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Which of the following is an example of a simile?

A) Clouds of vanilla cotton candy floated in the sky. B) His stomach rumbled like an approaching train.
C) She was drowning in a sea of grief. D) He was a hurricane in her heart.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) His stomach rumbled like an approaching train.

Explanation:

In the given options, "His stomach rumbled like an approaching train" is an example of Simile.

All the other options are examples of metaphors. 

 

Simile and Metaphor are both figure of speeches in English which are used for comparing things but the only difference is Simile uses LIKE or AS words in comparing and metaphor directly compares without using any words.

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What animal has the highest blood pressure?

A) Elephant B) Giraffe
C) Lion D) Rabbit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Giraffe

Explanation:

Giraffe has the highest blood pressure among animals. 

This is due to the fact that there is a large pressure drop (~100 mmhg) as the blood is transported from the heart, up the neck, to the brain. This is about twice the normal blood pressure of humans (120/80 mmhg).

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Under which plan did the Government Introduce an agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green Rrevolution

A) Second five year plan B) Third five year plan
C) Fourth five year plan D) Sixth five year plan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Third five year plan

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In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

 

Profound

 

A) mysterious B) difficult
C) superfluous D) superficial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) superficial

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 To remove duplicate rows from the results of an SQL SELECT statement, the ________ qualifier specified must be included.

A) ONLY B) DISTINCT
C) UNIQUE D) SINGLE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) DISTINCT

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 If a table has been normalized so that all determinants are candidate keys, then that table is in:

A) 1NF B) 2NF
C) 3NF D) BCNF
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) BCNF

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India became a member of the United Nations in

A) 1945 B) 1947
C) 1949 D) 1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1945

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India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state  ?

A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Gujarat D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented by the Government of India (GoI) in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power will retrofit10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in AP. This is the first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the GoI’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP). In the first phase, the replacement will be undertaken in gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. This replacement drive in rural areas will help the gram panchayats to cumulatively save approximately 147 million units of electricity annually and lead to reduction of 12 crore tonnes of CO2. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

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