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__________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress.

A) Alicia Vikander B) Jennifer Jason Leigh
C) Rooney Mara D) Kate Winslet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alicia Vikander

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SKOCH Group has conferred the ‘Best performing Social Sector Ministry’ award to which of the following ministries?

A) Ministry of Women and Child Development B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change D) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ministry of Women and Child Development

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The SKOCH has conferred the ‘Best performing Social Sector Ministry’ award to “Ministry of Women and Child Development” as it has delivered the promises made and for its significant achievements and initiatives from the last 4 years. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has received the award on behalf of the Ministry.

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

I said to my father, "I want to build a raft which can hold four people ."

 

A) I told my father that I am wanting to build a raft which could hold four people. B) I told my father that that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.
C) I told my father that that I am wanting to build a raft which could hold four people. D) I told my father that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I told my father that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.


Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.

 

The author considers specialization as :

A) A boon B) An obstacle
C) A curse D) A distraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An obstacle

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If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread?

A) Scurvy B) Typhoid
C) Malaria D) Anaemia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Typhoid

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Q:

Metals react with sodium hydroxide to produce ___________.

A) oxygen gas B) sodium
C) water D) hydrogen gas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hydrogen gas

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Q:

Equus burchellii is the scientific name of _______.

A) Horse B) Zebra
C) Buffalo D) Ass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Buffalo

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Q:

Nepali is primarily spoken in which State?

A) Karnataka B) Rajasthan
C) Sikkim D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sikkim

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