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Who is the author of the book "Kargil: Untold stories from the War"?

A) Roshan Rai B) Rachna Bisht Rawat
C) Anandi Ben D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rachna Bisht Rawat

Explanation:

Rachna Bisht Rawat is the author of the book "Kargil: Untold stories from the War".

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Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and markyour response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.


S1 :A decade ago UN recognized that rape can constitute a war crime and a constitutive act of genocide.
S6 :The fact that these two peace laureates come from two different nations underlines that this problem has been widespread, from Rwanda to Myanmar.
P :This year’s Nobel peace prize has been awarded to two exceptional individuals for their fight to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Q : Denis Mukwege is a doctor who has spent decades treating rape survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long civil war has repeatedly witnessed the horror of mass rapes.
R : Nadia Murad is herself a survivor of sexual war crimes, perpetuated by IS against the Yazidis.
S :Today she campaigns tirelessly to put those IS leaders in the dock in international courts.

The correct sequence should be

A) P Q R S B) P R Q S
C) S R Q P D) Q R S P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Q R S P

Explanation:
PRSQ is the correct order in which sentences should be arranged.
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Burgeon

A) Bolster B) Shrivel
C) Mount D) Amplify
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shrivel

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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.

 

An axe to grind

 

A) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe. B) To have important jobs to do.
C) Have an ulterior motive. D) A weapon is useful only when it is sharp.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Have an ulterior motive.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form acoherent paragraph.

 

After dinner, my

 

A-the kitchen and offered to show

B-me what a dishwasher was

C-hostess followed me into

 

A) BCA B) BAC
C) ACB D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) CAB

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Clandestine

 

A) Truthful B) Secret
C) Frank D) Upright
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Secret

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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.

 

Chew something over

 

A) Discuss or consider something at length. B) Grab what belongs to someone else.
C) Take a large bite, more than you can eat. D) Talk while eating.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Discuss or consider something at length.

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All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism. A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us, which ideally privileges and _________________ the unexpected encounter, and calls on its citizens to be able to respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial, ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

A) partnerships B) alliances
C) clans D) affiliations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) affiliations

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