CAT Questions

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Materials that usually allow electricity to pass through them are called Good conductors of electricity.

Conductors conduct electrical current very easily because of their free electrons.

Examples are :: Aluminium, Gold, Copper, Silver

Materials that do not allow or oppose electrical current & make poor conductors are called Insulators.

Examples are :: Glass, Plastic, Wood, Air,...

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Recalcitrant: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
Peculiar: different to what is normal or
expected; strange Convivial: (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable
Amenable: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
Docile: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
Withering: intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful
Voluble: (of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly
Turgid: swollen and distended or congested
Pendulous: hanging down loosely
Jocular: fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful
Therefore, it can be observed that option B i.e. ‘amenable, docile’ forms an antonym- antonym pair of ‘recalcitrant’.

The federal government debt is equal to the sum of past budget deficits minus the sum of past budget surpluses.

CST is not payable on outward freight (if charged separately) and outward insurance if property in goods passes to buyer at the time of despatch.

It means that Sale price does not include Freight charges will not attract CST when shown separately in they Invoice. But goods & freight show in one invoice CST will attractive.

The Jal Amrutha scheme launched by the state of Karnataka.

Glass is made from heating of sand. To melt sand to make glass, the temperature needed is above 1800 deg celcius.