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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.

 

Aristotle argues that poetry is

 

A) valuable B) an escape
C) an art D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) valuable

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

This stove (had) a flat kerosene tank at the bottom.

 

A) have B) has  
C) has had   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

She said, “I will visit the temple.”

 

A) She said that she will visit the temple B) She said that she would visit the temple
C) She acknowledged that she would visit the temple D) She says she would visit the temple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) She said that she would visit the temple

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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.

 

All good things must come to an end

 

A) Even enjoyable experiences cannot last for ever B) A good story should always have a happy ending
C) The world will be destroyed one day D) Only bad things can continue forever. Life of good things feel short.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Even enjoyable experiences cannot last for ever

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In Microsoft Word, under paragraph formatting ___________ is used to align paragraph on right, left and center.

A) Font style B) Indentation
C) Alignment D) Spacing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alignment

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In Microsoft Word, _____ is a position we set for placing and aligning text on a page.

A) Standard tool bar B) View Buttons
C) Formatting tool bar D) Tab stop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tab stop

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Non­-green plants lack which of the following?

A) Chlorophyll B) Lycophyll
C) Cyanophyll D) Phototropism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chlorophyll

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Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) is comes under which ministry? 

A) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises  B) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 
C) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions  D) Ministry of Corporate Affairs 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 

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The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises is a branch of the Government of India that administers 48 central public sector enterprises (PSEs) and assists them in their effort to improve capacity utilization and increase profitability, generate resources and re-orient strategies to become more competitive. 

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