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- Question 1 of 15
1. Question
Directions: – 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.
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.1 – Why could the king not punish the fraudulent goldsmith?
CorrectExplanation : “There was no direct evidence”
IncorrectExplanation : “There was no direct evidence”
UnattemptedExplanation : “There was no direct evidence”
- Question 2 of 15
2. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.2 – Why was Archimedes charged with the task of finding out if there was any impurity in the crown?
CorrectExplanation : “And who was more learned than archimedes.”
IncorrectExplanation : “And who was more learned than archimedes.”
UnattemptedExplanation : “And who was more learned than archimedes.”
- Question 3 of 15
3. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.3 – What was the king’s suspicion?
CorrectExplanation : Read the 2nd sentence of the Passage.
IncorrectExplanation : Read the 2nd sentence of the Passage.
UnattemptedExplanation : Read the 2nd sentence of the Passage.
- Question 4 of 15
4. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.4 – Which of the following statements is definitely TRUE in the context of the passage?
CorrectExplanation : Read the 3rd Question.
IncorrectExplanation : Read the 3rd Question.
UnattemptedExplanation : Read the 3rd Question.
- Question 5 of 15
5. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.5 – When Archimedes was entrusted with the task, he was curious because
CorrectExplanation : Given in the 3rd paragraph.
IncorrectExplanation : Given in the 3rd paragraph.
UnattemptedExplanation : Given in the 3rd paragraph.
- Question 6 of 15
6. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.6 – “Eureka! Eureka!” as spelt out by Archimedes was
CorrectExplanation : Given in the 4th paragraph.
IncorrectExplanation : Given in the 4th paragraph.
UnattemptedExplanation : Given in the 4th paragraph.
- Question 7 of 15
7. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.7 – What was the impact of Archimedes’ tremendous mental involvement in solving the king’s riddle?
CorrectExplanation : Read the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph.
IncorrectExplanation : Read the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph.
UnattemptedExplanation : Read the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph.
- Question 8 of 15
8. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.8 – A body submerged in a liquid loses its weight equal to
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 9 of 15
9. Question
Hiero, King of Syracuse, had commissioned a goldsmith of the town to make a crown of pure gold, but, having taken delivery of the finished article, he was suspicious. There was reason to believe that the craftsman had mixed with the gold a certain amount of other metal of inferior value. But how to find out? There was no direct evidence, and it was, therefore, obviously a case for the learned men of the city. And who was more learned than Archimedes? The mathematician was, therefore, charged with the task which would nowadays be considered a simple one, but was then a matter for serious thought. Nothing, known to science, could be brought forward to prove fraud or otherwise on the part of the goldsmith.
It is more than probable that the human side of the problem interested Archimedes not at all, but the scientific puzzle worried him intensely. This worry pursued him everywhere he went for days, and persisted through the routine acts of his daily round.
In the normal course of that routine, he went to the public baths. We can imagine him standing at the edge of the bath tub as he prepares to enter it, absently allowing the water to flow until he cannot help noticing it. Suddenly, he splashed out of his tub, shouting at the top of his voice: “Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!) Without waiting, or even thinking of such a detail as clothes, he tore out of the building and rushed through the streets of Syracuse, still shouting: “Eureka! Eureka!”
Arriving at his house, the mathematician put his newly found discovery to a practical test, and found indeed that a body plunged in a fluid loses an amount of its weight which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. With this as a starting point — as it was to prove the starting point of many subsequent discoveries of importance —Archimedes was able to tell his king how much pure gold was in his crown. Thus was the first fundamental law in hydrostatics enunciated.
Archimedes was by this time well known to his fellow townsmen, and his sometimes strange appearance and unusual actions probably met with indulgent smiles. He came from a good family; his father Phidias was an astronomer; he was on intimate terms with, and — according to some — was even a kinsman of King Hiero himself.
Q.9 – Which of the following is FALSE in the context of the passage?
(A) Archimedes’ father was a relative of King Hiero.
(B) Before Archimedes’ discovery, science had limitation to detect the goldsmith’s fraud.
(C) Archimedes discovered his principle while he was in the tub for bath.
CorrectExplanation : This fact has not been verified, this is the opinion of some people.
IncorrectExplanation : This fact has not been verified, this is the opinion of some people.
UnattemptedExplanation : This fact has not been verified, this is the opinion of some people.
- Question 10 of 15
10. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.10 – ENUNCIATED
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 11 of 15
11. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.11 – CHARGED
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 12 of 15
12. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.12 – TORE OUT
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 13 of 15
13. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.13 – SUBSEQUENT
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 14 of 15
14. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.14 – UNUSUAL
CorrectIncorrectUnattempted - Question 15 of 15
15. Question
Directions : Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Q.15 – INTENSELY
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