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Winner of 2015 "United Nations Champions of the Earth" award in the category Policy Leadership is ___.

A) Sheikh Hasina B) Paul Polman
C) Narendra Modi D) Barack Obama
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sheikh Hasina

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In which year did Ole Romer measure the speed of light for the first time in the history?

A) 1776 B) 1676
C) 1876 D) 1867
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1676

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Who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government in December 2017?

A) Ajeet Vasant B) Anshu Prakash
C) Aditya Negi D) Akansha Ranjan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anshu Prakash

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Earnings per share are calculated by dividing

A) (net income less preferred stock dividends) by average common shares outstanding. B) gross profit by average common shares outstanding.
C) net sales by average common shares outstanding. D) net income by average common shares outstanding.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) (net income less preferred stock dividends) by average common shares outstanding.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.


"Won’t you help me to carry this suitcase?" said I to my wife.

A) I asked my wife that if she would not help me in carrying that suitcase. B) I asked my wife if she would not help me to carry that suitcase.
C) I asked my wife that whether she would not help me to carry this suitcase. D) I asked my wife that if she would be helping me to carry this suitcase.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I asked my wife if she would not help me to carry that suitcase.

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Q:

ATM stands for

A) Any Time Money B) Auto Technology Money
C) Automated Teller Machine D) Automatic Transaction Machinery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Automated Teller Machine

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Full employment is the level at which there is _____.

A) no frictional unemployment B) no cyclical unemployment
C) no structural unemployment D) no unemployment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) no cyclical unemployment

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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.

 

India has already made _________________ concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ________________ process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more ____________ the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We _______________ ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ____________ equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.

 

India has already made _________________ concessions to enable a consensus

 

A) so much B) substantial
C) many D) a lot of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) substantial

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