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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.


This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."


to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece

A) if B) that
C) hence D) this
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) hence

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A writ of _________ means that the court orders that the arrested person should be presented before it.

A) Habeas Corpus B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition D) Quo Warranto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Habeas Corpus

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During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

A) Lord Canning B) Lord Harding
C) Lord Lytton D) Lord Clive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lord Harding

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Which of the following country’s national flag has a Dragon on it?

A) Nepal B) Sri Lanka
C) Myanmar D) Bhutan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bhutan

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Sunspots appear dark because they are

A) hotter than the rest of the Sun's surface. B) more magnetic than the rest of the Sun's surface. 
C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.

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Sunspots are a magnetic phenomenon on the Sun.

The reason a sunspot appears dark is that they are cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface and also the gas inside the spot where the magnetic field is strongest is only emitting about 1/4 as much light as from the rest of the solar surface. 

 

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A solar eclipse occurs when

A) moon comes in the middle of sun and earth B) sun comes in the middle of moon and earth
C) earth comes in the middle of moon and sun D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) moon comes in the middle of sun and earth

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A solar eclipse happens when the moon gets in the way of the sun's light and casts its shadow on Earth. Solar eclipses happen when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and blocks out the Sun's rays.

 

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

Being linked with nature brings joy and peace as it is the ______ of the laws of Nature.

A) dissent B) refusal
C) acknowledgement D) sustenance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) acknowledgement

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Don’t loiter _____ the corridor.

A) around B) off
C) of D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) around

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