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प्रश्न
The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean?
विकल्प
until evening
until sun fades in colour
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उत्तर
until evening
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- He was appointed as the Director-in-charge of the National Radio and Electronics Company Limited.
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The writer says, "I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right."
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Ratan Tata decided to sell his passenger car business.
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