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Reading Comprehension - Verbal Ability - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions
Practice Reading Comprehension - Verbal Ability - General Aptitude (GA) previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.
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| Paper | Year / session | Questions in this view | Open |
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| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2024 | 2024 | 1 | View paper |
| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2023 | 2023 | 1 | View paper |
| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2021 | 2021 | 1 | View paper |
| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020 | 2020 | 1 | View paper |
| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2019 | 2019 | 2 | View paper |
| Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2014 | 2014 | 1 | View paper |
All Reading Comprehension previous year questions
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2014 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 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-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier
The main point of the paragraph is:
From “BIG DATA” Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier
The main point of the paragraph is:
2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 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?
Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct?
2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 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 _______
Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon _______
2020 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020
Climate change and resilience deal with two aspects – reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources and reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects. The terms ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ are used to refer to these aspects, respectively.
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?
2021 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2021
Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a hot topic. AI enables computers to learn, given enough training data. For humans, sitting in front of a computer for long hours can lead to health issues.
Which of the following can be deduced from the above passage?
(i) Nowadays, computers are present in almost all places.
(ii) Computers cannot be used for solving problems in engineering.
(iii) For humans, there are both positive and negative effects of using computers.
(iv) Artificial intelligence can be done without data.
Which of the following can be deduced from the above passage?
(i) Nowadays, computers are present in almost all places.
(ii) Computers cannot be used for solving problems in engineering.
(iii) For humans, there are both positive and negative effects of using computers.
(iv) Artificial intelligence can be done without data.
2023 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2023
The World Bank has declared that it does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades, until the country has an adequate macroeconomic policy framework in place. In a statement, the World Bank said Sri Lanka needed to adopt structural reforms that focus on economic stabilisation and tackle the root causes of its crisis. The latter has starved it of foreign exchange and led to shortages of food, fuel, and medicines. The bank is repurposing resources under existing loans to help alleviate shortages of essential items such as medicine, cooking gas, fertiliser, meals for children, and cash for vulnerable households.
Based only on the above passage, which one of the following statements can be inferred with certainty?
2024 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Reading Comprehension
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2024
Thousands of years ago, some people began dairy farming. This coincided with a number of mutations in a particular gene that resulted in these people developing the ability to digest dairy milk.
Based on the given passage, which of the following can be inferred?
Based on the given passage, which of the following can be inferred?