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Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"?

A) Aparna Sinha B) Bapsi Sidhwa
C) R. K. Narayan D) Indu Sundaresan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indu Sundaresan

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Q:

___ fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution.

A) Five B) Six
C) Seven D) Eight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Seven

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Who won the 2016 National Snooker Championship?

A) Mohit Saraswat B) Aditya Mehta
C) Arjun Pandit D) Varun Shakya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aditya Mehta

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

She was completely nonplussed by the erratic behaviour of her father.

A) completely plussed B) completely no-nonplussed
C) entirely not nonplussed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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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.

 

You may try but she is too ______________ to fall for your trick.

A) brilliant B) intelligent
C) genius D) witty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intelligent

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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.

 

I will not allow you to ride that motorcycle.

A) I will not be allowing riding that motorcycle by you. B) You will not be allowed by me to ride that motorcycle.
C) You had not been allowed by myself riding that motorcycle. D) Riding of that motorcycle by you has not been allowed by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) You will not be allowed by me to ride that motorcycle.

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The market structure called monopoly exists where there is exactly ______ seller in any market.

A) 1 B) 2
C) 5 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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