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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.


The course the author completed on MOOC was related to which subject?

A) Biology B) Nutrition
C) Mythology D) Business
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Biology

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Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because

A) it is a sterilising agent B) it dissolves the impurities of water
C) it is a reducing agent D) it is an oxidising agent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) it is an oxidising agent

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Which one of the following mixture is homogeneous

A) starch and sugar B) methanol and water
C) graphite and charcoal D) calcium carbonate and calcium bicarbonate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) methanol and water

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Which plan gave emphasis on removal of poverty for the first time

A) Fourth B) Fifth
C) Sixth D) Seventh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fifth

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Whom can we call the first national ruler of India?

A) Chandragupta Maurya B) Kanishka
C) Harsah D) Ajatasatru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya

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Select the antonym of

frolic

 

A) drudgery B) romp
C) antic D) drollery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) drudgery

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Mixed cropping should be encouraged both as a (hedge for) price risk and for its ecological benefits.

A) hedge against B) hedge of
C) hedge in D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hedge against

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The M.K.S. system was first introduced by

A) archimedes B) Eienstein
C) Newton D) Giorgi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Giorgi

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