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With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?

1.Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi.

2.Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida.

3.National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata.

4.First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 2 and 3
C) 2 and 4 only D) 1, 2and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2 and 4 only

Explanation:

Central Inland Water Transport Corporation - Kolkata

Inland Waterways Authority of India - Noida

National Inland Navigation Institute - Patna

First National Inland Waterway -  Between Haldia and Allahabad

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Select the antonym of

fidgety

A) composed B) restive
C) twitchy D) antsy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) composed

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In India, the state known for its sandalwood is

A) Karnataka B) Assam
C) Kerala D) West Bengal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karnataka

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The second longest east-flowing peninsular river is 

A) Godavari B) Krishna
C) Cauvery D) Mahanadi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Godavari

Explanation:

Godavari is the largest river system in the peninsula and second largest system in india next to Ganga System.

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Q:

Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?

 

A) By an agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh B) By a legislation passed by the Parliament amending Schedule 1 to the Constitution of India
C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament  D) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament and ratification by sixteen State Legislatures
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament 

Explanation:

The 119th constitutional amendment bill 2013 sought to ratify the land boundary agreement between the two countries. This amendment needed special majority in the parliament to get passed. The bill proposed to amend the 1st schedule of the constitution to exchange the disputed territories occupied by both the nations in accordance with the 1974 bilateral LBA. Since, the law is not related to federal matters, only the approval of the Parliament is needed.

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

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!


The writer is describing her experience of which activity?

A) fishing B) snorkelling
C) boat ride D) long distance swimming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) snorkelling

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Select the antonym of

 

beleaguer

 

A) gnaw B) assist
C) badger D) pester
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) assist

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Gandhi often

P-was unnecessary violence
Q-withdrew from an act of Satyagraha if he
R-felt there

A) PRQ B) PQR
C) RQP D) QRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QRP

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