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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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UNITAR stands for -

A) United Nations Institute for Transport and Agriculture Research B) United Nations Initiative for Total Agricultural Readiness
C) United Nations Institute for Training and Research D) United Nations Initiative for Transport Readiness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) United Nations Institute for Training and Research

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The passenger reservation system of the Indian Railways is designed by

A) TCS B) CRIS
C) Google D) CMS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CRIS

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Which of the following statements about the provisions of the Constitution of India with regard to the State of Jammu and Kashmir is not correct?

A) The Directive Principles of State Policy do not apply B) Article 35A gives some special rights to the permanent residents of the State with regard to employment, settlement and property.
C) Article 19(1) (f) has been omitted D) Article 368 is not applicable for the amendment of Constitution of the State.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Article 19(1) (f) has been omitted

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Part IV (dealing with Directive Principles of State Policy) and Part IVA(dealing with Fundamental Duties) are not applicable to the state.Articles 19(1)(f) and 31(2) of the Constitution are still applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.An amendment made to the Constitution of India does not apply to thestate unless it is extended by a presidential order.Article 35A of theIndian Constitution is an article that empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents

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As per John Locke, an English philosopher and physician, which is not a Natural Right?

A) Liberty B) Equality
C) Property D) Right to Vote
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Right to Vote

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Sexual reproduction in Algae that takes place through fusion of two dissimilar size gametes is called?

A) Zoospores B) Anisogamous
C) Isogamous D) Oogamous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anisogamous

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Name the drug that is yielded from Cinchona tree and is used to cure malaria.

A) Camptothea B) Acuminata
C) Quinine D) Cinchonia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Quinine

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Photosynthesis takes place inside plant cells in _____.

A) Ribosomes B) Chloroplasts
C) Nucleus D) Mitochondria
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chloroplasts

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