RRB Office Assistant Mains Set 5
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Online RRB Mains Mock – 5
- Reasoning (Ques 1 to 40)
- Quantitative Aptitude (Ques 41 to 80)
- Computers (Ques 81 to 120)
- English (Ques 121 to 160)
- General Studies (Ques 161 to 200)
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- Question 1 of 200
1. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Eight friends U, V, W, X, Y, Z, M and N are sitting around a circular table, all are facing inside the centre. Each person belongs to different countries Korea, Japan, Bhutan, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and China, but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who is from Korea is not an immediate neighbour of the person who is from Japan. The person who is from Japan sits third to the right of M. Neither U nor Z is from Japan. V sits third to the right of N. Only one person sits between W and the person who is from Bhutan. U and Z are immediate neighbours of each other. The person who is from France sits second to the right of W. The person who is from China sits second to the right of U. Two persons sit between X and the person who is from Germany. X is not from Japan. The person who is from Italy sits second to the left of U. N is neither from Japan nor from France. W is an immediate neighbour of M.Who among the following is from Austria?
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- Question 2 of 200
2. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Eight friends U, V, W, X, Y, Z, M and N are sitting around a circular table, all are facing inside the centre. Each person belongs to different countries Korea, Japan, Bhutan, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and China, but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who is from Korea is not an immediate neighbour of the person who is from Japan. The person who is from Japan sits third to the right of M. Neither U nor Z is from Japan. V sits third to the right of N. Only one person sits between W and the person who is from Bhutan. U and Z are immediate neighbours of each other. The person who is from France sits second to the right of W. The person who is from China sits second to the right of U. Two persons sit between X and the person who is from Germany. X is not from Japan. The person who is from Italy sits second to the left of U. N is neither from Japan nor from France. W is an immediate neighbour of M.What is the position of Z with respect to the person who is from Japan?
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- Question 3 of 200
3. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Eight friends U, V, W, X, Y, Z, M and N are sitting around a circular table, all are facing inside the centre. Each person belongs to different countries Korea, Japan, Bhutan, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and China, but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who is from Korea is not an immediate neighbour of the person who is from Japan. The person who is from Japan sits third to the right of M. Neither U nor Z is from Japan. V sits third to the right of N. Only one person sits between W and the person who is from Bhutan. U and Z are immediate neighbours of each other. The person who is from France sits second to the right of W. The person who is from China sits second to the right of U. Two persons sit between X and the person who is from Germany. X is not from Japan. The person who is from Italy sits second to the left of U. N is neither from Japan nor from France. W is an immediate neighbour of M.M is from which of the following country?
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- Question 4 of 200
4. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Eight friends U, V, W, X, Y, Z, M and N are sitting around a circular table, all are facing inside the centre. Each person belongs to different countries Korea, Japan, Bhutan, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and China, but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who is from Korea is not an immediate neighbour of the person who is from Japan. The person who is from Japan sits third to the right of M. Neither U nor Z is from Japan. V sits third to the right of N. Only one person sits between W and the person who is from Bhutan. U and Z are immediate neighbours of each other. The person who is from France sits second to the right of W. The person who is from China sits second to the right of U. Two persons sit between X and the person who is from Germany. X is not from Japan. The person who is from Italy sits second to the left of U. N is neither from Japan nor from France. W is an immediate neighbour of M.Y is from which of the following country?
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- Question 5 of 200
5. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Eight friends U, V, W, X, Y, Z, M and N are sitting around a circular table, all are facing inside the centre. Each person belongs to different countries Korea, Japan, Bhutan, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and China, but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who is from Korea is not an immediate neighbour of the person who is from Japan. The person who is from Japan sits third to the right of M. Neither U nor Z is from Japan. V sits third to the right of N. Only one person sits between W and the person who is from Bhutan. U and Z are immediate neighbours of each other. The person who is from France sits second to the right of W. The person who is from China sits second to the right of U. Two persons sit between X and the person who is from Germany. X is not from Japan. The person who is from Italy sits second to the left of U. N is neither from Japan nor from France. W is an immediate neighbour of M.What is the position of M with respect to the one who is from Italy?
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- Question 6 of 200
6. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Which of the following is the code for ‘rockstar’?
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- Question 7 of 200
7. Question
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Which of the following word is coded as ‘$’?
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- Question 8 of 200
8. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
What may be the code of ‘word Reasoning’?1.
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- Question 9 of 200
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Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Which of the following code is coded for ‘Aptitude’?1.
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What will be the code of ‘great well’?1.
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- Question 11 of 200
11. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows, six people in each row, in such a way that in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 , I, G, K, L, M, and N are sitting and all of them are facing North.
L sits third to the left of I. F does not face I. G sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between G and M. F is not an immediate neighbor of E. M does not face F. Two persons sit between C and B. C is not a immediate neighbor of E. K does not face F. A is not an immediate neighbor of C. Neither L nor I sits at extreme ends. F does not sit at any of the extreme ends. E faces L.Who amongst the following pair sit at extreme ends of the rows?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 12 of 200
12. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows, six people in each row, in such a way that in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 , I, G, K, L, M, and N are sitting and all of them are facing North.
L sits third to the left of I. F does not face I. G sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between G and M. F is not an immediate neighbor of E. M does not face F. Two persons sit between C and B. C is not a immediate neighbor of E. K does not face F. A is not an immediate neighbor of C. Neither L nor I sits at extreme ends. F does not sit at any of the extreme ends. E faces L.How many persons are seated between L and G?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 13 of 200
13. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows, six people in each row, in such a way that in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 , I, G, K, L, M, and N are sitting and all of them are facing North.
L sits third to the left of I. F does not face I. G sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between G and M. F is not an immediate neighbor of E. M does not face F. Two persons sit between C and B. C is not a immediate neighbor of E. K does not face F. A is not an immediate neighbor of C. Neither L nor I sits at extreme ends. F does not sit at any of the extreme ends. E faces L.Who among the following faces the one who sits immediate right of I?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 14 of 200
14. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows, six people in each row, in such a way that in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 , I, G, K, L, M, and N are sitting and all of them are facing North.
L sits third to the left of I. F does not face I. G sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between G and M. F is not an immediate neighbor of E. M does not face F. Two persons sit between C and B. C is not a immediate neighbor of E. K does not face F. A is not an immediate neighbor of C. Neither L nor I sits at extreme ends. F does not sit at any of the extreme ends. E faces L.What is the position of D with respect to E?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 15 of 200
15. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows, six people in each row, in such a way that in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 , I, G, K, L, M, and N are sitting and all of them are facing North.
L sits third to the left of I. F does not face I. G sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between G and M. F is not an immediate neighbor of E. M does not face F. Two persons sit between C and B. C is not a immediate neighbor of E. K does not face F. A is not an immediate neighbor of C. Neither L nor I sits at extreme ends. F does not sit at any of the extreme ends. E faces L.Who amongst the following sits exactly between K and M?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 16 of 200
16. Question
Category: ReasoningEach of these questions is based on the following information:
(i) A % B means A is the daughter of B.
(ii) A @ B means B is the sister of A.
(iii) A $ B means B is the father of A.
(iv) A * B means A is the son of B.If the expression [email protected]%G%[email protected] is definitely true, then which of the following is true?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 17 of 200
17. Question
Category: ReasoningEach of these questions is based on the following information:
(i) A % B means A is the daughter of B.
(ii) A @ B means B is the sister of A.
(iii) A $ B means B is the father of A.
(iv) A * B means A is the son of B.If the expression [email protected]%[email protected] is definitely true, then which of the following is not true?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 18 of 200
18. Question
Category: ReasoningIn these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answerCorrectIncorrect - Question 19 of 200
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Category: ReasoningIn these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answerCorrectIncorrect - Question 20 of 200
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Category: ReasoningIn these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answerCorrectIncorrect - Question 21 of 200
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Category: ReasoningIn these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answerCorrectIncorrect - Question 22 of 200
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Category: ReasoningIn these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answerCorrectIncorrect - Question 23 of 200
23. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following formation carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I lives on 9 different floors of a building, ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 9. They like different fruits Mango, Banana, Pears, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Guava, Apricot, and Blackberry but not necessarily in the same order. A does not like Guava. There are three floors between A and I, who likes Pomegranate. H likes Pears and lives immediately above the floor on which A lives. There is only one floor between H and G, who likes Peach. F likes Banana and lives below the floor on which I lives. F does not live on even number floor. There are only two floors between F and E, who likes Mango. A lives above I and G. B likes Apricot and lives below the floor on which F lives. G does not live on 4th and 5th floor and lives on odd numbered floor. B lives on even number floor. There is as many as floor between B and one, who likes Apple and as between A and C.A likes which of the following fruit?
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- Question 24 of 200
24. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following formation carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I lives on 9 different floors of a building, ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 9. They like different fruits Mango, Banana, Pears, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Guava, Apricot, and Blackberry but not necessarily in the same order. A does not like Guava. There are three floors between A and I, who likes Pomegranate. H likes Pears and lives immediately above the floor on which A lives. There is only one floor between H and G, who likes Peach. F likes Banana and lives below the floor on which I lives. F does not live on even number floor. There are only two floors between F and E, who likes Mango. A lives above I and G. B likes Apricot and lives below the floor on which F lives. G does not live on 4th and 5th floor and lives on odd numbered floor. B lives on even number floor. There is as many as floor between B and one, who likes Apple and as between A and C.D lives on which of the following floor?
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- Question 25 of 200
25. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following formation carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I lives on 9 different floors of a building, ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 9. They like different fruits Mango, Banana, Pears, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Guava, Apricot, and Blackberry but not necessarily in the same order. A does not like Guava. There are three floors between A and I, who likes Pomegranate. H likes Pears and lives immediately above the floor on which A lives. There is only one floor between H and G, who likes Peach. F likes Banana and lives below the floor on which I lives. F does not live on even number floor. There are only two floors between F and E, who likes Mango. A lives above I and G. B likes Apricot and lives below the floor on which F lives. G does not live on 4th and 5th floor and lives on odd numbered floor. B lives on even number floor. There is as many as floor between B and one, who likes Apple and as between A and C.H is related to Peach and C is related to Banana, in the same way F is related to?
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- Question 26 of 200
26. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following formation carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I lives on 9 different floors of a building, ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 9. They like different fruits Mango, Banana, Pears, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Guava, Apricot, and Blackberry but not necessarily in the same order. A does not like Guava. There are three floors between A and I, who likes Pomegranate. H likes Pears and lives immediately above the floor on which A lives. There is only one floor between H and G, who likes Peach. F likes Banana and lives below the floor on which I lives. F does not live on even number floor. There are only two floors between F and E, who likes Mango. A lives above I and G. B likes Apricot and lives below the floor on which F lives. G does not live on 4th and 5th floor and lives on odd numbered floor. B lives on even number floor. There is as many as floor between B and one, who likes Apple and as between A and C.Who among following lives on 6th floor?
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- Question 27 of 200
27. Question
Category: ReasoningRead the following formation carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I lives on 9 different floors of a building, ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 9. They like different fruits Mango, Banana, Pears, Peach, Pomegranate, Apple, Guava, Apricot, and Blackberry but not necessarily in the same order. A does not like Guava. There are three floors between A and I, who likes Pomegranate. H likes Pears and lives immediately above the floor on which A lives. There is only one floor between H and G, who likes Peach. F likes Banana and lives below the floor on which I lives. F does not live on even number floor. There are only two floors between F and E, who likes Mango. A lives above I and G. B likes Apricot and lives below the floor on which F lives. G does not live on 4th and 5th floor and lives on odd numbered floor. B lives on even number floor. There is as many as floor between B and one, who likes Apple and as between A and C.How many floors are there between the E and the floor on which B lives?
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- Question 28 of 200
28. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the given information and answer the following question.
A person F is 20 m away from C in east direction. B is standing at point X in south of F and is facing south direction and distance between F and B is 30 m. B turns to his right from point X and walks 20m. After that B turns 90 degree anticlockwise and walks 15m to reach at point Y.What is the shortest distance between point X and point Y?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 29 of 200
29. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the given information and answer the following question.
A person F is 20 m away from C in east direction. B is standing at point X in south of F and is facing south direction and distance between F and B is 30 m. B turns to his right from point X and walks 20m. After that B turns 90 degree anticlockwise and walks 15m to reach at point Y.What is the direction of point X with respect to C?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 30 of 200
30. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the given information and answer the following question.
A person F is 20 m away from C in east direction. B is standing at point X in south of F and is facing south direction and distance between F and B is 30 m. B turns to his right from point X and walks 20m. After that B turns 90 degree anticlockwise and walks 15m to reach at point Y.What is the direction of F with respect to point Y?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 31 of 200
31. Question
Category: ReasoningIn each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.Statements:
Some B are T.
No T is C.
All C are W.
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I. No B is C.
II. Some T are W.
III. No C is a T.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 32 of 200
32. Question
Category: ReasoningIn each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.Statements:
Some A are D.
Some D are R.
All R are C.
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I. Some D are C.
II. All C are being A is a possibility.
III. All A being R is a possibility.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 33 of 200
33. Question
Category: ReasoningIn each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.Statements:
Some S are P.
All P are Q.
Some Q are C.
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I. Some S are C.
II. Some S are Q.
III. Some P are C.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 34 of 200
34. Question
Category: ReasoningIn each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.Statements:
All C are D.
Some D are E.
Some G are C.
Conclusions:
I. Some G are E.
II. Some C are E.
III. No G is E.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 35 of 200
35. Question
Category: ReasoningIn each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.Statements:
All B are P.
Some P are R.
All R are Y.
Conclusions:
I. All B being Y is a possibility.
II. Some P are Y.
III. Some P are B.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 36 of 200
36. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Robin, Priya, Kevin, Monu, Sem, Tom and Rohan are seven friends. Each of them studies in different classes 3, 5, 8, 9, 6, 2, and 11 (not necessarily in the same order). They like different colours Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown, Black and White but not necessarily in the same order.
Kevin likes Red and does not study in 5th and in 2nd class. Sem studies in 6th Class and likes Brown. The one, who likes Black studies in 11th Class. Monu studies in 3rd Class. Rohan likes White. Robin does not study in 11th Class. The one, who likes Green studies in 5th Class. Priya studies in 9th Class and does not like Pink and Green.In which Class does Rohan study?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 37 of 200
37. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Robin, Priya, Kevin, Monu, Sem, Tom and Rohan are seven friends. Each of them studies in different classes 3, 5, 8, 9, 6, 2, and 11 (not necessarily in the same order). They like different colours Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown, Black and White but not necessarily in the same order.
Kevin likes Red and does not study in 5th and in 2nd class. Sem studies in 6th Class and likes Brown. The one, who likes Black studies in 11th Class. Monu studies in 3rd Class. Rohan likes White. Robin does not study in 11th Class. The one, who likes Green studies in 5th Class. Priya studies in 9th Class and does not like Pink and Green.Which of following colour does Robin like?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 38 of 200
38. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Robin, Priya, Kevin, Monu, Sem, Tom and Rohan are seven friends. Each of them studies in different classes 3, 5, 8, 9, 6, 2, and 11 (not necessarily in the same order). They like different colours Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown, Black and White but not necessarily in the same order.
Kevin likes Red and does not study in 5th and in 2nd class. Sem studies in 6th Class and likes Brown. The one, who likes Black studies in 11th Class. Monu studies in 3rd Class. Rohan likes White. Robin does not study in 11th Class. The one, who likes Green studies in 5th Class. Priya studies in 9th Class and does not like Pink and Green.Which of the following colour does Monu like?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 39 of 200
39. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Robin, Priya, Kevin, Monu, Sem, Tom and Rohan are seven friends. Each of them studies in different classes 3, 5, 8, 9, 6, 2, and 11 (not necessarily in the same order). They like different colours Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown, Black and White but not necessarily in the same order.
Kevin likes Red and does not study in 5th and in 2nd class. Sem studies in 6th Class and likes Brown. The one, who likes Black studies in 11th Class. Monu studies in 3rd Class. Rohan likes White. Robin does not study in 11th Class. The one, who likes Green studies in 5th Class. Priya studies in 9th Class and does not like Pink and Green.In which of the following Class does Robin study?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 40 of 200
40. Question
Category: ReasoningStudy the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Robin, Priya, Kevin, Monu, Sem, Tom and Rohan are seven friends. Each of them studies in different classes 3, 5, 8, 9, 6, 2, and 11 (not necessarily in the same order). They like different colours Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown, Black and White but not necessarily in the same order.
Kevin likes Red and does not study in 5th and in 2nd class. Sem studies in 6th Class and likes Brown. The one, who likes Black studies in 11th Class. Monu studies in 3rd Class. Rohan likes White. Robin does not study in 11th Class. The one, who likes Green studies in 5th Class. Priya studies in 9th Class and does not like Pink and Green.Which of the following combinations is correct?CorrectSolution:
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- Question 41 of 200
41. Question
Category: QuantThe wheat sold by a shopkeeper contained 10% low quality wheat. What quantity of good quality wheat should be added to 150 kg of wheat so that percentage of low quality wheat becomes 5%?
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- Question 42 of 200
42. Question
Category: QuantA container contained 80 kg of milk. From this container, 8 kg of mixture was taken out and replaced by water. This process was further repeated two times. How much milk is now contained by the container ?
CorrectSolution:
Out of 80 kg of milk , 8 kg of milk was taken out, means 10% of the mixture taken out
Milk after three replacement
OrAmount of liquid after
operations, when the container originally contains
unit of liquid from which
unit is taken out each time
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Out of 80 kg of milk , 8 kg of milk was taken out, means 10% of the mixture taken out
Milk after three replacement
OrAmount of liquid after
operations, when the container originally contains
unit of liquid from which
unit is taken out each time
- Question 43 of 200
43. Question
Category: QuantCorrectSolution:
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- Question 44 of 200
44. Question
Category: QuantThe annual earning of Mr. Sikkawala is Rs. 4 lakhs per annum for the first year of his job and his expenditure was 50%. Later on for the next 3 years his income increases by Rs. 40,000 per annum and the saving was 40%, 30% and 20% of the income respectively.Then the total saving is what percent of total expenditure?
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- Question 45 of 200
45. Question
Category: QuantBy mixing two brands of tea and selling the mixture at the rate of 177 per kg, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 18%. If to every 2 kg of one brand costing Rs. 200 per kg, 3 kg of the other brand is added, then how much per kg does the other brand cost ?
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- Question 46 of 200
46. Question
Category: QuantTable given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.Find the ratio of population of city D in 2013 to population of city A in the same year?
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- Question 47 of 200
47. Question
Category: QuantTable given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.Population of city B in 2016 is approximately what percent more than the population of city C in 2012 ?
CorrectSolution:IncorrectSolution: - Question 48 of 200
48. Question
Category: QuantTable given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.Table given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.Population of city C in 2014 is what percentage of the population of city B in 2012?
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- Question 49 of 200
49. Question
Category: QuantTable given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.What is the average population of city C, D and E in year 2012 ?
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- Question 50 of 200
50. Question
Category: QuantTable given below shows the total population of 5 cities in 5 different years. Another table show percentage rise of population in these cities every years. Study the table and solve the given questions:
Note:-
• Percentage rise is in population is consistent every year.
• Some data is missing in the table. Find the data according to the question.What is the ratio of the population of city B and C together in 2012 to the city D and E together in 2013?
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- Question 51 of 200
51. Question
Category: QuantIn the following questions two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and
Give answerCorrectSolution:
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- Question 52 of 200
52. Question
Category: QuantIn the following questions two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and
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- Question 53 of 200
53. Question
Category: QuantIn the following questions two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and
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- Question 54 of 200
54. Question
Category: QuantIn the following questions two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and
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- Question 55 of 200
55. Question
Category: QuantIn the following questions two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and
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- Question 56 of 200
56. Question
Category: QuantAn egg seller sells his eggs only in the packs of 3 eggs, 6 eggs, 9 eggs, 12 eggs etc., but the rate is not necessarily uniform. One day Raju (which is not the same egg seller) purchased at the rate of 3 eggs for a rupee and the next hour he purchased equal number of eggs at the rate of 6 eggs for a rupee. Next day he sold all the eggs at the rate of 9 eggs for Rs. 2.What is his percentage profit or loss ?
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- Question 57 of 200
57. Question
Category: QuantThe compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 25500 at the end of 3 year is Rs. 8440.50. What would be the simple interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate in the same period ?
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- Question 58 of 200
58. Question
Category: QuantThe sum of the cubes of three numbers is 584 and the ratio of the first to second and also of second to the third is 1 : 2. What is the sum of the numbers?
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- Question 59 of 200
59. Question
Category: QuantA man ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a black pair is double that of a brown pair. While preparing the bill, the clerk interchanged the number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 50%. The ratio of the number of black and brown pairs of sock in the original order was:
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- Question 60 of 200
60. Question
Category: QuantThe work done by a man, a woman and a child is in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1. There are 20 men, 30 women and 36 children in a factory. Their weekly wages amount to Rs. 780, which is divided in the ratio of work done by the men, women and children. What will be the wages of 15 men, 21 women and 30 children for 2 weeks ?
CorrectSolution:
Work done = 60 : 60 : 36 = 5 : 5 : 3
Total wages of men, women, children = 780
Distribution of wages between men, women and children
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Work done = 60 : 60 : 36 = 5 : 5 : 3
Total wages of men, women, children = 780
Distribution of wages between men, women and children
- Question 61 of 200
61. Question
Category: QuantAccording to a plan, a drilling team has to drill to a depth of 270 metres below the ground level. For the first three days the team drilled as per the plan. However, subsequently finding that their resources were getting underutilised according to the plan, it started to drill 8 metres more than the plan every day. Therefore, a day before the planned date they had drilled to a depth of 280 metres. How many metres of drilling was the plan for each day.
CorrectSolution:
Letbe the no. of metres planned to drill per day. From the options we can see, only two options are feasible
i.e., 27 & 30 [as they divide 270]
So, we would check both option
1) If ‘27m’ per day is planned to drill. It will take 10 days as per plan
Now, The work should complete in 9 days.
IncorrectSolution:
Letbe the no. of metres planned to drill per day. From the options we can see, only two options are feasible
i.e., 27 & 30 [as they divide 270]
So, we would check both option
1) If ‘27m’ per day is planned to drill. It will take 10 days as per plan
Now, The work should complete in 9 days.
- Question 62 of 200
62. Question
Category: QuantJagriti after travelling 50 km meets a Swami who counsels her to go slower. She then proceeds at ¾ of his former speed and arrives at her destination 35 minutes late. Had the meeting occurred 24 km further Jagriti would have reached its destination 25 minutes late. The speed of Jagriti is
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- Question 63 of 200
63. Question
Category: QuantA man can row a certain distance against the stream in six hours. However, he would take two hours less to cover the same distance with the current. If the speed of the current is 2 kmph, then what is the rowing speed in still water?
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- Question 64 of 200
64. Question
Category: QuantRam runs 7/4 times as fast as Shyam, If Ram gives Shyam a start of 300 m, how far must the winning post be if both Ram and Shyam have to end the race at the same time ?
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Winning post should befar if both have to end the race at the same time.
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Winning post should befar if both have to end the race at the same time.
- Question 65 of 200
65. Question
Category: QuantThere is an error of +1.5% while measuring the radius of a sphere. What is the percentage error in calculating the volume of the sphere? [Round off up to one decimal place]
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- Question 66 of 200
66. Question
Category: QuantGraph shown below show the percentage distribution of males, females and children in six villages. PIE-CHART shows the percentage distribution of total population in six villages. Read the graph and solve the following questions.
What is the difference between the number of female and children together in Kheri village to the number of males and females together in Nangal village ?
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- Question 67 of 200
67. Question
Category: QuantGraph shown below show the percentage distribution of males, females and children in six villages. PIE-CHART shows the percentage distribution of total population in six villages. Read the graph and solve the following questions.
Find the ratio between the number of males in Majan & Berwal together to number of females in Kheri and Beripur together.
CorrectSolution:
No. of females in Kheri and Benipur together
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No. of females in Kheri and Benipur together
- Question 68 of 200
68. Question
Category: QuantGraph shown below show the percentage distribution of males, females and children in six villages. PIE-CHART shows the percentage distribution of total population in six villages. Read the graph and solve the following questions.
Out of the total population of Teekli and Kheri, 30% of males, 20% of female and 10% of children are illiterate, then find the number of person those are literate.
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- Question 69 of 200
69. Question
Category: QuantGraph shown below show the percentage distribution of males, females and children in six villages. PIE-CHART shows the percentage distribution of total population in six villages. Read the graph and solve the following questions.
Male and female together in Berwal village is how much percentage more than the female and children together in Majan village ?1.
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- Question 70 of 200
70. Question
Category: QuantGraph shown below show the percentage distribution of males, females and children in six villages. PIE-CHART shows the percentage distribution of total population in six villages. Read the graph and solve the following questions.
In Nangal village, 40% are uneducated and the ratio of male, females and children those are educated is 2 : 1: 1. Then find the number of uneducated males?
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- Question 71 of 200
71. Question
Category: QuantIn the figure below, the radius of the bigger circle is
cm and the radius of all the smaller circles are equal. Each of the smaller circles touches two of the other three smaller circles and the larger circle as shown. Find the area
of the shaded portion.
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Area of shaded portion = Area of square – Area of 4 quadrant of small circle
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Area of shaded portion = Area of square – Area of 4 quadrant of small circle
- Question 72 of 200
72. Question
Category: QuantA right circular cone is divided into 3 portions
by planes parallel to the base as shown in the figure.
The height of each portion is 1 unit. Calculate.
1. The ratio of the volume of A to the volume of B.
2. The ratio of the volume of B to that C.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 73 of 200
73. Question
Category: QuantIn how many ways can a team of 11 cricketers be chosen from 6 bowlers,4 wicket keepers and 11 batsmen to give a majority of batsmen if at least 4 bowlers are to be included and there is one wicket keeper ?
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- Question 74 of 200
74. Question
Category: QuantIn how many ways can 10 books of English and 8 books of physics be placed in a row on a shelf so that two books of physics may not be together?
CorrectSolution:
In order that two books on physics are never together we place the books as follows
P denotes the position of Physics book
E denotes the position of English book
So, there are 11 positions for 8 books on Physics
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In order that two books on physics are never together we place the books as follows
P denotes the position of Physics book
E denotes the position of English book
So, there are 11 positions for 8 books on Physics
- Question 75 of 200
75. Question
Category: QuantTwo small squares on a chess board are choosen at random. Find the probability that they have a common side :
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- Question 76 of 200
76. Question
Category: QuantEach question below is followed by two Statements [I] and [II]. You have to determine whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.
Give answerIn how many days 8 women can complete the work?
[I]. 10 men & 12 Women can finish the work in days.
[II]. 5 Men and 6 women can finish the work in days.CorrectSolution:
Both the equations is same so, we can’t solve the question by using both [I] and [II]
∴ Hence, Neither statement [I] nor statement [II]is sufficient to answer the question.IncorrectSolution:
Both the equations is same so, we can’t solve the question by using both [I] and [II]
∴ Hence, Neither statement [I] nor statement [II]is sufficient to answer the question. - Question 77 of 200
77. Question
Category: QuantEach question below is followed by two Statements [I] and [II]. You have to determine whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.
Give answerWhat is the radius of the circle?
[I]. Length of a rectangle is 10% more than the breadth. Area of rectangle isLength of rectangle equals to circumference of circle.
[II] .Circumference of circle is equal to side of square having areaCorrectSolution:
∴ Hence, Either statement [I] alone or statement [II] alone is sufficient to answer the question.IncorrectSolution:
∴ Hence, Either statement [I] alone or statement [II] alone is sufficient to answer the question. - Question 78 of 200
78. Question
Category: QuantEach question below is followed by two Statements [I] and [II]. You have to determine whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.
Give answerRam sold an item. Find the M.P of the item?
[I]. Ram gave two successive discounts is 20% & 5% on marked price. But after that take 25% more on discounted price as tax. Ram can earn 40 more If he sell the item at MP.
[II] .Ram gave two successive discount of MP i.e., 15% & 20% whereas Ram kept M.P. 50% more than the C.P. of that item.CorrectSolution:
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- Question 79 of 200
79. Question
Category: QuantEach question below is followed by two Statements [I] and [II]. You have to determine whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.
Give answerFind the amount invested by Jagriti?
[I]. If jagriti invested half of the amount in Yes Bank at 5% for 3years and half the amount in Kotak Bank at 6% for 5 year, she got Rs 4500 as Simple Interest.
[II] .Jagriti will get 2420 more if she will invest in a bank at 10% p.a. for 3 year at compound interest rather than 10% p.a. for 2 year in same bank at compound interestCorrectSolution:
∴ Hence, Either statement [I]alone or statement [II] alone is sufficient to answer the question.IncorrectSolution:
∴ Hence, Either statement [I]alone or statement [II] alone is sufficient to answer the question. - Question 80 of 200
80. Question
Category: QuantEach question below is followed by two Statements [I] and [II]. You have to determine whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.
Give answerWhat is the weight of Raju?
[I]. There are four person Raju, Ramesh, Rajan, Rajguru. Average of weight of these four is 51.25. Average weight of Rajan and Rajguru is 47.5. Average weight of Ramesh & Rajguru is 57.5.
[II]. In a class of 50 students having 30 kg as average weight If one students of weight 30 kg is replaced by Rajan then the average increases by 0.4.CorrectSolution:
From Statement [I] and [II]
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From Statement [I] and [II]
- Question 81 of 200
81. Question
Category: ComputerThe main characteristic of fourth generation was ______.
CorrectSolution:VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) was started to be used in 4th generation.
IncorrectSolution:VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) was started to be used in 4th generation.
- Question 82 of 200
82. Question
Category: ComputerHow many write cycles are allowed to EEPROM?
CorrectSolution:1000 write cycles are allowed in EEPROM. EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory and is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices to store relatively small amounts of data but allowing individual bytes to be erased and reprogrammed.
IncorrectSolution:1000 write cycles are allowed in EEPROM. EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory and is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices to store relatively small amounts of data but allowing individual bytes to be erased and reprogrammed.
- Question 83 of 200
83. Question
Category: ComputerWhich among the following is the first general purpose electronic computer?
CorrectSolution:UNIVAC is the first general purpose electronic computer.
IncorrectSolution:UNIVAC is the first general purpose electronic computer.
- Question 84 of 200
84. Question
Category: ComputerWhich memory appears to exist as main storage although most of it is supported by data held in secondary storage?
CorrectSolution:Virtual Memory is the memory that appears to exist as main storage although most of it is supported by data held in secondary storage, transfer between the two being made automatically as required.
IncorrectSolution:Virtual Memory is the memory that appears to exist as main storage although most of it is supported by data held in secondary storage, transfer between the two being made automatically as required.
- Question 85 of 200
85. Question
Category: ComputerRabdology was the technology used for calculation purpose introduced in which year?
CorrectSolution:In 1617 a treatise in Latin titled Rabdologiae and written by John Napier was published in Edinburgh. Printed three years after his treatise on the discovery of logarithms and in the same year as his death, it describes three devices to aid arithmetic calculations.The devices themselves don’t use logarithms, rather they are tools to reduce multiplication and division of natural numbers to simple addition and subtraction operations.
IncorrectSolution:In 1617 a treatise in Latin titled Rabdologiae and written by John Napier was published in Edinburgh. Printed three years after his treatise on the discovery of logarithms and in the same year as his death, it describes three devices to aid arithmetic calculations.The devices themselves don’t use logarithms, rather they are tools to reduce multiplication and division of natural numbers to simple addition and subtraction operations.
- Question 86 of 200
86. Question
Category: ComputerIf you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a _____.
CorrectSolution:A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.
IncorrectSolution:A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.
- Question 87 of 200
87. Question
Category: ComputerWhat is a Firewall in Computer Network?
CorrectSolution:Firewall in Computer Network is a system designed to prevent unauthorized access.
IncorrectSolution:Firewall in Computer Network is a system designed to prevent unauthorized access.
- Question 88 of 200
88. Question
Category: ComputerThe process of trading goods over the internet is known as _________.
CorrectSolution:E-commerce is the process of trading goods over the internet.
IncorrectSolution:E-commerce is the process of trading goods over the internet.
- Question 89 of 200
89. Question
Category: ComputerC was developed by ______.
CorrectSolution:Dennis Ritchie is developer of C language.
IncorrectSolution:Dennis Ritchie is developer of C language.
- Question 90 of 200
90. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is a programming language?
CorrectSolution:Pascal is the only programming language among given options.
IncorrectSolution:Pascal is the only programming language among given options.
- Question 91 of 200
91. Question
Category: ComputerWhat is the maximum limit of free cloud storage on Google drive?
CorrectSolution:Google drive offers 15GB of free storage space.
IncorrectSolution:Google drive offers 15GB of free storage space.
- Question 92 of 200
92. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is the fastest media of data transfer?
CorrectSolution:A fiber optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light waves.
IncorrectSolution:A fiber optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light waves.
- Question 93 of 200
93. Question
Category: ComputerA special, high-speed storage area within the CPU in which all data must be represented before it can be processed is called _____.
CorrectSolution:Register is a special high-speed storage area within the CPU where all data must be represented before it can be processed.
IncorrectSolution:Register is a special high-speed storage area within the CPU where all data must be represented before it can be processed.
- Question 94 of 200
94. Question
Category: ComputerWhat type of web technology creates an online community where people can make statements and others can read and respond to those statements?
CorrectSolution:A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
IncorrectSolution:A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
- Question 95 of 200
95. Question
Category: ComputerAccess control based on a person’s fingerprints is an example of _________.
CorrectSolution:Fingerprints are one of many forms of biometrics used to identify individuals and verify their identity.
IncorrectSolution:Fingerprints are one of many forms of biometrics used to identify individuals and verify their identity.
- Question 96 of 200
96. Question
Category: ComputerLANs can be connected by which of the following devices which operate on the data link layer?
CorrectSolution:Bridges operate on data link layer and they can be used to connect LANs
IncorrectSolution:Bridges operate on data link layer and they can be used to connect LANs
- Question 97 of 200
97. Question
Category: ComputerThe data to be encrypted at the sender site is called _____ and the data to be decrypted at the receiver end is called _____.
CorrectSolution:In cryptography, ciphertext or cyphertext is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm
IncorrectSolution:In cryptography, ciphertext or cyphertext is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm
- Question 98 of 200
98. Question
Category: ComputerJava was introduced by which among the following organisation?
CorrectSolution:Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems.
IncorrectSolution:Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems.
- Question 99 of 200
99. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is the communication protocol that sets the standard used by every computer that accesses web based information?
CorrectSolution:The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.
IncorrectSolution:The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.
- Question 100 of 200
100. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is related with 202.191.149.218?
CorrectSolution:202.191.149.218 is an IP address
IncorrectSolution:202.191.149.218 is an IP address
- Question 101 of 200
101. Question
Category: ComputerWhich operating system is defined as self-contained in device and resident in ROM?
CorrectSolution:An embedded operating system is a specialized OS for use in the computers built into larger systems. Embedded Operating System is self-contained in device and resident in ROM.
IncorrectSolution:An embedded operating system is a specialized OS for use in the computers built into larger systems. Embedded Operating System is self-contained in device and resident in ROM.
- Question 102 of 200
102. Question
Category: Computer30,000 bytes is nearly equal to _________.
CorrectSolution:1024 bytes = 1KB, hence 30,000 bytes are nearly equal to 30 KB.
IncorrectSolution:1024 bytes = 1KB, hence 30,000 bytes are nearly equal to 30 KB.
- Question 103 of 200
103. Question
Category: Computer________ is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed.
CorrectSolution:An algorithm is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed. Algorithms perform calculation, data processing, and/or automated reasoning tasks.
IncorrectSolution:An algorithm is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed. Algorithms perform calculation, data processing, and/or automated reasoning tasks.
- Question 104 of 200
104. Question
Category: ComputerWhich among the following options is the line that describes the contents of the message while sending an e-mail?
CorrectSolution:Subject line in short describes content of an e-mail.
IncorrectSolution:Subject line in short describes content of an e-mail.
- Question 105 of 200
105. Question
Category: ComputerWhat is the function of control unit?
CorrectSolution:The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) that directs operation of the processor. It tells the computer’s memory, arithmetic/logic unit and input and output devices how to respond to a program’s instructions.
IncorrectSolution:The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) that directs operation of the processor. It tells the computer’s memory, arithmetic/logic unit and input and output devices how to respond to a program’s instructions.
- Question 106 of 200
106. Question
Category: ComputerMicrosoft Word is an example of:
CorrectSolution:Microsoft word is an application software
IncorrectSolution:Microsoft word is an application software
- Question 107 of 200
107. Question
Category: ComputerThe operating system is the most common type of ______ software.
CorrectSolution:Operating system is a type of system software.
IncorrectSolution:Operating system is a type of system software.
- Question 108 of 200
108. Question
Category: ComputerThe operating system acts as a device management that keeps track of devices. Channels and control units is called as _______.
CorrectSolution:I/o Traffic Controller: Keeps track of status of all devices, control units and channels.
IncorrectSolution:I/o Traffic Controller: Keeps track of status of all devices, control units and channels.
- Question 109 of 200
109. Question
Category: ComputerWhen the computer is already ON, then the process to restart it is called
CorrectSolution:Warm booting is the process of restarting a computer.
IncorrectSolution:Warm booting is the process of restarting a computer.
- Question 110 of 200
110. Question
Category: ComputerThe icons on the __________ are organized according to function and according to the most commonly used commands in MSWord.
CorrectSolution:The icons on the toolbars are organized according to function and according to the most commonly used commands in MSWord. The toolbar that usually appears directly below the menu bar is called the Standard Toolbar. The toolbar just below that is called the Formatting Toolbar.
IncorrectSolution:The icons on the toolbars are organized according to function and according to the most commonly used commands in MSWord. The toolbar that usually appears directly below the menu bar is called the Standard Toolbar. The toolbar just below that is called the Formatting Toolbar.
- Question 111 of 200
111. Question
Category: ComputerWhich menu is selected to print?
CorrectSolution:File menu is selected to print a document.
IncorrectSolution:File menu is selected to print a document.
- Question 112 of 200
112. Question
Category: ComputerWhat does ASCII stand for?
CorrectSolution:American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) prefers the name US-ASCII). ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.
IncorrectSolution:American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) prefers the name US-ASCII). ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.
- Question 113 of 200
113. Question
Category: ComputerA device that not only provides surge protection, but also furnishes the computer with battery backup power during a power outage is ______
CorrectSolution:An uninterruptible power supply, also uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery/flywheel backup, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails.
IncorrectSolution:An uninterruptible power supply, also uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery/flywheel backup, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails.
- Question 114 of 200
114. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is a small microprocessor-based computer designed to be used by one person at a time?
CorrectSolution:Personal Computer (PC) A microprocessor-based computer which is primarily intended to be used by one person at a time. It is usually characterized by relatively low cost and small physical size.
IncorrectSolution:Personal Computer (PC) A microprocessor-based computer which is primarily intended to be used by one person at a time. It is usually characterized by relatively low cost and small physical size.
- Question 115 of 200
115. Question
Category: ComputerThe insert, cap lock and num lock all are examples of __________ keys.
CorrectSolution:The insert, cap lock and num lock are all examples of Toggle keys. A toggle key toggles the input from a group of keys on a keyboard between two different input modes.
IncorrectSolution:The insert, cap lock and num lock are all examples of Toggle keys. A toggle key toggles the input from a group of keys on a keyboard between two different input modes.
- Question 116 of 200
116. Question
Category: ComputerThe arranging of data in a logical sequence is called____.
CorrectSolution:Sorting refers to arranging data in a particular format. Sorting algorithm specifies the way to arrange data in a particular order.
IncorrectSolution:Sorting refers to arranging data in a particular format. Sorting algorithm specifies the way to arrange data in a particular order.
- Question 117 of 200
117. Question
Category: ComputerWhich of the following is a Web browser?
CorrectSolution:Paint, PowerPoint and Word are application software.
IncorrectSolution:Paint, PowerPoint and Word are application software.
- Question 118 of 200
118. Question
Category: ComputerThe most widely used code that represents each character as a unique 8-bit code is _______.
CorrectSolution:Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), although they support many additional characters.
IncorrectSolution:Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), although they support many additional characters.
- Question 119 of 200
119. Question
Category: ComputerWhat does BASIC stands for?
CorrectSolution:BASIC stands for Beginner’s All-purpose symbolic Instruction code.
IncorrectSolution:BASIC stands for Beginner’s All-purpose symbolic Instruction code.
- Question 120 of 200
120. Question
Category: Computer__________ ensures secure transfer of data over an unsecured network, such as the Internet.
CorrectSolution:In cryptography, data are sent in such a way that they look completely different from the original data. Thus, cryptography ensures secure transfer of data over an unsecured network.
IncorrectSolution:In cryptography, data are sent in such a way that they look completely different from the original data. Thus, cryptography ensures secure transfer of data over an unsecured network.
- Question 121 of 200
121. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.Among all the apprehensions that Mr. Goran Lindblad expresses against communism, which one gets admitted, although indirectly, by the author?
CorrectSolution: It is stated in the passage: Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Later on, For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet union, …
There is no evidence to support the other options.
Hence, option (c) is the correct choice.IncorrectSolution: It is stated in the passage: Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Later on, For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet union, …
There is no evidence to support the other options.
Hence, option (c) is the correct choice. - Question 122 of 200
122. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.What, according to the author, is the real reason for a renewed attack against communism?
CorrectSolution: From the last paragraph: Part of the current enthusiasm in official western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering.
From the second paragraph: Blaming class struggle and public ownership, …….. and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart. This part of the passage also gives certain reasons which will answer the above question.
Based on these two parts of the passage, the options to be evaluated are option 2 and option 4. Option 4 gets eliminated because the question asks the real reason. If communism did not pose a threat to capitalism, there is no need to destroy it completely. Mere survival of something cannot be sufficient reason to destroy it, unless it is a threat to something else. As a result option 2 becomes the real reason and not option 4.
Hence, option (b) is the correct choice.IncorrectSolution: From the last paragraph: Part of the current enthusiasm in official western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering.
From the second paragraph: Blaming class struggle and public ownership, …….. and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart. This part of the passage also gives certain reasons which will answer the above question.
Based on these two parts of the passage, the options to be evaluated are option 2 and option 4. Option 4 gets eliminated because the question asks the real reason. If communism did not pose a threat to capitalism, there is no need to destroy it completely. Mere survival of something cannot be sufficient reason to destroy it, unless it is a threat to something else. As a result option 2 becomes the real reason and not option 4.
Hence, option (b) is the correct choice. - Question 123 of 200
123. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.The author cites examples of atrocities perpetrated by European colonial regimes in order to
CorrectSolution: The reason why the writer cites examples of colonial atrocities has to be inferred from the passage. The writer’s apparently pro-communism stand is attributable to his comparison of communism, colonialism, and Nazism. Comparing these three the writer argues that communism is the least evil of the three. The writer compares Colonialism to Nazism because the Council of Europe (Mr. Lindblad) and the anti-communists compare communism to Nazism. The writer argues that colonialism is closer to Nazism than is communism because of the motives of each.
The writer terms colonialism and Nazism as racist despotism whereas communism had helped a large number of people. He states: It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism … The atrocities attributed to colonialism neutralizes the arguments of Lindblad against communism, and calls for an objective evaluation of communism, colonialism, and Nazism as mentioned in option 5.
The other options may appear close when the comprehension of the passage is not adequate. One may mistakenly choose option 4 in this case. However, option 4 though correct in the light of the passage is not the writer’s purpose in citing the example.
Hence, option (e) is the correct choice.IncorrectSolution: The reason why the writer cites examples of colonial atrocities has to be inferred from the passage. The writer’s apparently pro-communism stand is attributable to his comparison of communism, colonialism, and Nazism. Comparing these three the writer argues that communism is the least evil of the three. The writer compares Colonialism to Nazism because the Council of Europe (Mr. Lindblad) and the anti-communists compare communism to Nazism. The writer argues that colonialism is closer to Nazism than is communism because of the motives of each.
The writer terms colonialism and Nazism as racist despotism whereas communism had helped a large number of people. He states: It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism … The atrocities attributed to colonialism neutralizes the arguments of Lindblad against communism, and calls for an objective evaluation of communism, colonialism, and Nazism as mentioned in option 5.
The other options may appear close when the comprehension of the passage is not adequate. One may mistakenly choose option 4 in this case. However, option 4 though correct in the light of the passage is not the writer’s purpose in citing the example.
Hence, option (e) is the correct choice. - Question 124 of 200
124. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.Why, according to the author, is Nazism closer to colonialism than it is to communism?
CorrectSolution: The writer, in the passage, establishes greater similarity between colonialism and Nazism than communism and Nazism because the fashionable attempt (by Lidblad) to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. If communism has less to do with Nazism the question actually is what makes colonialism closer to Nazism?
Option 3 may be chosen mistakenly if one is trying to find one of the intimate links between Nazism and colonialism without any reference to communism. Also, note that the options states imported from colonial regimes, whereas the text below shows that it was the German colonial regime.
From the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the passage: The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history.
Option 1 answers the question by covering the gist of the two paragraphs that are relevant to the question: that both are examples of tyranny …. or racist despotism. The other options are not supportive to the passage.
Hence, option (a) is the correct choice.IncorrectSolution: The writer, in the passage, establishes greater similarity between colonialism and Nazism than communism and Nazism because the fashionable attempt (by Lidblad) to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. If communism has less to do with Nazism the question actually is what makes colonialism closer to Nazism?
Option 3 may be chosen mistakenly if one is trying to find one of the intimate links between Nazism and colonialism without any reference to communism. Also, note that the options states imported from colonial regimes, whereas the text below shows that it was the German colonial regime.
From the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the passage: The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history.
Option 1 answers the question by covering the gist of the two paragraphs that are relevant to the question: that both are examples of tyranny …. or racist despotism. The other options are not supportive to the passage.
Hence, option (a) is the correct choice. - Question 125 of 200
125. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.Which of the following cannot be inferred as a compelling reason for the silence of the Council of Europe on colonial atrocities?
CorrectSolution: All options are compelling reasons for the silence of the Council of Europe about colonial atrocities, whereas option 4 is the compelling reason for its (council of Europe’s) condemnation of communism.
Hence, option (d) is the correct choice.IncorrectSolution: All options are compelling reasons for the silence of the Council of Europe about colonial atrocities, whereas option 4 is the compelling reason for its (council of Europe’s) condemnation of communism.
Hence, option (d) is the correct choice. - Question 126 of 200
126. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.Choose the word/group of words which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
ExcoriationCorrectSolution:Excoriationmeans harsh criticism. Hence it has the opposite meaning toacclaim.
Equanimitymeans calmness and composure.
Poise means graceful and elegant bearing in a person.
Inexorable means impossible to stop or prevent.
Insidious means proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.IncorrectSolution:Excoriationmeans harsh criticism. Hence it has the opposite meaning toacclaim.
Equanimitymeans calmness and composure.
Poise means graceful and elegant bearing in a person.
Inexorable means impossible to stop or prevent.
Insidious means proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. - Question 127 of 200
127. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe. Last month, the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes, linking them with Nazism and complaining that communist parties are still legal and active in some countries. Now Goran Lindblad, the conservative Swedish MP behind the resolution, wants to go further. Demands that European Ministers launch a continent-wide anti-communist campaign – including school textbook revisions, official memorial days, and museums – only narrowly missed the necessary two-thirds majority. Mr. Lindblad pledged to bring the wider plans back to the Council of Europe in the coming months.
He has chosen a good year for his ideological offensive: this is the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchevs denunciation of Josef Stalin and the subsequent Hungarian uprising, which will doubtless be the cue for further excoriation of the communist record. Paradoxically, given that there is no communist government left in Europe outside Moldova, the attacks have if anything, become more extreme as time has gone on. A clue as to why that might be can be found in the rambling report by Mr. Lindblad that led to the Council of Europe declaration. Blaming class struggle and public ownership, he explained different elements of communist ideology such as equality or social justice still seduce many and a sort of nostalgia for communism is still alive. Perhaps the real problem for Mr. Lindblad and his right-wing allies in Eastern Europe is that communism is not dead enough – and they will only be content when they have driven a stake through its heart.
The fashionable attempt to equate communism and Nazism is in reality a moral and historical nonsense. Despite the cruelties of the Stalin terror, there was no Soviet Treblinka or Sorbibor, no extermination camps built to murder millions. Nor did the Soviet Union launch the most devastating war in history at a cost of more than 50 million lives – in fact it played the decisive role in the defeat of the German war machine. Mr. Lindblad and the Council of Europe adopt as fact the wildest estimates of those killed by communist regimes (mostly in famines) from the fiercely contested Black Book of Communism, which also underplays the number of deaths attributable to Hitler. But, in any case, none of this explains why anyone might be nostalgic in former communist states, now enjoying the delights of capitalist restoration. The dominant account gives no sense of how communist regimes renewed themselves after 1956 or why Western leaders feared they might overtake the capitalist world well into the 1960s. For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialization, mass education, job security, and huge advances in social and gender equality. Its existence helped to drive up welfare standards in the West, and provided a powerful counterweight to Western global domination.
It would be easier to take the Council of Europe’s condemnation of communist state crimes seriously if it had also seen fit to denounce the far bloodier record of European colonialism – which only finally came to an end in the 1970s. This was a system of racist despotism, which dominated the globe in Stalin’s time. And while there is precious little connection between the ideas of fascism and communism, there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms lebensraum and konzentrationslager were both first used by the German colonial regime in south-west Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.
Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teachers to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more.
No major twentieth century political tradition is without blood on its hands, but battles over history are more about the future than the past. Part of the current enthusiasm in official Western circles for dancing on the grave of communism is no doubt about relations with today’s Russia and China. But it also reflects a determination to prove there is no alternative to the new global capitalist order – and that any attempt to find one is bound to lead to suffering. With the new imperialism now being resisted in the Muslim world and Latin America, growing international demands for social justice and ever greater doubts about whether the environmental crisis can be solved within the existing economic system, the pressure for alternatives will increase.Choose the word/group of words which is most SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
DenounceCorrectSolution:Denounce means publicly declare to be wrong or evil. Hence it has the same meaning asproscribe.
Enthral means capture the fascinated attention of.
Imperative means of vital importance, crucial.
Obdurate means stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
Revere means feel deep respect or admiration for.IncorrectSolution:Denounce means publicly declare to be wrong or evil. Hence it has the same meaning asproscribe.
Enthral means capture the fascinated attention of.
Imperative means of vital importance, crucial.
Obdurate means stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
Revere means feel deep respect or admiration for. - Question 128 of 200
128. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.Which of the following statements is truein the context of the passage?
CorrectSolution: Option (c) is true in the context of the passage, rest of the options are not correct.
IncorrectSolution: Option (c) is true in the context of the passage, rest of the options are not correct.
- Question 129 of 200
129. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.The author is talking about interlinking of which water bodies?
CorrectSolution: Only option (c) is relevant in the context of the passage as it is clearly mentioned in the passage. Rest of the options are not related to the passage.
IncorrectSolution: Only option (c) is relevant in the context of the passage as it is clearly mentioned in the passage. Rest of the options are not related to the passage.
- Question 130 of 200
130. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.What are the benefits of interlinking water bodies?
CorrectSolution: Both option (c) and option (d) are correct in the context of the passage, while option (a) and option (b) contradicts with the content given in the passage.
IncorrectSolution: Both option (c) and option (d) are correct in the context of the passage, while option (a) and option (b) contradicts with the content given in the passage.
- Question 131 of 200
131. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.How interlinking of water bodies is a threat to biodiversity?
CorrectSolution: Only option (b) is correct, remaining options are either incorrect or irrelevant in the context of the passage.
IncorrectSolution: Only option (b) is correct, remaining options are either incorrect or irrelevant in the context of the passage.
- Question 132 of 200
132. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.What are the challenges faced in interlinking water bodies?
CorrectSolution: All the four options (a), (b), (c) and (d) are correct in the context to the passage. Hence the correct answer will be option (e).
IncorrectSolution: All the four options (a), (b), (c) and (d) are correct in the context to the passage. Hence the correct answer will be option (e).
- Question 133 of 200
133. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.What is the most suitable title for this passage?
CorrectSolution: “The Ken-betwa link” title suits best to this passage
IncorrectSolution: “The Ken-betwa link” title suits best to this passage
- Question 134 of 200
134. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.Choose the word/group of words which is most SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
DestructionCorrectSolution:Destruction means the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired. Hence it has the same meaning as loss.
Reinstitute means institute or introduce again.
Slick means done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way.
Recoup means regain (something lost or expended).Almighty means having complete power; omnipotent.IncorrectSolution:Destruction means the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired. Hence it has the same meaning as loss.
Reinstitute means institute or introduce again.
Slick means done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way.
Recoup means regain (something lost or expended).Almighty means having complete power; omnipotent. - Question 135 of 200
135. Question
Category: EnglishRead the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Interlinking of rivers is a very expensive proposal. It has huge adverse environmental impacts on land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. It is a socially disruptive proposition. It will not only add to climate change impact (destruction of forests means destruction of carbon sinks, and reservoirs in tropical climate are known sources of methane and carbon dioxide), but will also reduce our capacity to adapt to climate change. Take, for example, the Ken-Betwa link which is the government’s top priority. The link will facilitate export of water from drought-prone Bundelkhand to the upper Betwa basin, as the detailed project report (DPR) makes clear. The Ken-Betwa link’s hydrology is effectively a state secret, so there is no way to check if the claim of Ken river being surplus is valid. There has been no credible environmental impact assessment of the link and no public hearings in canal and downstream affected areas. The link’s environmental management plan is still being prepared. The Ken-Betwa link threatens about 200 sq. km of the Panna tiger reserve, and with it the Ken river and large parts of Bundelkhand. Yet, it does not have an environment clearance, a final forest clearance. In fact, both forest and wildlife clearance recommendations are under the condition that the power project will be taken out of the forest/protected area, but the environment clearance recommendation assumes the project will be inside the forest/protected area. So, even that is invalid. The government justifies the Ken-Betwa link, and indeed the river interlinking project as a whole, by saying that it will provide irrigation, water supply, hydropower and flood control. But we need to understand that most of India’s water benefits, including irrigation, come from groundwater. In fact, in the past two-and-a-half decades, the net national irrigated area from big dams has decreased by about 1.5 million hectares from a peak of 17.79 million ha in 1991-92, according to government data. But in the same period, India’s total irrigated area has gone up—primarily due to groundwater. Groundwater is our water lifeline and whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, groundwater is going to remain our water lifeline for decades to come. However, our current use of groundwater is not sustainable. The focus of our water resources development should be on how the groundwater lifeline can be sustained. Will Interlinking of rivers help in this? No, since Interlinking of rivers entails a large number of dams that will lead to destruction of rivers, forests, wetlands and local water bodies, which are major ground water recharge mechanisms. As far as hydropower is concerned, it is clear that large hydropower projects are no longer a viable option in India. The power minister has repeatedly said in Parliament over the last two years that hydropower projects of over 11,000MW are stuck due to lack of finances and questions over viability. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh has stated that private developers are exiting the sector as they consider the projects to be non-viable. The situation in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is similar. It costs over Rs10 crore to produce one megawatt of hydropower, which in turn produces less than four million units of electricity. This means the per unit cost of power from such projects is in excess of Rs8 per unit, when there are no takers for power that costs even Rs3 per unit. In any case, Interlinking of rivers will be needing more power to lift the water than what it is likely to produce. The other problem with the river interlinking project is that of storing large quantities of waters. Most of the sites suitable for the big reservoirs are in Nepal, Bhutan and in the North-East—and each one has made clear their opposition to big storage reservoirs. If the water cannot be stored in big reservoirs during the monsoon, which is when some rivers are flooded, then the other option is to transfer the water to deficit basins during this time. But when the Brahmaputra is in floods, so is the Ganga and all the rivers through which the water needs to be transferred, including the Subarnarekha, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Pennar, and so on. Why should these rivers, that are already facing floods, receive more water? There is no doubt that if we can store water during the monsoon, we can make it available in the post monsoon months. But the water resources establishment sees big dams as the only storage option. Yet, the biggest, cheapest, most benign, possibly fastest and most decentralized storage option for India is the groundwater aquifer.Choose the word/group of words which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
InvalidCorrectSolution: Invalid means something which is not legally or officially acceptable. Hence it has the opposite meaning to Plausible.
Plausible (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
Salvage rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea.
Despotic means of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.
Bane means a cause of great distress or annoyance.IncorrectSolution: Invalid means something which is not legally or officially acceptable. Hence it has the opposite meaning to Plausible.
Plausible (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
Salvage rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea.
Despotic means of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.
Bane means a cause of great distress or annoyance. - Question 136 of 200
136. Question
Category: EnglishIn each of the following questions given below there are three blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the sentence as a whole.The rest of the world leaders are _________ to formulate their own strategies on how to _______ President Trump’s “America First” agenda as the White House beats the war drums in North Korea and Iran, and continues to _________ to pull out of trade and climate deals.CorrectSolution:‘ struggling, handle, threaten’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Alienating means make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
Afflicting means (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to, affect adversely.
Acclaim means praise enthusiastically and publicly.
Coerce means persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.IncorrectSolution:‘ struggling, handle, threaten’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Alienating means make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
Afflicting means (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to, affect adversely.
Acclaim means praise enthusiastically and publicly.
Coerce means persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats. - Question 137 of 200
137. Question
Category: EnglishIn each of the following questions given below there are three blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the sentence as a whole.Data for health insurance coverage _______ that while private health insurance is largely _________ to the richer urban households, in contrast, public insurance coverage is evenly ___________ across all quintile groups of the population.CorrectSolution:‘ shows, limited, distributed’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
IncorrectSolution:‘ shows, limited, distributed’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
- Question 138 of 200
138. Question
Category: EnglishIn each of the following questions given below there are three blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the sentence as a whole.In healthcare, it is __________ to recognize that, even if one gets the financing model right, the sector remains labour-intensive with lower productivity growth. This means that when other sectors ________ higher productivity growth, they can offer more competitive prices for land and human capital, which can be ________ by productivity gains.CorrectSolution:‘ important, experience, offset’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Offset means counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect.
Appease means pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
Radical means relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something, far-reaching or thorough.
Attune means make receptive or aware.IncorrectSolution:‘ important, experience, offset’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Offset means counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect.
Appease means pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
Radical means relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something, far-reaching or thorough.
Attune means make receptive or aware. - Question 139 of 200
139. Question
Category: EnglishIn each of the following questions given below there are three blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the sentence as a whole.________ the UN is big on the Trump administration’s agenda and this reforms _________ is largely based on two __________: sovereignty and accountability.CorrectSolution:‘ reforming, agenda, principles’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
IncorrectSolution:‘ reforming, agenda, principles’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
- Question 140 of 200
140. Question
Category: EnglishIn each of the following questions given below there are three blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits to the meaning of the sentence as a whole.But as India continues to ______________ its diplomatic capital on finding a seat at the UN Security Council, it will also have to ______________ new ways of how the UN can be made more ___________ and efficient.CorrectSolution:‘ expend, articulate, effective’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Articulate means pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly.
Ravage means cause severe and extensive damage to.
Apportion means assign.IncorrectSolution:‘ expend, articulate, effective’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.
Articulate means pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly.
Ravage means cause severe and extensive damage to.
Apportion means assign. - Question 141 of 200
141. Question
Category: EnglishRead each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)The teacher was tense (A) / when he entered (B)/ the class which comprised of (C)/ a hundred students. (D)/ No error. (E)CorrectSolution:The use of ‘of’ is superfluous as ‘comprise’ means ‘consist of’.
Ex. This book comprises ten chapters.
This book consists of ten chapters.IncorrectSolution:The use of ‘of’ is superfluous as ‘comprise’ means ‘consist of’.
Ex. This book comprises ten chapters.
This book consists of ten chapters. - Question 142 of 200
142. Question
Category: EnglishRead each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)There is no rule (A)/ regarding the length of a précis (B)/ with relation to (C)/ that of the original passage. (D)/ No error. (E)CorrectSolution:Use ‘in’ in place of ‘with’ because ‘with relation to’ has no meaning, ‘in relation to’ means ‘concerning’.
Ex. He made no comments in relation to her affairs.IncorrectSolution:Use ‘in’ in place of ‘with’ because ‘with relation to’ has no meaning, ‘in relation to’ means ‘concerning’.
Ex. He made no comments in relation to her affairs. - Question 143 of 200
143. Question
Category: EnglishRead each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)Apart from the dance programmes, (A)/ there will be training sessions for (B)/ students from various schools in the city (C)/ on a daily basis. (D)/ No error. (E)CorrectSolution:The sentence is grammatically correct.
IncorrectSolution:The sentence is grammatically correct.
- Question 144 of 200
144. Question
Category: EnglishRead each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)Since time immemorial, (A)/ India’s spiritual (B)/ wisdom has being (C)/ its strength. (D)/ No error. (E)CorrectSolution:‘been’ is used in place of ‘being’ because with ‘have/ has/ had/ having’, V3 is used. The third form of verb of ‘be’ is ‘been’.
Ex. He has been ill for a week.
She has been absent from the class for three days.IncorrectSolution:‘been’ is used in place of ‘being’ because with ‘have/ has/ had/ having’, V3 is used. The third form of verb of ‘be’ is ‘been’.
Ex. He has been ill for a week.
She has been absent from the class for three days. - Question 145 of 200
145. Question
Category: EnglishRead each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)The curator told us (A)/ the museum was (B)/ not opened to (C)/ the public on Sunday. (D)/ No error. (E)CorrectSolution:‘open’ will be used in place of ‘opened’ as in passive voice ‘Be + V3’ is used whereas in active voice ‘be + V4 or noun or adjective’ is used.
IncorrectSolution:‘open’ will be used in place of ‘opened’ as in passive voice ‘Be + V3’ is used whereas in active voice ‘be + V4 or noun or adjective’ is used.
- Question 146 of 200
146. Question
Category: EnglishRearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) What is missing, however, is a serious reform agenda for health financing. (B) The last big reform was expanding the coverage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh, reinforcing insurance as the long-term strategy for health financing. (C) Depending on the route, India could end up spending either 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health like the US or just 4% like Singapore to achieve similar outcomes. (D) The Centre and state governments are experimenting with several new and exciting ideas in healthcare reforms. (E) However, the experience of several countries has revealed that this is a perilous path—taking India towards a bad equilibrium.Which of the following should be the first sentence after rearrangement?CorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
IncorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
- Question 147 of 200
147. Question
Category: EnglishRearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) What is missing, however, is a serious reform agenda for health financing. (B) The last big reform was expanding the coverage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh, reinforcing insurance as the long-term strategy for health financing. (C) Depending on the route, India could end up spending either 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health like the US or just 4% like Singapore to achieve similar outcomes. (D) The Centre and state governments are experimenting with several new and exciting ideas in healthcare reforms. (E) However, the experience of several countries has revealed that this is a perilous path—taking India towards a bad equilibrium.Which of the following should be the third sentence after rearrangement?CorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
IncorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
- Question 148 of 200
148. Question
Category: EnglishRearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) What is missing, however, is a serious reform agenda for health financing. (B) The last big reform was expanding the coverage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh, reinforcing insurance as the long-term strategy for health financing. (C) Depending on the route, India could end up spending either 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health like the US or just 4% like Singapore to achieve similar outcomes. (D) The Centre and state governments are experimenting with several new and exciting ideas in healthcare reforms. (E) However, the experience of several countries has revealed that this is a perilous path—taking India towards a bad equilibrium.Which of the following should be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?CorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
IncorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
- Question 149 of 200
149. Question
Category: EnglishRearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) What is missing, however, is a serious reform agenda for health financing. (B) The last big reform was expanding the coverage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh, reinforcing insurance as the long-term strategy for health financing. (C) Depending on the route, India could end up spending either 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health like the US or just 4% like Singapore to achieve similar outcomes. (D) The Centre and state governments are experimenting with several new and exciting ideas in healthcare reforms. (E) However, the experience of several countries has revealed that this is a perilous path—taking India towards a bad equilibrium.Which of the following should be the last sentence after rearrangement?CorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
IncorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
- Question 150 of 200
150. Question
Category: EnglishRearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) What is missing, however, is a serious reform agenda for health financing. (B) The last big reform was expanding the coverage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh, reinforcing insurance as the long-term strategy for health financing. (C) Depending on the route, India could end up spending either 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health like the US or just 4% like Singapore to achieve similar outcomes. (D) The Centre and state governments are experimenting with several new and exciting ideas in healthcare reforms. (E) However, the experience of several countries has revealed that this is a perilous path—taking India towards a bad equilibrium.Which of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement?CorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
IncorrectSolution:The sequence after rearrangement of the sentences is DABEC
- Question 151 of 200
151. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution: ‘attempts’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Covet means yearn to possess.IncorrectSolution: ‘attempts’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Covet means yearn to possess. - Question 152 of 200
152. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘ link’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Concord means agreement or harmony between people or groups.
Annex means add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.IncorrectSolution:‘ link’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Concord means agreement or harmony between people or groups.
Annex means add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document. - Question 153 of 200
153. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:No improvement is required here.
IncorrectSolution:No improvement is required here.
- Question 154 of 200
154. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘reveal’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Proclaim means announce officially or publicly.
Accord means give or grant someone.IncorrectSolution:‘reveal’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Proclaim means announce officially or publicly.
Accord means give or grant someone. - Question 155 of 200
155. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘replete is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Copious means abundant in supply or quantity.
Exuberant means full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.IncorrectSolution:‘replete is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Copious means abundant in supply or quantity.
Exuberant means full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness. - Question 156 of 200
156. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘differences’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Dissension means disagreement that leads to discord.IncorrectSolution:‘differences’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Dissension means disagreement that leads to discord. - Question 157 of 200
157. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:No improvement is required here.
IncorrectSolution:No improvement is required here.
- Question 158 of 200
158. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘exploited’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Persecuted means hostility and ill-treatment.IncorrectSolution:‘exploited’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Persecuted means hostility and ill-treatment. - Question 159 of 200
159. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘support’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Incite means encourage or stir up.
Instigate means bring about or initiate.IncorrectSolution:‘support’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
Incite means encourage or stir up.
Instigate means bring about or initiate. - Question 160 of 200
160. Question
Category: EnglishIn the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.Unfair purposes (191) have been made now and then to append (192) the Afghan issue with India-Pakistan relations. There is no connection (193). A study of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations since 1947 will promote (194) that their relations have always been thorny andprofuse (195) with problems except during the brief Taliban era. Even during that period there weredistortion (196) on issues like the Durand Line. Neither have India-Pakistan relations, good or bad, impacted(197) on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. India and Afghanistan have never tormented (198) their friendly bilateral relations to harm Pakistan. This is clear from three things: (A) In both the 1965 and 1971 wars, Afghanistan was non-committal and did notsanction(199) India; (B) On the Kashmir issue, Afghanistan has not publicly supported India; (C) Similarly, India has not enlisted (200) the debate on the Durand Line.CorrectSolution:‘entered’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
IncorrectSolution:‘entered’ is the correct word to be filled in the blank.
- Question 161 of 200
161. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the India’s shooter, who won the gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol Women event at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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162. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the wrestler, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a Gold medal at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships.
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163. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the lender that has partnered with Celebrus Capital Ltd to offer CSB’s customers online trading and demat services.
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164. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsIndian companies can now participate in construction and installation works in the “non-critical” category for the Rooppur nuclear power plant, according to the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom. This power plant is situated in _________________.
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165. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe World Wildlife Day was observed across the world on which date to celebrate beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and raises awareness to conserve the wildlife and the theme of World Wildlife Day 2018 is ‘Big cats: Predators Under Threat’?
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166. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe 19th edition of FICCI Frames has inaugurated by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smiriti Irani in city?
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167. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe Punjab National Bank (PNB) and ICICI Bank hiked the MCLR rates for loan borrowers. The PNB has increased one-year MCLR to _____________ from 8.15%.
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168. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsChandragiri has become the first ‘all women’ railway station in which state?
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169. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsPrafulla Das, has passed at Rajkanika in Kendrapara district of Odisha. He was
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170. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsWhich of the following country has topped the medal tally in the Asian Wrestling championship 2018?
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171. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the mobile app launched by the Union Government for the Highway users.
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172. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe 9th edition of the Women’s Film Festival (WFF-2018) organized by the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) from 9 to 11 March at NFAI Pune. The theme of the fest is
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173. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsShigmotsav is a famous cultural festival held recently in _____________.
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174. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsShammi, who passed away recently, belonged to which field?
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175. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the pan-India expansion of the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” scheme on the occasion of the International Women’s Day in which state?
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176. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe week-long 29th edition of the world-famous International Yoga Festival (IYF-2018) was held in which state?
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177. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsShahzar Rizvi has recently clinched a gold medal with a world record score. He is related with which sports?
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178. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the Billionaire, who topped the World’s Billionaires List with a fortune of USD 112 billion.
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179. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has recently approved India’s membership after its shareholders gave their nod to make India its 69th member. Where is the headquarter of EBRD?
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180. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the cricketer who has become the youngest captain in international cricket history.
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181. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe International Women’s Day 2018 was observed across the world on which date?
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182. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe Konar dam is constructed across the Konar River, a tributary of the Damodar River in which state?
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183. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the state government that has launched KHUSHI scheme to provide free sanitary napkins to school girls across the state.
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184. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsNITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has launched which platform on the occasion of 2018 International Women’s Day (IWD)?
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185. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsThe government of India has signed an MoU with ____________ to enhance cooperation on ‘National Campaign for Water Conservation in India’.
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186. Question
Category: Banking & Current AffairsName the Delhi High Court acting Chief Justice , who conferred with “Nari Shakti Puraskar” 2017.
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