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Suez Canal was completed in the year

A) 1859 B) 1869
C) 1871 D) 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1869

Explanation:

Of the two international ship canals, the Suez is more important than the Panama. Constructed over a period of 10 years according to a plan of the French Engineer  Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal was opened as early as 1869.

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Anti-emergency day is observed on

A) June 26 B) January 26
C) September 26 D) July 26
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) June 26

Explanation:

The government has decided to observe anti-Emergency day on June 25-26 and asked all its ministers to hold programmes across the country to remind people how Emergency was clamped by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.

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What was India's rank in the latest ICC One Day International Rankings?

A) 1st B) 2nd
C) 3rd D) 4th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2nd

Explanation:

India's rank in the latest ICC One Day International Rankings is Second. England tops the list followed by India, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia in the list.

 

Whereas India's rank in the latest ICC Test International Rankings is First followed by South Africa and England in 2nd and 3rd places.

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Which of the following is a false statement?

A) As bond order increases the strength of the bond increases B) Bond order is proportional to the bond length
C) Molecules with negative bond order are highly unstable D) Bond order is inversely proportional to the bond length
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bond order is proportional to the bond length

Explanation:

Bond order is proportional to the bond length is a False statement since Bond order is inversely proportional to the bond length.

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

 

But for one witness the accused ought to have been sent to jail.

A) would have B) had
C) should have D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) would have

Explanation:

‘ought’ represents advice, ‘would’ represents strong possibility of an event here. ‘would have’ will be the correct grammatical expression here. The sentence expresses that the accused was not sent to jail because of one witness.

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Q:

To the economist, total cost includes

A) neither implicit nor explicit costs. B) implicit, but not explicit, costs.
C) explicit, but not implicit, cost. D) explicit and implicit costs.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) explicit and implicit costs.

Explanation:
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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

Explanation:
Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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Q:

Who was the last Emperor of Rome ?

A) Nero B) Ceaser
C) Romulus Augustulus D) Julius
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Romulus Augustulus

Explanation:
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