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Which of the following best describes capital punishment in Texas?

A) Texas executes more individuals than any other state and has a statistically low rate of successfully appealed capital cases B) The number of executions in Texas is double the number of executions in every other state combined
C) The number of prisoners executed in Texas has been slowly decreasing since the 1970s D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Texas executes more individuals than any other state and has a statistically low rate of successfully appealed capital cases

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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.

 

A bad patch

 

A) A potholed road B) A medical bandage
C) A period of difficulty D) Shoddy repair work
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A period of difficulty

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The power of silence is its ability to mediate the ______.

 

A) excitable B) irreconcilable
C) excusable D) fashionable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) irreconcilable

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A section of DNA that provides information for one protein is called the ___.

A) lysosome B) gene
C) chromosome D) nucleus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) gene

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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.

 

A century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness

 

A) responsibility B) responsible
C) responsibly D) responsory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) responsibility

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Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A) G. V. Mavalankar B) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar D) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) G. V. Mavalankar

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Who wrote the book -"The Algebra of Infinite Justice"?

A) Bankim Chandra Chatterji B) Arundhati Roy
C) Ashwaghosha D) Anita Desai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Arundhati Roy

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Babur (1526–1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

A) Mughal B) Nanda
C) Maurya D) Haryanka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mughal

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