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Who invented the electric tram?

A) James Cook B) William Harvey
C) Fyodor Pirotsky D) Robert Boyles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fyodor Pirotsky

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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.


This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."


painters __________ technical knowledge to paint

A) has B) has had
C) have D) to have
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) have

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Sectoral distribution of GDP index measures_________

A) Agriculture development of a country B) Economic development of a country
C) Social development of a country D) Socio­Economic development of a country
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Economic development of a country

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What was the final outcome of the vietnam war?

A) North Vietnam defeated south Vietnam B) Saigon renamed as Ho Chi Minh
C) 2 million people were killed D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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In January 2018, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 was notified. Few provisions in the amendment Act have important bearing on the working of the______.

A) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 B) NABARD (amendment) Bill, 2017
C) AMASR (amendment) Bill, 2017 D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016

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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.

 

What is it? ______ it wait?

 

A) may B) can’t
C) would D) is
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) can’t

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The soil found in the Eastern and Western coasts of India is _____.

A) Red Rocky B) Laterite
C) Black Cotton D) Alluvial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Black Cotton

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time.

A)  close B) closest
C) closeness D) closely
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) closest

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