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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.


But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________? One popular theory ____________ that poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so. Intimidation occurs for sure but why then, voters in places where there is no intimidation do so? Another theory is that people vote in return for _____________. But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections and voters do not feel any obligation to vote for those handing out freebies. In fact, they often accept the goodies from allparties but vote for only one.


But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections

A) show B) has shown
C) had shown D) showed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) has shown

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Lavani is a folk dance of _____.

A) Manipur B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Jammu & Kashmir D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Maharashtra

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Sanchi Stupa was built by?

A) Akbar B) Humayun
C) Ashoka D) Narasimha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ashoka

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Constituent Assembly of India was founded in the year ________.

A) 1940 B) 1946
C) 1947 D) 1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1946

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Majority of the fungal bionts of lichens belong to

A) Baridiomycetes B) Ascomycetes
C) Gomycetes D) Deuteromycetes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ascomycetes

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What is the total strength of the Rajya Sabha?

A) 250 B) 260
C) 270 D) 280
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 250

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Which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution includes equal access to shops, bathing, ghats, hotels etc?

A) Right to Liberty and Personal Freedom B) Right to Freedom of Religion
C) Right to Equality D) Cultural and Educational Rights
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Right to Liberty and Personal Freedom

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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.


In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________ a promise from his ____________, assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an _______________ journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus _____________. Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern­day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India's constitutional context, an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

a promise from his ____________

A) nation B) society
C) subjects D) community
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) subjects

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