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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 


Abstract' in the passage means

 

A) a summary B) not paying attention
C) concrete D) not having a physical reality
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) not having a physical reality

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate

 

A) Bulwark   B) Foster  
C) Sentinel   D) Smother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Smother

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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) bifurckated   B) biffurcated
C) biffurckated   D) bifurcated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) bifurcated

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A constituency is divided in four regions A, B, C and D. Two candidates X & Y contested the last election from that constituency. The adjoining graph gives the break up of voting in the four regions. Study the graph and answer the following questions.

Approximately how much percent of voters did not caste their votes?

A) 4.9 B) 4.5
C) 0.23 D) 23
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4.9

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Which  one  of  the  following  statements  is not correct?

A) Pavo  cristatus  is  the  national  bird  of India. B) Nelumbo nucifera gaertn is the national flower of India.
C) Ficus  benghalens is  is  the  national  tree of India. D) Mangifera  indica  is  the  national  animal of India.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mangifera  indica  is  the  national  animal of India.

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All   are   correct   except   D,   as Mangifera  indica  is  scientific  name of Mango

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_________ is any attribute of the organism (morphological, physiological, behavioural) that enables the organism to survive and reproduce in its habitat.

A) Adaptation B) Migration
C) Conformation D) Regulation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Adaptation

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Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly?

A) Sawdust does not allow the air to touch the ice B) The water is absorbed by sawdust
C) Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat D) Sawdust is good conductor of heat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat

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Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to the composition of national income in India?

A) The share of manufacturing sector has declined B) The share of services sector has increased sharply.
C) The share of agriculture has remained static. D) The share of services sector has declined.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The share of services sector has increased sharply.

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The growth scenario in India shows that the services sector has become the most dominant in the later part of its growth process. The share of services sector in GDP increased from 28.5 per cent in 1950-51 to 39.6 per cent in 1990-91 and then to 52.6 per cent in 2014-15 while the share of primary sector declined from 56.4 per cent in 1950-51 to 33.4 per cent in 1990-91 and then to only 19.0 per cent in 2014-15.

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