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In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.
Statements:
I. All rackets are bats.
II. All bats are wickets.
Conclusions:
I. Some wickets are rackets.
II. All wickets are rackets.

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A) Only conclusion (I) follows. B) Only conclusion (II) follows.
C) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows. D) Both conclusions follow.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only conclusion (I) follows.

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

The girl is ascending the Everest.

 

A) The Everest is being ascended by the girl. B) The Everest was being ascended by the girl.
C) The girl ascended the Everest. D) The Everest ascended by the girl.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Everest is being ascended by the girl.

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Who Invented LED?

A) Nick Holonyak B) Elias Howe
C) Chuck Hull D) Christiaan Huygens
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nick Holonyak

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Maya was not promoted to(A)/the post of a manager(B)/till for a few months of her resignation.(C)/No error(D)

 

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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.

at the drop of a hat

 

A) to challenge someone B) to give up very easily
C) to pick a fight for small reasons D) without hesitation or good reason
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) without hesitation or good reason

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Who has won the maximum number of Filmfare awards till now?

A) Shahrukh Khan B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Aamir Khan D) Akshay Kumar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shahrukh Khan

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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.

 


According to the author, all art is

 

A) a reflection of life. B) art
C) an escape D) an important sense.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an escape

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

If I would have known the truth I would have admitted it.

 

A) had known B) have known
C) know D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had known

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