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Which of the following transports water from the roots of the plant to its leaves?

A) Xylem B) Phloem
C) Both xylem and phloem D) Cortex
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both xylem and phloem

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Which State has the highest Lok Sabha seats in India?

A) Maharashtra B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

At somebody's expense

A) Paid for by someone. B) To blame a crime on someone else.
C) The unlucky persons who lose a race. D) If one person benefits it is always at the loss of another.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paid for by someone.

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UNICEF was created in 1946 to help

A) women in war-devastated countries B) children in war-devastated countries
C) old people in war-devastated countries D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) children in war-devastated countries

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Calculate the frequency (in Hz) of a sound wave of wavelength 4m travelling with a speed of 200 m/s.

A) 50 B) 800
C) 100 D) 400
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 50

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Unchecked industrial effluents discharging into the rivers has caused ______________ damage to the environment.

 

A) uncontrollable B) disproportionate
C) infinite D) incalculable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) incalculable

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

This is the second time I have caught you cheating.

A) You have been caught cheating by me for the second time. B) You were cheating for a second time and I have caught you.
C) This is the second time you have cheated and were caught by myself. D) Catching you cheating for the second time has been done by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) You have been caught cheating by me for the second time.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.

A) pattern B) appropriation
C) dogma D) suitability
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pattern

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