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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.

 

In a work ____________ art, each layer and texture, colour ____________ perspective creates an individualistic vision, which can mean different things to different viewers and even to its creator at different points of time. The audience does not ____________ see the struggle or uncertainty of the _____________ process, only its outcome. And sometimes, ___________ in the case of icons, the passage of time reveals the glow within.

 

uncertainty of the _____________ process,

 

A) creativity B) creatively
C) create D) creative
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) creative

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:
(a) Firm has control over quantity of output but it must take into account reactions of competitors.
b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

A) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure competition B) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly
C) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Pure competition D) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements relating  to  the  Directive  Principles  of  State Policy is not correct?

A) The  provisions  contained  in  part  IV  of the  Constitution  of  India  shall  not  be enforceable by any Court. B) The  Directive  Principle  of  State  policy are  fundamental  in  the  governance  of the country.
C) It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  to apply  the  Directive  Principle  in  making laws. D) The  Directive  Principle  are  directed  in making  India  an  advanced  capitalist country of the world.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The  Directive  Principle  are  directed  in making  India  an  advanced  capitalist country of the world.

Explanation:

The  Directive  Principles  of  State Policy are enumerated in Part IV of the Constitution from Articles 36 to 51.   The   Directive   Principles   are non-justiciable  in  nature,  that  is, they are not legally enforceable by the  courts  for  their  violation.  So, the     Governments     cannot     be compelled   to   implement   them.Although the Constitution in Article 37  itself  says  that  these  principles are fundamental in the governance of  the  country  and  it  shall  be  the duty  of  the  State  to  apply  these principles  in  making  laws. These principles  reflect  the  ideology  of socialism, Gandhian and liberalism.

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Goods  and  Services  Tax  likely  to  be  levied in India is not a

A) gross value tax B) value-added tax
C) consumption tax D) destination-based tax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gross value tax

Explanation:

GST  is  a  destination-based  tax,  it means   end   users   consuming   any goods or services is liable to pay the Goods  and  Services  Tax.  The  tax  is collected  by  the  State  in  which  the goods or services are consumed and not  by  the  state  in  which  goods  are manufactured    and    If    there    are exports,  the  seller  of  the  goods  or services  is  exempted  from  paying the tax. GST is a consumption-based tax,  it  means  the  state  where  the goods  were  consumed  will  receive GST   and   where   goods   were   sold should  not  get  any  taxes.GST  is  a value added tax as it is based on the increase  in  value  of  a  product  or service  at  each  stage  of  production or   distribution.GST   is   not   gross value tax.

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Q:

Dwarfness can be controlled by treating plants with

A) Gibberellic acid B) Cytokinin
C) Ethylene D) Auxin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gibberellic acid

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In April 2017, on the birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar which body announced the winners of Lucky Draw Schemes like ‘Lucky Grahak Yojana’ and ‘Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana’?

 

A) Reserve Bank of India B) State Bank of India
C) National Payments Corporation of India D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) National Payments Corporation of India

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On 10 April 2017, Lok Sabha passed Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill seeks to insert a new article 342-A which empowers whom to notify the list of socials educationally backward classes of that state/union territory? 

 

A) Prime Minister   B) President
C) Vice President D) Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

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One Watt = ?

A) 1 Joule/sec B) 1 erg/sec
C) 1 Pascal/sec D) 1 m/s
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 Joule/sec

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