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During   the   mid   19th century   Industrial Revolution,   the   average   life   span   of workers in Manchester was

A) 17 years B) 30 years
C) 55 years D) 62 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 17 years

Explanation:

The  Industrial  Revolution  was  the transition   to   new   manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760  to  sometime  between  1820 and  1840.  Average  life  span  of worker was 17 years.

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) It is not difficult to believe that a man B) who has lived in this for a long time
C) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world.

Explanation:

Error is in third part. By writing ‘who’ in the second part it has already been made clear that the sentence talks about ‘a man’. The use of ‘he’ becomes redundant or repetitive. By omitting ‘he’ the sentence becomes grammatically correct.

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What does BOD5 refer to?

A) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 days B) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 hours
C) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 minutes D) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 Months
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 days

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The material used in electric heater is

A) Tungsten B) Nichrome
C) Brass D) Steel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nichrome

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India signed an MoU with which country for strengtheningcooperation in the field of Tourism?

A) Tajikistan B) Turkmenistan
C) Uzbekistan D) Kyrgyzstan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kyrgyzstan

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Q:

Ghoomar is the popular folk dance of

A) Punjab B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Rajasthan D) Jammu and Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rajasthan

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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 news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

 

The news regales us ________ the highlights

 

A) at B) from
C) with D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) protubarance B) protuberanse
C) protubaranse D) protuberance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) protuberance

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