Passage-1

The main threat to maintaining progress in human development comes from the increasingly evident unsustainability of production and consumption patterns. Current production models rely heavily on fossil fuels. We now know that this is unsustainable because the resources are finite. The close link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions needs to be served for human development to become truly sustainable. Some developed countries have begun to alleviate the worst effects by expanding recycling and investing in public transport and infrastructure. But most developing countries are hampered by the high costs and low availability of clean energy sources. Developed countries need to support developing countries' transition to sustainable human development.

1.What is the main underlying assumption in the passage?

Unsustainability in production pattern is due to which of the following?

1. Heavy dependence on fossil fuels

2. Limited availability of resources

3. Expansion of recycling

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Passage -2

Though there is no doubt that commoditization of scroll paintings has allowed a certain economic security and entrepreneurial as well as artistic freedom on the flip side. It can be debated that this dynamic combination of commerce and market demand has led to a pandering to the market with a certain level of proliferation of repetitive art production. This is vitiating the nature of ‘original’, with the replication of themes, the simplification of art, and its ease of availability, lending itself to a lack of differentiation between the artworks.

This has slowly but surely separated the tradition from its original impulse. By valuing the product and not its purpose, it has cut the creative, social, and cultural underpinnings. The one fixed aspect in the past was that the art was inseparable from the narrative ­ the one not to be cleaved from the other. There are many instances of this phenomenon, the Kaavad from its ritual telling, the puppets sold as objects, and the Phad evaluated as a painting. For the Patuas too, the transformative potential of the expanded domestic and international market has resulted in their Pats, like other narrative art forms increasingly sold as decorative items.

As the Patuas continue in an inexorable mediation with change, the question is what lies ahead. Without sounding simplistic or sophist, perhaps there are several routes to a future. And one of the answers to the future continues to lie in the cultural geography of Bengal that revels in its rootedness, regional myths, engagement with political and social happenings, celebration of the Bengali language through films, songs, literature, and the connectedness it gives Bangla speakers. With 60% of Bengal still located in its villages, the arts of the Patua have great potential as they draw strength from their historic past. Their proverbial adaptability to changing times has always held them in good stead.

The Patuas ability to compose, perform, paint, and transmit ideas to tell stories and simplify complex situations to Bangla speaking audiences, is a powerful form of teaching, learning and communication that I hope will continue to hold them in good stead. The advent of new and the continuing of traditional avenues may lead to a new future for the Patuas as they continue their work
 and travels, grappling with their many worlds, multiple identities, and simultaneous modernities in these changing times. As a result of their historic past and the spectrum of spaces and avenues of potential growth paths, the Patuas proverbial adaptability to changing times and audiences has held them in good stead.

Perhaps the way forward could be to focus on not just the product as a saleable item, but as a part of the whole process, recognizing the social and cultural contexts of the eco-system that forms the very reason for the birth and evolution and creation of the narrative painting.

3.What are the multifaceted effects of the excessive commoditization of painting, as discussed in the passage?

What is the  way forward suggested by the author in the passage :

Passage -3

National borders around the globe function as epistemic watersheds, even though they don't always delineate historical developments as distinctly disparate as seen between India and Pakistan. These boundaries between nations signify the contemporary state's pivotal role in determining the educational curriculum that young individuals must grasp to identify with the nation situated within those borders. Employing its authority, the state orchestrates the nature of belonging that educational institutions will foster in relation to the nation, as well as the degree of emotional attachment individuals will hold.

5.What is the main idea that the author wants to convey in the passage?

What is the value of X in the sequence 20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X?

An Identity Card has the number ABCDEFG, not necessarily in that order, where each letter represents a distinct digit (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 only). The number is divisible by 9. After deleting the first digit from the right, the resulting number is divisible by 6. After deleting two digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 5. After deleting three digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 4. After deleting four digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 3. After deleting five digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 2.

Which of the following is a possible value for the sum of the middle three digits of the number?

Two friends X and Y start running and they run together for 50 m in the same direction and reach a point. X turns right and runs 60 m, while Y turns left and runs 40m. Then X turns left and runs 50m and stops, while Y turns right and runs 50 m and then stops. How far are the two friends from each other now?

Which date of June 2099 among the following is Sunday?

A bill for 1,840 is paid in the denominations of 50, 20 and 10 notes. 50 notes in all are used. Consider the following statements:

1. 25 notes of 50 are used and the remaining are in the denominations of 20 and 10.

2. 35 notes of 20 are used and the remaining are in the denominations of 50 and 10.

3. 20 notes of 10 are used and the remaining are in the denominations of 50 and 20.

Which of the above statements are not correct?