The poems written by Dinkar are _____ the most appealing quality.
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Correct answer: (C) of
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Question 2
What is the time _____ your watch?
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Correct answer: (B) by
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Question 3
The Sun rises in the east and sets in _____ west.
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Correct answer: (C) the
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Question 4
Aurangabad is _____ less known city in Bihar.
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Correct answer: (B) a
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Question 5
Which of the following is not found in a car?
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Correct answer: (C) Pistol
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Question 6
A sister’s husband is called in English as
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Correct answer: (B) brother-in-law
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Question 7
Which is the seventh planet from the Sun?
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Correct answer: (B) Uranus
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Question 8
If the last day of the week is Saturday, the third day will be
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Correct answer: (A) Tuesday
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Question 9
What is the meaning of the word ‘विकारी’?
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Correct answer: (A) परिवर्तन
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Question 10
What is the basic form of the second-person singular?
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Correct answer: (A) तुम
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Question 11
Which indeclinable word in Hindi functions as a relational element?
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Correct answer: (B) तथापि
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Question 12
From which Sanskrit word did ‘तीन’ develop?
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Correct answer: (B) त्रीणि
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Question 13
What kind of suffix is ‘सुहावना’?
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Correct answer: (A) गुणवाचक
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Question 14
When the meaning of words moves from a limited and restricted domain to a broader one, it is called
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Correct answer: (A) अर्थ विस्तार
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Question 15
The clouds thundered loudly, but it did not rain. What kind of sentence is this?
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Correct answer: (A) संयुक्त
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Question 16
‘Anil laughs’: what kind of verb is used?
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Correct answer: (C) अकर्मक
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Question 17
Where did the Brahmi script originate?
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Correct answer: (B) भारत
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Question 18
The source of modern Indo-Aryan languages is
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Correct answer: (C) संस्कृत
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Question 19
Which sound is a ‘double consonant sound’?
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Correct answer: (B) दिक्कत
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Question 20
What is the sandhi split of ‘तथैव’?
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Correct answer: (C) तथा + एव
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Question 21
In which sentence is a demonstrative pronoun used?
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Correct answer: (B) रोटी मत खाओ, क्योंकि वह जली है।
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Question 22
Which word is formed with the prefix ‘नि’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 23
Which one-word substitution and phrase are not correctly matched?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 24
Which idiom and meaning are not correctly matched?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 25
Who is the author of ‘वक्रोक्ति जीवित’?
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Correct answer: (C) कुंतक
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Question 26
“बीती विभावरी जाग री। अंबर पनघट में डुबो रही तारा-घट ऊषा नागरी।” Which figure of speech occurs in these lines?
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Correct answer: (A) रूपक
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Question 27
“रक्त मांस के सड़े पंक से उमड़ रही है महाघोर दुर्गन्ध, रुद्ध हो उठती श्वास।” Which rasa is expressed in these lines?
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Correct answer: (B) वीभत्स
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Question 28
What is a metre with four lines of 22 to 26 syllables called?
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Correct answer: (C) सवैया छंद
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Question 29
Who introduced the Official Languages Bill, 1963?
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Correct answer: (B) लालबहादुर शास्त्री
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Question 30
“मेरी भव बाधा हरो, राधा नागरि सोइ। जा तन की झाइ परे, स्यामु हरित दुति होइ॥” Which metre is exemplified by these lines?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 31
The compound interest on ₹8,000 at 15% per annum for 2 years and 4 months, compounded annually, would be
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Correct answer: (A) ₹3,109
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Question 32
A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast if there were only two candidates?
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Correct answer: (B) 7500
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Question 33
If the sum of the first 14 terms of an arithmetic progression is 1050 and its first term is 10, then the 20th term is
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Correct answer: (C) 200
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Question 34
A gadget worth ₹10,000 depreciates at 10% per annum. In how many years will its value be reduced to ₹6,561?
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Correct answer: (C) 4 years
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Question 35
If 2 men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 8 days and 3 men and 2 women in 7 days, in how many days can 5 men and 4 women complete it working together?
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Correct answer: (B) 4 days
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Question 36
If the 17th term of an arithmetic progression exceeds its 10th term by 7, its common difference is
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Correct answer: (B) 1
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Question 37
The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7:8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours, the speed of the first train is
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Correct answer: (B) 87.5 km/hr
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Question 38
The greatest number which divides 1657 and 2037 leaving remainders 6 and 5 respectively is
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Correct answer: (C) 127
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Question 39
The decomposers of dead organisms are
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 40
The material normally used to make the core of an electromagnet is
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Correct answer: (A) soft iron
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Question 41
Ornithology is the study of
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Correct answer: (C) birds
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Question 42
Chandrayaan-3 was launched by ISRO on
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Correct answer: (B) July 14, 2023
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Question 43
Water enters from soil into plant root hairs due to
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Correct answer: (C) osmotic pressure
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Question 44
The compound which makes water hard on dissolving in it is
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Correct answer: (C) Ca(HCO₃)₂
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Question 45
Pollen grains in water-pollinated flowers are
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Correct answer: (C) dry
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Question 46
Which gland provides both endocrine and exocrine functions?
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Correct answer: (C) Pancreas
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Question 47
Which team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 football final?
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Correct answer: (C) Spain
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Question 48
The Exorcist, the first horror film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, was based on a novel of the same name written by whom? Its director, William Friedkin, recently died aged 87.
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Correct answer: (B) William Peter Blatty
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Question 49
Oommen Chandy, former Chief Minister of Kerala, who died recently, remained an MLA continuously for about 53 years from which constituency?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 50
Which country was expelled from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women?