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In January 2018, Aziz Ansari became the first Indian-American and first Asian to win a Golden Globe award for which comedy series?

 

A) Parent Trap B) Running North
C) Master of None D) Gone with the wind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Master of None

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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.

 

It is necessary, then, to keep our ____________ acts under some surveillance of attention, to pass them in review for inspection every now and _________, that we may discover possible modifications which will make them more serviceable. We need to be __________, constantly to find out better ways of doing things. Habit takes care of our standing, walking, sitting; but how many of us could _________ improve his poise and carriage if he would? Our speech has become largely automatic, but no doubt all of us might remove _____________ of enunciation, pronunciation or stress from our speaking.

 

We need to be __________, constantly to find

 

A) inventive   B) invention  
C) invent D) inventor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) inventive  

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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.

 

______ European was seen eating Kadi Chawal in New Delhi.

 

A) An B) A
C) The D) All
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A

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Which of the following Indian women cricket openers scored 320 in 45.3 overs to become the world's first pair to achieve a 300-run opening wicket partnership in a one-day internationals(ODIs)?

A) Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut B) Diana Edulji and Mitali Raj
C) Mitali Raj and Deepti Sharma D) Poonam Raut and Mitali Raj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut

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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 written word is necessarily confined _________ the things of the understanding because only the understanding has written language; whereas art deals ___________ ideas of a different mental texture, which words can only vaguely ____________. However, there are a large number of people who, _____________ they cannot be said to have experienced in a full sense any works of art, have undoubtedly the impelling desire which a little direction may lead on to a fuller ____________. And it is to such that books on art are useful.

 

lead on to a fuller ____________. And it is to such

 

A) appreciate B) appreciates
C) appreciation D) appreciator
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) appreciation

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Which Indian tabla player won the Grammy Award for his collaborative music with 'The Silk Road Ensemble' group in 2017?

A) Yogesh Samsi B) Zakir Hussein
C) Rimpa Shiva D) Sandeep Das
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sandeep Das

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Who among the following is a recipient of Padma Bhushan for the year 2018 in the field of Art-Painting?

 

A) Laxman Pai B) Arvind Parikh
C) Sharda Sinha D) Ramachandran Nagaswamy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Laxman Pai

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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 Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and most (1)/ powerful particle collider, the most complex experimental (2)/ facility, and the largest single machine ina world (3)`. No error (4)

 

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

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