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

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Aristotle argues that poetry is

 

A) valuable B) an escape
C) an art D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) valuable

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

She said to her friend, "What can I do to help you?"

 

A) She asked her friend that what she can do to help her. B) She asked her friend what she could do to help her.
C) She asks her friend what is that she could do to help her. D) She asks her friend what she can do for helping her.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) She asked her friend what she could do to help her.

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

Once ______________,

 

A) upon a time B) only
C) again D) more
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) again

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The banks avail long-term loans from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by putting no collateral securities. This loan is availed under which of the following lending rates?

A) Bank rate B) Repo rate
C) Reserve repo rate D) Marginal Standing Facily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bank rate

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The bank rateis the rate of interest at which banks takelong term loansfrom Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by putting no collateral security. It is the rate at which RBI rediscounts the bills of exchange and government securities held by the commercial banks. For controlling the credit, inflation and money supply, RBI increases the bank rate.

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Where are coins minted in India?

A) Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata B) Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad
C) Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore D) Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, NOIDA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, NOIDA

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Which institution is to provide USD 304 million loan to Assam to enhance Inter-state Power Transmission Project? 

 

A) AIIB B) World Bank
C) New Development Bank D) ADB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) AIIB

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A compressed spring possesses more energy than a spring of normal length because the compressed spring has

A) chemical energy B) potential energy
C) heat energy D) kinetic energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) potential energy

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'Queensberry rules' is the code followed in which sport?

A) Tennis B) Cricket
C) Boxing D) Equestrian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Boxing

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