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Jio is a big shot at reducing the cost of Internet access in India. The U.S., despite being the richest country in the world, lags far behind in terms of cost and penetration of Internet access. Cheap access to the Internet is an important step in bridging the access gap – access to good education, good healthcare, etc. But the market reaction to Jio is similar to the U.S. market’s reaction to firms announcing their intention to diversify.

(A) The final group of losers is the current shareholders of RIL. On announcement of Jio, the stock price of RIL fell.

(B) It shows that the market’s short-term reaction is usually proven correct in the long-run.

(C) On losing end, the first groups of losers are the shareholders of other telecom companies.

(D) The large amount of revenue the Government of India gets from auctioning off the nation’s natural resources is not necessarily a good thing because the Government does not have a stellar track record when it comes to spending the money. A large fraction of Government spending is wasted.

(E) The second loser is the Government of India. The big money the Indian Government was raking in selling cellular bandwidth was actually coming from the pockets of the cellular consumers. 

(F) The first obvious winners of this scheme are customers.

(G) The second winner is Mr. Ambani; he can potentially make a lasting impact as the man who brought Internet to millions of Indians.

 

Question:

Which of the following supports the decision of other companies opposing Reliance JIO Scheme?

A) Only A B) Both A & B
C) Only C D) Both C & E
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both C & E

Explanation:

As the arguments C and E states that other companies are on the losing end with this scheme, it is the only appropriate answer to this question.

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4 1999
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Statement: If the retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organization, their contribution may be beneficial to the institute.

Course of action:
a) Management may seek option of the employees before calling retired professors.
b) Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organization.

A) Only a follows B) Neither a nor b follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Only b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only b follows

Explanation:

Valuable suggestion from the retired professors will be helpful for restructuring of an organisation. Hence, management should involve such experienced people. Seeking permission from the employees is not the right course of action.

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1 1994
Q:

What question can you never answer yes to?

Answer

When you are Asleep or Dead, you cannot answer Are you Asleep or Dead?

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2 1977
Q:

Which of the following is an instance of informative speaking?

A) a student sharing ideas about leadership based on a book she has read B) a student on stage telling jokes during the intermission of a play
C) a student urging an instructor to reconsider the due date for an assignment D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a student sharing ideas about leadership based on a book she has read

Explanation:

Informative Speaking is a 10-minute presentation written and performed by the student. Informative requires students to balance that content with delivery and style.

Here in the given options, option A) a student sharing ideas about leadership based on a book she has read, is an instance of informative speaking.

 

Students in Informative must be articulate, engaging, and smooth with their delivery at both a vocal and physical level.

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2 1971
Q:

Alliteration is an example of what?

A) Assonance B) Consonance
C) Tongue twisters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Consonance

Explanation:

Alliteration is an example of Consonance. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another in a piece of text.

Example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Whereas

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, sometimes creating end rhymes.

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3 1971
Q:

A group of giraffe is called as

A) colony B) tower
C) fleet D) pride
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tower

Explanation:

A group of giraffes is called as tower.

Whereas

A group of ants is called as colony

A group of lions is called as pride

A group of ships is called as fleet.

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1 1962
Q:

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. 

A part of Special development fund is(1) / expected to be released(2) /

next month and the provisional(3) / for remaining amount in the new budget(4)

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

Explanation:

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

 

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

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10 1949
Q:

What is the structure of an Italian sonnet?

A) Octave B) Pentagon
C) Hexane D) Quadrapul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Octave

Explanation:

Italian sonnets have 14 lines and are written in iambic pentameter. They are divided into two sections: the octave and the sestet. The octave of an Italian sonnet consists of the first eight lines of the poem. It follows an ABBAABBA rhyme pattern.

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1 1938