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The 'Kyoto Protocol' is an international treaty that commits State parties to reduction in

A) poverty B) greenhouse gases emission
C) nuclear armaments D) agricultural subsidy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) greenhouse gases emission

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The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.

Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."

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Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the Gupta period?

A) Hiuen Tsang B) Fa Hien
C) I ching D) Li Xiu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fa Hien

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What is the name of the balloon – borne instrument set to be launch by NASA to study heavy cosmic particles?

A) Super LAMBA B) Super TIGER
C) Super LION D) Super MAMA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Super TIGER

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What is the main cause of temperature rise in the interior of the Earth?

A) Pressure B) Breakdown of radioactive substances
C) Both the pressure and breakdown of radioactive substances D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both the pressure and breakdown of radioactive substances

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Which among the following is respiratory pigment in human beings?

A) Melanin B) Haemoglobin
C) Rhodopsin D) Bilirubin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Haemoglobin

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Under GST regime, in ‘Composition Scheme’, taxpayers have to fill returns ______.

A) Monthly B) Half-yearly
C) Quarterly D) Bi-Monthly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Quarterly

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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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason 

 

A) learnt B) learns
C) learn D) learning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) learn

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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.

to cry over spilt milk

 

A) to dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes B) to feel sorry for others' misfortunes
C) to immediately start crying after making a mistake to avoid punishment D) to acknowledge one's mistake and move ahead
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes

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