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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.

 


According to the author, all art is

 

A) a reflection of life. B) art
C) an escape D) an important sense.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an escape

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Despite the bank's security staff ____________ a vigil over the treasury boxes, the cash was stolen.

 

A) putting B) placing
C) keeping D) taking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) keeping

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Vaccuumm B) Vacuum
C) Vaecum D) Wacuum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vacuum

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The power of silence is its ability to mediate the ______.

 

A) excitable B) irreconcilable
C) excusable D) fashionable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) irreconcilable

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The first Europeans to come to India were

A) British B) Dutch
C) French D) Portugese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Portugese

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Shiv Prakash Mishra who has been named to receive the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award for lifetima achievement is associated with which game

A) Tennis B) Golf
C) Hockey D) Atheletics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tennis

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If cos4θ-sin4θ=13 then the value of tan2θ is

A) 1/2 B) 1/3
C) 1/4 D) 1/5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1/2

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The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the case of

A) Wheat B) Rice
C) Pulses D) Oil seeds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wheat

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