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To convert temperature from Celcius to Kelvin scale, you must ___ the given temperature.

A) subtract 273 B) multiply 273
C) add 273 D) divide by 273
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) add 273

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A market is said to be in equilibrium when

A) There is downward pressure on price B) The amount consumers wish to buy at the current price equals the amount producers wish to sell at that price
C) All buyers are able to find sellers willing to sell to them at the current price D) Supply equals demand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Supply equals demand

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A market is said to be in equilibrium when market demand is equal to market Supply.

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Performance goals are used to

A) measure productivity B) determine a worker's attitude
C) measure effectiveness, but not efficiency D) communicate nonverbally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) measure productivity

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Performance goals are used to measure productivity.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

He claimed that he (have corrected) the ringing on both the clocks.

 

A) had correct B) had corrected
C) had correcting D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had corrected

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Who was elected the President of All India Workers and Peasants Party in Calcutta in 1928?

A) M.N. Joglekar B) Shripad Amrit Dange
C) Sahel Singh Josh D) Mujaffar ahmed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sahel Singh Josh

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Q:

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 


We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


just like a tree, ______ to external

 

A) welcome B) eager
C) open D) agreeable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) open

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Harsha moved his capital from _____ to _____ .

A) Thanesar , Kanauj B) Delhi , Deogiri
C) Kamboj , Kanauj D) Valabhi , Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thanesar , Kanauj

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