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Man's attitude to various animals changed many times in the course of centuries. From indifference or practicality, he went on to adoration and deification, and then to hatred. Ancient Egyptians, for example, highly appreciated the cat's ability to destroy rodents. The cat was much superior in this respect to the grass­snakes and weasels they had kept in their houses before. These proved unable to cope with hordes of rats which invaded Egypt from Asia. So the cat, a very useful animal, was ranked as a sacred animal and one of the most important animals, too. The goddess of the Moon, fertility and child­birth, Bast herself was portrayed by the Egyptians as a woman with a cat's head.

Sumptuous temples were built to this goddess, where cats were kept in luxury and fed the choicest of foods. They had their own priests and votaries, more numerous as a matter of fact than any other sacred animal could boast. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the festival in the city of Bubastis, which had a temple dedicated to cats, was attended by as many as 700 thousand, who brought their offerings to the goddess in the shape of figurines of her made of gold, silver and bronze and adorned with precious stones.

 

The word 'deification' in the passage means _____ .

A) highly valuable B) take pride
C) act of treating as God D) devotees
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) act of treating as God

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Who won the 2016 men's singles Wimbledon Championship?

A) Novak Djokovic B) Andy Murray
C) Roger Federer D) Milos Raonic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Andy Murray

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Who among the following has scored 2 triple hundreds in test matches?

A) Ricky Ponting B) Jacques Kallis
C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Brian Lara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Brian Lara

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Who discovered X-Ray?

A) Wilhelm Rontgen B) William Lee
C) X Rollswick D) I Thompson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wilhelm Rontgen

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Which of the following prize is given for literary work?

A) Arjuna Award B) Ashoka Chakra
C) Vyas Samman D) Gita Chopra Award
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vyas Samman

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What is the name of the book which was awarded the golden man Booker Prize 2018?  

A)  The English Patient B)  Everything Under
C) The Long Take  D) Washington Black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  The English Patient

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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) was crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize, announced on Sunday 8 July, 2018. The Golden Man Booker winner was revealed at the closing event of the Man Booker 50 Festival in Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre.

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Who was given the title of "The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity" for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?

A) Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan B) Fazl-ul-Haq
C) Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Rajendra I was the son of?

A) Bindusara I B) Devabhuti I
C) Skanda Gupta I D) Rajaraja I
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rajaraja I

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