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Consider the following statement :“So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.”

Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?

A) Francisco Pelsaert B) Francois Bernier
C) Jean-Baptiste Tavemier D) Niccolao Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Francisco Pelsaert

Explanation:

But while the average Mughal farmer produced more than in later times, he most probably produced less than in earlier times. On the whole, the Mughal period was marked by agricultural stagnation, if not slump. The per capita yield was declining, and the average man in Mughal India probably had less to eat than before. 'The surplus income left to the peasant was tending to decrease, where it had not already vanished,' says Moreland. 'The provinces,' says Pelsaert, 'are so impoverished that a jagir which is reckoned to be worth 50,000 rupees, may sometimes not yield even 25,000, although so much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.'

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Gandhara Art is the combination of

A) Indo - Roman B) Indo - Greek
C) Indo - Islamic D) Indo - China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indo - Greek

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The regional meeting of World Customs Organisation is host in which city?

A) Kolkata B) Bengaluru
C) Jaipur D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jaipur

Explanation:

The regional meeting of World Customs Organisation is host in Jaipur.

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What is the resistance (in ohm) of an electrical component if a current of 0.5 A passes through it on application of 20 V of potential difference across it?

A) 10 B) 20
C) 80 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 40

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

The audience laughed at the comedian.

 

A) The comedian is laughed at by the audience. B) The comedian was laughed at by the audience.
C) The comedian was laughed at by everyone. D) The comedian was laugh at by the audience.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The comedian was laughed at by the audience.

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Who Invented Internet Protocol?

A) Vint Cerf B) David Chaum
C) Georges Claude D) Josephine Cochrane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vint Cerf

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) encroch B) stingiely
C) capittate D) placated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) placated

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

The telescope TRAPPIST is in which country?

A) Venezuela B) Argentina
C) Chile D) Mexico
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chile

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