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Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

 

One should consciously engage in activities that will nourish your soul. Just as we nourish the body, we need to nurture the soul to connect to the creative power of the universe and to manifest joy in our lives. Often, we forget to address the soul, lost as we are in a jungle of material and sensual pleasures. But the more you embrace what feeds your soul, the happier you become. So if you want to enjoy the abundance of life, engage in what enriches your soul. Nurturing the soul is all about finding calm amidst chaos. There are a number of practices that empower people towards this end including silent contemplation, various forms of meditation, yoga and tai chi However, the rigor and discipline involved in the pursuit of such practices often seems to discourage people. Add to this, the temptations of the material world that leave little time and motivation for anyone to pursue the spiritual path. Poet Walt Whitman declared: “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth”. The good news is that simple, everyday activities can also nutrify the soul — like spending time in the midst of nature, dancing in the rain or just putting thoughts on paper. Do whatever is calming and pleases you. Creative pursuits are particularly appealing as inside each one of us, there is an artist craving for release and awaiting an opportunity for expression. One of the ways to indulge the artist within is to get started with the practice of any one or more of the creative art forms such as music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction or essay writing.

 

When you engage in such soul nourishing activities, all thought and energy gets focused toward goal accomplishment. At this point, you will find that even unknown forces of the universe are conniving to assist you in your amateurish but sincere attempts. As you progress, you are motivated to do better. You touch and access a faculty, a part of you that you never knew existed. Your inner artist is unleashed, baring the beauty of your soul that has found a fond medium of expression. For instance, a sculptor’s soul is seen in his artwork; a musician’s in his compositions; an actor’s in his acting, a painter’s in his paintings and so on. It is immaterial whether your effort is an immaculate artwork or just a clumsy attempt by a layperson. The idea is to try, be inspired and to create giving free rein to the mind. As Michelangelo remarked: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free”!

 

According to the passage, what makes us really happy?

 

A) A soulful music. B) A soulful sculptures art.
C) Freeing our mind. D) Embracing what feeds our soul.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Embracing what feeds our soul.

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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.

 

Chicken out

 

A) Quickly move from one position to another in a game of chess or war. B) Be a lover of non vegetarian delicacies.
C) Be easily confused over small issues. D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

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In each of the following questions, four words have been given out of which three are alike in some manner, while the fourth one is different. Choose the word which is different from the rest.

A) Deccan B) Kaas
C) Chhota Nagpur D) Nanda Devi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nanda Devi

Explanation:

Deccan, Kaas and Chhota Nagpur are plateau. Nanda Devi is a mountain.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

A) gave free land to all settlers. B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.
C) guaranteed universal suffrage. D) balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was significant because it was the second continental congress that charted a government for territory in Northwest America. It also helped forbid slavery, and made a method of admitting new states near the Union.

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You use Visual Studio .NET to develop a Windows-based application that interacts with a Microsoft SQL Server database. Your application contains a form named CustomerForm.

 You add the following design-time components to the form:

• SqlConnection object named XYZConnection.
• SqlDataAdapter object named XYZDataAdapter.
• DataSet object named XYZDataSet.
• Five TextBox controls to hold the values exposed by XYZDataSet.


At design time, you set the DataBindings properties of each TextBox control to the appropriate column in the DataTable object of XYZDataSet. When you test the application, you can successfully connect to the database. However, no data is displayed in any text boxes.

You need to modify your application code to ensure that data is displayed appropriately. Which behavior should occur while the CustomerForm.Load event handler is running?

A) Execute the BeginInit method of XYZDataSet. B) Execute the Open method of XYZConnection.
C) Execute the FillSchema method of XYZDataAdapter and pass in XYZDataSet. D) Execute the Fill method of XYZDataAdapter and pass in XYZDataSet.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Execute the Fill method of XYZDataAdapter and pass in XYZDataSet.

Explanation:

Dataset is a container; therefore, you need to fill it with data. You can populate a dataset by calling the Fill method of a data adapter.

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Q:

With three eyes and as black as night, I frequently knock down ten men with a single strike! What am I?

Answer

A Bowling ball.

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'Vikalp' is a scheme launched by Indian Railways to help wait-listed passengers. Which of the following is NOT true about this scheme?

A) Confirmed berths in alternate trains. B) No-extra charges will be taken from passengers.
C) Wait-listed passengers can avail opportunity of travelling in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Special trains even when booking made is in other mail/express trains. D) Vikalp scheme will be initially available for e-tickets only.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Confirmed berths in alternate trains.

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What is the process of conversion of solid state directly to gaseous state called?

A) Evaporation B) Condensation
C) Sublimation D) Distillation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sublimation

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