Directions (1-7)- Read the following passage
and answer the questions as directed.
Increased warming in the Indian Ocean and the
resultant weakening of the Indian summer monsoon may come in the way of India’s
goal of leading the world’s wind power generation. Analysing the available wind
and atmospheric data from 1980-2016, researchers from Harvard University, U.S.,
and National Climate Center in Beijing, China, found the potential electricity
production of windmills across India had decreased by about 13%. And this trend
might continue. However, researchers in India have raised doubts about the
results of the study. “The data used by the team does not correlate
with the live data we have. We have started additional studies to validate
these results and will publish the findings soon,” says Dr. K. Balaraman,
Director General, National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai, under the
Government’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. In the paper published last
December in Science Advances, the researchers showed a decline in electricity
production in the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka. (A)
Not significant decline was seen in Tamil Nadu, which is located on the east
coast and, thus, had different wind conditions during summer.
“The
government could concentrate on setting up more projects in this region [Tamil
Nadu] as the lifetime of wind turbines is 20 to 30 years. We need to look at
long-term goals,” says Meng Gao, a postdoctoral fellow at the School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and the first author of
the study. The researchers showed that 63% of the annual production of
electricity from wind is (B) ———————- by winds in spring
(March-May) and summer (June-August). Interestingly, they found a decrease in
wind power during these months. This could be due to the weakening of the
Indian summer monsoon during this period.
Summer winds in India are driven by the
temperature contrast between the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean, and
the warming in the Indian Ocean reduced this contrast. Also, warming of the
Equatorial Indian Ocean resulted in a decline in the wind speed. The Indian
government has set a target of 60 GW of cumulative wind power
capacity by 2022. The researchers say that this goal can be (C)————-
only if planners in India take these historical reconstructions into
account while setting up wind power installations in the future. “Our findings
can provide suggestions on where to build more wind turbines to minimise the
influences of climate change,” said Prof. Michael B. McElroy, from the School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and senior author of
the study in a release.
Q1.
According to the passage given above, what might come in India’s goal of
leading the world’s wind power generation?
(a) Increased warming in the Indian Ocean
(b) Sea weeds
(c) The resultant weakening of the Indian summer
monsoon
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) All (a), (b) and (c)
Q2. In the passage given, a sentence (A) is given
in ITALICS. There may or may not be an error in one part of the sentence.
Choose the part which has an error in it as your answer. If there is no error
then choose option (E) as your answer.
(a) Not significant decline was seen in
(b) Tamil Nadu, which is located on the
(c) east coast and, thus, had different
(d) wind conditions during summer.
(e) No error
Q3. Which of the following words should fill the
blank given in (B) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?
(a) distribute
(b) contributed
(c) contribute
(d) give
(e) None of the above
Q4. According to the passage given above how are
summer winds driven in India?
(a) They are driven by the temperature contrast
between the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea
(b) They are driven by the temperature contrast
between the Indian subcontinent and the Bay of Bengal
(c) They are driven by the temperature contrast
between the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
Q5. Which
of the following is SIMILAR in meaning to the word CUMULATIVE given in BOLD in
the above passage?
(a) Degressive
(b) Faint
(c) Succumb
(d) Accretive
(e) None of the above
Q6. Which
of the following is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word CORRELATE given in BOLD in
the above passage?
(a) Complement
(b) Contrast
(c) Supplement
(d) Languish
(e) None of the above
Q7. Which
of the following words should fill the blank given in (C) to make it
contextually correct and meaningful?
(a) beneficial
(b) benefits
(c) loose
(d) addition
(e) None of the above
Directions (8-11): In each of the questions
given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold in a sentence which is then
followed by four options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the
option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases. If none of the given options
is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice.
Q8. No matter which field you choose, having a
great communication skill would always stand you in good stead.
(a) to stand in a queue
(b) to lean forward
(c) to be of advantage to someone
(d) to have a firm opinion in an argument
(e) None of the above
Q9. Raghav was raked over the coals for
violating the traffic rules.
(a) to break traffic rules
(b) to burn coal
(c) to be polite
(d) to rebuke harshly
(e) None of the above
Q10. William will keep quiet only when pigs
fly.
(a) Flying pigs
(b) Something that is impossible to happen
(c) Something that can possibly happen in future
(d) Something that is unpredictable
(e) None of the above
Q11. It’s fine that your mom has paid your bills,
but sooner or later you have to stop kicking the can down the road.
(a) to drive a car on the road
(b) to walk on the road
(c) to deal with something in the hopes that it
does not become someone else’s problem
(d) to postpone dealing with something in the
hopes that it becomes someone else’s problem
(e) None of the above
Q12. In the
question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and
one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in
meaning to the other four, as your answer.
(a) Charitable
(b) Humane
(c)
Heartened
(d) Sensitive
(e) Callous
Q13. In the question five words are given in which
four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other
four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your
answer.
(a) Gloomy
(b) Incandescent
(c) Murky
(d) Obscure
(e) Tenebrous
Q14. In the
question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and
one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in
meaning to the other four, as your answer.
(a) Adverse
(b) Baneful
(c) Innocuous
(d) Detrimental
(e) Pernicious
Q15. In the question five words are given in which
four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other
four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your
answer.
(a) Unwholesome
(b) Weak
(c) Unhealthy
(d) Noxious
(e) Salubrious
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Both options (a) and (c) can be inferred from
the above passage. Refer the very first sentence of the 1st paragraph of the
above passage.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Error is in option (a). It should be ‘no’
instead of ‘not’.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Contributed’ is the correct fit for the
blank here.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option (c) is correct here. Refer paragraph 3
of the above passage: ” Summer winds in India are driven by the
temperature contrast between the Indian subcontinent “.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Accretive’ is similar in meaning to
‘cumulative’. ‘Accretive’ means produced by a series of additions of identical
or similar things.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Contrast’ is opposite in meaning to
‘correlate’.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Beneficial’ is the correct fit for the blank
here.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Always stand you in good stead: to be of advantage
to someone
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Raked over the coals: to rebuke harshly
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Pigs fly: Something that is impossible to
happen
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kicking the can down the road: to postpone
dealing with something in the hopes that it becomes someone else’s problem
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘Callous’ is the antonym here and it means
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Incandescent’ is the antonym here and it
means giving off or reflecting much light.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Innocuous’ is the antonym here and it means
producing no injury.
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘Salubrious’ is the antonym here and it means
favorable to or promoting health or well-being .
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