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The value of universal gravitation constant (G) was determined by

A) Henry Cavendish	B) Antoine L Lavoisier
C) Isaac Newton	D) John Dalton

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Henry Cavendish

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate.	B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
C) The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation.	D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Explanation:

CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.

It says that Indian bread manufacturer’ use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).

The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.

The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

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Mona Lisa is painted on

A) Stone	B) Wood
C) Paper	D) Metal sheet

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Wood

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Panchayati Raj system is based on the principle of

A) Decentralisation	B) Centralisation
C) Recentralisation	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Decentralisation

Explanation:

Panchayati Raj system is based on the principle of Decentralisation. Panchayati Raj is an important feature of Indian polity ensuring direct participation of common people (Article 243 G – 243 H) in decision making. this system was introduced by a constitutional amendment in 1992.

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Howard Gardner defines intelligence as an ability to

Answer

Howard Gardner defines intelligence as an ability to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting. He suggested that all people have different kinds of intelligences. Gardner proposed that there are eight intelligences.

They are ::

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Linguistic-Verbal Intelligence

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Musical Intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Naturalistic Intelligence.

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

A person employed to drive a private or hired car.

A) Amateur	B) Chauffeur
C) Connoisseur	D) Provocateur

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chauffeur

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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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics.

A) which	B) why
C) where	D) what

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) which

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

as the medium ___________ thought may

A) from	B) of
C) for	D) to

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