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The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected with which of the following Committees of Parliament?

A) The Estimates Committee B) The Committee on Public Undertakings
C) The Public Accounts Committee D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Public Accounts Committee

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........... connects muscle to the bones.

A) Cartilage B) Areolar
C) Ligaments D) Tendons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tendons

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The ancient Indian legal document 'Manusmriti' was written in ___.

A) Tamil B) Hindi
C) Sanskrit D) Bengali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sanskrit

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If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g, then the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of a planet whose mass is double that of earth and radius is same as that of earth is _________________.

A) 2g B) g
C) g/2 D) 4g
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2g

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The attenuation in optical fibre is mainly due to

A) Scattering B) Absorption
C) Both (a) and (b) D) Neither absorption nor scattering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scattering

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The reason for transmitting data over optical fibers, is because the speed of data transmission through optical wires are equal to the speed of light. The intense speed of data transfer speed, has lead to the use of optical fibers. The optical fiber uses the technology of transferring light beams, from one end to the other end of optical cables. The attenuation in optical fiber is due to Scattering. The reason why scattering is caused, due to the folding, in the wire.

 

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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 chasm ______________ the needs of the people who struggle ______________ survival, action and inaction by representatives, and lack of remedial justice has compromised representative democracy _________________. Defections from one party to another indicate _______________ of the basic obligations of representatives, even ___________ their own people starve.

 

Defections from one party to another indicate _______________ of the basic obligations of representatives

 

A) renunciating B) renunciation
C) renunciate D) the renunciation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) renunciation

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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.

 

To know ______ reality, the powers of the mind need to be turned back upon itself. With concentration, the mind can ______ its innermost secrets, just as the darkest places reveal their secrets to the penetrating rays of light. We can then ______ soul truths, whether life exists for five minutes or for ______, and whether there is a God. To go beyond the mind and our present reality, we need to use the mind itself as a tool. Patanjali, in his Hatha Yoga Pradipika, stated, “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications of the mind.”

 

“Yoga is the ______ of the modifications

A) evolution B) ambition
C) bijection D) cessation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) cessation

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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'.

 

Mr. Gaurav Sharma (A)/ is coming (B)/ to dinner. (C) / No error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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