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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


In mid-2012 I completed my first massive online open course, or MOOC, the kind widely offered by Coursera, EdX, Udacity and so on in partnership with different educational institutions. It was on clinical trials and ethical practices, offered by Johns Hopkins, on Coursera. This was shortly before the MOOC sensation hit India, and when Coursera, which was founded by two Stanford professors, itself was just a few months old. The MOOC bug had bit me. The course I’d completed was mainly designed for health care professionals who would be involved in actual clinical trials, not college students who had no prior knowledge of that area. I decided to enroll in the course because it was the only biology related course open at the time. However, I did see hope in that sometime in the future I’d be able to get a glimpse of what classes are like in the hallowed halls of major educational institutions around the world. By early 2013, Coursera and EdX had partnered with so many educational institutions and expanded their course offerings to include everything from food and nutrition to Greek mythology to business, that I was spoilt for choice. I spent hours going through course catalogues and poring over course descriptions, almost delirious with excitement at the fact that I was actually going to be able to take classes offered by universities I had only dreamt of attending.


Which of the following is the name of a university and not an online education delivery company?

A) Coursera B) Johns Hopkins
C) EdX D) Udacity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Johns Hopkins

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

One of the assistant(a) was(b) Alfred(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a

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‘One of the assistant’ needs to be replaced with ‘one of the assistants’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. This is because, ‘One of’ is always followed by a plural noun.

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What is the International Calling Code of Nepal?

 

A) 977   B) 947  
C) 974   D) 964
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 977  

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Sound following a flash of lightning is called

A) Stoning B) Bolting
C) Thunder D) Cloud clash
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thunder

Explanation:

The Sound Following the flash of lighting is because of Thunder.

 

Lightning is seen earlier than thunder because light travels much faster than sound.

 

The roar of thunder is the result of a shock wave produced when lightning super-heats the air through which it passes, causing that air to expand very rapidly. This rapid expansion of air creates a shock wave that travels outward at close to the speed of sound.

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In Indian Parliament, under which condition a house can declare the seat of a member vacant?

 

A) If member is absent from all meetings of the house for 60 days continuously   B) If member is absent from all meetings of the house for 45 days continuously  
C) If member is absent from all meetings of the house for 30 days continuously   D) If member is absent from all meetings of the house for 21 days continuously  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If member is absent from all meetings of the house for 60 days continuously  

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Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India,lived during the

A) 2nd Century BC B) 6th-5th Century BC
C) 2nd century AD D) 5th-6th Century AD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6th-5th Century BC

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What is called the small grasslands on the slopes of Lesser Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir?

 

A) Marg B) Bugyal
C) Payar D) Duar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Marg

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Who is the english physicist responsible for the "Big Bang Theory"?

A) Albert Einstein B) Michael Skube
C) George Gamow D) Roger Penrose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) George Gamow

Explanation:

George Gamow. Gamow, who died in 1968, was a physicist, who published “Thirty Years that Shook Physics”.

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