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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Aristotle argues that poetry is

 

A) valuable B) an escape
C) an art D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) valuable

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Who is the author of 'Million Mutinies Now'?

A) Aurobindo Ghosh B) K P S Gill
C) Nirad Chaudhuri D) V S Naipaul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) V S Naipaul

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Who discovered the colour photography?

A) Robert Noyce B) Enrico Fermi
C) John Logie Baird D) James Clerk Maxwell
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Clerk Maxwell

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The following pie-­chart shows the study­ time of different subjects of a student in a day . Study the pie chart and answer the following questions.

Instead of 10% , if the student spends 15% to study other subjects and the time is taken from the time scheduled to study mathematics and if he/ she used to study 20 hours per day , then the difference of time for studying mathematics per day is

A) 30 minutes B) 45 minutes
C) 1 hour D) 1 hour 30 minutes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 hour

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Who developed the idea of Crop rotation?

A) Lily Thomas B) Carrot Cornwick
C) Cabbage Carlson D) Turnip Townsend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Turnip Townsend

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Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

A) 79 B) 59
C) 53 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 75

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Subhas Chandra Bose was born in the year _____.

A) 1797 B) 1847
C) 1897 D) 1947
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1897

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In which of the following sports does Bombayla Devi Laishram represent India?

A) Archery B) Boxing
C) Cricket D) Badminton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Archery

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