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Who authored the book titled ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, which won the Man Booker Prize 2017?

A) George Saunders B) Eliza Robertson
C) John Grisham D) Stephen Alter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) George Saunders

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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'.

 

Population decline, counter-urbanisation, invasion, and (1)/ movement of people, which had begun in Late (2)/ Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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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.

 

Cyber security has ________________interesting parallel to terrorism. _________________ are asymmetric. Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably harder than hacking into a system. The attacker has an inherent ________________ in both conventional terrorism and cyber attacks. In the case _________________ state­sponsored attacks, the challenges are of a much ________________ magnitude.

 

The attacker has an inherent ________________ in both conventional terrorism and cyber attacks.

 

A) advantage B) resource
C) comfort D) sanction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) advantage

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Who built the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal?

A) Chola Kings B) Pallava Kings
C) Chera Kings D) Chalukya Kings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chalukya Kings

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If tea companies start using mechanised tea leave pickers

A) more people would want to work as tea leave pickers B) unemployment of tea leave pickers will decrease
C) more tea will be produced per acre D) then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall

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_____ is the cell organelle, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur.

A) Mitochondria B) Chloroplast
C) Ribosomes D) Nucleus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mitochondria

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If the fixed costs of a factory producing candles is Rs 20,000, selling price is Rs 30 per dozen candles and variable cost is Rs 1.5 per candle, what is the break-even quantity?

A) 20000 B) 10000
C) 15000 D) 12000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20000

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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.


The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.


a more detailed examination of the______ between territory and bonding.

A) situation B) enclaves
C) relationship D) chain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) relationship

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