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According to the Election Commission of India, in order to be recognized as a ‘National Party’, a political party must be treated as a recognized political party in how many States?

 

A) At least two States B) At least three States
C) At least four States D) At least five States
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) At least four States

Explanation:

Trinamool Congress became the 7th political party to be recognized as a National Party in September 2016.

Conditions for Recognition as a National Party

1. Secure at least 6% of the valid vote in an Assembly or a Lok Sabha General Election in any four or more states and won at least 4 seats in a Lok Sabha General Election from any State or States.

2. Win at least 2% of the total Lok Sabha seats in a Lok Sabha General Election and these seats have to be won from at least 3 states.

3. The party is recognized as a State Party in at least four states.

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

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 

The argument in the paragraph is based primarily on :

A) facts of history and statistical studies. B)  facts derived from the author's personal observations.
C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience. D) feeling passed down to the authors by ancestors.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience.

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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 a coherent paragraph.
P: Practical farming includes knowledge of fruit and vegetable farming.
Q: These schools need not necessarily have their own farms because the village itself will provide ample field work facilities.
R: Agriculture should be made compulsory in higher secondary schools; alternatively, the urban students can be taught town-planning, industrial planning etc.
S: Therefore, at this stage, only theoretical education for the village students would suffice.

A) QRSP B) RPQS
C) RSPQ D) QPRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RPQS

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

Baroda State in Western India had a reputation for being progressive in many fields, not in the last in education and social reform.

A) first B) realm
C) least D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) least

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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.


Ants have been living on the earth for more than 100 million years and can be found almost anywhere on the planet. It is estimated that there are about 20000 different species of ants. For this reason ants have been called Earth's most successful species. If you watch ants for any length of time you will see that they really do communicate with each other and very effectively too. Ants communicate by touching each other with their antennae. Ants also use chemicals called pheromones to leave scent trails for other ants to follow. Ants build many different types of homes. Many ants build simple little mounds out of dirt or sand. Other ants use small sticks mixed with dirt and sand to make a stronger mound that offers protection from rain. Western Harvester ants make a small mound on top, but then tunnels up to 15 feet straight down to hibernate during winter. Ant mounds consist of many chambers connected by tunnels. Different chambers are used for nurseries, food storage, and resting places for the worker ants. Some ants live in wood like termites. Army ants don't make a home at all but travel in a large groups searching for food. Ants are social insects which means they live in large colonies or groups. Some colonies consist of millions of ants. There are three types of ants in each species, the queen, the sterile female workers and males. The male ants only serve one purpose, to mate with future queen ants and do not live very long. The queen grows to adulthood, mates, and then spends rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have only one queen, or there may be many queens depending on the species. Ants go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

 

What kind of homes do the army of ants build ?

A) Simple little mounds made out of dirt or sand B) Stronger mounds of small sticks mixed with dirt and sand
C) Small mounds on top but with tunnels upto 15 feet below D) They do not make homes but travel in search of food
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) They do not make homes but travel in search of food

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The love which is based on physical beauty is not ______.

 

A) imminent B) deponent
C) remanent D) permanent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) permanent

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The ratio of angles of a triangle are 1 : 2/3 : 3. Then the smallest angle is

A) 21 4/7° B) 25°
C) 25 5/7° D) 38 4/7°
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 25 5/7°

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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.


Come to terms with something

 

A) To become friends with your opponents. B) Accept that you are a loser even though you have potential.
C)  Become unnecessarily depressed. D) To gradually accept a sad situation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To gradually accept a sad situation.

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