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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 

'Scouring up things' means ________.

 

A) cleaning pans with a small ball of wire or plastic B) to search a place thoroughly in order to find something
C) to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet D) writing something quickly and carelessly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to search a place thoroughly in order to find something

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The McMahon Line, which sets the boundary between India and China, is drawn to the northern boundary of which of the following states?

A) Jammu and Kashmir B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arunachal Pradesh

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Q:

 The difference between exports and imports is called-? 

A) assets and liabilities  B) balance of payment 
C) GDP  D) balance of trade 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) balance of trade 

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The difference between exports and imports is called the balance of trade. If imports are greater than exports, it is sometimes called an unfavourable balance of trade. If exports exceed imports, it is sometimes called a favourable balance of trade.

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Who was the first female Governor of India?

A) Kamala Nehru B) Madam Bikaji Kama
C) Sarojini Naidu D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sarojini Naidu

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The Attorney General of India is appointed by whom?

A) Prime Minister of India B) Law Minister of India
C) Chief Justice of India D) President of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) President of India

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Which of the following minerals is not found in the plateau regions?

A) Coal B) Iron ore
C) Mineral oil   D) Manganese  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mineral oil  

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Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is not correct?

A) The Union and every State Government shall consult the Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Tribes. B) All the reports of the Commission and its recommendations shall be laid only before Lok Sabha.
C) The Commission, while investigating any matter, has all the powers of a Civil Court. D) The Commission has the power to regulate its own procedures.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) All the reports of the Commission and its recommendations shall be laid only before Lok Sabha.

Explanation:

All the reports of the Commission are presented to the President, who in turn sends them to the both the houses of the Parliament.

 

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Which Indian actor won the Ordre des Arts et des Letters (Order of Arts and Letters) from the French Government in 2016?

A) Nana Patekar B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Anupam Kher D) Kamal Hassan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kamal Hassan

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