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Statement I :The    Poona    Pact    provided    for    151 reserved  seats  for  the  scheduled  castes  to be   elected   by   a   joint,   not   separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr.  B.  R.  Ambedkar  withdrew  from  active politics   for   almost   a   decade   when   the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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The  Poona  Pact  was  an  agreement between  Dr.  Babasaheb  Ambedkar and  Mahatma  Gandhi  which  was signed  on  24  September  1932  at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single    Hindu    electorate,    with scheduled    castes    having    seats reserved     within     it,So     the representation of these classes was based  on  the  standards  of  joint electorates   and   reserved   seats. The  Communal  Award  was  made by    the    British    Prime    Minister Ramsay  MacDonald  on  16  August 1932    which    allowed    separate electorates  in  India,  and  it  was supported by Ambedkar.

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Who has been appointed as the chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) after Arundati Bhattacharya retired?

A) Rana Kapoor B) Kishor Kharat
C) Rajnish Kumar D) K Venkataraman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rajnish Kumar

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Indian Constitution has how many Articles?

A) 95 B) 195
C) 295 D) 395
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 395

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In terms of size, Venus ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6

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Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 "Rap Album of the Year"?

A) Compton B) 2014 Forest Hills Drive
C) To Pimp a Butterfly D) The Pinkprint
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To Pimp a Butterfly

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______ won the 2016 Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

A) Michael Phelps B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Novak Djokovic D) Nico Rosberg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nico Rosberg

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.


The Queen was deeply affected, and said to the old woman, “What can I do for you?”

 

A) The Queen asked the old woman if she could do something for her.   B) The Queen was deeply affected and asked the old woman what she could do for her.  
C) The Queen was deeply affected so she asked the old woman what her majesty could do for her.   D)  The Queen asked the old woman if she could help her as she was deeply affected.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Queen was deeply affected and asked the old woman what she could do for her.  

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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.

 


People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives

 

unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’

 

A) this   B)  that  
C)  the   D) these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) these

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