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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Burn the midnight oil

A) To live a life of hardship	B) To waste away resources that could have helped in difficult times
C) Procrastinate and then work at the last minute to finish the task	D) Read or work late into the night

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Read or work late into the night

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Khajuraho Group of monuments are attributed to which dynasty?

A) Chandela	B) Mughal
C) Maurya	D) Shunga

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chandela

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The tides in the sea are primarily due to

A) the atmospheric effect of the Earth	B) the gravitational effect of Venus on the Earth
C) the gravitational effect of the Sun on the Earth	D) the gravitational effect of the Moon on the Earth

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the gravitational effect of the Moon on the Earth

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Author of famous book “12 Years A Slave” is

A) Chetan Bhagat	B) Nelson Mandela
C) Solomon Northup Pirates	D) Morarji Desai

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Morarji Desai

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A Unitary form of government is that in which all the powers are concentrated in the hands of

A) Local government	B) Central government
C) Provincial government	D) Panchayats

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Central government

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Sunspots appear dark because they are

A) hotter than the rest of the Sun's surface.	B) more magnetic than the rest of the Sun's surface.
C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.

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Sunspots are a magnetic phenomenon on the Sun.

The reason a sunspot appears dark is that they are cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface and also the gas inside the spot where the magnetic field is strongest is only emitting about 1/4 as much light as from the rest of the solar surface.

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Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to

A) the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time	B) red light having longer wave length scatters away
C) that sun comes out of the mountains	D) that all other colours scatter away except red

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) that all other colours scatter away except red

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The 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting was held in which of the following countries?

A) Australia	B) China
C) Switzerland	D) France

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