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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!

When would there be a risk of the tube falling off?

A) When the mask fogged up B) When one took breathed through the nose
C) When it became dark D) When the mouth was opened
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) When the mouth was opened

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When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of

A) surface tension B) capillarity
C) viscosity D) diffusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) diffusion

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Diffusion is the spreading  - mixing of gases through molecular motion.

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Who was known as the 'Father of Lok sabha'

A) Anantasayanam B) Bashyam
C) Mavlankar D) Zkir Hussain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mavlankar

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Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of

A) Pushyabhuti Dynasty B) Barman Dynasty
C) Sen Dynasty D) Pala Dynasty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pala Dynasty

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

His decision (will be fair) to everyone as he is the most disinterested party in this controversy.

A) fairing B) will fair
C) had fair D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Even after putting his body and soul, if he fails to achieve victory he will not have (any authority above others).

A) any authority on others B) any authority over others
C) any authority to others D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) any authority over others

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

When I (go) to Paris, I shall visit the Eiffel Tower.

A) shall go B) will be going
C) have to go D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

The tribunal noted that the driver of the (offend) truck did not lead any evidence in rebuttal of the claims.

 

A) offencing B) offending
C) offence D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) offending

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