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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.

 

write good English _____________ bad English.

 

A) so B) such  
C) as D) like
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) as

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Glass is also called ________.

A) Supercooled liquid B) Super liquid
C) Ideal liquid D) Distilled liquid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Supercooled liquid

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Which state of India does not get the border from Pakistan?

A) Gujarat B) Rajasthan
C) Punjab D) Himachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Himachal Pradesh

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Which country on 23 October 2017 signed the Paris agreement on climate change, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries holding outto sign this global climate pact?

A) Nicaragua B) Colombia
C) Peru D) Uganda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nicaragua

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The prestigious 'Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding' is instituted by

A) National Centre for Art and Culture B) Department of Youth and Sports
C) Nehru Memorial Museum D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Who among the following was defeated by Chile to won the Copa America Football Championship, 2016?

A) Colombia B) Argentina
C) Ecuador D) Peru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Argentina

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The Copa América Centenario Final was an association football match that took place on 26 June 2016 at the Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States to determine the winner of the Copa América Centenario.The match was contested by Argentina and Chile, making it a rematch of the 2015 final. Chile ultimately won on penalty kicks 4–2 after a 0–0 draw.

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Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize?

A) Arundhati Roy B) Gobind Behari Lal
C) Vijay Seshadri D) Jhumpa Lahiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gobind Behari Lal

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Gobind BehariLal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937.

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_________first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs.

A) Delhi B) Pataliputra
C) Calcutta D) Taxila
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Delhi

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