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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- It had been umpteen years since we had seen each other.

Q- One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on horseback through a dreary stretch of countryside.

R- This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had been my childhood pal.

S- At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher.

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: TOEFL , GRE , CAT

A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

What is the 'Goldilocks' zone?

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

What has feet and legs and nothing else?

Subject: Word Puzzles Exam Prep: GRE , Bank Exams , AIEEE
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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To bid defiance

Filed Under: English

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are

Filed Under: General Science
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Instrument for measuring light intensity is called

Filed Under: Physics
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The real principle behind love is to see the (underlied) divine consciousness in everything.

Filed Under: English

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
We do not (agree on) certain things.

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams