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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.

 

Accordingly to the author ___________ enables him to project a vision of the future

 

A) man's present experience B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past
C) man's sympathetic nature D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past

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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.

 

To spill the beans

 

A) To reveal secret information unintentionally B) To lose inherited wealth
C) To spread rumours to intentionally harm someone D) To spend away hard earned savings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To reveal secret information unintentionally

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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.


____________________ some respects, this is unsurprising. Many of these laws do not have an _______________ political flavour. The rule against admitting _______________ evidence, for instance, is a result of simple good sense and a keen awareness of human ______________, independent of the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. The same ________________ for the laws of property and contract.


The rule against admitting _______________ evidence

 

 

A) gossip B) rumour
C) scandal D) hearsay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hearsay

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Who Invented Universal Standard Time?

A) Enrico Fermi B) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
C) Sandford Fleming D) Benoit Fourneyron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sandford Fleming

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The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages?

A) 12 B) 15
C) 20 D) 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24

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Who is the director of Indian cinema's highest grossing film Bahubali?

A) SS Rajamouli B) Gautham Vasudev Menon
C) Karan Johar D) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SS Rajamouli

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Who proposed five kingdom classification?

A) Ernst Mayr B) R. H. Whittaker
C) M. W. Beijerinck D) 4) D. I. Ivanovsky
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R. H. Whittaker

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If any Fundamental Right of a citizen is breached, then under Article 32 of Indian Constitution he can directly go to the ______

A) Chief Minister of state   B) Prime Minister of India  
C) Supreme Court of India   D) Governor of state
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Supreme Court of India  

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