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Sub-prime crisis' is a term associated with which one of the following events?

A) Economic recession B) Political instability
C) Structural adjustment programmes D) Growing social inequality
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Economic recession

Explanation:

The United States subprime mortgage crisis was a nationwide financial crisis, occurring between 2007 and 2010, that contributed to the U.S. recession of December 2007 –June 2009.It was triggered by a large decline in home prices after the collapse of a housing bubble, leading to mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures and the devaluation of housing-related securities.

 

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Groundwater is found underground in the zone of

A) Penetration B) Aeration
C) Saturation D) Both B & C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both B & C

Explanation:

Groundwater is all the water that has penetrated the earth's surface and is found in one of two soil layers. The one nearest the surface is the "zone of aeration", where gaps between soil are filled with both air and water. Below this layer is the "zone of saturation", where the gaps are filled with water.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls.

A) bilking B) duping
C) conning D) shorting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) shorting

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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.


Fever in the season of dengue is sending Calcuttans scurrying to hospitals for admission, triggering a shortage of beds that has forced some private health care institutes to even postpone planned surgeries. Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals on the Bypass had 504 patients in its care as on Thursday of whom 70 had been admitted with fever. Belle Vue Clinic had 180 patients, 32 of them with dengue. Calcutta Medical Research Institute had 350 patients 60 of them with fever.

The number of people admitted for treatment of fever caused by dengue or any undiagnosed illness has been rising every day across hospitals for more than a fortnight.

"There has been heavy pressure on all private hospitals for admission of dengue and cases of unknown fever since the beginning of August. Now it is a surge," said Pradip Tondon, President of the Association of Hospitals of Eastern India.

In July, four to five patients were getting admitted with fever on an average in every hospital. The number has since ballooned with the Calcutta Municipal Corporation apparently in denial about the extent of the dengue outbreak and the Government focused on playing down the threat.

Such has been the rush of patients with fever that some hospitals are calling up people to postpone admissions planned in advance, mostly for surgeries. "We have told many people to come only when we call them to confirm availability of beds," said an official at Belle Vue.


The Government's "playing down the threat" means

A) refusing to acknowledge the danger B) refusing to play with the threat
C) playing and threatening D) putting down the threat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) refusing to acknowledge the danger

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Select the synonym of
gregarious

A) introvert B) melancholy
C) affable D) pensive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) affable

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Q:

The study of brain is called

A) Neurology B) Nephrology
C) Phrenology D) Pathology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Phrenology

Explanation:

The study of brain is called Phrenology.

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Q:

The complexity and variety of organic molecules is due to

A) their interaction with water B) their tremendously large sizes
C) the chemical versatility of carbon atoms D) the variety of rare elements in organic molecules
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the chemical versatility of carbon atoms

Explanation:

The complexity and variety of organic molecules is due to the chemical versatility of carbon atoms.

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Q:

In calculating the GDP national income accountants

A) add increases in inventories or subtract decreases in inventories B) add exports, but subtract imports
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) add increases in inventories or subtract decreases in inventories

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