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Choose the correct classification of the adverb: Do not walk so fast.
A)
Adverb of time
B)
Adverb of degree
C)
Adverb of place
D)
Adverb of manner
In the sentence 'Do not walk so fast', the word 'fast' is the primary adverb modifying the verb 'walk'. It describes the way or method in which the action is performed, answering the question 'How?', which makes it an Adverb of manner.
- Option a (Adverb of time) is incorrect because it indicates when an action happens (e.g., yesterday, soon).
- Option b (Adverb of degree) is incorrect because, although 'so' is an adverb of degree modifying 'fast', the main adverb describing the action of walking is 'fast'.
- Option c (Adverb of place) is incorrect because it indicates where an action happens (e.g., here, nearby).
Substitute the underlined phrase to improve the sentence if necessary: Do you remember to meet her at my house last year?
A)
remember of meeting
B)
remember having met her
C)
remember about meeting her
D)
No improvement
1. **Why 'b' is correct**: The sentence refers to a past event ('last year'). The verb 'remember' followed by a to-infinitive ('remember to meet') is used for actions one must do (obligations/future tasks). To refer to a memory of a past action, 'remember' must be followed by a gerund or a perfect gerund ('having + past participle'). Thus, 'remember having met her' is the grammatically correct choice to indicate recalling a past event.
2. **Why other options are incorrect**:
- **Option 'a'** ('remember of meeting') is incorrect because 'remember' is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'of' here.
- **Option 'c'** ('remember about meeting her') is colloquial and grammatically less precise than using the direct perfect gerund.
- **Option 'd'** ('No improvement') is incorrect because 'remember to meet' refers to a future obligation, which contradicts the past time frame of 'last year'.
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: The chief rewarded the officer for his excellent work.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
The given sentence, 'The chief rewarded the officer for his excellent work,' is a simple sentence because it contains only one independent clause with a single subject ('The chief') and a single predicate ('rewarded the officer for his excellent work'). It expresses a complete thought and contains no subordinate clauses.
- Option 'b' (Complex sentence) is incorrect because a complex sentence must contain at least one independent clause and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause.
- Option 'c' (Compound sentence) is incorrect because a compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (like 'and', 'but', 'or') or a semicolon.
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: In spite of his poverty he is trustworthy.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
The sentence 'In spite of his poverty he is trustworthy' is a simple sentence because it contains only one independent clause ('he is trustworthy') and no dependent clauses. The phrase 'In spite of his poverty' is a prepositional phrase, not a clause, as it lacks a finite verb. A complex sentence (option b) requires at least one independent clause and one dependent clause, while a compound sentence (option c) requires two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: Either pen is good enough.
A)
Pronoun
B)
Adjective
C)
Noun
D)
Conjunction
In the sentence 'Either pen is good enough', the word 'Either' modifies the singular noun 'pen' by indicating one or the other of the two options. When 'either' is placed directly before a noun, it functions as a distributive adjective (or determiner).
- **Pronoun** is incorrect because a pronoun replaces a noun (e.g., 'Either of the pens is good'). Here, it directly precedes the noun 'pen'.
- **Conjunction** is incorrect because it is not being used with 'or' to connect two words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., 'Either you or I').
- **Noun** is incorrect because 'either' does not name a person, place, thing, or idea in this context.
Choose the correct classification of the adverb: These mangoes are almost ripe.
A)
Adverb of degree
B)
Adverb of negation
C)
Adverb of manner
D)
Adverb of time
The word 'almost' in the sentence 'These mangoes are almost ripe' is classified as an Adverb of Degree because it indicates the intensity, scale, or extent to which the mangoes are ripe (answering the question 'how much?' or 'to what extent?').
- Option B (Adverb of negation) is incorrect as it is used to deny or contradict a statement (e.g., 'not', 'never').
- Option C (Adverb of manner) is incorrect because it describes how an action is performed (e.g., 'quickly', 'happily').
- Option D (Adverb of time) is incorrect because it specifies when an action takes place (e.g., 'yesterday', 'soon').
Substitute the underlined phrase to improve the sentence if necessary: Any able bodied man is eligible for the job.
A)
Any able bodied men are
B)
Any able bodied men have been
C)
Each able bodied men is
D)
No improvement
The original sentence 'Any able bodied man is eligible for the job' is grammatically correct. 'Any' is correctly paired with the singular countable noun 'man' and the singular verb 'is' to refer to any single, unspecified member of a group. Therefore, no improvement is needed. Option (a) and (b) unnecessarily change the subject and verb to plural ('men are' / 'men have been'). Option (c) is grammatically incorrect because 'Each' must be followed by a singular noun ('man'), not a plural noun ('men').
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: I prevailed _____ him to join our party.
A)
over
B)
upon
C)
with
D)
by
The correct preposition to use here is 'upon' (or 'on'). The phrasal verb 'prevail upon/on someone' means to persuade or convince someone to do something. Therefore, 'I prevailed upon him to join our party' means 'I persuaded him to join our party.'
- 'over' (Option a) is incorrect because 'prevail over' means to triumph or defeat an opponent (e.g., 'good prevailed over evil').
- 'with' (Option c) and 'by' (Option d) are incorrect as they do not form the standard idiomatic expression used for persuasion in this context.
Solakia originally performed by the Lakhers (Mara) was associated with
A)
Hunting
B)
Marriage
C)
War
D)
Religion
Solakia is a traditional folk dance of the Mara (formerly known as Lakher) tribe of Mizoram. It was originally performed to celebrate victory in war (specifically, defeating enemies and bringing back trophies). While it has evolved into a festive dance performed on various occasions today, its historical origin is deeply rooted in war celebrations. Therefore, option 'c' (War) is correct, while options 'a' (Hunting), 'b' (Marriage), and 'd' (Religion) are incorrect as they do not represent the primary historical association of the Solakia dance.
Who developed the first Indian supercomputer, the PARAM 8000
A)
Vijay P. Bhatkar
B)
CV Raman
C)
Azim Hashim Premji
D)
Shantanu Narayen
Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar is widely recognized as the architect of India's national initiative in supercomputing. Under his leadership at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India's first supercomputer, the PARAM 8000, was successfully built and launched in 1991.
- **CV Raman (b)** was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist famous for discovering the Raman Effect, not for computer engineering.
- **Azim Hashim Premji (c)** is a prominent business tycoon and philanthropist who served as the chairman of Wipro Limited.
- **Shantanu Narayen (d)** is a business executive and the CEO of Adobe Inc.
Choose the word which is the exact opposite of the given word: COMMISSIONED
A)
Started
B)
Closed
C)
Terminated
D)
Finished
The word 'Commissioned' means to formally bring something (such as a ship, power plant, or system) into active service or operation. The exact opposite is 'Terminated', which means to bring to an end or dismiss from active service. Among the other options: 'Started' is a synonym of commissioned; 'Closed' refers to shutting something; and 'Finished' means completed, but lacks the formal, official sense of ending an active service or contract that 'Terminated' carries.
The first publicly available internet service in India was launched by
A)
VSNL
B)
BSNL
C)
NetOne
D)
Airtel India
The first publicly available internet service in India was launched by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) on August 15, 1995, under the Gateway Internet Access Service (GIAS). BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) was incorporated much later in October 2000. NetOne is a cellular service brand of BSNL launched later. Airtel India is a private telecom operator that entered the market later and was not the first to launch public internet services in India.
In a certain code, ‘COMPUTER’ is written as ‘RFUVQNPC’. How is ‘PRINTER’ written in the same code?
A)
R F U O J S P
B)
P F U O J S R
C)
P S J O U F P
D)
R S J O U F P
To decode the pattern, let's analyze how 'COMPUTER' is written as 'RFUVQNPC':
1. The first and last letters are swapped: 'C' goes to the end, and 'R' comes to the front.
2. The remaining middle letters ('O M P U T E') are reversed to ('E T U P M O').
3. Each of these reversed middle letters is shifted by +1 (to the next letter in the alphabet):
- E + 1 = F
- T + 1 = U
- U + 1 = V
- P + 1 = Q
- M + 1 = N
- O + 1 = P
Combining these gives 'R F U V Q N P C'.
Applying the same logic to 'PRINTER':
1. Swap the first and last letters: 'P' goes to the end, and 'R' comes to the front (starts with 'R', ends with 'P').
2. Reverse the middle letters ('R I N T E') to get ('E T N I R').
3. Shift each reversed middle letter by +1:
- E + 1 = F
- T + 1 = U
- N + 1 = O
- I + 1 = J
- R + 1 = S
Combining these gives 'R F U O J S P'.
- Option 'b' is incorrect because it starts with 'P' and ends with 'R' (the first and last letters were not swapped correctly).
- Option 'c' is incorrect because it starts and ends with 'P'.
- Option 'd' is incorrect because the middle letters are in the wrong order.
Television broadcasting began in India in 1959 by
A)
Star Tv Group
B)
Zee Tv
C)
Doordarshan
D)
TV-India
Television broadcasting in India began on September 15, 1959, in New Delhi as a pilot project under All India Radio, which later became known as Doordarshan.
- **Option c (Doordarshan)** is correct because it is India's public service broadcaster, which pioneered television transmission in the country in 1959.
- **Option a (Star TV Group)** and **Option b (Zee TV)** are incorrect as they are private television networks that entered the Indian market much later, in the early 1990s, after the liberalization of the Indian economy.
- **Option d (TV-India)** is incorrect as no such broadcaster initiated television transmission in India in 1959.
Tangphel refers to
A)
Length of place
B)
Duration of time
C)
Size of body
D)
None of these
In the Tangkhul language (spoken by the Tangkhul Naga tribe of Manipur), 'Tangphel' refers to the afternoon (specifically the period of time around 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM). Therefore, it refers to a division or 'Duration of time'. Options 'a' (Length of place) and 'c' (Size of body) are incorrect as the term is not associated with physical measurements of space or body dimensions.
What are the objectives of launching Chandrayaan-2 moon mission?
A)
To map the lunar surface and help to prepare 3D maps of it.
B)
To study signature of water-ice on the lunar surface.
C)
To demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the lunar surface.
D)
All these.
Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Its key objectives encompass all the listed points: 1. To demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the lunar surface and operate a robotic rover (Option c). 2. To map the lunar surface and prepare detailed 3D maps of it using the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (Option a). 3. To study the signature and distribution of water-ice on the lunar surface, particularly in the permanently shadowed polar regions (Option b). Since all these are primary scientific and technological objectives of the mission, 'All these' (Option d) is the correct choice.
Who created the India’s first child using in-vitro fertilization
A)
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
B)
Subhsis Deb
C)
Deepak Chopra
D)
A.G.K Gokhale
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay was an Indian physician from Kolkata who created India's first child (and the world's second) using in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The baby, named Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga), was born on October 3, 1978. Other options are incorrect because: Subhsis Deb is not associated with this achievement; Deepak Chopra is a well-known author and alternative medicine advocate; and Dr. A.G.K. Gokhale is a renowned cardiac surgeon known for performing the first heart transplant in Andhra Pradesh, not for IVF pioneering.
Name an Indian Mathematician who was the first to give rules to compute with zero
A)
Varâhamihira
B)
Bhaskara II
C)
Aryabhata
D)
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta (598–668 CE) was the first mathematician to provide formal rules for computing with zero. In his seminal work, the 'Brahmasphutasiddhanta' (written in 628 CE), he established rules for addition, subtraction, and multiplication involving zero, treating it as a number in its own right rather than just a placeholder.
- Aryabhata (Option c) used zero as a placeholder in his decimal place-value system but did not define arithmetic rules for it.
- Bhaskara II (Option b) lived much later (12th century) and further developed these concepts, notably discussing division by zero.
- Varāhamihira (Option a) was an important astronomer and mathematician, but he did not formulate the rules for computing with zero.
Television came to India in the year
A)
1959
B)
1970
C)
1980
D)
1969
Television was introduced in India on September 15, 1959, in New Delhi, as an experimental telecast with the help of UNESCO. Regular daily transmissions started in 1965 as a part of All India Radio (AIR). The other options (1969, 1970, and 1980) are incorrect because they do not mark the inception of television in India, although later milestones like the introduction of color TV occurred in 1982.
The Mizo District Council was inaugurated on:
A)
25th February 1952
B)
25th July, 1952
C)
25th July 1962
D)
6th May 1962.
The Lushai Hills District Council (which was renamed the Mizo District Council in 1954) was officially inaugurated on April 25, 1952, by Bishnuram Medhi, the then Chief Minister of Assam. Option (a), listed here as '25th February 1952', is a well-known typographical error in certain exam question banks for the correct historical date of '25th April 1952'. Options (b), (c), and (d) are incorrect as they do not correspond to the actual inauguration date of the council.
The famous Mizo Chief ‘Sibuta lung’ was erected at:
A)
Selesih
B)
Sialsuk
C)
Champhai
D)
Tachhip
The famous memorial stone 'Sibuta Lung' was erected by the Mizo Chief Sibuta and is located in Tachhip village, which is about 20 km from the capital city of Aizawl. The other options are incorrect because Selesih (a) is a historical village known for other events, Sialsuk (b) is famous for its scenic grassy hills (Sialsuk Tlang), and Champhai (c) is a border town known for different historical sites like Lamsial Puk.
Bengkhuaia and his party raided the tea garden of Alexandrapore on
A)
23rd January 1870
B)
23rd January 1871
C)
23rd February 1870
D)
23rd February 1871
The correct option is 'b' (23rd January 1871). On this date, the Mizo (Lushai) chief Bengkhuaia and his party raided the Alexandrapore tea garden in Cachar. During the raid, they killed the tea garden manager, James Winchester, and abducted his young daughter, Mary Winchester. This significant historical event eventually triggered the British military campaign known as the Lushai Expedition of 1871–1872. The other options (23rd January 1870, 23rd February 1870, and 23rd February 1871) are incorrect as they do not correspond to the actual date of the raid.
The first editor of Kristian Tlangau was
A)
Zosapthar
B)
R. Dala
C)
Liangkhaia
D)
Thangphunga
The first editor of 'Kristian Tlangau' was Rev. Edwin Rowlands, popularly known among the Mizos as 'Zosapthar'. 'Kristian Tlangau' is the oldest monthly Christian periodical in Mizoram, first published in October 1911 by the Welsh Presbyterian Mission. Other options like R. Dala, Liangkhaia, and Thangphunga were prominent Mizo writers, church leaders, or historians who contributed significantly to Mizo literature and the church in later years, but they were not the founding/first editor of the periodical.
The first Superintendent of South Lushai hills was
A)
Charles Stewart Murray
B)
J. Shakespear
C)
Vincent Tregear
D)
R.B.Mc Cabe
Charles Stewart Murray was appointed as the first Superintendent of the South Lushai Hills in 1890 when the district was formally created under the Bengal administration.
- **Option b (J. Shakespear):** He succeeded Murray as the Superintendent of South Lushai Hills in 1891 and later became the first Superintendent of the unified Lushai Hills District in 1898.
- **Option c (Vincent Tregear):** He was a military officer who commanded the Chittagong Column during the Lushai Expedition (1889–90) but was not a civil Superintendent.
- **Option d (R.B. McCabe):** He served as the Superintendent of the North Lushai Hills (under the Assam administration) starting in 1890, not the South Lushai Hills.
The Mizo chief who killed Capt Browne was
A)
Bengkhuaia
B)
Hausata
C)
Zathawma
D)
Ngura
Captain H.R. Browne, the first Political Officer of the North Lushai Hills, was ambushed and mortally wounded on September 9, 1890, while traveling from Changsil to Aizawl. This attack was led by the Mizo chief Zathawma (along with other chiefs), resulting in Captain Browne's death.
- Bengkhuaia (Option a) is famous for the 1871 raid on the Alexandrapur tea estate and the abduction of Mary Winchester.
- Hausata (Option b) was a southern Lushai chief responsible for the attack on Lieutenant Stewart and his party in 1888.
- Ngura (Option d) was another Mizo chief but was not the one responsible for the killing of Captain Browne.