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The Shaka Era was founded in the year________.

A) B.C. 57 B) A.D. 78
C) A.D. 319 D) A.D. 248
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A.D. 78

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Which of the following has become the first country in the world to pay equal salary to men and women?

A) Iceland B) Denmark
C) Sweden D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Iceland

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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.

 

The English language is ___________ complex in character that it can scarcely be learned by rule, and can __________ be mastered by the study of such idioms and phrases as are provided in this book; but just as care must be taken to place every accent or stress _________ the proper syllable in the ______________ of every word it contains, so must the stress or emphasis be placed on the proper word in ___________ sentence spoken.

 

proper word in ___________ sentence spoken.

 

 

A) all B) while
C) every D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) every

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In which year Bhutan adopted its Constitution?

A) 2004 B) 2006
C) 2008 D) 2010
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2008

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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.

 

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

 

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms

 

A) of B) on
C) for D) upon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on

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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.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.


in view of the sharp contrasts ______________

A) beside B) beneath
C) between D) below
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) between

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A Unitary form of government is that in which all the powers are concentrated in the hands of

A) Local government B) Central government
C) Provincial government D) Panchayats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Central government

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
I would have kept your bicycle here if you had left it with me.

A) Your bicycle would have been kept here if you had left it with me. B) Keeping of your bicycle would have been done by me if you had left it.
C) If you had left it with me I would have kept your bicycle there. D) Your bicycle would be kept there if you have left it with me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Your bicycle would have been kept here if you had left it with me.

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