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One of the common forms of representing remote sensing data as information is in the form of

A) Thematic Maps B) Political maps
C) Distribution maps D) Land use maps
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thematic Maps

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
Emission ____________ are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission ___________ set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over specific timeframes. They are generally designed to achieve air quality standards and to protect human life. Many emissions ____________ focus on regulating pollutants released by automobiles (motor cars) and other powered vehicles. Others regulate emissions from industry, power plants, small equipment such as lawn mowers and diesel generators, and other sources of air pollution. While this have been used to dictate limits for conventional pollutants such as oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulphur (NOx and SOx), this regulatory technique may be used to regulate greenhouse gasses, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). In the US, this is given in pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour (lbs. CO2/MWhr), and kilograms CO2/MWhr elsewhere.

A) Norms B) Pollutants
C) Factors D) Standards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Standards

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From the given passage it is evident that we have to take the word filling the blanks in relation to the word ‘emission’ which means the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation. ‘Norms’ refer to a standard or pattern, especially of social behaviour, that is typical or expected. Thus ‘emission norms’ cannot be a correct term as it is not related social behaviour. ‘Pollutants’ mean a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. If this word is used in the given first blank it does not provide the correct term being defined. ‘Factors’ refer to a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result. ‘Standards’ refer to a required or agreed level of quality or attainment. ‘Limits’ means a restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible. Of all the given options ‘factors’ and ‘standards’ can be seen as the most appropriate words for the given blanks. But an emission factor is a representative value that attempts to relate the quantity of a pollutant released to the atmosphere with an activity associated with the release of that pollutant. Thus, option D is the best fit answer for the given blanks 

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
He had kept up his training regimen for a month.

A) Keeping up the training regimen had been done by him for a month. B) For a month he has had been keeping his training regimen.
C) He is training and this has been kept for a month. D) His training regimen had been kept up by him for a month.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) His training regimen had been kept up by him for a month.

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Who is the Author of the book titled “The Making of Aadhaar: World’s Largest Identity Platform”

A) Ram Sewak Sharma B) AK Sikri
C) Kris Gopalkrishnan D) Jai Shankar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ram Sewak Sharma

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Which among the following is false about viscosity?

A) Viscosity of gases is less than that of liquids B) Viscosity of gases increases with rise in temperature
C) Viscosity of liquid decreases with rise in temperature D) Viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in pressure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in pressure

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) essoteric B) manerly
C) sawsages D) dissolve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) dissolve

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

Love for dogs

 

A) Paedophilia B) Sinophile
C) Canophilia D) Zoophilia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Canophilia

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

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 

What does the author feel proud about?

 

A) being an American B) being a native of Kansas.
C) being able to see the romantic quality of the land. D) the ability to unite well.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) being a native of Kansas.

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