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Select the antonym of

to pilfer

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order:

They also need help

P-­rains have failed, and

Q-­agricultural production will fall drastically

R-­just now, because

Consider the following statements about Harappan cities :

1.Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles.

2.A striking feature is the uniformity in the average size of the bricks for houses and for city walls.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Select the antonym of

to lament

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

If you are living in the crowded part of the city then you should be ready to (bear) the noise.

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

Doing an internship at the University of Lille in France, I almost always found myself stuck whenever I had to speak to non-Indians about India or on anything 'Indian'. This was more because of the subtle differences in the way the French understood India in comparison to what I thought was 'Indian'. For instance, when I, or any Indian for that matter, say 'Hindi' is an Indian language, what it means is that it is one of the languages widely spoken in India. This need not be similar to the understanding that the French would have when they hear of 'Hindi' as an Indian language. Because for them Hindi then becomes the only language spoken in India. This is a natural inference that the French, Germans, Italians and many other European nationals would tend to make, because that is generally how it is in their own respective countries. The risk of such inappropriate generalisations made about 'Indian' is not restricted to language alone but also for India's landscape, cuisine, movies, music, climate, economic development and even political ideologies. The magnitude of diversity of one European country can be easily compared to that of one of the Indian State, isn't it? Can they imagine that India is one country whose diversity can be equated to that of the entire European continent? The onus is upon us to go ahead and clarify the nuances in 'Indianness' while we converse. But why should one do so? How does it even matter to clarify?

What wrong with respect to India are the Europeans responsible for?

Select the antonym of

abdicate

Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

            List -I                               List-II

(Compound/Molecule)         (Shape of Molecule)

A. CH3F                            1. Trigonal planar

B. HCHO                           2. Tetrahedral

C. HCN                             3. Trigonal pyramidal

D. NH3                             4. Linear