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Vasco-Da-Gama became the first European to set foot in India via the sea in____.

 

A) 1488 B) 1489
C) 1498 D) 1499
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1498

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Some species of which of the below kinds of organisms are employed as biopesticides?

1.Bacteria          2. Fungi       3. Flowering plants

A) 1 only B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 only

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Select the antonym of

feign

A) bluff B) affect
C) act D) fact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) fact

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Select the antonym of

mere

A) unadorned B) immense
C) sheer D) blunt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) immense

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Select the antonym of

avid

A) apathetic B) desirous
C) devoted D) fanatical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) apathetic

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Which of the following statements about the philosopher Shankara is/are true?

1.Shankara espoused a form of Vedanta called Advaita.

2.He elaborated on the philosophy of Gaudapada.

3.Shankara tried to demonstrate that the Upanishads and Brahmasutras contain a unified, systematic philosophy.

4.Shankara founded the Amanaya Mathas.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 and 2 only   B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 3 and 4 D) 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

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Adi Shankara or Shankara, was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and the ologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.
He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism. It is with his teacher Govinda, that Shankara studied Gaudapadiya Karika, as Govinda was himself taught by Gaudapada.

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Select the synonym of

incinerate

A) parch B) moderate
C) ignite D) quench
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ignite

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Elections globally
P-dominated by numbers, percentages
Q-and tallies
R-can be dry affairs

A) RQP B) PQR
C) RPQ D) QRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) RPQ

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