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Arithmometer was invented by

In an examination, 52% candidates failed in English and 42% failed in Mathematics. If 17% failed in both the subjects, then what percent passed in both the subjects?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Congregation

Which of the following plays an important role in photosynthesis?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Be left stranded

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

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.