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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

at the drop of a hat

 

A) to challenge someone B) to give up very easily
C) to pick a fight for small reasons D) without hesitation or good reason
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) without hesitation or good reason

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

What does "victim-centric" mean in the criminal justice system? It means restoring the confidence of victims in the system and achieving the __________ of justice in whichever sense the idea is conceived. __________ this end, the system must confer certain rights on victims to enable them to _____________ in the proceedings, including the right to be impleaded and to engage an advocate in serious offences, the right to track the progress of ________________, the right to be heard on critical issues and to assist the court in the ___________ of truth.

 

achieving the __________ of justice in whichever sense the idea is conceived.

A) purpose B) agenda
C) plan D) goal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) goal

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said that when he was a boy he could stay up as long as he liked.

A) He said,"When I had been a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." B) He told,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."
C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." D) He said,"When I am a boy I can stay up as long as I like."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

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____________ scheme by the Central Government aims at setting up an organized rural Panchayat in order to make the villages more self-sustained.

A) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan B) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Yojana D) Vidyanjali Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Consensus

A) Accord B) Discord
C) Consent D) Unity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Discord

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Curtail

A) Prolong B) Downsize
C) Lengthen D) Extend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Downsize

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

In an imperfect world with not-so-perfect people and institutions, you have to play (1)/ your role the best you can, take as many as you can along with you, (2)/ with empathy and a bit of loving detachment. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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How did social darwinism affect European Imperialism?

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Social Darwinism was a prominent intellectual theory that was used to justify European Imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.


Social Darwinism held that those made better or worse by industrialization were based on the natural predisposition of the people effected. For those who were made better off, the success of those people demonstrated that they had a well-evolved culture and this expansion would help remove or improve underperforming cultures, which were those "chosen" by the fact that they were performing poorly.


 


Imperialism may encompass a broad range of meanings, including the foreign occupation of one nation by another; one society's control of the internal politics of another; and, especially, foreign extraction of a less powerful nation's natural resources and/or exploitation of its indigenous human resources.


 


All in all, according to the Social Darwinist, Imperialism was the natural expansion and success of a well-evolved culture and this expansion would help remove or improve underperforming cultures.

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