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Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

Choose a synonym for the word “trigger.”

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

Choose an antonym for the word “turmoil.”

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

[T]he pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers.
Choose the word that can replace the word “alarmed” without altering the sense of the sentence.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

To which of the following words is “reinstate” closest in meaning?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

To which of the following words is “evade” in the phrase “evade human control” closest in meaning?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities.
A word in the sentence above can be replaced using the word “area” without altering the sense of the sentence. Find the word.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

Open AI was founded as:

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

What did the staff at Open AI fear would threaten humanity?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

What, according to Sam Altman, is the professional honour of a lifetime?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

How many syllables are there in “speculation”?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

Which of the following statement/statements is/are true?
i. Nearly all of OpenAI’s 750 staff threatened to resign if Sam Altman were not brought back. ii. Sam Altman did not enjoy the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor.
iii. The ability to solve maths problems is not a significant development in AI.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
A word in the sentence above can be replaced using the word “stress” without altering the sense of the sentence. Find the word.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
A word in the sentence above can be replaced using the word “supposition” without altering the sense of the sentence. Find the word.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

OpenAI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking.
The use of the word “reportedly” in this sentence suggests that the author of the article does not have first-hand information of the events detailed in the article. The topic statement of this article is based on information received from the reportage of _____.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity’
Open AI was reportedly working on an advanced system that was so powerful that it caused safety concerns among staff at the company before Sam Altman’s sacking. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some OpenAI researchers that they wrote to the board of directors before Altman’s dismissal warning that it could threaten humanity, Reuters reported. The model, called Q* – and pronounced as “Q Star” – was able to solve basic maths problems it had not seen before, according to the tech news site The Information, which added that the pace of development behind the system had alarmed some safety researchers. The ability to solve maths problems would be viewed as a significant development in AI. The reports followed days of turmoil at San Francisco-based Open AI, whose board sacked Altman, but then reinstated him after nearly all of the company’s 750 staff threatened to resign if he were not brought back. Altman also had the support of OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft.
Many experts are concerned that companies such as OpenAI are moving too fast towards developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), the term for a system that can perform tasks at human or above-human levels of intelligence – and which could, in theory, evade human control. Andrew Rogoyski, of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, said the existence of a maths-solving large language model (LLM) would be a breakthrough. He said: “The intrinsic ability of LLMs to do maths is a major step forward, allowing AIs to offer a whole new swath of analytical capabilities. It’s a big step forward.”
In an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Altman said: “Four times now in the history of OpenAI, the most recent time was just in the last couple weeks [sic], I’ve gotten to be in the room, when we sort of push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward, and getting to do that is the professional honour of a lifetime.” Open AI was founded as a nonprofit venture with a board that governs a commercial subsidiary, run by Altman. Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity” and that the for-profit company would be “legally bound to pursue the nonprofit’s mission.” The emphasis on safety led to the speculation that Altman had been sacked for endangering the company’s core mission.
Excerpted from:
Milmo, Dan. “Open AI Staff ‘Warned Board New System Threatened Humanity.’” The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023.

Open AI states that it was established with the goal of developing “safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity.”
The word “institute” can be used to replace which of the following words in the aforestated sentence?

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

Which of the following options shows the correctly punctuated form of the sentence given below? Choose only one option as your answer and ensure that your chosen answer avoids punctuation marks where they are not necessary and uses punctuation marks where they are necessary. The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

Which of the following is not true according to the information given in the brochure?

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

How can the word marked in bold as [Edit i] be changed to improve the brochure?
It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

How can the word marked in bold as [Edit ii] be changed to improve the brochure?
[Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

How can the part of the sentence marked in bold as [Edit iii] be changed to improve the brochure? Choose the single most fitting answer from the options given below keeping in mind the organisation of the events.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

Identify the error in the sentence marked in bold as [Edit iv].
[Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit v] be changed to improve the brochure? Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination.
(A) and of fostering a love for nature followed by the children
(B) and a love for nature following by children
(C) and of fostering a love for nature, followed by the children’s

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit vi] be changed to improve the brochure? Choose the single most fitting answer from the options given below keeping in mind the brochure’s need to minimise ambiguity.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

Which of the following information is necessary for this brochure to serve its purpose?

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020
The Kala Ghoda Art District is a crescent shaped precinct, with its concentration of museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants, has the finest array of heritage buildings in the city, and has emerged as an important art and cultural centre, thronged by visitors and tourists from across the globe. The Kala Ghoda Association was formed with the idea of giving back to the city it calls home by giving life to the biggest street art festival that India has seen- the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and it takes place [Edit i] each year in February. The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world. With the funds from The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and the support from generous sponsors, the Kala Ghoda Association has helped to physically improve the area, restoring buildings and facades, installing people-friendly street furniture and improving the amenities available.
1^(st)FEB SATURDAY
• What’s the Point? with Arzan Khambatta and Deepti Nair
CSMVS Lawns 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The start of every ingenious creation is a dot, and when that dot goes for a walk, it becomes a line. [Edit ii] Lets connect the dots in free space using beads and wires to create magic. (Age: 8 yrs +) • Faber-Castell Artivity - Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles by Know Your Art
CSMVS Lawns 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us to create your interpretation of Kandinsky's iconic work The Square with Concentric Circles at the Know Your Art workshop. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• Bored - a street play followed by The Story Room conducted by Tejaswini Patwardhan and her team of Open Minds Productions
CSMVS Lawns 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bored encourages kids to have unstructured time to ponder over, get creative or simply interact [Edit iii] with each other, where as The Story Room is a fun and interactive session of lateral thinking and creative writing for the parent-child duo. (Age: 6 to 12 yrs)
• World of Coding with CodeW/Floppy
CSMVS Lawns 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Play a maze with algo or dance to the tune of loopy, in our fun & interactive world of
programming, presented by CodeW/Floppy. [Edit iv] Stay SMART & remain SAFE online, learn about cybersecurity by cracking codes in this fun exercise presented by CodeW/Floppy. (Age: 5 to 12 yrs)
• Making the World with Laura Simms
CSMVS Lawns 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Laura tells a beautiful Seneca story called “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky,” a tale of good overcoming bad [Edit v] and a love for nature followed by children creating [Edit vi] a mural with dots of the images of the story from their imagination. (Age: 8 yrs +)
Adapted from: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020. Kala Ghoda Association.

The purpose of ‘not only…but also’ in the sentence ‘The festival draws visitors in large numbers not only from the city but also from all over the country and the world’ is:

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the verb in the present tense. Answer the given subquestions.
The energetic students of Spring High School ______(1) known for their enthusiasm in various extracurricular activities. Every year, the school _______(2) a grand sports event where athletes from different schools _________(3) fiercely. The teachers_________(4) always encouraged their students to participate wholeheartedly, and their efforts __________ (5) resulted in numerous victories over the years.

Choose the correct option for blank (1).

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the verb in the present tense. Answer the given subquestions.
The energetic students of Spring High School ______(1) known for their enthusiasm in various extracurricular activities. Every year, the school _______(2) a grand sports event where athletes from different schools _________(3) fiercely. The teachers_________(4) always encouraged their students to participate wholeheartedly, and their efforts __________ (5) resulted in numerous victories over the years.

Choose the correct option for blank (2).

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the verb in the present tense. Answer the given subquestions.
The energetic students of Spring High School ______(1) known for their enthusiasm in various extracurricular activities. Every year, the school _______(2) a grand sports event where athletes from different schools _________(3) fiercely. The teachers_________(4) always encouraged their students to participate wholeheartedly, and their efforts __________ (5) resulted in numerous victories over the years.

Choose the correct option for blank (3).

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the verb in the present tense. Answer the given subquestions.
The energetic students of Spring High School ______(1) known for their enthusiasm in various extracurricular activities. Every year, the school _______(2) a grand sports event where athletes from different schools _________(3) fiercely. The teachers_________(4) always encouraged their students to participate wholeheartedly, and their efforts __________ (5) resulted in numerous victories over the years.

Choose the correct option for blank (4).

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the verb in the present tense. Answer the given subquestions.
The energetic students of Spring High School ______(1) known for their enthusiasm in various extracurricular activities. Every year, the school _______(2) a grand sports event where athletes from different schools _________(3) fiercely. The teachers_________(4) always encouraged their students to participate wholeheartedly, and their efforts __________ (5) resulted in numerous victories over the years.

Choose the correct option for blank (5).

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most contextually appropriate modal verbs in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

The kitten seemed very sure that it _____ catch the butterfly.
Hint: To talk about ability in the past

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most contextually appropriate modal verbs in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

I think we _____ keep away from their property.
Hint: To make a suggestion.

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most contextually appropriate modal verbs in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

_____ I watch the baby?
Hint: To offer to do something.

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most contextually appropriate modal verbs in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

It _____ be that she had gone without food for so long that she had gone crazy.
Hint: To talk about a probable logical conclusion.

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most contextually appropriate modal verbs in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

No one ever is so smart that someone else _____ prove to be smarter still.
Hint: To talk emphatically about a future possibility where there is an equal chance of something’s happening or not happening.

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions:
Steve: Hello! Can I get Mili with us?
George: Wait a second, let me (i) _________ Mili into this call.
Steve: Was she not here already?
George: Yes. Her call was (ii) _________
Steve: I see.
George: Hi Mili. Am I audible to you? Steve, please (iii) _______ the line.
Steve: Sure. Please take your time. I can wait.

Which expression would complete the conversation in (i)?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions:
Steve: Hello! Can I get Mili with us?
George: Wait a second, let me (i) _________ Mili into this call.
Steve: Was she not here already?
George: Yes. Her call was (ii) _________
Steve: I see.
George: Hi Mili. Am I audible to you? Steve, please (iii) _______ the line.
Steve: Sure. Please take your time. I can wait.

Which expression would complete the conversation in (ii)?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions:
Steve: Hello! Can I get Mili with us?
George: Wait a second, let me (i) _________ Mili into this call.
Steve: Was she not here already?
George: Yes. Her call was (ii) _________
Steve: I see.
George: Hi Mili. Am I audible to you? Steve, please (iii) _______ the line.
Steve: Sure. Please take your time. I can wait.

Which expression would complete the conversation in (iii)?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions:
Steve: Hello! Can I get Mili with us?
George: Wait a second, let me (i) _________ Mili into this call.
Steve: Was she not here already?
George: Yes. Her call was (ii) _________
Steve: I see.
George: Hi Mili. Am I audible to you? Steve, please (iii) _______ the line.
Steve: Sure. Please take your time. I can wait.

Which of the following means ‘to stop or wait’?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions:
Steve: Hello! Can I get Mili with us?
George: Wait a second, let me (i) _________ Mili into this call.
Steve: Was she not here already?
George: Yes. Her call was (ii) _________
Steve: I see.
George: Hi Mili. Am I audible to you? Steve, please (iii) _______ the line.
Steve: Sure. Please take your time. I can wait.

Which of the following means ‘to connect’?

The word ‘erode’ is ____.

The word ‘revenue’ has _____ syllables.

‘The company projects the estimated spending for this year at 75,000$.’
Choose the appropriate stress for the usage of the word ‘project’ in the sentence.

Which /p/ sound in the word people is aspirated?

Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
Riya visited the Gateway of India in Mumbai.

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

In the plural noun institutes, the plural marker sounds as ________

The board ___________ these quality standards very carefully.

Choose the right answer.
The xerox machine ________ working well.

Gopika and Sana resemble each other so closely, they are like two peas in a pod. What does this idiom mean?

Rafiq cannot take sides when his friends fight, he’s always sitting on the fence. Is the idiom used correctly?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom from the given options.
I am sure that I was not the neatest eater when I was a child, but I suppose my parents _____ to it.

The officer showed ___ sentiments towards the grievances.

Either Sana or Maitreyi __at the party.

Choose which part of speech the underlined part belongs to:
This bill was passed yesterday.

Do you know the reason_________ his absence.

I have been waiting here for _______long time.

The baby is crying _____ it is hungry.

Which semi-vowel occurs in the transition between the words ‘no’ and ‘other’ in the sentence ‘there was no other option’?