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


Eight north Indian Ocean countries, namely, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, were asked to contribute names so that a combined list could be compiled. Each country gave eight names and a combined list of 64 names was prepared. This list is currently in use, and all cyclones arising in the north Indian Ocean are named from this list, with one name from each country being used in turn. Almost 38 or 39 names from the list have been used up, but since many cyclones dissipate long before they hit land, their names rarely figure in the papers or other media. The names that people do know about, and remember are, naturally, those that were most destructive ones, or very recent. Aila, in 2009 is remembered with a shudder for the enormous destruction it caused in West Bengal and Bangladesh; Phaillin, also for the damage it caused when it hit the Odisha coast in 2013. Two harmless cyclones, which also might remain in people’s memory, are the more recent ones of 2014 — Hudhud, which threatened the east coast of India and Nilofar, which was expected to, but did not, devastate the western coast. The names in the cyclone list are usually words one associates with storms; words which mean water or wind or lightning in various national languages. Sometimes they are names of other things — birds or flowers or precious stones. The name ‘Aila’, contributed by the Maldives means ‘fire’, the name ‘Phaillin’ from Thailand means sapphire, the name ‘Hudhud’ from Oman is the name of a bird, probably the hoopoe, and the name ‘Nilofar’, given by Pakistan, is the Urdu name of the lotus or water lily. The eight names suggested by India, and which are in the list of 64, are Agni, Akaash, Bijli, Jal, Leher, Megh, Sagar and Vayu, meaning in that order, fire, sky, lightning, water, wave, cloud, sea and wind. Five of these names (that is, up to Leher) have been used so far.


For the next cyclone if it is the turn of an Indian name to be chosen, then what will be that name?

A) Agni B) Megh
C) Leher D) Vayu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Megh

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A.Nageswara rao is associated with which of the following fields

A) Motion picture B) Social service
C) Literature D) Politics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Motion picture

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When was the first national Forest Policy issued by the Government of India

A) 1940 B) 1952
C) 1942 D) 1999
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1952

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Which  of  the  following  statements  about Bitcoin is/are correct?

1.It is a decentralized virtual currency.

2.It    is    generated    through    complex computer software systems.

3.The  Reserve  Bank  of  India  recognized it as a legal tender in January 2016.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

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

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Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency,    a    form    of electronic   cash.It   is   the    first decentralized digital  currency:  the system   was   designed   to   work without   acentral   bankor   single administrator.Bitcoins    are    sent from  user  to  user  on  the peer-to-peer bitcoin network directly, without the need for intermediaries.  These  transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a block chain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group of people   using   the   name Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoins are not recognised  as  a  legal  tender  by Reserve Bank of India. 

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

If you come across new words, you should look (them up) in the dictionary.

A) for them B) at them
C) them down D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Which one of the following statements about Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is not correct?

 

A) It is a marketable security. B) It experiences price changes throughout the day.
C) It typically has lower daily liquidity and higher fees than mutual fund shares. D) An ETF does not have its net asset value calculated once at the end of every day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) It typically has lower daily liquidity and higher fees than mutual fund shares.

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An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of assets like an index fund.

•Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common stock on a stock exchange.

•ETFs experience price changes throughout the day as they are bought and sold.

•ETFs typically have higher daily liquidity and lower fees than mutual fund shares, making them an attractive alternative for individual investors.

 

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A person who sells houses

 

A) Vendors B) Realtors
C) Sellers D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Realtors

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_______ converts and executes one statement at a time

A) compiler B) interpreter
C) converter D) instructions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) interpreter

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