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Which European traveller had observed,"A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers"?

A) Francois Bernier B) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
C) Thomas Roe D) Abbe J.A. Dubois
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Abbe J.A. Dubois

Explanation:

A European traveler, Abbe J.A. Dubois, commented, at the beginning of the 19th century: "A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers....A house inhabited solely by women is a sanctuary which the most shameless libertine would not dream of violating.' The women of the time possessed title individuality of their own. This does not mean that there were no exceptions to this rule.

 

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Which one of the following may be the true characteristic of cyclones?

A) Temperate cyclones move from west to east with westerlies whereas tropical cyclones follow trade winds B) The front side of cyclone is known as the 'eye of cyclone'.
C) Cyclones possess a centre of high pressure surrounded by closed isobars D) Hurricanes are well known tropical cyclones which develop over mid latitudes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Temperate cyclones move from west to east with westerlies whereas tropical cyclones follow trade winds

Explanation:

Temperate Cyclones are cyclones of mid-latitudes and hence are primarily under influence of permanent winds of mid-latitudes i.e. westerlies. Their movement is therefore eastwards of their origin with average velocity of 32km per hour in summers and 48km per hour in winters.

Movement of Tropical CyclonesNormally, they move from east to west under the influence of trade winds because trade winds are permanent winds of tropical latitudes. The general direction is therefore westwards from their origin. They advance with varying velocities. Weak cyclones move at the speed of about 32km per hour while hurricanes attain the velocity of 180km per hour or more.

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The first two steps in the lithification process are

A) Cementation and Proposal B) Compaction and Ratification
C) Compaction and Cementation D) Ratification and Cementation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Compaction and Cementation

Explanation:

The first two steps in the lithification process are Compaction and Cementation.

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The law of supply indicates that other things equal

A) producers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices B) the quantity supplied of the good rises
C) the quantity supplied of the good rises D) producers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) producers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

Awareness means the capacity to see a coffee pot and hear the birds sing in one's own way, and not the way one was taught. It may be assumed on good grounds that seeing and hearing have a different quality for infants than for grownups and that they are more aesthetic and less intellectual in the first years of life. A little boy sees and hears birds with delight. Then the 'good father' comes along and feels he should 'share' the experience and help his son 'develop'. He says, "That's a jay and this is a sparrow." The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. He has to see and hear them the way his father wants him to. Father has good reasons on his side: since few people can afford to go through life listening to the birds sing, sooner the little boy starts his 'education' the better. Maybe he will be an ornithologist when he grows up.


How do children perceive things around them?

A) Aesthetically B) Intellectually
C) Emotionally D) Morally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aesthetically

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The hormone that stimulates heart beat is

A) Thyroxine B) Gastrin
C) Glycogen D) Dopamine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thyroxine

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Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sink into the mantle at

A) sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins B) rift zones along mid-ocean ridges
C) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries D) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

They said, “We were just taking pictures.”

A) They said that they had just took pictures. B) They said that they had just been taking pictures.
C) They said that we had just been taking pictures. D) They said that we had just took pictures.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They said that they had just been taking pictures.

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