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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The thief escaped (from burning) as the noble King pardoned him.

A) of being burnt B) from being burnt
C) from having being burnt D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) from being burnt

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Which one of the following is correct?

 

A) Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanized Infantry Regiment. B) Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the corps of Engineers.
C) Army Medical Corps and ArmyDental Corps are two divisions of the Army Service Corps. D) Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the corps of Engineers.

Explanation:

The Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanised Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army. Though its aggregate size, it is closer to that or a full mechanised division with 26 mechanised battalions.

Indian Army Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers are an arms and service branch of Indian Army having varied responsibilities of design, development, trial, inspection and refit of weapon systems and equipment. They also provide technical advice to units on systems and recovery operations in peace and war.

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Prime Minister of India is de-facto head of which of the following bodies?

I. NITI Aayog

II. National Integration Council

III. Indian Board of Wildlife

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Both II and III   D) All I, II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All I, II and III

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By what name is the combined water stream of Ganga and Brahmaputra known?

 

A) Padma   B) Jamuna
C) Meghna D) Tsangpo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Meghna

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In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

 

Elegance

A) vehemence B) fragrance
C) graceless D) ostentatious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) graceless

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

(As soon after the players arrived) in decorated cars, the ceremony began with traditional African drummers and dancers blowing conch shells.

 

A) Soon after the players arrive B) Soon after the players arrived
C) As soon as the players arrived after D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soon after the players arrived

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What is "NIKKEI"?

 

A) Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market B) Name of Japanese Central Bank
C) Japanese name of country’s Planning Commission D) Foreign Exchange Market of Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market

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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?

1.TheDeccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.

2.The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.

3.The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.

4.The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoerishment of the peasants.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 only B) 1 and 3 
C) 2 and 4 only D) 1,2,3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1,2,3 and 4

Explanation:

In 1861, civil war broke out in the USA. USA was the largest supplier of cotton to Britain. Once the civil war broke out, the demand for cotton from India became high and this led to a surge in cotton cultivation in India and there was a period of ‘boom’ then.In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune, Satara and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.

 

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