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Who among the following is a recipient of V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) in year 2018?

 

 

A) Dharmendra B) Mahesh Bhatt
C) Shyam Benegal D) Gulzar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shyam Benegal

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If the resistance of a conductor is reduced to half its initial value, then the heating effect in the conductor will become ___.

A) half B) double
C) one-fourth D) four-times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) half

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Calamity

 

A) Happiness B) Failure  
C) Suffering   D) Tragedy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Happiness

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The Mughal empire was founded by

A) Babur B) Humayun
C) Akbar D) Shah Jahan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Babur

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

A century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

community needs to take __________ the new challenge

 

A) in B) down
C) up D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) up

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay.

 

A) Disintegrate B) Juxtapose
C) Conjugate D) Entwine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Disintegrate

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Career ______ the kind of lifestyle one will lead and his/her position in the society.

 

A) determined B) determines
C) deter D) has been determine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) determines

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A bound collection of maps is called ___________.

A) Cryosphere B) Geomorphology
C) Atlas D) Contour lines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atlas

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