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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Aristotle argues that poetry is

 

A) valuable B) an escape
C) an art D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) valuable

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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.

 

My son said to me, "I will not disappoint you."

 

A) My son tells me that he will not disappoint me. B) My son tells me that he will not be disappointing me.
C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me. D) My son had told me that he would not be disappointing me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me.

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Which script was used in Ashoka's inscriptions?

A) Brahmi B) Devanagiri
C) Gurmukhi D) Sanskrit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brahmi

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With which organization India celebrated its 25th anniversary of the establishment diplomatic ties in 2018?

 

A) SAARC B) Asean
C) WEF D) World Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Asean

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Which of the forts was called the 'Troy of the East' by the British ?

A) Golconda Fort B) Gingee Fort
C) Agra Fort D) Amer Fort
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gingee Fort

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5% more is gained by selling a watch for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340. The cost price of the watch is

A) Rs. 110 B) Rs. 140
C) Rs. 200 D) Rs. 250
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 200

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Assembly line was invented by

A) Alexander Parkes B) Luigi Palmieri
C) Alexey Pajitnov D) Ransom Eli Olds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ransom Eli Olds

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Who discovered benzene?

A) Hal Anger B) Michael Faraday
C) Bruce Ames D) Nicolas Appert
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Michael Faraday

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