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On 9 January 2018, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 amended some provisions of ______.

A) Companies Act, 1956 B) Companies Act, 2011
C) Companies Act, 2013 D) Companies Act, 2014
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Companies Act, 2013

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

We (have been) away for a long time, you know, and so we're anxious to get home again.

 

A) has been B) is been
C) have being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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'Queensberry rules' is the code followed in which sport?

A) Tennis B) Cricket
C) Boxing D) Equestrian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Boxing

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The economic way of thinking stresses that

A) incentives matter--individuals respond in predictable ways to changes in personal costs and benefits. B) changes in personal costs and benefits generally fail to exert much impact on behavior.
C) if a good is provided by the government, its production will not consume valuable scarce resources. D) if one individual gains from an economic activity, then someone else must lose and in the same proportion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) incentives matter--individuals respond in predictable ways to changes in personal costs and benefits.

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Who appoints Chairman of Union Public Service Commission in India?

A) Prime Minister of India B) Home Minister of India
C) President of India D) Chief Election Commissioner of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) President of India

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How many members are nominated in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha respectively by the President of India?

A) 2, 12 B) 12, 2
C) 10, 20 D) 20, 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 12, 2

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Which of the following is an example of social facilitation?

A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock B) The bowler who bowls best when he is practicing on his own
C) The football player who practices hard so he can be on the varsity team D) The tennis player who is frustrated when the crowd yells at her
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Olympic bicycle racer who goes faster when he is racing against a person rather than the clock

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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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