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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-

Acrimonious

A) Legal B) Severe
C) Cursive D) Harmonious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Harmonious

Explanation:

Acrimonious means angry (typically of speech or discussion)Legal means relating to lawSevere means extremeCursive means written with the letters joinedHarmonious means sweet-soundingwhichis nearly opposite meaning to Acrimonious

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Which one of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?

 

A) The net balance of money a bank has in its chest at the end of the day’s business B) The ratio of bank’s total deposits and total liabilities
C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks D) The period in which a bank creates highest credit in the market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks

Explanation:

A bank run occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function soon.

A banking panic or bank panic is a financial crisis that occurs when many banks suffer runs at the same time, as people suddenly try to convert their threatened deposits into cash or try to get out of their domestic banking system altogether.

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Q:

A scientist who studies water is called a

A) Geographer B) Herpetologist
C) Archeologist D) Hydrologist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hydrologist

Explanation:

A person or scientist who studies on water is called as Hydrologist. Since the study of water and its properties is known as Hydrology, the persons who deals with this field are known as Hydrologists.

 

Geographer :

A scientist who studies Earth's natural environment and how human society uses the natural environment.

 

Herpetologist :

A person who studies reptiles and amphibians.

 

Archeologist :


Someone who studies people and what they did in the past from the things they left behind.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The air hostess gave me a cup (which had) coffee.

 

A) containing B) filled with
C) of D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) of

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The literal meaning of the word Arya is

A) Superior B) Learned
C) Priest D) Warrior
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Superior

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In Buddhism,what does Patimokkha stand for

A) A description of Mahayana Buddhism B) A description of Hinayana Buddhism
C) The rules of the Sangha D) The questions of king Menander
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The rules of the Sangha

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Q:

Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak?

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) Lala Lajpat Rai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak for the first time.

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Q:

The primary purpose of an operating system is ?

A) To allow people to use the computer B) To make computers easier to use
C) To keep systems programmers employed D) To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware

Explanation:

The primary purpose of an operating system is to make the most efficient use of the computer hardware.

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