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19. Acrimony 32. Global 500 awards are given for outstanding achievement in
(a) Spleen (b) Courtesy which of the following fields?
(c) Oriented (d) Scarce (a) Population Control
20. Embellish (b) Elimination of illiteracy
(a) Employ (b) Arrange (c) Campaigning against AIDS
(c) Decorate (d) Design (d) Protection of environment
21. Damp Squib 33. Pulitzer Prize is awarded for the outstanding work in the
(a) Insignificant happening field of
(b) An old technique (a) Science and Technology
(c) Unsuccessful attempt (b) Environmental Studies
(d) Short, shrill cry (c) Literature and Journalism
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 22-25) : Choose the word which is nearly (d) International Understanding
opposite in meaning to the given word:- 34. The national emblem. viz four lions standing back to back is
22. Sporadic an adaptation from which of the following:-
(a) Rare (b) Frequent (a) Sarnath lions (b) Gir lions
(c) Sharp (d) Coordinated (c) Khajurao (d) Ajanta caves
23. Exonerate 35. Which of the following books is written by Arnold Toynbee?
(a) Reject (b) Contract (a) Mankind and Mother Earth
(c) Accuse (d) Admit (b) Tom Sawyer
24. Exodus (c) The Future of Freedom
(a) Home-coming (b) Influx (d) The Moon's Last Sigh
(c) Restoration (d) Return 36. Which one of the following is the petroleum wax?
25. Relinquish (a) Paraffin wax (b) Jonoba wax
(a) Cede (b) Abdicate (c) Carnauba wax (d) Bees wax
(c) Deny (d) Possess 37. Who among the following is not a recipient of the 'Bharatiya
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26-30) : Choose the word explains the Jnanpith' Award'?
meaning of the following idioms: (a) Ashapurna Devi (b) MF Hussain
26. All and Sundry (c) Raghupati Sahay (d) VK Gokak
(a) Everybody without distinction 38. Which city will host the 2022 Common Wealth Games?
(b) only rich person (a) Gold Coast, Australia
(c) together
(d) selected people (b) Durban, South Africa
27. To play second fiddle (c) Lusaka, Zambia
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy (d) Nairobi, Kenya
(b) To be in a subordinate position to someone 39. Who was the person behind conversion of East India
(c) To do back seat driving Company from a trading company into a regional power?
(d) To reduce importance of one's senior (a) Lord Warren Hastings
28. A wolf in sheep's clothing (b) Lord Clive
(a) A hypocrite (c) Lord Dalhousie
(b) A wolf in woolen clothes (d) Lord Wellesley
(c) A coward 40. Which of the following Asian countries celebrates its
th
(d) A proud man Independence Day on 4 February?
29. A blue stocking (a) Sri Lanka (b) Bahrain
(a) Stocking which is blue in colour (c) Cambodia (d) Bangladesh
(b) A clean cheat 41. Natural radioactivity was discovered by
(c) An unreliable person (a) Marie Curie (b) Earnest Rutherford
(d) a woman having literary tastes and learning (c) Henry Bacquerel (d) Enrico Fermi
30. Yeoman's service 42. The present chairman of ISRO is
(a) lip-service (a) MYS Prasad (b) Shailesh Nayak
(b) to serve like a slave (c) AS Kiran Kumar (d) K Radhakrishnan
(c) to play god father 43. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
(d) efficient or useful help India?
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 31-50) : Choose the most appropriate answer: (a) Lord Chelmsford
31. The book, "A China Passage' was written by (b) Lord Reading
(a) MJ Akbar (b) Jagmohan (c) Lord Irwin
(c) Anees Jung (d) John Kenneth Galbraith (d) Lord Wellington