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

The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely complicated to operate. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter, and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can be pumped through it daily. Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents", long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth. Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the pipeline's up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost (permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and the properties of the soil. One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply shortage, equipment breakdowns, labour disagreements, treacherous terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.


How was the fund for pipeline - construction generated?

A) 8 major oil companies joined hands to share the cost B) 8 major oil companies borrowed $8 billion.
C) A single private company raised $8 billion D) Oil rights were sold to 8 major oil companies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 8 major oil companies joined hands to share the cost

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Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

A) JKLM B) NOPQ
C) RSTU D) VWXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) VWXZ

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If EARTHQUAKE is coded as EKAUQHTRAE then ELECTORATE will be coded as ?

A) ETAROELECT B) EARTOTCELE
C) ETAROTCELE D) ETAROCTELE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ETAROCTELE

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If a + b = 17 and a - b = 9 then the value of (4a2 + 4b2) is,

A) 710 B) 720
C) 730 D) 740
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 740

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

 

Uncle always welcomes us to his home with a big smile.

 

A) We are always welcomed by uncle to his home with a big smile. B) Uncle is always welcoming us to his home with a big smile.
C) A big smile is used by uncle always when he is welcoming us. D) Welcoming by uncle with a big smile to us is always done.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) We are always welcomed by uncle to his home with a big smile.

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A, B and C can complete a work in 20, 24 and 30 days respectively. All three of them starts together but after 4 days A leaves the job and B left the job 6days before the work was completed. C completed the remaining work alone. In how many days was the total work completed?

A) 10 B) 12
C) 14 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14

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Name the British General who was responsible for the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.

A) Hastings B) Cornwallis
C) Dyer D) Dalhousie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dyer

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The researchers are _____________ into the mode of life of diabetes patients as diabetes is a lifestyle ailment.

 

A) inspecting B) investigating
C) observing D) seeing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) investigating

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