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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

at certain hours, ____________ force of habit.

 

A) tough B) thought
C) though D) through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) through

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Capitalism falls under _ economic system?

A) Market B) Planned
C) Command D) Mixed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Market

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Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods i.e, economy is characterized by private ownership of the means of production. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market known as a market economy and not on central planning known as a planned economy.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word. Negotiate

A) Adjust B) Consult
C) Debate D) Remain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Remain

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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.
To put a spoke in one's wheel

A) To be advantageous at the time of difficulty B) To maintain under all circumstances
C) To blame the other party D) To put a difficulty in the way of progress
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To put a difficulty in the way of progress

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
He shall have bought a car.

A) A car was being bought by him. B) A car was bought by him.
C) A car will have been bought by him. D) A car would have been bought by him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A car would have been bought by him.

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Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

A) Gold and Silver are not ductile. B) Phophorus and Nitrogen are ductile.
C) Copper and Platinum are ductile. D) Sulphur and Phophorus are sonorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Copper and Platinum are ductile.

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Which one of the following forms the base of vegetable fibres?

A) Cellulose B) Proteins
C) Fats D) Oils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cellulose

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate. B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
C) The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation. D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Explanation:

CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.

It says that Indian bread manufacturer’ use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).

The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.

The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

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