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ΔABC is right angled at B. BD is an altitude. AD = 3 cm and DC = 9 cm. What is the value of AB (in cm)?

A) 6 B) 5
C) 4.5 D) 5.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6

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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 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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Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in literature.

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) CV Raman
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri D) Amartya Sen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

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Who among the following is NOT a Miss World?

A) Manushi Chhillar B) Yukta Mookhey
C) Sushmita Sen D) Diana Hayden
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sushmita Sen

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Who conferred the title of 'Gurudev' on Rabindranath Tagore?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Pandit Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi

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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.

 

But representatives have cynically chosen to look the other _________________ when matters of justice are involved. They seem to have only a will to power; to be part of a new ___________________ elite. _________________ they forget that the history of struggle is the future of struggle. Maoism is one extreme ____________________ struggle ___________________ corrupt appropriative and greedy elites; there are others.

 

___________________ corrupt appropriative and greedy elites; there are others.

 

A) against B) of
C) for D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion

 

A) Oration   B) Reticent  
C) Bashful   D) Taciturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Oration  

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