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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.

 

Left to itself, then, attention _____________ obeys natural laws and follows the line of least resistance. _______________ far the larger portion of our attention is of this type. Thought often runs on hour after hour when we are neither conscious of effort _____________ struggle to compel us to cease thinking about this thing and begin thinking about _________. Indeed, it may be doubted ___________ this is not the case with some persons for days at a time, instead of hours. The things that present themselves to the mind are the things which occupy it; the character of the thought is determined by the character of our interests.

 

least resistance. _______________ far the larger portion

 

A) By   B) with  
C) Along   D) Such
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) By  

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Q:

Name the architect who designed New Delhi.

A) Le Corbusier B) Sir Edwin Lutyens
C) Andrew Paul D) George Baker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sir Edwin Lutyens

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Q:

Collab is the new music video application launched by which major company?

A) Amazon B) Apple
C) Microsoft D) Facebook
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Facebook

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Q:

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

 

Reminisce

 

 

A) Remember   B) Discover  
C) Forget   D) Hang
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Remember  

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Q:

If the momentum of a body is tripled, its KE will

A) become three times its original value B) remain the same
C) become six times its original value D) become nine times its original value
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) become nine times its original value

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Which of the following scientists gave the law that governs the force of attraction/repulsion between two charged particles?

A) Charles Dufay B) Michael Faraday
C) Archimedes D) Charles Coulomb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Charles Coulomb

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Q:

'Akash' developed by DRDO is

A) A surface-to-air missile system B) A surface-to-surface missile system
C) A air-to-surface missile system D) Not a missile system
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A surface-to-air missile system

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If a perfectly competitive firm can increase its profits by increasing its output, then that firm's product's _____.

A) price exceeds its marginal costs B) price exceeds its average total costs
C) average variable costs exceed its average total costs D) fixed costs are zero
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) price exceeds its marginal costs

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