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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

We protested that we (was going) all the way to Haridwar.

 

A) is going   B) were going  
C) were went   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were going  

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What is not true with CT Scan?

A) Combines many X-ray images B) Scanning is often painful
C) Generates 3-D cross-sectional views D) Identifies normal and abnormal structures
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scanning is often painful

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Easier said than done

 

A) A task which is expected to be difficult turns out to be easy. B) Intentionally tell some one that a difficult task is easy
C) Be more easily talked about than put into practice D) Once a difficult task is done it feels easy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be more easily talked about than put into practice

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What are transition elements?

A) Elements whose two outermost shells are incomplete B) Elements which possess properties of both, metals and non-metals
C) They have eight electrons in the outermost shell D) Elements whose three outermost shells are incomplete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elements whose two outermost shells are incomplete

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The principles of internal control include

A) Maintain Records B) Segregate of Duties
C) Mandatory Employee Rotation D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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The principles of internal control are the concepts management uses to establish the ways to protect company assets.


The main internal control principles include:

  • Establish Responsibilities
  • Maintain Records
  • Insure Assets by Bonding Key Employees
  • Segregate of Duties
  • Mandatory Employee Rotation
  • Split Related Party Responsibility
  • Use Technological Controls
  • Perform Regular Independent Reviews

 

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

 

P: One’s language fluency is determined by the quality of reading.
Q: In all cultures and civilizations, much stress is laid on reading but, in the modern times, this activity is being ignored.
R: Reading is an essential basic skills building activity.
S: Besides, vocabulary enrichment, ideas collection, familiarization with different types of writing formats, speaking fluency, etc, all depend upon reading.

A) RSPQ B) QRPS
C) PQRS D) RPSQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RPSQ

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ___________________ to increase employment.


________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production

A) As B) Despite
C) So D) Because
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Despite

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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 Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government!

A) are disposed of B) were disposed of
C) are disposed off D) had been disposed off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were disposed of

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