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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.

Beggars can't be choosers

 

A) those who have nothing have no hope B) all your options close when you are going through a bad time
C) a poor person is forced to kill all his desires D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered

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Who Invented Laser?

A) William Friese­Greene B) Arthur Fry
C) Gordon Gould D) Otto von Guericke
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gordon Gould

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The Chemical formula of Ammonium dichromate is _____.

A) (NHF4)2Cr2O7 B) (NH4)CrO3
C) (NH4)Cr2O3 D) (NH4)2Cr2O3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) (NHF4)2Cr2O7

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.:

 

"I'm off to the games. Where are you going?"

A) He said he would be off to the games and wanted to know where I was going. B) He said he was going off to the games and wanted to know where I was planning to go.
C) He said he is going off to the games and asked me where I was planning to go. D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.

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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.

Environmental protection and management is ______attracting a lot of attention these days.

A) affectedly B) deservedly
C) acridly D) lewdly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) deservedly

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


We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.


This has given man a deeper______of nature.

A) understanding B) control
C) management D) questioning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) understanding

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) andulate B) undulate
C) undulete D) andulete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) undulate

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Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke) are examples of which Phylum?

A) Coelenterata B) Platyhelminthes
C) Annelida D) Arthropoda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Platyhelminthes

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