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In 1970, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as-? 

A) Save Silent Valley Movement  B) Swadeshi Movement 
C) Namantar Andolan  D) Chipko movement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chipko movement 

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The Chipko movement. In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movement comes from the word 'embrace', as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors' from felling them.

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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.


Namita is from the state of Kerala. She has come to Dubai to serve as a governess for the only child of the Nairs. The Nairs are nice and gentle and Namita has no cause to complain. One day she overhears something that makes her jittery. Mr. Nair is not employed in an American company as she has been told. The nature of his business is illegal. She is shocked and wants to go back to her home town to her own people.

Gopal is from a very poor family. His family owns a very small piece of land that can hardly meet their food requirement. One day, Gopal gets a nice offer to work in the Emirates with a construction contractor. In order to meet the expenses on travelling, the family decides to sell their own land and send Gopal to the foreign country, to make money. On arrival, the contractor confiscates Gopal's passport and gives him a small place to live in with ten others like him. Gopal has little idea what he must do.


Which word from the ones given below, best describes Namita's relationship with her employers in the beginning?

A) Cordial B) Friendly
C) Sympathetic D) Complaining
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cordial

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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.


Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.


criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech

A) defamating B) defamation
C) defamate D) defamations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) defamation

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


whether it will be able to hold its _____.

 

A) teachings B) doctrines
C) morals D) values
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) values

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.


a more detailed examination of the______ between territory and bonding.

A) situation B) enclaves
C) relationship D) chain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) relationship

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Scemitars B) Scimitars
C) Scimetars D) Scemetars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scimitars

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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.

Three times this was

X-only be compared to the deepest notes of thunder
Y-shook with the noise, that can
Z-repeated, and each time the earth

A) ZXY B) YZX
C) ZYX D) YXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ZYX

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Charcoal can be made at home by burning

A) wood in absence of air B) coal in absence of air
C) coal in an insufficient supply of air D) wood in an insufficient supply of air
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wood in absence of air

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