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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.

 

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

A) congratulates B) applaud
C) celebrated D) recommended
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) celebrated

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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 spill the beans

 

A) To reveal secret information unintentionally B) To lose inherited wealth
C) To spread rumours to intentionally harm someone D) To spend away hard earned savings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To reveal secret information unintentionally

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India has how many states?

A) 26 B) 27
C) 29 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 29

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The school of Indian art which is also known as the Greco-­Roman­-Buddhist art is the ____________school

A) Mauryan B) Shunga
C) Gandhara D) Gupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gandhara

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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.


The scene will now shift to obtaining __________________ instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force _________________ 2020, the first year of its________________ implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of ______________ 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ________________ at least 55 per cent of global emissions.


The scene will now shift to obtaining __________________ instruments

A) enough B) full
C) lavish D) comfortable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) enough

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The  Ryotwari  experiment  in  land  revenue was started by

A) Henry Dundas B) Alexander Reed
C) David Ricardo D) Mountstuart Elphinstone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alexander Reed

Explanation:

The Ryotwari system was introduced by  Sir  Thomas  Munro and   Captain   Alexander   Read   in 1820.This system  was in operation for  nearly  30  years  and  had  many features  of  revenue  system  of  the Mughals,    Under    the    Ryotwari System  every  registered  holder  of land is recognised as its proprietor and pays direct to Government

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The   chemical   properties   of   an   element depend upon

A) the number of isotopes of the element B) the mass number of the element
C) the  total  number  of  neutrons  in  the element D) the    number    of    electrons    in    the outermost shell of the element
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the    number    of    electrons    in    the outermost shell of the element

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Chemical  properties of  an element depend   on the number   and   the configuration   of   their   (valence) electrons.

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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.

Morality is _____ with ethics and symbolises the doctrine of actions right or wrong. Politics is the _____ of expediency and need not always be _____. If something is wrong and _____ expedient, it cannot be _____.

and need not always be _____.

A) wrong B) right
C) neutral D) different
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) right

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