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प्रश्न
Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.
What is meant by ‘Alliteration’?
पर्याय
Act of literary modification.
Acts of an environmentally conscious person.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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उत्तर
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Instructions for Question: Choose the set of three statements where the third statement can be logically derived from the preceding two.
Statements:
1. All human beings need education.
2. All teachers need training.
3. Education is provided by the teachers.
4. X is a teacher.
5. X needs training.
6. Students are future of a nation.
The set of statements is:
Choose the most appropriate option:
A 2100 member team consisting of Team Leaders and Athletes is attending a National Athletic Meet. For every 20 Athletes, there is one Team Leader. How many Team Leaders would be there in the team?
Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.
There were twelve dozens of chocolates with a shopkeeper. Ten chocolates were distributed by the shopkeeper to the children of his colony. The shopkeeper then added two more dozens of chocolates in his stock. If the shopkeeper divided the total chocolates equally in two different packets, then how many chocolates were there in each packet?
Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.
‘Some of the valuable books are seldom read’, means:
In the following questions find which one word cannot be formed from the letters of the given words using each letter only once:
ORGANISATION
In the following questions find which one word cannot be formed from the letters of the given words using each letter only once:
COMPENSATION
Read the following short passage and choose the best answer to the question below that passage.
Modern science is built on the process of posing hypotheses and testing them against observations -in essence, attempting to show that the hypotheses are incorrect. Nothing brings more recognition than overthrowing conventional wisdom. It is accordingly not surprising that some scientists are skeptical of the widely accepted predictions of global warming. What is instead remarkable is that with hundreds of researchers striving to make breakthroughs in climatology, very few find evidence that global warming is unlikely.
The information above provides the most support for which one of the following statements?
In making a decision about an important question, it is desirable to distinguish between a 'strong' argument and a 'weak' argument. A 'strong' argument must be both important and directly related to the question. A 'weak' argument may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspect of the question. The question below is followed by four arguments numbered I, II, Ill, and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong' and which is 'weak'.
Statement
- Should people with educational qualifications higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs?
Arguments
- No, it will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment.
- Yes, it creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely.
- No, this goes against the basic rights of the individuals.
- Yes, this will increase productivity.
Experts musicologists believe that Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata in 1824, three years before his death. However, the manuscript of a piano sonata was recently discovered that bears Beethoven's name and dates from 1825. Clearly, the experts are mistaken because not every piece that Beethoven wrote was cataloged in his lifetime, and it is known that Beethoven continued to compose until just weeks before his death.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?
In making a decision about an important question, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between 'strong' arguments and 'weak' arguments. 'Strong' arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. 'Weak' arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question. The question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II, and ill. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Statement
- Should there be a limit on drawing groundwater for irrigation purposes in India?
Arguments
- No, irrigation is of prime importance for food production in India and it is heavily dependent on groundwater in many parts of the country.
- Yes, water tables have gone down to alarmingly low levels in some parts of the country where irrigation is primarily dependent on groundwater, which may lead to serious environmental consequences.
- Yes, India just cannot afford to draw groundwater any further as the international agencies have cautioned India against it.
