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Directions (51-55) Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions. Certain parts have been highlighted
to help answer the questions.
Enjoyed by humans since prehistoric times, music has been variously described as the food of love, a shorthand for emotion, and
the universal language of humankind. For some, those seemingly rare individuals who do not express an enthusiasm for music are
viewed with deep suspicion, like those who don’t eat chocolate, who are unmoved by Shakespearean drama, or who fail to express
delight over an Ashes victory. Yet recently the assumption that the enjoyment of music is a near-universal human trait has been
questioned, with evidence that some people simply don’t derive pleasure from music, and that this does not reflect or result from a
general lack of pleasure in life’s activities. It is evident that these systems evolved to process stimuli of biological significance: the
ability to discriminate tones in human speech provides information about the gender, size and emotional state of the speaker, and
_______(1)_______ in some languages. Music is assumed to be a fortuitous by-product of this evolutionary development, and is
more fully processed in the brain’s right hemisphere, which is more associated with the representation of emotions than the left
hemisphere.
It has been theorised that aesthetic responses to music may derive from the similarity of musical tones to tonal characteristics of
human speech associated with different emotional states. If so, it would be hypothesised that the pleasure one finds in music would
be related to skills in and enjoyment of social intercourse. Conversely, a lack of musical appreciation would predict deficiencies in
social engagement: in Shakespeare’s words, for the man that hath no music in himself, “the motions of his spirit are dull as night and
his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted”. The inability to enjoy music has been investigated by a team of Spanish
researchers, who started with the assumption that the condition may result from deficits in music perception – termed amusia – or a
more general inability to derive pleasure from everyday activities – formally labelled anhedonia.
In Current Biology the research team reported on their investigation of the hypothesis that those who do not enjoy music may exhibit
broader abnormalities of the systems of the brain involved in reward, motivation and arousal. They examined three groups of
participants with high, average and low pleasure ratings in response to music. They undertook a monetary incentive delay task, which
required them to respond quickly to targets in order to earn or avoid losing real money. The results confirmed that some otherwise
healthy and happy people with normal music perception report that they do not enjoy music and show no autonomic responses to its
presentation. This occurs in the presence of a normal behavioural and physiological response to monetary rewards, which
demonstrates that a lack of enjoyment of music is not associated with general dysfunction in the brain’s reward network. This
demonstration of the existence of a domain-specific anhedonia – in this case, specific musical anhedonia – suggests that there are
individual differences in access to the brain’s reward system.

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51. How has the author biologically connected music with emotions?
(a) general improper functioning of brain to lead to imbalance of emotions thus resulting in music anhedonia
(b) both of them are processes within the right hemisphere of the brain
(c) reduction in the activity of certain hemisphere of the brain affects emotions thus reducing joy arising from music
(d) both (a) and (b)
(e) all are correct

52. Which of the following statement is not correct in context of the study conducted in relation to music anhedonia?
(a) there were certain complete normal and healthful participants who didn’t enjoy music
(b) they deduced that even within a usual brain functioning and response mechanism, it was possible not to enjoy music
(c) researchers had used monetary incentive within the study they conducted
(d) lack of ability to enjoy could be clearly related to malfunctioned responses towards rewards
(e) not feeling the pleasure of music might be related with larger malfunctioning within the brain

53. Which of the following statement can be inferred from the passage given above?
(i) Specific musical anhedonics show reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions associated with auditory processing.
(ii) While most people enjoy music and find it rewarding, there is substantial individual variability in the experience and degree of
music‐induced reward.
(iii) While music may be the universal language, it doesn’t speak to everyone.
(a) only (iii)
(b) only (i) and (ii)
(c) only (ii) and (iii)
(d) all of the above
(e) none of these

54. What would be the presumption drawn in case there exists a connection between response to music and characteristics of human
speech?
(a) lack of brain connectivity with fluency of speech might result to anhedonia
(b) music would fail to acquire reward value if a person isn’t able to identify emotions through speech

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(c) a person enjoying social dealings would find pleasure in music

(d) subjects could be insensible to music if they lack the ability to speak
(e) none of these

55. Which of the following phrases could fit in the blank (1), to make the statement grammatically correct and contextually meaningful?
(a) sensitivity based on their responses
(b) measuring their level of sensitivity
(c) origins of specific musical anhedonia
(d) differentiates meaning of utterances
(e) none of these

Directions (56 - 60): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. For each number, some
words are suggested below the passage, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate words.

The __56__ before the Chinese leadership is to create more jobs at home. According to reports, the country is __57__ out seven
million graduates every year. Their __58__ is not a comfortable thought for policy makers. So, China needs to go for a __59__
change. How it does is a __60__ dollar, not an RMB question.

56.
a) Challenge
b) Issue
c) Opportunity
d) Storm
e) None of the above

57.
a) Burning
b) Churning

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c) Making
d) Dealing
e) None of the above

58.
a) Happiness
b) Forwardness
c) Restlessness
d) Tiredness
e) None of the above

59.
a) Model
b) Modal
c) Module
d) Middle
e) None of the above

60.
a) Billion
b) Million
c) Trillion
d) Thousands
e) None of the above

Directions (61-65): In the following question, four sentences are given which may be grammatically and contextually
incorrect. You need to find the one which has no error and mark that as your answer. If all the given sentences are
incorrect then mark option (e) i.e. ‘all are incorrect’ as your answer.
61. (a) India’s chocolate market is pegged at Rs.11,000 crore, of which premium chocolates can be sized anywhere among 10%
and 15%.
(b) South Korea reported 52 new case of coronavirus.
(c) ITC has plans to work with cocoa farmers directly in future.

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(d) The company initially invested Rs. 100 crore to set up a greenfield chocolate manufacture facility in Haridwar.
(e) All are incorrect

62. (a) Ratnakar Bank was rename as RBL Bank by the government.
(b) The government expects all the mergers of public sector banks, which were announced in 2019, to become effective from April
1.
(c) Analysts believe that lower gas prices would be bad with exploration
(d) The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation will be regulate the medical devices now. (e) All are incorrect

63. (a) Mahindra Renewables will sell its entire stake in 3 subsidiaries to CLP India, a part of Hong Kongbased CLP Group, as
nearly ₹340 crore.
(b) The agreement will be signed to Doha city between Taliban representatives and U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
(c) The U.S. intelligence community publicly concluded that Russia intervened in there security matters.
(d) The injured animal was nursed back to health by the zookeeper and then released back into the wild
(e) All are incorrect

64. (a) English language have the potential to connect the world without any barriers
(b) P.K. Sinha was appointed in the PMO when Nripendra Misra, the then Principal Secretary, resigns.
(c) She drink the caramel liquid too fast and was soon too dizzy to stand.
(d) You’re coming to the party, isn’t you?
(e) All are incorrect

65. (a) Tamil Nadu is likely to get three textile parks and a technology research centre under schemes that the Union Ministry of
Textiles is formulating.
(b) What is the uses of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
(c) You have brushed your teeth today?
(d) Rahul had barely nothing to help the poor children.
(e) All are incorrect

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Directions (66-70): In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts consisting of a highlighted word in
each part. Choose the option reflecting the word which is either misspelt or grammatically incorrect. If all the highlighted
words are correct, choose option (e) i.e. “all are correct” as your answer choice.
66. The manager balenced (A) the strength (B) of his team against that of their opponent (C) and sighed. (D)
(a) balanced
(b) strength
(c) opponent
(d) sighed
(e) All are correct

67. One evening Rohan pripared (A) a nice supper (B) and put it on low heat in the oven to keep it tepid (C) while his wife dressed.
(D)
(a) prepared
(b) supper
(c) tepid
(d) dressed
(e) All are correct

68. She was able to breathe (A) easier when she stood outside the massive(B) fortress (C) that sat on a clearing the size of two
footbal (D) fields.
(a) breathe
(b) massive
(c) fortress
(d) football
(e) All are correct

69. From time to time Jack would looking over(A) Mungo's shoulder, suggesting(B) tactics (C) which invariably proved
disastrous.(D)
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(b) suggesting
(c) tactics
(d) disastrous
(e) All are correct

70. Horrified (A) passengers saw Olive stumble (B) and fall of (C) a platform as an express roared (D) in.
(a) Horrified
(b) stumble
(c) fall of
(d) roared
(e) All are correct

Directions (71-75): In the following questions, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided
into five parts, where the first part is fixed and highlighted, in the remaining parts of the sentence namely (A),(B),(C) and
(D) You have to arrange the four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence. If no such
rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement required'.
71. (A) the merger of Bharti Infratel (B) the world’s second largest (C) and Indus Towers will create (D) tower company
(a) BCDA
(b) CBDA
(c) ACBD
(d) DCAB
(e) No rearrangement is required

72. (A) upcoming visit to India (B) the long-awaited trade agreement (C) during US President Donald Trump's (D) appears to be off
the table
(a) DABC
(b) BDCA
(c) CDAB
(d) ADCB

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(e) No rearrangement required

73. (A) Leaders of the Railway Employees Organization (B) alleged that the government wants to (C) hand over the rail
infrastructure (D) to the private operators for financial benefit
(a) ADCB
(b) BACD
(c) CDBA
(d) DABC
(e) No rearrangement required

74. (A) China has not yet given (B) India the go-ahead to send an (C) to coronavirus hit Wuhan (D) aircraft with medical supplies
(a) DACB
(b) ABDC
(c) CBDA
(d) BCDA
(e) No rearrangement is required

75. (A) mammals and birds move from (B) with a change in season, many (C) one country to another in search of food (D) and
shelter, and for breeding
(a) ACBD
(b) CADB
(c) DABC
(d) BACD
(e) No rearrangement is required

Directions (76-85): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed
below the passage and against each, five words suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate word in each case.

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Seed quality is an..(76)..aspect of crop production. For ages, farmers have traditionally been selecting and..(77)..good quality seed,
since it was in their interest to do so. They knew and understood the importance of quality seed in production.
However, with the advent of green revolution technology, based..(78)..on high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat and rice, mainstream
thinking changed. Agricultural scientists, for reasons that remain..(79)..,began to doubt, the ability of farmers to maintain seed
quality..(80)… Aided by the World bank, the ministry of agriculture launched of national seeds project in 1967. Under the project,
spread into three phases, seed processing plants were..(81)..up in nine states. Six states were covered under phase three. All the
huge processing plants were..(82)..to do was to provide ‘certified’ seeds of food crops, mainly self-pollinating crops, to farmers. In
mid-1980s, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the philippines concluded a study which..(83)..that there was hardly
any difference in the crop yields from transplanted rice and form the crop shown by broadcasted seeds. one would wonder why, in
the first instance, were the, farmers, asked to..(84)..over to transplanting paddy? The answer is simple-probably, to help the
mechanical industries grow. since rice, is the staple food in Asia, tractor sales could any grow if there was a way to move the machine
in the rice fields. No wonder, the sales of tractors, puddlers, reapers and other associated..(85)..soared in the rice growing areas.

76. (a)Irrational (b) main (c) brilliant (d) important (e) empathetic

77. (a)maintaining (b) trusting (c) selling (d) processing (e) creating

78. (a) necessarily (b) exceptionally (c) primarily (d) regularly (e) truly

79. (a) unexplained (b) doubt (c) some (d) true (e) sad

80. (a)himself (b) sometimes (c) proper (d) improve (e) themselves

81. (a) established (b) created (c) set (d) wound (e) thought

82. (a) tried (b) mattered (c) meaning (d) supposed (e) expect

83. (a) renounced (b) showed (c) meaning (d) supposed (e) expect

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84. (a) shift (b) make (c) turn (d) mull (e) switch

85. (a) sell (b) equipment (c) people (d) technique (e) creatures

Directions (86-90): In each of the given questions, a pair of words has been given which is then followed by three
statements. Find the statements where both the words grammatically and contextually fit in the given statements.

86. Equip: Arm

(a) A vassal needed economic resources to ____________ the cavalry he was bound to contribute to his lord to fight his frequent
wars.
(b) Readers may not even notice some of the more ___________ elements like word balloons that get cut off by the panel borders.
(c) The stick was used to launch the missile with more force and accuracy than could be accomplished by simply hurling it with the
_____________ alone
(a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C (e) All of the above

87. Ponder: Study

(a) Take a few minutes and _________ the question before you jump to a conclusion.
(b) Conjoint repression of civil and religious liberty had made thoughtful men ____________ matters of church polity.
(c) The purpose of this _________ is to document the structure of a warm front in northeast Europe.
(a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Both B & C
(d) Both A & B (e) None of these

88. Anomaly: Departure

(a) Since my son has a history of failing classes, his good grades are a welcome ________________.
(b) It was quite an/a ___________ when the temperature reached 101 degrees in December in Michigan.
(c) The attention of the council was drawn to an/a ____________ in the existing arrangements for patients suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis.
(a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C

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(d) Both A & C (e) All (A), (B), (C)

89. Accolade: Recognition

(a) Facebook has lost a federal appeal in a lawsuit over facial _______________ data, setting the company up to face a massive
damages payment over its privacy practices.
(b) A majority of workers with university degrees say they won't enrol in new training unless they get _____________ for prior
training and experience.
(c) For their exceptional bravery the firefighters received ___________ from both local and national officials
(a) All A, B & C (b) Both A & B (c) Both B & C
(d) Only C (e) None of these

90. Pinnacle: Height

(a) He's about the same ____________ and weight but he's younger.
(b) Edward reached the _____________ of the political world when he was elected prime minister of his country
(c) At last we could see Ambadji on a ____________ ahead of us
(a) Both A & C (b) Both B & C (c) Both A & B
(d) All A, B, C (e) Only B

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ANSWERS
51. (b); To validate the answer, refer to the first paragraph, which mentions, “Music is assumed to be a fortuitous by-product of this
evolutionary development, and is more fully processed in the brain’s right hemisphere, which is more associated with the
representation of emotions than the left hemisphere.” Referring to the quoted text, we can infer that the statement given in option (b)
is appropriate in context of the given question. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
52. (d); The answer can be validate from various statements given in paragraph four. Among the given statements, only the statement
(d) cannot be inferred from the passage. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.
53. (c); The entire passage is centered around inability of certain people to enjoy music inspite of having normal brain functioning.
Here, the most suitable statement to justify the central idea of the passage would be “While music may be the universal language, it
doesn’t speak to everyone”. Also, the statement (ii) is correct in context of the passage. Hence, option (c) is the appropriate answer
to the given question.
54. (c); To validate the answer, refer to the second paragraph, which mentions, “It has been theorised that aesthetic responses to
music may derive from the similarity of musical tones to tonal characteristics of human speech associated with different emotional
states. If so, it would be hypothesised that the pleasure one finds in music would be related to skills in and enjoyment of social
intercourse. Conversely, a lack of musical appreciation would predict deficiencies in social engagement”. Referring to the quoted text,
we can infer that the statement given in option (c) is correct in context of the given question.
55. (d); Among the given phrases, the most appropriate phrase to fit in the given blank will be “”. Apart from this, no other phrase
could make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful statement. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.
56. Answer: a)
57. Answer: b)
58. Answer: c)
59. Answer: a)
60. Answer: b)
61. (c); As we go through the analysis of the sentence, we find that the sentence of option (c) is correct. (a) replace ‘among’ with
‘between’. Among is used for a greater number. (b) replace ‘case’ with ‘cases’. (d) replace’ manufacture’ with ‘manufacturing’.

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62. (b); As we go through the analysis of the sentence, we find that the sentence of option (b) is correct. (a) replace ‘rename’ with
‘renamed’. (c) replace ‘with’ with ‘for’. (d) replace ‘regulate’ with ‘regulating’
63. (d); As we go through the analysis of the sentence, we find that the sentence of option (d) is correct. (a) replace ‘as’ with ‘for’.
(b) replace ‘to’ with ‘in’. (c) replace ‘there’ with ‘their’.
64. (e); As we go through the sentences, we find that all sentences are incorrect. (a) replace ‘have’ with ‘has’. (b) replace ‘resigns’
with ‘resigned’. (c) replace ‘drink’ with ‘drank’. (d) replace ‘isn’t’ with ‘aren’t’.
65. (a); As we go through the analysis of the sentence, we find that the sentence in option (a) is correct. (b) replace ‘uses’ with
‘use’. (c) interchange ‘have’ with ‘you’ to maintain the interrogative form of the sentence. (d) replace ‘nothing’ with ‘anything’
because ‘barely’ will not take ‘nothing’ after it.
66. (a); Except “balenced” which is spelt as “balanced” all other words are correctly spelt so our answer choice will be option (a).
67. (a) ; Except “pripared” which is spelt as “prepared” all other words are correctly spelt so our answer choice will be option (a).
68. (d); Except “footbal” which is spelt as “football” all other words are correctly spelt so our answer choice will be option (d).
69. (a); Except “looking over” which is grammatically wrong all other words are correctly spelt and are grammatically flawless so our
answer choice will be option (a). Replace “looking over” with “look over”.
70. (c); Except “fall of” which is spelt as “fall off” all other words are correctly spelt so our answer choice will be option (c).
71. (c); The correct rearrangement of the parts of statement will be “ACBD” which will make a grammatically correct and
contextually meaningful statement. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice. The correct statement thus formed will be:
“The merger of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers will create the world’s second largest tower company.”
72. (b); The correct rearrangement of the parts of statement will be “BDCA” which will make a grammatically correct and
contextually meaningful statement. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice. The correct statement thus formed will be:
“The long-awaited trade agreement appears to be off the table during US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to India.”
73. (e); In the given sentence the sentence elaborates on allegations made against the government by leaders of railway employee
organisations with respect to their stand on handing over railway infrastructure to private companies. Hence, option (e) is the most
suitable answer choice which means the sentence requires no rearrangement. The statement thus formed will be: “Leaders of the

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Railway Employees Organization alleged that the government wants to hand over the rail infrastructure to the private operators for
financial benefit.”
74. (b); The correct rearrangement of the parts of statement will be “ABDC” which will make a grammatically correct and
contextually meaningful statement. The given statement talks about India not being granted the permission to send an aircraft
carrying medical supplies to the coronavirus hit Wuhan region. The correct statement thus formed will be: “China has not yet given
India the go-ahead to send an aircraft with medical supplies to coronavirus hit Wuhan.”
75. (d); The correct rearrangement of the parts of statement will be “BACD” which will make a grammatically correct and
contextually meaningful statement. The given sentence talks about migration in animals with changing seasons in search of their
basic needs. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice. The correct statement thus formed will be: “With a change in
season, many mammals and birds move from one country to another in search of food and shelter, and for breeding.”
76. (d) is the most suitable answer choice
77. (a) is the most suitable answer choice
78. (c) is the most suitable answer choice
79. (a) is the most suitable answer choice
80. (e) is the most suitable answer choice
81. (c) is the most suitable answer choice
82. (d) is the most suitable answer choice
83. (b) is the most suitable answer choice
84. (e) is the most suitable answer choice
85. (b) is the most suitable answer choice
86. (a); Here, only in sentence (A) both the words fit in to form a contextually and grammatically correct statement. Hence, option
(a) is the most suitable answer choice.
Equip: “supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose.”
Arm: “each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.”
AND “a thing comparable to an arm in form or function, typically something that projects from a larger structure.”
87. (d); Here, only in sentences (A) & (B), both the words fit in to form a contextually and grammatically correct statement. Hence,
option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.
Study: a detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation.

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Ponder: think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion
88. (e); Here, both the words fit in all the three statements to make the sentences grammatically and contextually correct. Hence,
option (e) is the most suitable answer choice.
Anomaly: “something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.”
Departure: “a deviation from an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action”/ “the action of leaving, especially to start a journey
89. (c); Here, only in sentences (A) & (B), both the words fit in to form a contextually and grammatically correct statement. Hence,
option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.
Accolade: “an award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgement of merit.”/ “a touch on a person's
shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood”
Recognition: “identification of someone or something or person from previous encounters or knowledge”/ “acknowledgement of the
existence, validity, or legality of something”/ “appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability”
90. (e); Both the words fit in only in statement B to form a grammatically and contextually correct statement. Hence, option (e) is the
most suitable answer choice.
Pinnacle: the most successful point; the culmination/ a high, pointed piece of rock
Height: the measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

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