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 Who are the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 from India, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize? 

A)  Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk  B)  Kailash Satyarthi and Arvind Kejriwal 
C) Bhuwan Ribhu and Asmita Satyarthi  D)  Nadia Murad and Juan Manuel Santos 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk 

Explanation:

Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

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Q:

A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a

A) high resistance in parallel B) low resistance on parallel
C) high resistance on series D) low resistance in series
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) high resistance on series

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Phosphorus is kept in water because

A) its ignition temperature is very high B) its ignition temperature is very low 
C) its critical temperature is high D) its critical temperature is low
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) its ignition temperature is very high

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The term 'Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)', some times seen in the news is associated with the affairs of which of the following?

A) Russia B) USA
C) India D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) USA

Explanation:

Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is the USA's primary statement of nuclear policy. It states the roe of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy.

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Q:

The first amendment guarantees US by

Answer

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Q:

Blotting paper absorbs ink due to

A) Coarse nature of paper B) Osmosis
C) Capillary action D) Siphoning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Capillary action

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

On another day I was

 

A : demanded to see my ticket

B : ticket-checking personnel

C : travelling in the train when the

 

A) CAB B) BCA  
C) CBA   D) BAC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) CBA  

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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

language in __________, and these cling

 

A) young B) younger
C) youths D) youth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) youth

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