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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The passage speaks of the qualities of a flower but never names one—neither lotus nor lily nor rose. So the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The passage lists the flower's qualities as open, frank, equal, generous and kind. Of the options, both ‘frankness and honesty’ and ‘generosity and kindness’ name those qualities, so more than one is correct. Fragrance and beauty are what the flower gives away, not qualities of character.
इस प्रश्न का उत्तर तीन प्रश्नपत्रों में तीन भिन्न रूपों में दर्ज था, क्योंकि विकल्पों का क्रम हर प्रति में बदला हुआ है। TRE3 की उत्तर-कुंजी नहीं है, इसलिए गद्यांश के आधार पर सभी प्रतियों में उत्तर 'एक से अधिक' रखा गया है।
Correct answer: (B) Naturally created influence
‘Spontaneous’ means happening of itself, without effort—that is, an influence created naturally.
Correct answer: (A) It spreads its beauty to all
The passage says the flower is equal—it has no preferences, and everyone can enjoy its beauty and perfume without rivalry. That is the sense in which it is open to all: it spreads its beauty to everyone.
विकल्पों का क्रम प्रश्नपत्रों में बदला हुआ है और कुछ प्रतियों में उत्तर 'एक से अधिक' दर्ज था। गद्यांश 'खुला होने' को सबके लिए सुंदरता उपलब्ध होने से जोड़ता है, इसलिए सभी प्रतियों में वही एक उत्तर रखा गया है।
Correct answer: (C) With human beings
In the passage the flower is compared with human beings: as the flower gives its fragrance to all, so the influence of a good person falls on everyone.
Correct answer: (C) an
‘Elephant’ begins with a vowel sound, so it takes ‘an’.
Correct answer: (B) A
‘Good’ begins with a consonant sound and the sense here is general, so ‘a good education’ is right.
Correct answer: (A) Sunday
21 March is a Wednesday, so 22 is Thursday, 23 Friday, 24 Saturday and 25 March a Sunday.
Correct answer: (A) Seeing the efficiency of an ideal person
The passage says it directly—people are amazed at the ideal person's efficiency.
Correct answer: (B) He overcomes crises with patience
The passage's closing line says he removes all his difficulties with patience—that is the sense in which his character is praiseworthy.
Correct answer: (A) आदर्श व्यक्ति
The whole passage describes the qualities of an ideal person, so the fitting title is ‘आदर्श व्यक्ति’.
Correct answer: (A) For idleness
The passage says idleness has no place in his life; for rest and recreation he does keep a fixed time.
Correct answer: (B) Good conduct
The passage says in its first line that the ideal person has faith in good deeds.
Correct answer: (A) Exercise
The passage calls exercise the brother of health, because it is what keeps body and mind clean and free of disease.
Correct answer: (C) आत्मसंयम
The passage says the healthy person is the one whose character holds self-restraint.
Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
The passage names self-restraint, good company and proper study as all being needed for development, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) चारित्रिक दोष
The passage says a flaw of character is what brings a person down.
Correct answer: (C) चरित्र की रक्षा
According to the passage, freeing body and mind of various corruptions is exactly what protecting one's character means.
Correct answer: (C) महत्व
The prefix ‘अन्’ joined to ‘अधिकार’ gives the form taken as correct, meaning without authority. The other two spellings are corrupted.
Correct answer: (B) अनु
‘अनुराग’ is ‘अनु’ + ‘राग’, where ‘अनु’ is the prefix.
Correct answer: (B) शशिशेखर
‘शशिशेखर’ means the one with the moon on his head, that is, Shiva. ‘कंदर्प’ is a name for Kamadeva and ‘निर्झर’ means a waterfall.
Correct answer: (C) जीवंतता
‘जीवंत’ is an adjective, naming the quality of being alive. ‘जीवनी’ and ‘जीवंतता’ are nouns.
Correct answer: (C) प्रजातंत्रता
‘सम्मुख’ means facing, so its opposite is ‘विमुख’—turned away.
Correct answer: (A) To get into trouble
‘अंगूठा दिखाना’ means to abandon someone at the decisive moment—to deceive just when it matters.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
‘बुढ़ापा’ and ‘यौवन’ both name a state, so both are abstract nouns and more than one option is correct. ‘अरविंद’ is a name for the lotus.
Correct answer: (A) Send any man
‘वह किताब लाया।’ is the correct one. In ‘ताजा गाय का दूध’ the word order is wrong—it should be ‘गाय का ताजा दूध’—and in ‘वह ने ही कहा है।’ the form with ‘ने’ should be ‘उसने’.
Correct answer: (C) कर्मधारय
‘श्यामसुंदर’ expands to ‘श्याम जो सुंदर है’—the first member describes the second, which makes it a karmadharaya compound.
Correct answer: (B) श्यक
‘आवश्यक’ is ‘अवश्य’ + the suffix ‘यक’, with the first vowel lengthening from ‘अ’ to ‘आ’.
Correct answer: (A) Child
‘प्रकृति’ came from Sanskrit in its original form, so it is tatsama. ‘दवा’ and ‘मुल्क’ came from Arabic and Persian.
Correct answer: (B) विसर्ग संधि
‘अत्यधिक’ is ‘अति’ + ‘अधिक’. An ‘इ’ meets an ‘अ’ here, so it is a vowel sandhi (यण् संधि).
Correct answer: (C) CaO
CaO dissolves in water to form calcium hydroxide, which is why it is called lime. FeO and ZnO are insoluble in water.
Correct answer: (A) Vinegar
Vinegar is a true solution of an acid in water, so it is not a colloid. Smoke and blood are both colloids.
Correct answer: (B) Kali
The Kali river forms the boundary between India and Nepal; in Uttarakhand it is also called the Sharda.
Correct answer: (C) 12.5 years
Under simple interest, doubling means the interest equals the principal—that is 100% interest. At 8% a year it takes 100 ÷ 8 = 12.5 years.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The four airmen chosen for Gaganyaan are Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla. All three names given are from that list, so ‘None of the above’ is the right answer.
Correct answer: (B) Torch bulb
A torch bulb's resistance changes as it heats, so current and voltage no longer keep to a straight line—that is non-ohmic resistance.
Correct answer: (C) Sir William Jones
The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded in 1784 by Sir William Jones.
Correct answer: (B) 4
0.03125 = 1/32 = 2⁻⁵, so (2⁻⁵)^(−2/5) = 2² = 4.
Correct answer: (B) Copper
Ghatshila in Jharkhand is famous for copper production.
Correct answer: (D) 1968
The African Convention for the Conservation of Natural Resources was held in 1968.
Correct answer: (B) 0.25
0.008 = 1/125 = (1/5)³, so 3x = 3 and x = 1. Then (0.25)¹ = 0.25.
Correct answer: (A) 23rd August—National Space Day
The ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’ ceremony will be held every year on 23 August—National Space Day—the date Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon.
Correct answer: (A) 1934
The Congress Socialist Party was formed at Patna in 1934; Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev were among its founders.
Correct answer: (C) ₹425
Let Subramaniam's share be S, so Naidu's is S + 125. From S + (S + 125) = 975 we get 2S = 850, that is, S = ₹425.
Correct answer: (C) France
France became the first country in the world to write the right to abortion into its Constitution.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Manganese is used in the matchbox industry, in making batteries and in photography, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Balance is kept by the cerebellum and the inner ear working together, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Subhash Chandra Bose was Congress President in both 1938 (Haripura) and 1939 (Tripuri), so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) 31/36 < 17/18 < 43/45 < 59/60
Turn them into decimals—31/36 ≈ 0.861, 17/18 ≈ 0.944, 43/45 ≈ 0.956, 59/60 ≈ 0.983. They increase in that order.
Correct answer: (C) On March 22 to commemorate separation from the Bengal Presidency
Bihar Diwas falls on 22 March because on that day in 1912 Bihar was separated from the Bengal Presidency and became a province of its own.