Seven friends — A, B, C, D, E, F, and G — are sitting in a straight line facing north.

Question 1

Who is sitting at the extreme left end?

A) A
B) C
C) E
D) F

Question 2

Who is sitting exactly in the middle?

A) D
B) A
C) B
D) F

Question 3

Who sits immediately to the right of E?

A) F
B) G
C) B
D) D

Question 4

What is the position of B from the right end?

A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Fifth

In search of an effective method to prevent muscle wasting that comes with illness and aging, researchers have located a natural compound that is very promising.

The findings reported in the June issue of Cell Metabolism (a Cell Press publication), identify a natural component of apple peels known as Ursolic Acid as a promising new nutritional therapy for the widespread and debilitating condition that affects nearly everyone at one time or another.

"Muscle wasting is a frequent companion of illness and aging," explained researchers from The University of Iowa, Iowa City. "It prolongs hospitalization, delays recoveries and in some cases prevents people going back home. It isn't well understood and there is no medicine for it.

" The research team first looked at what happens to gene activity in muscles under conditions that promote weakening. Those studies turned up 63 genes that change in response to fasting in both people and mice and another 29 that shift their expression in the muscles of both people who are fasting and those with spinal cord injury. Comparison of those gene expression signatures to the signatures of cells treated with more than 1300 bio-active small molecules led them to ursolic acid as a compound with effects that might counteract those of atrophy.

"Ursolic Acid is an interesting natural compound," they said. "It's part of a normal diet as a component of apple peels. They always say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

" The researchers next gave Ursolic Acid to fasted laboratory subjects. Those experiments showed that ursolic acid could protect against muscle weakening as predicted. When ursolic acid was added to the food of normal subjects for a period of weeks, their muscles grew. Those effects were traced back to enhanced insulin signaling in muscle and to corrections in the gene signatures linked to atrophy.

The subjects given ursolic acid also became leaner and had lower blood levels of glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides. The findings therefore suggest that ursolic acid may be responsible for some of the overall benefits of healthy eating.

"We know if you eat a balanced diet like mom told us to eat you get this material," the researchers explained "People who eat junk food don't get this.

" It is not yet clear whether the findings will translate to human patients, but the goal now is to "figure out if this can help people." If so, they don't yet know whether Ursolic Acid at levels that might be consumed as part of a normal diet might or might not be enough.

Question 5

According to the passage, which of the following is one of the reasons why people do not have good health?

A) Lack of a balanced diet
B) Lack of exercise
C) Lack of good food
D) Lack of nutrients in food
E) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the uses of Ursolic acid?

A) It increases cognitive abilities
B) It strengthens the heart
C) It strengthens muscles
D) It helps perform better on memory tests
E) None of the above

Question 7

Ursolic acid contains which of the following substances?

A) insulin
B) cholesterol
C) triglycerides
D) glucose
E) Data insufficient

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Question 8

What is the synonym for the following word: APPARENT?

A) Misfortune
B) Neglect
C) Obvious
D) Support
E) Angry

Question 9

Education is an essential means of ____ women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully ____ in the development process.

A) empower - include

B) empowering - participate

C) empowered - participating

D) empowerment - participate

E) strengthening - participating

Question 10

ParaJumble

A) In the garden the voice of the insect soothes; in the bedroom it irritates

B) In the garden it is the hum of spring; in the bedroom it seems to belong to the same school of music as the bizz of the dentist's drill or the saw-mill

C) It makes all the difference whether you hear an insect in the bedroom or in the garden

D) Even in the garden we wave away a mosquito

E) It may be that it is not the right sort of insect that invades the bedroom

Options:

A) CABED
B) CADBE
C) ACBED
D) ABCED
E) BECAD

Question 1,2,3,4

There are 7 positions:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Everyone is facing north, so right side means our right side.

Clue 2 says C sits at one extreme end.
Clue 6 says G sits to the right of B.
So B cannot be too far right.

Clue 1 says B is second to the right of A.
Clue 3 says D sits exactly between A and B.

So the block must be:

A D B

Now place this block in the row.

Since G must be to the right of B and E must be immediately left of G, we get the block:

E G

The final arrangement becomes:

C A D B F E G

Question 5

Answer: A) Lack of a balanced diet

Explanation:
The passage states: "We know if you eat a balanced diet like mom told us to eat you get this material. People who eat junk food don't get this." This suggests that not having a balanced diet can deprive people of beneficial compounds like Ursolic Acid. The passage does not specifically mention lack of exercise, lack of good food, or lack of nutrients in general.

Question 6

Answer: C) It strengthens muscles

Explanation:
The passage clearly states that Ursolic Acid "could protect against muscle weakening" and that when added to food, "their muscles grew." Therefore, strengthening muscles is a direct benefit mentioned in the passage.

Question 7

Answer: E) Data insufficient

Explanation:
The passage mentions that Ursolic Acid enhances insulin signaling and lowers blood levels of glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. However, it never states that Ursolic Acid contains any of these substances. Therefore, the information is insufficient to determine the correct option from A–D.

Question 8

Answer: C) Obvious ✅

Simple Explanation:
Apparent means clear, evident, or easy to notice.
Obvious has the same meaning.

Example:

Therefore, C) Obvious is the correct answer.

Question 9

Answer: B) empowering - participate

Simple Explanation:

Education is an essential means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully participate in the development process.

Correct Answer: B ✅

Question 10

C is the best opening sentence because it introduces the main idea: an insect sounds different depending on whether it is heard in the bedroom or garden. A explains this contrast: in the garden it soothes, but in the bedroom it irritates. B further expands the same comparison with examples. E then suggests a possible reason: maybe the bedroom insect is not the right kind. D continues that thought by saying even in the garden we wave away a mosquito.

Final order: CABED