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

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

No dice

 

A) A great gamble B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success
C) Be confident of the outcome D) Make false assurances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.   

 

Snaky

 

A) Clever   B) Mild  
C) Sinuous   D) Wild
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sinuous  

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In August 2017, which bank allowed India to construct Ratle Hydroelectric project which was opposed by Pakistan?

 

A) bank of England B) World Bank
C) International Bank for Reconstruction and development (IBRD) D) Asian Development Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) World Bank

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In November 2017, Indian Government launched ‘UMANG’ mobile app. What does ‘G’ stand for in ‘UMANG’?

A) Government B) Governance
C) Group D) Growth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Governance

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Exobiology refers to

A) Life in Outer space B) Life of animals
C) Life of plants D) Life of human beings on earth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Life in Outer space

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Preserved traces of living organisms retained in the form of impressions of the body parts in the soil are called ______.

A) specimen B) fossils
C) antique D) phylogeny
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) fossils

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According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare emergency ?

A) Prime Minister B) President
C) Chief Justice D) Parliament
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

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