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What temperature does bacteria grow quickest at

A) 40°F and 140°F B) 14°C and 90°C
C) 80°F and 140°F D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 40°F and 140°F

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Most bacteria will grow rapidly between 4°C and 60°C (40°F and 140°F).

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Which Constitutional Amendment Act gave constitutional recognition to the panchayats?

A) 72nd Constitutional Amendment Act B) 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act
C) 74th Constitutional Amendment Act D) 75th Constitutional Amendment Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act

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Article 31A of the Indian Constitution "Saving of Laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc" deals with?

A) the State Government B) the Union Government
C) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen D) the directive principles of state policy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

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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.

 

The art of growing up is living in the school of life, where learning is ______, and taking responsibility is important.

A) neglected B) ignored
C) focused D) superficial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) focused

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


The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

 

In addition to being socially responsible, what does the author want the banks to be.

A) Customer friendly B) Able to attract foreign investors.
C) Financially healthy D) Senseless risk takers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Financially healthy

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‘Capital gains’ refers to goods which

A) serve as a source of raising further capital B) help in the further production of goods
C) directly go into the satisfaction of human wants D) find multiple uses
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) help in the further production of goods

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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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.


moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics.

A) which B) why
C) where D) what
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) which

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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'.
Are not your father (1)/ and your elder brother (2)/ out of town? (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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