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Who among the following is a recipient of Padma Bhushan for the year 2018 in the field of Art-Painting?

 

A) Laxman Pai B) Arvind Parikh
C) Sharda Sinha D) Ramachandran Nagaswamy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Laxman Pai

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Who won the 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup held in Japan?

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

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A study published in PLOS Medicine found that obesity was the cause of 1 in 10 deaths in the United States. Also, obesity was the third-leading cause of death in men and women, after high blood pressure and smoking. Hence, many doctors believe that it’s high time obesity be placed in the category of serious diseases as it not only decreases life expectancy but also impairs the normal functioning of the body.
Which of the following statements, if true, undermines the given argument?

A) Extreme obesity can shorten a person's life span by 10 years. B) Obesity is the result of eating of too much and of a sedentary lifestyle and cannot be defined as a disease per se.
C) Obesity can be a genetic disorder such as sickle-cell anemia and Tay- Sachs, which are classified as diseases. D) The Food and Drug Administration, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Obesity Society, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American College of Gastroenterology have i
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Obesity is the result of eating of too much and of a sedentary lifestyle and cannot be defined as a disease per se.

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The given argument states that obesity should be categorized as a serious disease as it is known to decrease life expectancy and to harm the normal functioning of the body just like any other life-threatening disease. Option B undermines the argument by pointing out that obesity is mostly a lifestyle problem and not a disease. Compared to 40 years ago, people today spend more time commuting, sitting in front of a computer, watching television, playing video games, and generally exercising less, and end up burning fewer calories. Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

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In which of the following is true for instruments of Monetary Policy?

A) Open market operations B) Bank rate policy
C) Selective credit controls D) All options are correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All options are correct

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___ is one of the states of matter obtained by cooling a gas of very low density to extremely low temperatures.

A) Gas B) Plasma
C) Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) D) Plasma Condensate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

marks; or we _________ the habit of using

 

 

A) from B) form
C) for D) of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) form

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In the following question, one or two statement(s) is/are given followed by two conclusions/assumptions, I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement. Indicate your answer.

 

Statement: Some kings are queens. All queens are beautiful .

Conclusions:I­ All kings are beautiful.

Conclusions:II­ All queens are kings

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Either conclusion I or II follows D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

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n the following question, sentence given with blank is 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 unruly behaviour of the parliamentarians _____________ the speaker.

A) incensed B) estranged
C) enflamed D) disparaged
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) incensed

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