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The Indira Point, the southern point of India, is situated in the ___ tip of Great Nicobar Island.

A) eastern B) western
C) northern D) southern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) southern

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Scot free

A) Unlimited B) Unpunished
C) To freedom D) Unrepentant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Unpunished

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NREGA stands for:-

A) National Revenue Engagement Guarantee Association B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
C) National Rural Employment Guarantee Association D) National Revenue Employment Guarantee Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA), is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.

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Which one of the following is not a correct statement regarding the provision of Legislative Council in the State Legislature?

 

A) The States of Bihar and Telangana have Legislative Councils B) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall not exceed one third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly
C) One twelfth of all members shall be elected by electorates consisting of local bodies and authorities D) one twelfth of all members shall be elected by graduates residing in the State
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall not exceed one third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly

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3 is incorrect.

The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed one-third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State: Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall in no case be less than forty.

Of the total number of members of the Legislative council of a State-

(a) as nearly as may be, one-third shall be elected by electorates consisting of members of municipalities, district boards and such other local authorities in the State as Parliament may by law specify;

(b) as nearly as may be, one-twelfth shall be elected by electorates consisting of persons residing in the State who have been for at least three years graduates of any university in the territory of India or have been for at least three years in possession ofqualifications prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament as equivalent to that of a graduate of any such university;

(c) as nearly as may be, one-twelfth shall be elected by electorates consisting of persons who have been for at least three years engaged in teaching in such educational institutions within the State, not lower in standard than that of a secondary school, as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament;

(d) as nearly as may be, one-third shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State from amongst persons who are not members of the Assembly;

(e) the remainder shall be nominated by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of clause.

There are only seven states which have two-tier of legislature –Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu & Kashmir.

 

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Q:

_____ mirror is used in the headlights of cars.

A) Semi-circular B) Conical
C) Convex D) Concave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Concave

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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.


Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.


to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions.

A) out of the ordinary B) suspicious
C) cautious D) skeptical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) suspicious

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Scrimp

A) Skimp B) Conserve
C) Squander D) Curtail
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Squander

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

I said to my sister, "where were you this evening?"

 

A) I asked my sister where she was that evening. B) I asked my sister where she had been that evening.
C) I asked my sister where she was this evening. D) I asked my sister where she has been that evening.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I asked my sister where she had been that evening.

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