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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 cut to the chase

 

A) to chase your dreams B) to explain a very long story in brief
C) to remove all negative thoughts from one's mind D) to come to the point
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to come to the point

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Who taught you to ride?

A) By whom is you taught to ride? B) By whom were you taught to ride?
C) Riding by you was taught by who? D) Riding by you was taught by whom?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) By whom were you taught to ride?

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Which of the following medieval rulers was called 'Jagat Guru'?

A) Ibrahim Qutbshah B) Ibrahim Adilshah I
C) Akbar D) Malik Ambar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ibrahim Adilshah I

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All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism. A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us, which ideally privileges and _________________ the unexpected encounter, and calls on its citizens to be able to respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial, ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial

 

A) who B) whom
C) whose D) whoever
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) who

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Adding which substance gives blue colour to glass?

A) Manganese oxide B) Cobalt oxide
C) Chromium oxide D) Iron oxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cobalt oxide

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Myopic

A) Blind B) Biased
C) Careless D) Farsighted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Farsighted

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Consider the following statement :“So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.”

Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?

A) Francisco Pelsaert B) Francois Bernier
C) Jean-Baptiste Tavemier D) Niccolao Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Francisco Pelsaert

Explanation:

But while the average Mughal farmer produced more than in later times, he most probably produced less than in earlier times. On the whole, the Mughal period was marked by agricultural stagnation, if not slump. The per capita yield was declining, and the average man in Mughal India probably had less to eat than before. 'The surplus income left to the peasant was tending to decrease, where it had not already vanished,' says Moreland. 'The provinces,' says Pelsaert, 'are so impoverished that a jagir which is reckoned to be worth 50,000 rupees, may sometimes not yield even 25,000, although so much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.'

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Which one of the following physical quantities has the same dimensions as that of Planck’s constant h?

A) Linear momentum B) Angular momentum
C) Force D) Potential energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Angular momentum

Explanation:

In S.I. System unit of angular momentum is "joule.Second".

SI unit of Planck's constant is joule-seconds(j-s).

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