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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.

To steal someone's thunder

A) To share the secret of a person just before that person was supposed to receive praise B) To defuse the ego of an egoistic person
C) To plagiarize work done by others D) To do a job before another person can do it and take away the credit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To do a job before another person can do it and take away the credit

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__________________ is a good whose quantity demanded decreases when consumer income rises.

A) Veblen good B) normal good
C) exclusive good D) inferior good
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inferior good

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) All of them B) speak
C) good english D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) good english

Explanation:

The error is in third part. Replace ‘good’ with ‘correct’. English is not good or bad, but it can be correct or incorrect. We can also say ‘All of them speak English well’, or ‘All of them speak fluent English’. The error remains in part c.

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Five statements are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E, among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A) This takes us back to John Stuart Mill, the great nineteenth-century economist and philosopher, who believed that nobody can be a good economist if he or she is just an economist. B) To be sure, most academic disciplines have become highly specialized since Mill’s day; and, since the collapse of theology,
C) no field of study has aimed to understand the human condition as a whole. D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.

Explanation:

All statements except ‘D’ are based on the economists versus the economy, while sentence D talks about 'The Destructive Power of Inflation'.

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Which of the following is the primary sex organ in man?

A) Prostrate B) Testis
C) Vas deferens D) Seminal vesicles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Testis

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An increase of 1% per annum in the rate of growth of the money supply will increase inflation in the long run by _______.

A) Zero percent B) One percent
C) 0.5 percent D) More than one percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) One percent

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If for the year a country's GDP was $ 1315 million, consumer spending was $900 million, investment by businesses was $180 million, exports were $85 million and imports were $100 million, calculate government spending?

A) $220 million B) $250 million
C) $580 million D) $610 million
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) $250 million

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What of the given below devices converts chemical energy to electrical energy?

A) Transformer B) Battery
C) Electric Generator D) Wheel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Battery

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