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The outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere is _______.

A) stratosphere B) troposphere
C) mesosphere D) exosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) exosphere

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Who is the author of the book titled 'Numbers Do Lie'?

A) Anil Menon B) Akash Chopra
C) Ian Chapell D) Kunal Basu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Akash Chopra

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Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State?

A) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani B) Miss Padmaja Naidu
C) Mrs Tarkeswari Sinha D) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
The ability of humans to ___________ the landscape and recognize the consequences of doing so puts us in a peculiar position. There are several animals on earth that show this same kind of intelligence. Some animals have extensions to ___________ their environment and some do not. As a species we are assigned the duty to provide and proliferate. Our goal is to achieve stability for ourselves and our kin. However, we also have an obligation to maintain the environment, as we depend on the resources and services it provides. The question then becomes:
what is our role in nature? Do we have the right to _________ the land, factory farm animals, and pollute waterways? Or do we have an obligation to reduce our numbers and merely subsist? In order to answer these questions, we must rely on our knowledge of Earth, evolution, and our influence on the environment.

A) Aspects B) Pollutants
C) Employ D) Operate
 
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Explanation:

‘Aspects’ mean a particular part or feature of something. ‘Pollutants’ mean a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. ‘Employ’ means give work to (someone) and pay them for it. ‘Operate’ means (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system). ‘Manipulate’ means control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly or unscrupulously. The passage hints towards unscrupulous usage of the environment for our own betterment. Thus, option E is the best fit answer for the given blanks.

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Which of the following telecommunication will acquire the business of Telenor India for an undisclosed sum in all seven circles?

A) BSNL B) Tata Docomo
C) Bharti Airtel D) MTS India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bharti Airtel

Explanation:

Bharti Airtel will acquire the business of Telenor India for an undisclosed sum in all seven circles Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), UP (West) and Assam.
Note: Telenor India (formerly known as Uninor) was an Indian mobile network operator based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor Group, a telecommunication company headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

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Which is the largest organ in human beings?

A) Skin B) Large Intestine
C) Small Intestine D) Liver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Skin

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The ruling party stood/ for implementation of the bill/ and was ready to/ stake their political existence.

A) The ruling party stood B) For implementation of the bill
C) And was ready to D) Stake their political existence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stake their political existence

Explanation:

The error lies in the 4th part of the sentence. The subject is 'the ruling party' which is singular; hence 'their' should be replaced by 'its' as their is a possessive pronoun for plural subjects and its is the possessive for singular subjects.

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Recently, the 2017 Global Hunger Index is published. What is the position of India in this index?

A) 97th B) 98th
C) 100th D) 102nd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 100th

Explanation:

India ranks 100th(last year 97thposition) out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index which is published by International Food Research Institute.India has “serious” hunger problems, and has third highest score in all of Asia.

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