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Question : The number of live births per thousand persons in a year is called ______.
Option 1: death rate
Option 2: fertility rate
Option 3: crude rate
Option 4: birth rate
Correct Answer: birth rate
Solution : The correct answer is the birth rate.
Birth rate is the number of live births per thousand people in a year. The number of deaths per thousand persons in a year is known as the death rate. An increase in the birth rate
Question : Peter bought an item at a 20% discount on its original price. He sold it with a 40% increase on the price he bought it. The new sale price is greater than the original price (in percent) by:
Option 1: 10%
Option 2: 8%
Option 3: 7.5%
Option 4: 12%
Correct Answer: 12%
Solution : Let the original price be Rs. 100. The cost price after 20% discount will be Rs. 80. The selling price = 140% of Rs. 80 = $\frac{140}{100}\times80$ = Rs. 112 Percentage change = $\frac{112-100}{100}\times100$ = 12% Hence, the correct answer is 12%.
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1)_______ was endless and he got (2)______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3)_______. He was never in the best of tempers (4)_______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5)________ almost everything he reviewed.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.
Option 1: queue
Option 2: progression
Option 3: passage
Option 4: chain
Correct Answer: queue
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation:
In the context of people waiting in line, the term commonly used is queue.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the
Question :
"Green banking" means:
Option 1:
banks financing agriculture
Option 2:
banks financing irrigation projects
Option 3: banks financing farmers
Option 4: banks financing pro-environmental projects
Correct Answer: banks financing pro-environmental projects
Solution : The correct answer is banks financing pro-environmental projects.
"Green banking" refers to banks sponsoring pro-environmental projects and efforts that have a good influence on the environment and contribute to long-term sustainability. Renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, clean technology, and other
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement required’.
I found my bag to lie where I had left it.
Option 1: No improvement required
Option 2: to be lying
Option 3: lying
Option 4: to lay
Correct Answer: lying
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The correct verb form to be used here is the present participle form, which is lying. Thus, to lie should be replaced with lying i.e. gerund form of the verb, to make the sentence
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Rahul knows Shahbaz since childhood.
Option 1: Shahbaz was known to Rahul since childhood.
Option 2: Shahbaz is known to Rahul since childhood.
Option 3: Shahbaz known by Rahul since childhood.
Option 4: Shahbaz has known Rahul since childhood.
Correct Answer: Shahbaz is known to Rahul since childhood.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the object experiencing an action rather than the person that performs the action. Hence, the object in the
Question : Who among the following was the founder of the Bhoodan Yajna (Land Gift) movement?
Option 1: Mahatma Gandhi
Option 2: Tarabai Shinde
Option 3: Atmaram Joshi
Option 4: Vinoba Bhave
Correct Answer: Vinoba Bhave
Solution : The correct answer is Vinoba Bhave.
Vinoba Bhave, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, founded the Bhoodan Movement, also known as the Land Donation Movement, in April 1951. The campaign began impromptu during an evening gathering in a village in Andhra Pradesh, where landowners
Question : The following bar chart shows the runs given and overs bowled by a bowler in 6 different matches. Economy rate $=\frac{\text { Runs given }}{\text { Overs bowled }}$ What will be the economy rate of the bowler for all the 6 matches taken together? [Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.]
Option 1: 7.22
Option 2: 5.46
Option 3: 6.93
Option 4: 6.14
Correct Answer: 6.14
Solution : Runs given = 66 + 56 + 72 + 45 + 20 + 36 = 295 Over bowled = 9 + 10 + 8 + 6 + 8 + 7 = 48 Economy rate $=\frac{\text { Runs given }}{\text { Overs bowled }}$ $=\frac{295}{48}$ $=6.14$
Question : Sri Lanka is separated from India by the ______.
Option 1: Strait of Malacca
Option 2: Strait of Gibraltar
Option 3: Palk Strait
Option 4: Bering Strait
Correct Answer: Palk Strait
Solution : The correct option is The Palk Strait.
Sri Lanka is separated from the mainland of India by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. It is a country located in the southeast of India. The Palk Strait separates India and Sri Lanka
Question : The title "Indian Napoleon" has been given to which of the following rulers?
Chandragupta Maurya
Option 2: Samudragupta
Option 3: Chandragupta I
Option 4: Harshavardhana
Correct Answer: Samudragupta
Solution : The correct answer is Samudragupta.
Samudragupta is known as "India's Napoleon". He was the son of Chandragupta I. He is believed to be the real founder of the Gupta dynasty. Historian A. V. Smith called him an "Indian Napoleon" because of his great military
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