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A Sonar of a ship sends sounds waves of speed 1500 m/s. These waves are reflected back by the ocean floor in 5 seconds. Find the depth (in m) of the ocean floor.

A) 3750 B) 7500
C) 1875 D) 5000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3750

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Highest Civilian Honour received by Azim Premji is

A) Padma Shri B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Padma Vibhushan

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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'.

 

The postman travelled by the cycle, often wading through (1)/ swamps or passed through jungles (2)/in order to reach the villages (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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"Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation" is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.

A) Union B) State
C) Global D) Concurrent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Union

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The famous work 'Anandmath' was written by

A) Sri Aurobindo B) Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C) Sri Rabindra Nath Tagore D) Sri Aarti Chaudhary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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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 thefour alternatives.


Enterprising skill is the ______________ of a teacher to see the perspective of the entire institution and the inter-relationships _____________ and between its parts. Itincludes the ability of a teacher to visualise the academic pursuit ___________ a holistic manner and consider a situation in totality. These skills involve _______________abstract and innovative ideas, constructing models and relationships, and anticipating the implications ________ actions.


These skills involve _______________ abstract and innovative ideas

A) understanding B) understand
C) understandable D) understandably
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) understanding

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__________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

A) Son of Saul B) Embrace of the Serpent
C) Mustang D) A War
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Son of Saul

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To whom the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded?

A) David J. Thouless B) Yoshinori Ohsumi
C) J. Michael Kosterlitz D) Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Yoshinori Ohsumi

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