

C

Funds raised through coerced contributions on web-based platforms.

D

Funds raised through voluntary contributions on web-based platforms.

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2021 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2021

Humans have the ability to construct worlds entirely in their minds, which don’t exist in the physical world. So far as we know, no other species possesses this ability. This skill is so important that we have different words to refer to its different flavors, such as imagination, invention and innovation.
Based on the above passage, which one of the following is TRUE?

A

No species possess the ability to construct worlds in their minds.

B

The terms imagination, invention and innovation refer to unrelated skills.

C

We do not know of any species other than humans who possess the ability to construct mental worlds.

D

Imagination, invention and innovation are unrelated to the ability to construct mental worlds.

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 2022

Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super Rice (GSR), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher yields sustainably.
Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information given in the above passage?

A

GSR is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather

B

GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change

C

GSR grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than regular rice

D

Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather

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