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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely complicated to operate. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter, and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can be pumped through it daily. Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents", long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth. Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the pipeline's up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost (permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and the properties of the soil. One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply shortage, equipment breakdowns, labour disagreements, treacherous terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.


What are "bents"?

A) Zigzag shape of pipeline B) Pipeline's up and down route
C) The section of the pipeline that drops out of sight D) The H-shaped steel racks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The H-shaped steel racks

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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.

 

Noted for its ____ of realistic detail and

A) energy B) veracity
C) suitability D) mastery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mastery

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Breif B) Percieve
C) Relieve D) Cheif
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Relieve

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Choose the correctly spelt word:-

A) Dolorous B) Dolurous
C) Doloreus D) Delorious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dolorous

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Dolorous is correctly spelt which means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence inIndirect/Direct Speech.

Ram said, “I have cleared the clutter."

A) Ram told that he cleared the clutter. B) Ram says that he cleared the clutter.
C) Ram said that he had cleared the clutter. D) The clutter was cleared by Ram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ram said that he had cleared the clutter.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.


The prince and princess(A)/made their way(B)/through the cheering crowd.(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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Tashkent Agreement was signed on

A) 11 Jan B) 10 Jan
C) 12 Jan D) 9 Jan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10 Jan

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Tashkent Agreement was signed by India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri & Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan on 10 January in 1966 that resolved the Indo-Pak War of 1965. Shastri died in Tashkent, the day after signing the Tashkent Declaration.

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Ministry of AYUSH celebrated first Naturopathy Day throughout India on?

A) 20 Nov B) 19 Nov
C) 18 Nov D) 17 Nov
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18 Nov

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Ministry of AYUSH celebrated first Naturopathy Day on 18th November 2018 with the aim of promoting the drug-less system of medicine to prevent diseases by altering the diet and lifestyle.

Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India was established in the year 2014.

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