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Consider the  following statements  about the Second Five-Year Plan :

1.It  was  drafted  under  the  leadership  of K. N. Raj

2.It    proposed    that    industries    like electricity,  railways,  steel,  machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector.

3.The  drafters  found  balancing  industry and agriculture very difficult.

4.The  drafters  found  balancing  industry and agriculture really easy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Explanation:

The   Second   Five-year   plan   was drafted  under  the  leadership  of  P. C.   Mahalanobis. It   focused   on heavy    industries    and    followed socialist  pattern  of  society  as  its goal.Since savings and investment were growing in this period, a bulk of  these  industries  like  electricity railways,   steel, machineries   and communication could be developed in the public sector. However it had its   problems   as   well,because industry attracted more investment than  agriculture,  the  possibility  of food shortage became adverse.So, the    planners    found    balancing industry    and    agriculture    really difficult;  while  K.  N.  Raj  drafted sections  of  India’s  first  Five-Year Plan

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Consider the following constituent gases of the atmosphere :

1. Argon

2. Neon

3. Helium

4.Ceirbon dioxide

Which one of the following is the correct ascending sequence of the above gases in terms of the volume percentage?

A) 1-3-2-4 B) 1-4-2-3
C) 4-2-3-1 D) 2-4-1-3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1-4-2-3

Explanation:
Composition of Dry Air (Substance, % by volume)
Nitrogen, N2 78.08
Oxygen, O2
20.95
Argon, Ar 0.93
Carbon dioxide, CO2 0.033
Neon, Ne 0.0018
Helium, He 0.00052
Methane, CH4 0.0002
Krypton, Kr 0.00011
Dinitrogen oxide, N2O 0.00005
Hydrogen, H2 0.00005
Ozone, O3 0.000001
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Which of the following can a court issue for enforcement of Fundamental Rights

A) A decree B) An ordinance
C) A notification D) A Writ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A Writ

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(Take off) your shoes before you enter the temple.

A) Put away B) Extract
C) Put off D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

The speed with which (these hate crime videos travelling) on social media frames a difficult challenge for law enforcement authorities.

A) these hate crime videos travel B) this hate crime videos travel
C) these hate crime videos travelled D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) these hate crime videos travel

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The sex of a newborn baby is determined by the chromosome inherited from

A) The Father B) The Mother
C) The Father's Father D) Both A & B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Father

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Which method for treating arthritis is an example of pseudoscience?

 

A) diet B) drugs
C) exercise D) magnets
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) magnets

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

This book is the more interesting of the three.

A) the interesting B) the most interesting
C) most interesting D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) most interesting

Explanation:

The more interesting’ needs to be replaced with ‘the most interesting’. This is because, when making comparison between two or more things, the superlative degree is used and not the comparative degree Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘This book is the most interesting of the three’.

 

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