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

"Tryst with Destiny" was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non­violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow­mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.

To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell".

The most dominant voice in the speech is

A) the voice of optimism B) the voice of surrender
C) the voice of negligence D) the voice of weakness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the voice of optimism

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Prebiotics are the lesser-known gut-health promoters which serve as food for good bacteria inside the gut. "We found that dietary prebiotics can improve non-REM (random eye movement) sleep, as well as REM sleep after a stressful event," said Robert Thompson, a PhD researcher at University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S. Prebiotics are dietary fibres found naturally in foods like artichokes, raw garlic, leeks and onions.

When beneficial bacteria digest prebiotic fibre, they not only multiply, improving overall gut health, but they also release metabolic by-products. Researchers fed three-week-old male rats a diet of either standard chow or chow that included prebiotics. They then monitored the rats' body temperature, gut bacteria and sleep-wake cycles — using electroencephalogram (EEG), or brain activity testing over time. Findings revealed that the rats on the prebiotic diet spent more time in non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep, which is restful and restorative, than those on the non-prebiotic diet.


What are prebiotics?

A) Dietary fibres B) Bacteria
C) Foods like artichokes D) Gut microbiota
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dietary fibres

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The celebrated Novel 'The Godfather' was authored by

A) John Milton B) Victor Hugo
C) Mario Puzo D) Harold Robbins
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mario Puzo

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The first news paper in the world was started by ?

A) Japan B) China
C) USA D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) China

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Microcomputer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipment ____

A) Keyboard, monitor, hard drive B) system unit, input/output, memory
C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage D) system unit, primary storage, secondary storage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage

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Select the synonym of

to scram

 

A) to cluster B)  to array
C) to convene D) to scoot
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to scoot

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Which of the following statements with regard to the Mediterraneam agriculture is/are correct?

1.The Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialized commercial agriculture.

2.It is intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation.

3.It is a primitive subsistence agriculture.4.Viticulture is a speciality of the Mediterranean region.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 4 only D) 1, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 4 only

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Mediterranean agriculture is practised  on  the  either  side  of  the Mediterranean  Sea  in  Europe  and in   north   Africa   from   Tunisia   to Atlantic  coast,  southern  California, central  Chile,  south  western  parts of   South   Africa   and   south   and south  western  parts  of  Australia. This region is an important supplier of citrus fruits. Viticulture or grape cultivation  is  a  speciality  of  the Mediterranean region.

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Select the antonym of

feign

A) bluff B) affect
C) act D) fact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) fact

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