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When a compressed slinky is released it converts potential energy into

A) Heat energy B) Mechanical energy
C) Chemical energy D) Kinetic energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kinetic energy

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Who is the author of "The Hungry Tide"?

A) Amitav Ghosh B) Mitali Meelan
C) Ravinder Singh D) Sudha Murty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amitav Ghosh

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Catch 22

A) A Particular situation in which one cannot do anything B) Close to winning line
C) Able to achieve the target D) Grabbing the opportunity on time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A Particular situation in which one cannot do anything

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Sneer

A) Praise B) Scorn
C) Mock D) Despise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Praise

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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.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

This ____ study of early 19th century Russian society,

A) panoramic B) histrionic
C) omnipotent D) explicit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) panoramic

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Sanchi Stupa was built by?

A) Akbar B) Humayun
C) Ashoka D) Narasimha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ashoka

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In April 2017, who has been made United Nation's Messenger of Peace?

A) Scott Kelly B) Lang Lang
C) Malala Yousafzai D) Leonardo DiCaprio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Malala Yousafzai

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

The employees are hell bent at getting what is due to them.

A) hell bent on getting B) hell bent for getting
C) hell bent about getting D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hell bent on getting

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