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Who among the following is also the Chairman of the Planning Commission?

A) Defence Minister B) Attorney General
C) Prime Minister D) Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Prime Minister

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.

A) activity B) happening
C) performance D) acts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) activity

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Who invented the thermos flask?

A) Ray Tomlinson B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) William Cullen D) James Dewar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Dewar

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Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

A) Acharya Narendra Dev B) Dayanand Saraswati
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dayanand Saraswati

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Potato is a ?

A) Root B) Stem
C) Bud D) Fruit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stem

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Which eminent Hindi writer was chosen for the Vyas Samman 2017 for her work Dukham Sukham ?

A) Mamta Kalia B) Namita Gokhale
C) Meena Kandasamy D) Jhumpa Lahiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mamta Kalia

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Cultivation is difficult on red soil because

A) Its water holding capacity is less B) It is highly contaminated
C) Biological components do not mix with it D) It is red in colour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Its water holding capacity is less

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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.

 

The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

write good English _____________ bad English.

 

A) so B) such  
C) as D) like
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) as

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