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Which among the following writs is issued to quash the order of a Court or Tribunal?

A) Mandamus B) Prohibition
C) Quo Warranto D) Certiorari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Certiorari

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A writ of certiorari is issued to quash the order passed by an inferior court or tribunal in excess of jurisdiction.

A writ of prohibition is issued to prevent an inferior court or tribunal to go ahead with the trial of a case in which it has assumed excess of jurisdiction.

 

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Officially what is the conventional long name of Sri Lanka?

A) Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka   B) Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  
C) Republic of Sri Lanka   D) No option is correct.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Covenant

 

A) Difference B) Conversation
C) Bond D) Devotion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bond

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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".

 

By the time we set out, the sun (sit) pretty in the blue sky.

 

 

A) was sitting B) had sitting
C) was sit D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was sitting

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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) Exhilarate B) Exhilrate
C) Exhielarate D) Eshilariate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Exhilarate

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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.

 

“Be silent” I said to them.

 

A) I told them to be silent. B) I told them of being silent.
C) I said them to be silent. D) Be silent, he said to them.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) I told them to be silent.

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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.

 

The nitty-gritty

 

A) The low level dirty job which is left to the lowermost subordinates. B) Those with grit and determination will not be defeated.
C) Some people are born tough. D) The most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

A government by the military class

 

A) Kratocracy B) Pantisocracy
C) Stratocracy D) Mobocracy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stratocracy

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