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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.

 

A fool's paradise

 

A) An average person appears smart in company of fools. B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.
C) A paradise is ruined when fools enter it. D) Pretending that everything is going fine when actually all is being lost.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.

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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.

 

Nascent

 

A) Developing B) Germinal
C) Maturing D) Withering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Withering

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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 now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

 

_____________ Central government expenditures

 

A) onto B) on
C) upon D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on

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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.

 

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

 

requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes

 

A) full B) complete
C) through D) comprehensive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) comprehensive

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Which of the following is the first country to become Carbon-Negative?

A) Canada B) Poland
C) Bhutan D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bhutan

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Goa attained full statehood in 1987 B) Diu is an island in theGulfof Khambhat
C) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56thAmendment of the Constitution of India D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.

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Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the conflict in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to Indian Union rule in 1954. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were small Portuguese overseas territories, part of Portuguese India from 1779 until 1954.

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Who sang the song "Jag Ghoomeya" from the Movie Sultan?

A) Sonu Nigam B) Shaan
C) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan D) Arijit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

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Epigraphy is the study of which of the following ?

A) Coins B) Inscriptions
C) Temples D) Birds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Inscriptions

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