निर्देश: निम्नलिखित जानकारी का ध्यानपूर्वक अध्ययन करें और उसके बाद आने वाले प्रश्नों के उत्तर दें।
 आठ व्यक्ति - ऐश्वर्या, काव्या, सुरभि, संगीता, श्रुति, स्वाति, अनीता और मेघना का जन्म अलग-अलग वर्ष 1983, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2006 और 2012 में हुआ था, जरूरी नहीं कि इसी क्रम में हो। काव्या की आयु 5 का गुणज है। काव्या और मेघना के बीच तीन लोगों का जन्म हुआ था। स्वाति का जन्म काव्या से पहले हुआ है, लेकिन वह सबसे बड़ी नहीं है। स्वाति और अनीता, जो सबसे छोटी नहीं है, के बीच चार व्यक्तियों का जन्म हुआ था। सुरभि का जन्म ऐश्वर्या से ठीक पहले हुआ था। संगीता और श्रुति के बीच केवल एक व्यक्ति का जन्म हुआ था। संगीता सबसे छोटी नहीं है।

ध्यान दें: 

(1) सभी गणना वर्तमान वर्ष, 2021 के संबंध में की जाती है, यह मानते हुए कि महीने और तारीख ऊपर बताए गए वर्षों के समान है।
(2) प्रत्येक व्यक्ति का जन्म संबंधित वर्षों की एक ही तारीख और एक ही महीने में हुआ माना जाता है।

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सत्य है?

I. मणि को ऑर्किड पसंद है।
II. वह व्यक्ति, जिसे ऑर्किड पसंद है, अंतिम छोर पर नहीं बैठा है।
III. मनो अंतिम बायें छोर पर बैठा है।

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

जब दर्पण को निम्नांकित चित्र के अनुसार MN पर रखा जाता हैं, तो दिए गए संयोजन का सही दर्पण प्रतिबिम्ब चयनित करे।

A – B का अर्थ है ‘A, B की माता है’
 A * B का अर्थ है 'A, B का पति है'
 A % B का अर्थ है 'A, B का भाई है'
 A $ B का अर्थ है 'A, B की बहन है'
 यदि I * J – K % L $ M * N, तो I, N से किस प्रकार संबंधित है?

निम्नलिखित क्रांतिकारियों में से किसे 'मास्टर दा' के नाम से जाना जाता था?

भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक प्राधिकरण (FSSAI) ने पूर्वोत्तर के किस पशु को 'खाद्य पशु' 'टैग दिया गया हैं?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been highlighted for your attention.

Most people spend (on average) half of their day tapping away at their hand-held devices. Either, surfing the net or checking notifications. Facebook ranks the highest in all social networking platforms, followed by Twitter, Instagram and so forth.

Social media is addictive- which is why so many people are 'hooked'. Often referred to as Social networking addiction, this phrase is often used to describe someone who spends too much time on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other channels. A blog post, Instagram post, tweet, or youtube video can be produced easily by anyone and shared, which can then be viewed by millions for free. Psychologists and scientists have now taken the time to study social media in terms of why they believe it interferes with aspects of our daily life. There is no official medical term that identifies addiction and social networking. It cannot be deemed as a disease or disorder as the cases are not severe and the habit can easily be maintained or prevented. Furthermore, instead of spending long periods of time on social media, we dip into and out of these sites all day long. We check for updates from friends and family as well as news and information. However, the behavior associated with the excessive use of these channels has become the subject of much public and sociological debate. We actively post, like, comment and share personal posts. Not only that, we tend to share and reshare expressions (of either negative or positive) contagiously. But, why?

Scientists believed some years ago that, dopamine was simply a pleasure chemical in the brain. Recent studies have shown that; dopamine actually produces the desire in people to 'want' by drawing out the need for us to -seek and search. Creating the ultimate drive to find what is that what we want.

Dopamine is spontaneous. It’s stimulated by unpredictability and small bits of information as well as reward cues which are the same conditions that social media presents to all users. In addition, the pull of dopamine is so strong that recent studies have shown that tweeting, for example, can be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol!

Researchers at Chicago University studied the effects of social media. They concluded quite quickly that people presented higher levels of addiction to social media than the need to smoke or drink. Media cravings ranked higher.

And, let’s not forget oxytocin, many call it the cuddle chemical because the brain releases pleasure chemicals that transpire usually when you kiss and hug- or tweet. It is also known as the hormone that builds the strong yet unique bond between mothers and their babies. Oxytocin is now regarded as the human stimulant of empathy, generosity, trust, and more. These are factors which many advertisers and marketers play on when promoting a brand or business over social media.

Nevertheless, problems have arisen most commonly with school kids - whereby mobile phone devices have been confiscated because exam results have fallen severely due to lack of attention on homework or studies. Schools in many westernized countries have had to take drastic action - banning smartphones, iPad and most portable devices from school premises- as it is claimed to be a huge distraction. Whereas, other schools use it for educational purposes and as a rewards system for their pupils.

Research has also indicated unsurprisingly that Facebook is the most common activity that university students switch to, when studying. Worryingly, it has also found that those who most engage in this type of internet browsing tend to have lower levels of educational achievement.

Also, there have been many cases of students posting or sharing content that is unethical, which has caused parents and academic institutions to limit the use of these online networking channels.

What does the phrase 'Social Networking Addiction' mean?

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these.

If you’re concerned that automation and artificial intelligence are going to disrupt the economy over the next decade, join the club. But while policymakers and academics agree there’ll be significant disruption, they differ about its impact.

On one hand, techno-pessimists argue that new forms of automation will displace most jobs without creating new ones. In other words, most of us will lose our jobs. On the flip side of the debate, techno-optimists contend that continued investments in education and research and development will offset the job losses and generate many new human tasks that complement AI.

Researchers have been studying jobs that involve digital skills for years to try to understand their merit. But what does it really mean for a job or skill to be “digital”?

In earlier research, all it meant was that a worker used a computer. Since nearly all workers use a PC today, we need a more refined definition of digital skills that takes into account how much a job depends on doing things like programming, crunching data in Excel spreadsheets and even using a smartphone.

In a particular research, a new way was created to measure digital or information technology skills in the labour market based on how frequently they’re used in an occupation. For example, how much time does a financial adviser spend analyzing data or an event planner use a computer?

It was found that workers in occupations that rank higher in IT industry earn more than demographically similar peers in other occupations – and that this earnings gap has been growing. Not only that, but it was also found something interesting on the impact of a college degree on the lifetime earnings of a person in IT industry. Historically, workers with a college degree have earned a lot more than peers without one. Even the level of the college makes a difference. Recent research has shown that this so-called college premium has been flattening. The main cause, according to the analysis, is that the college premium for occupations requiring fewer digital skills has been declining, while it has been rising for those we identified as digital jobs such as software developers, programmers and aerospace engineering. At least some of the flattening in the college premium is due to the increasing number of bachelor’s degrees that convey few skills that are valued in the marketplace.

Another research compares the measures of job quality – such as a sense of purpose, enjoyability and career advancement – with income, occupations and a range of demographic characteristics. It found that jobs that require greater interaction with technology tended to score higher in quality, particularly in terms of measures like career advancement.

The fact that these jobs not only pay more but also provide greater levels of employee satisfaction and engagement paints a more optimistic picture about the future of work. And that gives hope, particularly since the digital economy is growing at a pace nearly four times faster than the broader economy.

The key is making tomorrow’s jobs “robot-proof” by designing them in a way that takes advantage of the digital skills described above. And universities must play a big role in this by identifying what a good job looks like and ensuring future generations learn the necessary skills.

Which of the following is TRUE with respect to the context of the passage?

I. In terms of quality, jobs that involve a greater interaction with technology, tend to score higher than ones that require lesser interaction.
II. The rate at which digital economy is sluggish when compared with the rate at which the broader economy is growing.
III. Even with continued investments in education and research it will not be possible to cover up the job losses which will happen due to increased use of automated technology.