FLAME FEAT · Paper 1

20 MCQs · Verbal 8, Reasoning 4, Quantitative 4, General Knowledge 4

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Section 1 · Verbal

Q1Vocabulary › Fill in the BlanksEasy
The student council’s proposal was initially rejected because it seemed too expensive, but after they presented a detailed budget, the principal found it both practical and ______.
Correct option Afeasible
The word "but" signals a turn: the plan first looked too costly, then the detailed budget changed the principal's mind.
So the blank must be positive and sit naturally next to "practical". "Feasible" means workable or achievable, which is exactly what a convincing budget shows.
"Excessive" repeats the original objection, "imaginary" contradicts "practical", and "reluctant" describes a person, not a proposal.
Answer: feasible.
The Fast Way
Use the 'and' twin rule: a word joined to 'practical' by 'and' must sit on the same side as 'practical'.
After 'but' the budget won the principal over, so the blank is positive; 'excessive' (the old objection), 'imaginary' (the opposite of practical) and 'reluctant' (describes people, not plans) all fail.
The twin of practical is 'feasible'.
Q2Grammar › Subject-Verb AgreementMedium
Error Spotting: Identify the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, choose D. The list of shortlisted applicants (A) / were sent to the admissions office (B) / before the interview slots were opened. (C) / No error (D)
Correct option BB
The subject is 'The list', which is singular; 'of shortlisted applicants' only describes it.
So the verb must be singular too: 'The list ... was sent', not 'were sent'. The error is in part B.
The Fast Way
Strip the middle: cross out 'of shortlisted applicants' and match the verb to the head noun.
'The list were sent' is plainly wrong; 'The list was sent' is right.
So the error is in 'were sent to the admissions office'.
Q3Vocabulary › Confusing WordsEasy
Choose the option that correctly fills both blanks: “The new attendance policy may _____ students who travel from far-off suburbs. However, its long-term _____ on punctuality will be visible only after a month.”
Correct option Daffect; effect
After 'may' we need a verb, so the first blank is 'affect' (to influence).
After 'its long-term' we need a noun, so the second blank is 'effect' (the result).
The Fast Way
Part of speech decides it: Affect is the Action (verb), Effect is the End result (noun).
'may ___' wants a verb and 'its long-term ___' wants a noun, so verb first, noun second.
So the pair is 'affect; effect'.
Q4Reading Comprehension › Vocabulary in ContextEasy
In the sentence below, choose the meaning of the underlined word in context: “The student council’s proposal looked ambitious, but the finance team found it difficult to sustain the plan beyond the first semester.”
Correct option BContinue or support
To sustain a plan is to keep it going or keep supporting it over time.
The finance team could not keep the plan running beyond the first semester, so 'continue or support' fits.
'Suffer patiently' is a real meaning of sustain (as in sustaining an injury), but not for a plan; always test the meaning inside the sentence.
The Fast Way
Meaning in context: swap each meaning in for 'sustain' and read the sentence.
'Beyond the first semester' is about time, so the team struggled to keep the plan going; 'prove', 'suffer' and 'accuse' make no sense with 'the plan'.
So sustain here means 'continue or support'.
Q5Vocabulary › Confusing WordsEasy
Choose the correct words to complete both sentences: The revised fee rule will take ___ from June. Until then, the uncertainty may ___ applications from smaller towns.
Correct option Beffect; affect
'will take ___ from June': the fixed phrase is 'take effect' (come into force), and 'effect' here is a noun, so the first blank is 'effect'.
'may ___ applications': a verb is needed after 'may', and the verb meaning 'influence' is 'affect', so the second blank is 'affect'.
So the pair is 'effect; affect'.
The Fast Way
Spot the idiom: a rule 'takes effect' (comes into force), so the first word is 'effect' and only 'effect; affect' and 'effect; effect' survive.
After 'may' you need the verb meaning 'influence', which is 'affect' ('effect' as a verb means 'bring about').
So the pair is 'effect; affect'.
Q6Reading Comprehension › Main Idea & SummaryEasy
Reading comprehension: Read the passage and choose the option that best captures its central idea. Many young founders believe that launching quickly is the same as learning quickly. But speed helps only when the team has a clear question to test. A food-delivery startup that changes its logo every week is moving fast, but it may not be learning anything about customer loyalty, delivery time, or pricing. In contrast, a team that tests one subscription plan in two neighbourhoods can collect useful evidence even from a small experiment. The point of a pilot is not to look active; it is to reduce uncertainty before spending heavily.
Correct option CA pilot project should be designed to answer a clear business question.
The passage contrasts looking busy with actually learning: speed helps only when there is a clear question to test.
The last line sums it up: a pilot exists to reduce uncertainty, so it must be built around a clear business question.
A is just one example, B narrows the idea wrongly and D says the opposite. For central-idea questions, the summing-up line is your best guide.
The Fast Way
Go straight to the summing-up line: 'The point of a pilot is not to look active; it is to reduce uncertainty.'
Kill the example-only option (logos), the narrowed one ('only for food-delivery') and the extreme one ('always lead to').
What is left: a pilot project should be designed to answer a clear business question.
Q7Verbal Ability › Para CompletionEasy
Choose the sentence that best completes the paragraph.
Many first-year students join college clubs mainly to build their résumés. Yet the clubs that last beyond one enthusiastic semester are usually the ones that solve a real campus problem, such as helping juniors find internships or making events more accessible. When the purpose is clear, members know why weekly meetings matter, and new volunteers can see where they fit. ______
Correct option BA strong club, then, is built less on titles and more on a shared reason to keep showing up.
The paragraph argues that clubs last when they have a clear purpose, not just résumé value.
B wraps this up neatly: titles (résumé-building) matter less than a shared reason to keep showing up.
A contradicts the passage, while C and D drift to new topics. A good closing line restates the main point, often with 'then' or 'thus'.
The Fast Way
Closing blank, so look for a conclusion that restates the main point and opens no new topic.
Sponsors and attendance rules are new topics, and 'avoid practical work' reverses the paragraph; the survivor even carries the summing word 'then'.
So it ends: 'A strong club, then, is built less on titles and more on a shared reason to keep showing up.'
Q8Reading Comprehension › Inference-BasedEasy
Read the passage and answer the question that follows: A neighbourhood café stopped offering plastic takeaway cups last month. At first, several regular customers complained about the deposit charged for reusable cups. By the third week, however, most customers either brought their own cups or returned the café’s cups within two days. The café’s owner said the number of takeaway orders had remained almost unchanged. What can be reasonably inferred from the passage?
Correct option AThe café’s policy reduced customer convenience without seriously reducing takeaway sales.
Customers grumbled about the deposit and now have to bring or return cups, so the policy is less convenient for them.
Yet takeaway orders stayed almost the same, so sales were not seriously hurt. That is exactly A.
B (profit), C (other cafés) and D ('always') go beyond the passage. In inference questions, reject options that add new facts or use extreme words.
The Fast Way
Inference filter: strike anything with a new fact or an extreme word.
Profit is never mentioned, other cafés are out of scope, and 'always' is extreme; the survivor just joins two given facts (customers grumbled, orders stayed flat).
So: the policy reduced customer convenience without seriously reducing takeaway sales.

Section 2 · Reasoning

Q9Critical Reasoning › Statement & ConclusionMedium
Industrialist: The increasing demand for energy has made us depend more and more on fossil fuels, which cannot be replenished. This adds to the release of greenhouse gases that adversely affect the environment, resulting in global warming. While it is impractical to seek to reduce energy consumption, we can develop technologies that depend on renewable sources and those that release minimum greenhouse gases.
Which of the following CAN be concluded from the information given above?
Correct option DEnvironmental degradation could be largely contained without significantly decreasing energy consumption.
The industrialist says cutting energy use is impractical, but we can build renewable and low-emission technologies instead.
So damage to the environment can be controlled without lowering how much energy we use, which is D.
A, B and C bring in ideas the passage never discusses (saving fossil fuels, cost, no change in technology).
The Fast Way
Join only the dots the speaker gives: 'cutting energy use is impractical' plus 'we can build low-emission, renewable technology'.
Together they say the damage can be controlled while consumption stays; cost, 'no change in technology' and saving fossil fuels are all new claims.
So: environmental degradation could be largely contained without significantly decreasing energy consumption.
Q10Critical Reasoning › Course of ActionEasy
The student council finds that the campus shuttle is getting delayed every morning because all students board from the same crowded pickup point. Which of the following courses of action logically follow? I. Open a second pickup point near the library and stagger shuttle timings by 10 minutes. II. Add more food options in the cafeteria to improve student satisfaction. III. Track boarding time data for one week and publish a revised shuttle schedule.
Correct option BOnly I and III follow
The problem: one crowded pickup point is delaying the shuttle every morning.
I attacks it directly by splitting the crowd and staggering timings, so it follows.
III uses real boarding data to fix the schedule, so it follows too.
II (cafeteria food) has nothing to do with shuttle delays, so it does not follow.
The Fast Way
Root-cause test: an action follows only if it reduces the crowding at the one pickup point.
A second pickup point with staggered timings (I) and a data-based schedule (III) both attack it; cafeteria food (II) has no link to shuttle delays.
So only I and III follow.
Q11Data Interpretation › Data SufficiencyMedium
Five interns, Dev, Isha, Kabir, Lina and Myra, are standing in a straight line facing north. Question: Is Dev standing immediately to the left of Isha? Statement I: Dev is second from the left, and Isha is somewhere to the right of Dev. Statement II: Isha is third from the left, and Dev is somewhere to the left of Isha.
Correct option CBoth statements together are sufficient, but neither alone is sufficient
Number the positions $1$ to $5$ from the left (they face north, so their left is our left).
Statement I: Dev is at $2$ , Isha could be at $3$ , $4$ or $5$ . The answer is yes only if she is at $3$ , so I alone is not enough.
Statement II: Isha is at $3$ , Dev could be at $1$ or $2$ . Again yes or no, so II alone is not enough.
Together: Dev at $2$ and Isha at $3$ , so Dev is immediately to her left. A definite yes.
The Fast Way
Count what each statement fixes: I pins only Dev (seat 2), II pins only Isha (seat 3).
One fixed person can never settle 'immediately left'; put the two pins together and seats 2 and 3 give a definite yes.
So both statements together are sufficient, but neither alone is.
Q12Logical Reasoning › Seating ArrangementHard
Six students, Aarav, Bani, Chetan, Diya, Eshan and Farah, are sitting in a straight row facing north for a campus quiz. Aarav is somewhere to the left of Diya. Bani is immediately to the right of Chetan. Farah is not at either end. Eshan is second from the left. Who is sitting at the extreme right end?
Correct option DData Inadequate
Number the seats $1$ to $6$ from the left. Eshan is at $2$ .
Seat $1$ : not Diya (Aarav must be to her left), not Bani (Chetan must be to her left), not Farah (not at an end). Chetan there would put Bani at $2$ , which is taken. So Aarav is at $1$ .
Seats $3$ to $6$ hold the pair Chetan-Bani, Diya and Farah, with Farah not at $6$ .
Valid rows include A E F C B D (Diya at the right end) and A E D F C B (Bani at the right end).
Two different people can sit at the extreme right, so the data is inadequate.
The Fast Way
Hunt for two valid rows with different right ends, then stop.
Eshan is at seat 2 and only Aarav can take seat 1; then Aarav-Eshan-Farah-Chetan-Bani-Diya and Aarav-Eshan-Diya-Farah-Chetan-Bani both pass every clue.
Diya in one, Bani in the other, so the answer is Data Inadequate.

Section 3 · Quantitative

Q13Arithmetic › Ratio, Proportion & VariationEasy
The ratio of children going for a picnic to children not going is $8:3$ . If the total number of children is $55$ , out of which $3$ who were not going earlier are now ready to go, what is the new ratio?
Correct option D $43:12$
Total $= 55$ in the ratio $8:3$ , so one part $= \frac{55}{11} = 5$ .
Going $= 8 \times 5 = 40$ , not going $= 3 \times 5 = 15$ .
Now $3$ more decide to go: going $= 40 + 3 = 43$ , not going $= 15 - 3 = 12$ .
New ratio $= 43:12$ .
The Fast Way
One part first: $8 + 3 = 11$ parts, so one part $= 55 \div 11 = 5$ and $40$ children are going.
Three more join, so going becomes $43$ ; only one option has $43$ in front, with $55 - 43 = 12$ behind it.
So the new ratio is $43:12$ .
Q14Algebra › Quadratic EquationsMedium
A merchandise team finds that if it prices a hoodie at ₹ $x$ , it can sell $(120 - x)$ hoodies during the fest, where $0 < x < 120$ . What is the maximum possible revenue?
Correct option A₹3,600
Revenue is price times quantity: $R = x(120 - x) = 120x - x^2$ .
This is a downward parabola, so its peak is midway between its roots $x = 0$ and $x = 120$ , at $x = 60$ .
Then $R = 60 \times 60 = 3600$ , so the maximum revenue is ₹3,600.
Watch out: ₹60 is the best price, not the revenue.
The Fast Way
Fixed sum, maximum product: price $x$ and quantity $120 - x$ always add to $120$ , so the product peaks when both equal $60$ .
$60 \times 60 = 3600$ ; the ₹60 option is only the best price, a trap.
So the maximum revenue is ₹3,600.
Q15Arithmetic › Profit & LossEasy
A campus food stall has a fixed setup cost of ₹84,000 for a fest. Each meal box is sold for ₹350, and the variable cost per box is ₹210. How many meal boxes must be sold to earn a profit of ₹28,000?
Correct option A800
Each box sold leaves a margin of $350 - 210 = 140$ rupees to cover the setup cost and then build profit.
Amount needed $=$ setup cost $+$ target profit $= 84000 + 28000 = 112000$ rupees.
Boxes needed $= \frac{112000}{140} = 800$ .
Check: $800 \times 140 = 112000$ , and $112000 - 84000 = 28000$ profit.
The Fast Way
Contribution method: each box adds $350 - 210 = 140$ toward fixed cost plus profit.
Needed: $84000 + 28000 = 112000$ , and $112000 \div 140 = 800$ (since $14 \times 8 = 112$ ).
So 800 meal boxes.
Q16Modern Math › Permutation & CombinationMedium
Seven founders, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are to be seated in a row for a demo-day photo. A must sit at the extreme left end, and B and C must sit together. In how many different ways can the founders be seated?
Correct option C $240$
A is fixed at the extreme left, so only $1$ way for A.
Glue B and C into one block. Now arrange this block with D, E, F, G: that is $5$ units, so $5! = 120$ ways.
Inside the block, B and C can swap places: $\times 2$ .
Total $= 120 \times 2 = 240$ .
The Fast Way
Glue method, after setting aside the fixed person: A owns the left end, so only 6 seats are in play.
BC as one block plus D, E, F, G makes 5 units: $5! \times 2! = 120 \times 2$ .
So there are 240 seatings.

Section 4 · General Knowledge

Q17General Knowledge › SportsMedium
In July 2026, which Czech player won her first Grand Slam title by beating her compatriot Karolina Muchova in the Wimbledon women's singles final?
Correct option BLinda Noskova
Linda Noskova, 21, beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on 11 July 2026 for her first Grand Slam title, in the first Grand Slam singles final between two Czech women in the Open Era; Krejcikova (2024), Vondrousova (2023) and Kvitova (2011, 2014) won earlier Wimbledons.
The Fast Way
Read 'her first Grand Slam title' as an elimination key.
Kvitova (Wimbledon 2011), Vondrousova (Wimbledon 2023) and Krejcikova (Wimbledon 2024) already owned majors, so none of them could win a first one.
That leaves Linda Noskova.
Q18General Knowledge › Current AffairsHard
On World Environment Day (5 June) 2026, which wetland became India's 100th Ramsar site?
Correct option CJai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal), Uttar Pradesh
Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal) in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, was designated India's 100th Ramsar site on 5 June 2026; Glaw Lake became the 101st in August 2026, while Sultanpur (2021) and Sambhar (1990) were listed earlier.
The Fast Way
Anchor the listing dates and strike the old sites: Sambhar Lake has been a Ramsar site since 1990 and Sultanpur since 2021.
Pair the two 2026 additions: 100th in June is Surha Tal (Ballia, UP), 101st in August is Glaw Lake.
So the 100th is Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal), Uttar Pradesh.
Q19General Knowledge › History & CultureMedium
In July 2026, which site became India's 45th UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed at the World Heritage Committee session in Busan, South Korea?
Correct option DAncient Buddhist Site of Sarnath
The 48th World Heritage Committee inscribed the Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh), where the Buddha gave his first sermon, on 25 July 2026, making it India's 45th World Heritage Site.
The Fast Way
Chain hook: India's 44th site was the Maratha Military Landscapes (2025); the 45th went to the place of the Buddha's first sermon.
Kushinagar (where he passed away), Sravasti and Vadnagar are look-alike heritage names, not the first-sermon site.
So the 45th is the Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath.
Q20General Knowledge › Awards & HonoursMedium
Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to which observatory, which discovered high-energy neutrinos from outside the solar system?
Correct option CIceCube Neutrino Observatory
The 2026 Physics Nobel (announced 6 October 2026) went to Francis Halzen for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole and its discovery of astrophysical high-energy neutrinos.
The Fast Way
Context filter: the stem says neutrinos, so LIGO (gravitational waves) and the Event Horizon Telescope (black-hole images) are out.
Of the two neutrino detectors, Super-Kamiokande is the Japanese tank known for solar and atmospheric neutrinos; Halzen leads the detector frozen into the South Pole ice.
So it is the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.