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In October 2018, India was elected as a member to the United Nations Human Rights Council for a period of

A) five years B) four years
C) three years D) two years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) three years

Explanation:

In January India will join China and Nepal, besides Pakistan, which were elected to the 47-member Council in previous years to serve three-year terms.India received 188 votes, the highest polled by any of the 18 countries elected in the voting.This is the fifth time India is elected to the Geneva-based Council, the main body of the UN charged with promoting and monitoring human rights.

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Q:

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

One who is honourably discharged from service

A) Belligerent B) Emeritus
C) Truant D) Mercenary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Emeritus

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Q:

Eustachian Tube is located in which part of human body?

A) Nose B) Ear
C) Eyes D) Throat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ear

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Which among the following is the difference in valuebetween a countrys imports and exports?

A) Balance of Trade B) Balance of Payment
C) Balance of power D) Credit Balance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Balance of Trade

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

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

at certain hours, ____________ force of habit.

 

A) tough B) thought
C) though D) through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) through

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Q:

HEPA filters are used to remove microbes from

A) human tissues B) air
C) medical instruments D) liquids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) air

Explanation:

High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA), also known as high-efficiency particulate absorbing and high-efficiency particulate arrestance, is an efficiency standard of air filter.

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The first ever disaster management exercise of BIMSTEC countries was held _________ in October 2017.

A) Dhaka B) Colombo
C) New Delhi D) Karachi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) New Delhi

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Q:

Panna Lal Ghosh is related to which musical instrument?

A) Mridangam B) Flute
C) Shehnai D) Sarod
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Flute

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