IPMAT Indore 2025 question paper
90 questions · 360 marks · 120 minutes · +4 per correct answer, -1 per wrong one
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Quantitative Ability (MCQ)
30 questions
- 1Given that , the value of is
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- 2If then which of the following is true?
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- 3If are the roots of the equation , then the value of is
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- 4Suppose and are three real numbers such that Max Min, and Median Mean Then the median of and is
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- 5If then is:
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- 6A natural number lies between and , and the sum of its digits is . The probability that is divisible by , is
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- 7In triangle and the circumradius is equal to . Then equals
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- 8If is a quadratic equation in , such that one of its roots is times the other, and are positive real numbers, then equals
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- 9Let and be two points. If a line with slope intersects at an angle of , then the possible values of are
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- 10Let be a quadratic polynomial such that Let and . Then equals
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- 11A circle touches the y-axis at and passes through the point . Then the radius of the circle is
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- 12Consider a triangle with side lengths 4 meters, 6 meters, and 9 meters. A dog runs around the triangle in such a way that the shortest distance of the dog from the triangle is exactly 1 meter. The total distance covered (in meters) by the dog in one round is
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- 13Anindita invests a total of lakh rupees distributed across three schemes A, B and C for a period of two years. These schemes offer an interest rate of , and per annum, respectively, each compounded annually. If the initial investment amount in scheme A is rupees and the total interest earned from all the three schemes during the first year is rupees, then the total interest earned, in rupees, from all the three schemes for the second year is
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- 14Let where, , are real numbers and is a real variable then
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- 15The area of the triangle, formed by the straight lines and is
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- 16Area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1 unit is:
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- 17Two swimmers, Ankit and Bipul, start swimming from the opposite ends of a swimming pool at the same time. Ankit can cover the length of the pool once in 10 minutes. Bipul can cover the length of the pool once in 15 minutes. They swim back and forth for 80 minutes without stopping. The number of times they meet each other is
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- 18The sum of the first 5 terms of a geometric progression is the same as the sum of the first 7 terms of the same progression. If the sum of the first 9 terms is 24, then the 4th term of the progression is
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- 19The set of all values of satisfying the inequality is
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- 20Let and be two series in arithmetic progression. If and are the -th terms of and , respectively, then equals __________.
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- 21A and B take part in a rifle shooting match. The probability of A hitting the target is 0.4, while the probability of B hitting the target is 0.6. If A has the first shot, post which both strike alternately, then the probability that A hits the target before B hits it is
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- 22Which of the following numbers is divisible by ?
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- 23Let A and B be two finite sets such that , , are in an arithmetic progression. Here denotes the number of elements in a finite set . If , then is ____
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- 24The number of integers greater than 5000 and divisible by 5 that can be formed with the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 where no digit is repeated is
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- 25The remainder when is divided by is
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- The table given below provides the details of monthly sales (in lakhs of rupees) and the value of products returned by the customers (as a percentage of sales) of an e-commerce company for three product categories for the year 2024. Net sales (in lakhs of rupees) is defined as the difference between sales (in lakhs of rupees) and the value of products returned (in lakhs of rupees).
Month Sales (in lakhs of rupees) Value of products returned (as a percentage of sales) Apparel Footwear Electronics Apparel Footwear Electronics January 262 104 289 13% 7% 2% February 279 113 387 16% 9% 3% March 236 121 283 20% 7% 2% April 258 58 325 16% 8% 1% May 249 69 359 12% 6% 4% June 230 111 321 19% 5% 3% July 244 119 341 17% 9% 4% August 252 60 336 16% 6% 2% September 288 118 355 10% 9% 5% October 222 108 383 15% 8% 2% November 228 93 282 14% 9% 4% December 221 86 268 18% 10% 1% 26Which month had highest percentage decline in monthly sales as compared to previous month for the Apparel category?Tap an option to check your answer.
- 27For which categories the value of the products returned (as a percentage of sales) increased for three consecutive months?
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- 28By what percentage the net sales for June increased as compared to May in the Footwear category?
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- 29Among the following four months, for which month the contribution of the Apparel category in the total monthly sales was the highest?
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- 30Among the following four months, for which month the value of the Footwear returned (in lakhs of rupees) was the highest?
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Quantitative Ability (Short Answer)
15 questions
- 31Arpita and Nikita, working together, can complete an assigned job in 12 days. If Arpita works initially to complete 40% of the job, and the remaining job is completed by Nikita alone, then it takes 24 days to complete the job. The possible number of days that Nikita requires to complete the entire job, working alone, is
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- Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal. The following additional information is available - Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets. - Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists. - Every team except A has more biologists than explorers. - The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.32The number of biologists in team E is _____
- 33If are three distinct natural numbers, all less than , such that , then the maximum possible value of is ______
- 34Eight teams take part in a tournament where each team plays against every other team exactly once. In a particular year, one team got suspended after playing 3 matches, due to a disciplinary issue. The organizers decide to proceed, nonetheless, with the remaining matches. The total number of matches that were played in the tournament that year is
- 35If the sum of the first terms of the sequence: is , then the value of is
- 36English exam and Math exam were conducted separately for a class of 120 students. The number of students who did not appear for the English exam is twice the number of students who did not appear for the Math exam. The number of students who passed the Math exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam. If the number of students who passed the English exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the Math exam, then the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam is ________
- 37If such that , then equals _________
- Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal. The following additional information is available - Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets. - Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists. - Every team except A has more biologists than explorers. - The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.38The number of teams having more geologists than biologists is ______
- 39If , and are the first three terms of an arithmetic progression, then the sum of the next three terms of the progression is
- 40A circle of radius cm touches the adjacent sides AB and BC of a square ABCD at M and N, respectively. If AB = cm and the circle intersects the other two sides CD and DA at P and Q, respectively, then the area, in sq. cm, of triangle PMD is
- 41Monica, who is 18 years old, is one-third the age of her father. The age at which she will be half the age of her father is ____
- Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal. The following additional information is available - Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets. - Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists. - Every team except A has more biologists than explorers. - The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.42The median number of biologists across five teams is
- 43If and are two positive integers such that , then the minimum possible value of is
- 44The number of factors of that are perfect squares is
- 45If the polynomial leaves a remainder when divided by , and a remainder when divided by , then equals
Verbal Ability
45 questions
- Meta is recalibrating content on its social media platforms as the political tide has turned in Washington, with Mark Zuckerberg announcing last week that his company plans to fire its US fact-checkers. Fact-checking evolved in response to allegations of misinformation and is being watered down in response to accusations of censorship. Social media does not have solutions to either. Community review - introduced by Elon Musk at X and planned by Zuckerberg for Facebook and Instagram - is not a significant improvement over fact-checking. Having Washington lean on foreign governments over content moderation does not benefit free speech. Yet, that is the nature of the social media beast, designed to amplify bias. Information and misinformation continue to jostle on social media at the mercy of user discretion. Social media now has enough control over all other forms of media to broaden its reach. It is the connective tissue for mass consumption of entertainment, and alternative platforms are reworking their engagement with social media. Technologies are shaping up to drive this advantage further through synthetic content targeted precisely at its intended audience. Meta's algorithm will now play up politics because it is the flavour of the season. The Achilles' Heel of social media is informed choice which could turn against misinformation. Its move away from content moderation is driven by the need to be more inclusive, yet unfiltered content can push users away from social media towards legacy forms that have better moderation systems in place. Lawmakers across the world are unlikely to give social media a free run, even if Donald Trump is working on their case. Protections have already been put in place across jurisdictions over misinformation. These may be difficult to dismantle, even if the Republicans pull US-owned social media companies further to the right. Media consumption is, in essence, evidence-based judgement that mediums must adapt to. Content moderation, not free speech, is the adaptation mechanism. Musk and Zuckerberg are not exempt.46The writer implies that
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- 47The writer argues that social media
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- 48The writer’s conclusion is that information available on social media is linked to
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- 49Social media has succeeded in
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- 50Technologies are enabling social media to
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- 51The inherent downside associated with social media is that it
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- According to the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, commodities available for consumption are not inherently negative things. Baudrillard tried to interpret consumption in modern societies by engaging with the 'cargo myth' prevalent among the indigenous Melanesian people living in the South Pacific. The Melanesians did not know what aeroplanes were. However, they saw that these winged entities descended from the air for white people and appeared to make them happy. They also noted that aeroplanes never descended for the Melanesian people. The Melanesian natives noted that the white people had placed objects similar to the aeroplane on the ground. They concluded that these objects were attracting the aeroplanes in the air and bringing them to the ground. Through a magical process, the aeroplanes were bringing plenty to the white people and making them happy. The Melanesian people concluded that they would need to place objects that simulated the aeroplane on the ground and attract them from the air. Baudrillard believes that the cargo myth holds an important analogy for the ways in which consumers engage with objects of consumption. According to Baudrillard, the modern consumer "sets in place a whole array of sham objects, of characteristic signs of happiness, and then waits for happiness to alight". For instance, modern consumers believe that they will get happiness if they buy the latest available version of a mobile phone or automobile. However, consumption does not usually lead to happiness. While consumers should ideally be blaming their heightened expectations for their lack of happiness, they blame the commodity instead. They feel that they should have waited for the next version of a mobile phone or automobile before buying the one they did. The version they bought is somehow inferior and therefore cannot make them happy. Baudrillard argues that consumers have replaced 'real' happiness with 'signs' of happiness. This results in the endless deferment of the arrival of total happiness. In Baudrillard's words, "in everyday practice, the blessings of consumption are not experienced as resulting from work or from a production process; they are experienced as a miracle". Modern consumers view consumption in the same magical way as the Melanesian people viewed the aeroplanes in the cargo myth. Television commercials also present objects of consumption as miracles. As a result, commodities appear to be distanced from the social processes which lead to their production. In effect, objects of consumption are divorced from the reality which produces them.52How can consumption be made more satisfying?
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- 53Which of the following is an argument made by Baudrillard?
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- 54How does Baudrillard engage with the cargo myth?
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- 55Why are consumers unhappy with commodities that they have just bought?
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- 56What is Baudrillard's position on total happiness?
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- 57What is Baudrillard's position on consumption?
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- 58Deepak is an unpleasant person, but we all ____________ because his sister is a close friend of ours.
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- 59We hope that the government's new policies will ______ a period of economic growth.
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- 60When she inherited some jewellery from a distant relative, she had no idea of its worth and decided ______.
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- 61There are so many instances of one or more deer crossing the road, or just standing in the middle of the road, or else ____________; it is like the deer cannot hear the noise of the engines or see the headlights.
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- 62Everyone wondered how the travel vlogger could go around the world all through the year and ______.
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- 63Without a doubt, the widespread use of renewable energy is a key solution to climate change. However, it is not a ___________, as efforts in conservation are equally crucial.
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- 64The labourers who were fired broke into the office building and destroyed some of the machinery. Rather than finding a solution to their problems, they __________
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- 65Among scientists, the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and the genetic code it incorporates is widely regarded to be one of the most significant scientific discovery of the twentieth century.
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- 66Thank goodness, the damage to the car was neglectful.
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- 67Although the new policy aims to increase efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing employee satisfaction, some employees feel that the changes are too abrupt and poorly communicated.
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- 68If the President knew that his allies would let him down so suddenly, he would have handled them with the greatest care.
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- 69When I had to leave town due to office work, I had my brother to give food to my dog twice a day.
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- 70A report published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology has called for an overhaul of our understanding of obesity. An over-reliance on using Body Mass Index [BMI] as a metric has the peculiar effect of leading to both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of the condition. __________________________. BMI does not give accurate information about how fat is distributed in an individual’s body. It frequently fails to capture the true state of health of an individual. A person’s BMI may indicate they are “obese”, but their organs and bodily functions may be absolutely normal. Every individual is a unique constellation — not only of genes and other biological variables, but also socio-economic conditions and habits.
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- 71An island in Japan boasts of numerous dairy farms that own nearly one million cows, and supplies 70% of the milk sold in the country. These dairy farms have now begun to use cow manure to produce hydrogen. The methane from cow manure mingles with steam in a high temperature environment to produce hydrogen, which is used to electrify the local zoo. __________________________.
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- 72As globalization held sway over the world, communities, which used to live in relative isolation, sought access to the wider world, and in the process, they parted with their own language and adopted a new lingua franca. The loss of language, however, does not merely mean the loss of a mode of communication or the loss of a few thousand words. __________________________. So, when a language dies, a way of thinking dies with it.
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- 73On the first day of January 2025, the Indian Meteorological Department [IMD] announced that 2024 was the hottest year on record. A study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water shows that nearly eight out of ten Indians live in districts that are at risk of either a flood, a cyclone, or a drought. Nearly twenty three States in India are heatwave-prone. __________________________. In the summer of 2024, India recorded more than 44,000 cases of heatstroke and over 300 heat-related mortalities, as per the bulletin of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Water reservoirs and the energy demand that keeps India powered are impacted too. During a ten-day long heatwave in Delhi, peak power demand was 16% higher than the previous year.
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- 74Art can be ____________ because it encourages individuals to express their emotions through a creative outlet, allowing them to process complex feelings, reduce stress, and ____________ self-awareness.
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- 75Astronauts who stayed for an ____________ period of time at the International Space Station displayed a remarkable level of ____________ endurance and mental ____________.
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- 76While Curcumin, which is an ______ found in turmeric helps to reduce ______, extremely high doses of it can ______ headache and nausea.
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- 77The notion of personhood is ____________ on something more than a particular type of genetic material within human beings: it arises only with the larger-scale structural ____________ of that material, which permits capacities like ____________, thought and moral agency.
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- 78Since chronic stress can ____________ the immune system, making individuals more susceptible to illness and ____________ their overall well-being, healthcare practitioners often recommend mindfulness practices and proper sleep to ____________ these negative effects.
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- 79Psychologists urge users to remember that social media rarely reflects the full complexity of real life. Influencers often ____________ a carefully curated online persona, which can ____________ unrealistic standards and occasionally ____________ negative self-comparisons amongst their followers.
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- CONVERSATION ANALYSIS: Read the following transcript and choose the answer that is closest to each of the questions that are based on the transcript. Lucia Rahilly (Global Editorial Director, The McKinsey Podcast): Today we're talking about the next big arenas of competition, about the industries that will matter most in the global business landscape, which you describe as arenas of competition. What do we mean when we use this term? Chris Bradley (Director, McKinsey Global Institute): If I go back and look at the top ten companies in 2005, they were in traditional industries such as oil and gas, retail, industrials, and pharmaceuticals. The average company was worth about \$250 billion. If I advance the clock forward to 2020, nine in ten of those companies have been replaced, and by companies that are eight times bigger than the old guards. And this new batch of companies comes from these new arenas or competitive sectors. In fact, they're so different that we have a nickname for them. If you're a fan of Harry Potter, it's wizards versus muggles. Arena industries are wizard-ish; we found that there's a set of industries that play by very different set of economic rules and get very different results, while the rest, the muggles (even though they run the world, finance the world, and energize the world), play by a more traditional set of economic rules. Lucia Rahilly: Could we put a finer point on what is novel or different about the lens that you applied to determine what's a wizard and what's a muggle? Chris Bradley: Wizards are defined by growth and dynamism. We looked at where value is flowing and the places where value is moving. And where is the value flowing? What we see is that this set of wizards, which represent about ten percent of industries, hog 45 percent of the growth in market cap. But there's another dimension or axis too, which is dynamism. That is measured by a new metric we've come up with called the "shuffle rate." How much does the bottom move to the top? It turns out that in this set of wizard-ish industries, or arenas, the shuffle rate is much higher than it is in the traditional industry. Lucia Rahilly: So, where are we seeing the most profit? Chris Bradley: The economic profit, which is the profit you make minus the cost for the capital you employ is in the wizard industries. It's where R&D happens; they're two times more R&D intensive. They're big stars, the nebulae, where new business is born.80In the context of the conversation, "dynamism" most closely refers to
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- 81In the context of the conversation, the term "arenas of competition" refers to
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- 82"Muggles" refers to industries that
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- 83Which one of the following does "shuffle rate" not measure?
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- 84"Wizard" industries are characterized by
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- 85Which of the following best and correctly summarizes the main idea of the conversation?
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- 86The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. 1. Among its major urban centres, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro stand out as prime examples of this architectural prowess, revealing large public structures, residential areas, and sophisticated water management systems indicative of a complex societal structure. 2. Showing remarkable sophistication for its time, this ancient culture developed meticulously planned cities, complete with advanced sanitation systems and intricate grid layouts that underscore its profound understanding of urban design and engineering. 3. Economically, the civilization thrived on a foundation of extensive trade networks, connecting them with distant lands, alongside a robust agricultural system that sustained its large populations and facilitated surplus production. 4. Despite its impressive achievements and longevity, the reasons behind the eventual decline of this remarkable civilization remain largely enigmatic, prompting ongoing research and speculation among historians and archaeologists. 5. The Indus Valley Civilization, flourishing in the Bronze Age, represents one of humanity's earliest urban societies, evidenced by archaeological discoveries dating back thousands of years.
- 87The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. 1. Using the wonders of Artificial Intelligence (Al), they quickly improved upon those skills to become far more dexterous. 2. Inside a robotics laboratory of the Toyota Research Institute, a group of robots is busy cooking. There is nothing special about that; robotic chefs have been around for a while. 3. Despite their extraordinary culinary capabilities, these robots are not destined for a career in catering. 4. But these robots are more proficient than most: flipping pancakes, slicing vegetables, and making pizzas with ease. 5. The difference is that instead of being laboriously programmed to carry out their tasks, the Toyota robots have been taught only a basic set of skills.
- 88The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. 1. Seven of the ten worst affected countries (including India) are low- and middle-income countries. 2. Between 1993 and 2022, India was the sixth worst-affected country in terms of fatalities and damage sustained from extreme weather events wrought by the climate crisis. 3. High income nations, whose economies are founded in industrial era use of fossil fuels, meanwhile, insist that growing economies, especially India and China, shoulder greater responsibility. 4. This reinforces the developing world's contention that it has had to bear a disproportionate burden of climate afflictions despite having contributed little to the crisis.
- 89The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. 1. When we take time to notice these moments, we discover hidden beauty that sparks our creative thoughts because creativity isn’t just about rare, amazing events—it’s also about finding the special in the ordinary. 2. Creativity is often seen as the ability to look at the world in a new way—to turn everyday sights, sounds, and experiences into art or ideas. 3. In fact, inspiration can come from small details of daily life: the gentle warmth of morning sunlight on a kitchen counter, the steady sound of traffic outside, or the brief smile of a stranger on a busy street. 4. Many people wrongly think that true creativity only comes from big ideas or exciting adventures.
- 90The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. 1. In drought conditions, water often depletes in the topsoil and remains accessible only in the deeper subsoil layers. 2. A new study gives new insights into how the acid changes root growth angles to enable plants to reach out deeper subsoils in search of water. 3. Plants rely on their root systems, the primary organs for interacting with soil, to actively seek water. 4. Abscisic acid plays an important role in helping plants adapt to these challenging conditions.
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