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Project 'Sankalp' started for the purpose____________

A) To eradicate illiteracy B) To eradicate Polio
C) To eliminate AIDS/HIV D) To eliminate unemployment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To eliminate AIDS/HIV

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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.

 

Come what may

 

A) Welcome all visitors with open arms B) No matter what happens
C) Insure all your property from all kinds of losses D) Willing to become whatever fate has in store for your future
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) No matter what happens

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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.

 

The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

this book provides. ___________ exercises,

 

A) This B) These
C) That D) Those
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) These

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 In August 2017, Indian Government has launched a portal to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce called ‘e-RAKAM’. What does ‘M’ stand for?

A) Market B) Mandi
C) Management D) Messaging
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mandi

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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.

 

Worldwide, journalism and the news industry are struggling, in this digital age, to ________________ their relevance and value under profoundly changed and _________________ circumstances. In response ________________ the challenge, a strong view is forming within the profession that one way to ensure that the activities that __________________ journalism will continue to matter is to hone, strengthen, and develop its professional capabilities to perform certain __________________ tasks.

 

develop its professional capabilities to perform certain __________________ tasks.

 

A) trivial B) core
C) trite D) frivolous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) core

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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.

 

To impose costs on one of the parties at the end of a ________________ litigation is common; it is meant, among other things, to act as a ___________________ against litigants abusing the process and the system of the law. But to seek pre-deposits with a view to prioritising a certain kind of case over another, by __________________ early dates of hearing to those that are capable of paying huge ___________ of money, is simply staggering. It reinforces a scheme of classism that ought to have no place in any court of law, let ______________ the apex court of the land.

 

To impose costs on one of the parties at the end of a ________________ litigation is common

 

A) chronic B) protracted
C) perpetual D) infinite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) protracted

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Q:

Which Indian actor has won maximum number of National awards?

A) Tabu B) Kamal Haasan
C) Shabana Azmi D) Kangana Ranaut
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shabana Azmi

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Q:

Who built Jodhpur Fort?

A) Guru Ramdas B) Shah Jahan
C) Rao Jodhaji D) Mahatma Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rao Jodhaji

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