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The Great Smog of 1952 was a severe air-pollution event which affected _______.

A) Paris B) London
C) New York D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) London

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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 generation gap is another of those characteristic features that set Homo sapiens apart from other animals. It is ______ if ever the most intelligent of apes ever blamed its juniors for their ______ ways! Over the years people have tried to analyse it, explain it, understand it, even ignore it, but it remains, ready to ______ each generation as it tries to ______ its own ______ about life and living.

It is ______ if ever the most intelligent

A) doubtful B) certain
C) sure D) classified
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) doubtful

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Shabana Azmi is not one of the following

A) Movie Actress B) Activist
C) Feminist D) Folk Dancer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Folk Dancer

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The headquarters of ‘Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’ is located at

A) Singapore B) Manila  
C) Bangkok D) Hong Kong
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Singapore

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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP or ESCAP), located in the United Nations Building in Rajadamnern Nok Avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, under theadministrative direction of the United Nations.

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Who is the author of 'Million Mutinies Now'?

A) Aurobindo Ghosh B) K P S Gill
C) Nirad Chaudhuri D) V S Naipaul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) V S Naipaul

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When is the World Energy Conservation Day celebrated?

A) November 15 B) October 10
C) December 25 D) December 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) December 14

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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 written word is necessarily confined _________ the things of the understanding because only the understanding has written language; whereas art deals ___________ ideas of a different mental texture, which words can only vaguely ____________. However, there are a large number of people who, _____________ they cannot be said to have experienced in a full sense any works of art, have undoubtedly the impelling desire which a little direction may lead on to a fuller ____________. And it is to such that books on art are useful.

 

necessarily confined _________ the things of

 

A) at B) to
C) so D) of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to

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Metals are placed on which side of the Modern Periodic table?

A) Top row B) Left side
C) Right side D) Bottom row
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Left side

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