Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

If he (A)/and his family (B)/would ever got (C)/a chance in their life time to see their hometown of Bratislava again (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).
The lovers tied (A)/themselves together (B)/with the silken bale (C)/Paula have brought and jumping to the swollen Mandavi (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

At 5 a.m., when the train (A)/chugged into Dehri-on-Sone, (B)/I thanking the Lord (C)/the journey was finally finished, picked my bags and disembarked (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

In the kitchen (A)/some of the children (B)/sat kneading dough, rolling chapatis (C)/and helping the lonely cook for a home of some 180 children (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, might be in one parts of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

These three writers, (A)/Manto, Krishna Chander (B)/and Bedi, lifting (C)/the Urdu short story to its most sophisticated level (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it or not. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter corresponding to that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Besides(A)/these nutrients, (B)/vitamins and minerals (C)/are an important-aspect of diet (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is an answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Hampi, founded in the 14^th century (A)/as the capital of the Vijayanagar Empire (B)/lies in the Deccan heartland in the state of Karnataka (C)/and could be reached in seven hours by car from Bangalore (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Reviewed their (A)/activities around the country (B)/the conference were very (C)/satisfied with their performance in West Bengal (D). No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Share the legendary of (A)/Dona Paula and Gaspar Dias (B)/to discover that (C)/love does not die, not at least in Goa! (D) No error. (E)

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Last winter, I have to (A)/travel on official (B)/duty from Lucknow to a (C)/place called Dehri-on-Sone in Bihar, at a fairly short notice (D). No error. (E)

In the context of the passage, what was Mr. L. K. Jha known for?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage. Similar

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Public

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Who was the originator of the oldest French car, which was seen in India by a professor, who was on his worldwide tour?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Inventor

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Limited

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below.

Which of the following statements is not true in context to the passage?

1. An official committee was appointed to study the possibility of manufacturing India's own low budget car, under the Chairmanship of Mr. L. K. Jha.

2. Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, the son of former Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project.

3. The Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984.

   Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

   One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

   The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

   Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

   In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

   A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

   Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

   Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

   After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

What was the sole aim of the Government of India behind appointing an official committee?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

According to the passage, the 70's has been repeated twice to indicate the

1. water-gate scandal
2. public debate regarding size of car came to decision
3. acute danger of petroleum
4. war between East Pakistan and West Pakistan

   Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are in bold to help you to locate them while answering of the question.

   One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

   The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

   Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

   In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

   A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

   Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

   Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

   After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

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Who imported the first foreign car in India?

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Efficient

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

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According to the passage, Maruti car has become the status symbol for India's growing middle class which is approximately _______ in number.

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

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Which car was known as the pearl of the East?

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

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Who was Peter Moore?

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.

"It shook the whole world". Why did it happen?

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One of the oldest cars seen in India was a Serpollet, a French car, named after its inventor. It was noticed by one Peter Moore, a Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of London, while he was wheeling through India on his worldwide tour.

The first car was imported by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1895. The first Rolls Royce, known as the pearl of the East, was brought into the country in 1908 by the then Maharaja of the Gwalior State, Madhava Rao Scindia, who was the grandfather of the Railway Minister during Mr. Rajeev Gandhi’s government, Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia. However, the market for the cars in India was very limited in those days.

Thus, the Indian market was monopolised by the two domestic manufacturers, who were manufacturing the foreign-designed Ambassador and Premier Cars. This went on for nearly forty years. While the automobile industry in the world had undergone a sea-change, in India,  it was still using the obsolete technology.

In 1959, the Government of India appointed on official committee, under the Chairmanship of an able administrator-economist, Mr. L. K. Jha, to study the possibility of manufacturing India’s own low budget car called the people’s car. A similar committee was again appointed under another official, Mr. G. Pande, in 1961.

A big nationwide debate followed as to what type of car India should have, whether it should be manufactured in the public or private sector. Those were the days when the public sector was the most acceptable form of economic system considered in India. Therefore, the general consensus was that the car should be produced in the public sector and it should be priced as to be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Then come the oil crisis of the 1970s. It shook the whole world, especially India  and the western developed countries, which were dependent on imported oil. In Europe and the United States, public debates started, actuated by the environmentalists and government economists,  whether it was proper to have huge oil consuming big cars or to have small economical family cars which would not be petrol-guzzlers. The consensus, therefore emerged that India should manufacture a small fuel efficient car, which should be within the reach of the growing middle class of the country.

Thus, the debate, which had started during the time of India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru came to fruition in the late 1970s. The decision to set up the project to manufacture a small fuel efficient car was quickened because the late Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, took active interest in this project. He set up a company in the private sector to manufacture the car, named Maruti, in collaboration with the Japanese automobile market leader Suzuki.

After Mr. Sanjay Gandhi’s untimely death in an aircrash, the government took over the company, and thus the Maruti Udyog Limited was born in 1984. And ever since the Maruti car appeared on the Indian roads during the last few years, the automobile scene has witnessed a sea change. Now, nearly 70 percent of India’s domestic market is served by the Maruti Car. Maruti has become the status symbol for India’s burgeoning middle classes. Estimated to be 150 million, this segment of population is larger than Europe’s combined market, which emerged after the European community came into existence legally in 1992. The car has also brought about quality consciousness among the automobile consumers as well as dealers. The automobile sector, which was almost negligible earlier, has started expanding.