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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Doing an internship at the University of Lille in France, I almost always found myself stuck whenever I had to speak to non-Indians about India or on anything 'Indian'. This was more because of the subtle differences in the way the French understood India in comparison to what I thought was 'Indian'. For instance, when I, or any Indian for that matter, say 'Hindi' is an Indian language, what it means is that it is one of the languages widely spoken in India. This need not be similar to the understanding that the French would have when they hear of 'Hindi' as an Indian language. Because for them Hindi then becomes the only language spoken in India. This is a natural inference that the French, Germans, Italians and many other European nationals would tend to make, because that is generally how it is in their own respective countries. The risk of such inappropriate generalisations made about 'Indian' is not restricted to language alone but also for India's landscape, cuisine, movies, music, climate, economic development and even political ideologies. The magnitude of diversity of one European country can be easily compared to that of one of the Indian State, isn't it? Can they imagine that India is one country whose diversity can be equated to that of the entire European continent? The onus is upon us to go ahead and clarify the nuances in 'Indianness' while we converse. But why should one do so? How does it even matter to clarify?

Why do some French people think that Hindi is the only Indian language?

Which of the following is/ are credit rating agency/agencies in India?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Do people take

P-­rejection of every candidate?
Q-­the trouble to go and
R­-vote only to register their

Astrosat is India's first

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Today, however, when one in four rural Indians

P-in identifying the poor are far greater
Q-is poor, our chances of being wrong
R-and one in six urban Indians

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Ajay told the manager that he would not mind (standing and eat) the lunch.

Which of the following is NOT an example of volcanic mountain?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

To have succumbed to their

P-blackmail was not an instance of
Q-making pragmatic political
R-concessions; it was one of capitulation