In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

"It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to." 

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.

AUGUST

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Many students do not _____________ attention in botany class.

In the following passage some of the word have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
A civilised life is a rule __(177)___ violence, against taking __(178)__ in to our hands. It is a rule which _(179)__of use observe so often, indeed, that a great __(180)__ of people go through life __(181)___ orderliness and non-violence as apart of the scheme of nature. But when __(182)__ comes into their midst __(183)___refuses to observe the current rules, and ___(184)__ the simplest rule   that might is right, the law abiding members___(185)__ society do not know what to do, and look on in _(186)__ bewildered confusion.

Mark your answer at (179).

IGNOMINIOUS 

Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the  options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.

When India’s aspiration for permanent membership of the UN Security Council met with strong resistance, New Delhi hit upon the idea of forcing a vote in the General Assembly.
(I) The president’s healthcare plan drew a lot of resistance from his political rivals.
(II) The employees’ showed their resistance to the salary cuts by picketing outside the factory.
(III) He also investigated electrical endosmosis and the electrical resistance of electrolytes.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

Survival is the most essential factor for every living organism. People resort to different tricks to make both ends meet. One such live instances is mentioned here. Villagers of Makhrada village believed that a witch lived in the denseforest near Makhrada. The passers by were much harassed by the witch who used to frighten them and also took their belongings. In the village there lived a young man named Dhiru who was fond of adventures. When he heard about the witch, he did not believe that it was one of the witches who ate flesh. But there was something elseabout the witch, which made Dhiru curious. She did not eat flest but took away the belongings of the people. Therefore, he was keen to solve this mystery.

He set out with a bag of mangoes. He walked through the forest till it was midway. He took shelter under a shady tree and pretended to be fast asleep. However, after some time, he really fell as leep. After a while, he felt that someone was trying to snatch his bag of mangoes, Suddenly, he woke up and caught hold of the person. It was the witch who tried to frighten Dhiru and run away. But Dhiru was strong and bold enough to hold the withc fast. The witch finally surrendered. Dhiru forced has to tell him who she really was. The witch removed her mask and narrated her and story. She told that she was a poor old widow and she had nobody to look after her. Therefore, she used to live in the forest, wearing a fearful-looking mask. People passing through the forest got frightened due to her appearance and took her for a witch. She then robbed the people of their belongings to make both ends meet. Dhiru took pity on her and gave her the bag of ranages.

What made Dhiru curious?