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In which of the following situations is mechanical energy most likely to be conserved?

A) A feather falls from the sky. B) A football flies through the air.
C) A hockey player digs his skates into the ice. D) A skateboard rolls into the grass.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A football flies through the air.

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Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A) G. V. Mavalankar B) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar D) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) G. V. Mavalankar

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Who wrote the book -"The Algebra of Infinite Justice"?

A) Bankim Chandra Chatterji B) Arundhati Roy
C) Ashwaghosha D) Anita Desai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Arundhati Roy

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Babur (1526–1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

A) Mughal B) Nanda
C) Maurya D) Haryanka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mughal

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In which year was Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) founded?

A) 1885 B) 1980
C) 1984 D) 1964
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1964

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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.

 


According to the author, all art is

 

A) a reflection of life. B) art
C) an escape D) an important sense.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an escape

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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) consenssus B) concensus
C) concenssus D) consensus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) consensus

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Which of the following is India's highest civilian award?

A) Padma Bhushan B) Param Vir Chakra
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bharat Ratna

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