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Our Earth is like a greenhouse, with one difference. A greenhouse is encased in glass, while the Earth is encased in a thin blanket of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide serves the same function for the Earth as does glass for a greenhouse. It helps to keep the Earth warm. Scientists call it the greenhouse effect.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air is only .03 per cent, yet all plant and animal life depends on it. The percentage of carbon dioxide in the air is kept almost constant by a series of natural processes. We call it the carbon (or carbon dioxide) cycle
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by two main processes - breathing and burning. All living things breathe out carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The air breathed in contains only oxygen. per cent carbon dioxide, whereas the air breathed out contains 4 per cent. Thus breathing leads to increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Also large quantities of carbon dioxide are produced by the burning of wood, coal and oil.
Qs.4/5: How does the earth differ from a greenhouse ?
AThe greenhouse is encased in glass, the earth in a thin blanket of Carbon dioxide.
BThe greenhouse is encased in Carbon dioxide, the earth in a sheet of thin air.
CThe greenhouse is too small, the earth too big for green plants
DThe greenhouse can be carried from one place to the other but the earth can't be carried
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Our Earth is like a greenhouse, with one difference. A greenhouse is encased in glass, while the Earth is encased in a thin blanket of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide serves the same function for the Earth as does glass for a greenhouse. It helps to keep the Earth warm. Scientists call it the greenhouse effect.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air is only .03 per cent, yet all plant and animal life depends on it. The percentage of carbon dioxide in the air is kept almost constant by a series of natural processes. We call it the carbon (or carbon dioxide) cycle
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by two main processes - breathing and burning. All living things breathe out carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The air breathed in contains only oxygen. per cent carbon dioxide, whereas the air breathed out contains 4 per cent. Thus breathing leads to increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Also large quantities of carbon dioxide are produced by the burning of wood, coal and oil.
Qs.5/5: What is a greenhouse ?
AA house in which green plants have been grown
BA case of glass in which fish and other water animals can be kept.
CA building with glass sides for growing plants that need protection from sunlight.
DA building with glass sides and a glass roof for growing plants that need protection from cold weather.
Answer: Option D
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was a French professor of calligraphy. One cold day he was going through a street in Paris when he saw a blind beggar. Hauy was a very kind-hearted person. He at once put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He put that coin on the blind beggar's palm. But as he turn to go, the beggar called out : "Sir, Sir ! I think you've made a mistake. You have given me a franc instead of a sou."
"How did you know I had given you a franc ?" asked Hauy in surprise. "Oh !" replied the beggar. "That is quite simple. If I pass my finger over a coin, I can at once tell what it is." Hauy allowed the beggar to keep the franc although it was a great deal of money in those days. But as he walked back home, he thought to himself : If a blind man can know a coin by the mere touch of his finger, why shouldn't he be able to know the different marks of letters of an alphabet ?" This thought inspired Hauy to develop a
system of reading for the blind.
Qs.1/5: What do you mean by 'calligraphy' ?
AA branch of geography
BThe art of making maps.
CBeautiful handwriting.
DThe art of classical singing and dancing.
Answer: Option C
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was a French professor of calligraphy. One cold day he was going through a street in Paris when he saw a blind beggar. Hauy was a very kind-hearted person. He at once put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He put that coin on the blind beggar's palm. But as he turn to go, the beggar called out : "Sir, Sir ! I think you've made a mistake. You have given me a franc instead of a sou."
"How did you know I had given you a franc ?" asked Hauy in surprise. "Oh !" replied the beggar. "That is quite simple. If I pass my finger over a coin, I can at once tell what it is." Hauy allowed the beggar to keep the franc although it was a great deal of money in those days. But as he walked back home, he thought to himself : If a blind man can know a coin by the mere touch of his finger, why shouldn't he be able to know the different marks of letters of an alphabet ?" This thought inspired Hauy to develop a
system of reading for the blind.
Qs.2/5: What thought inspired Hauy ?
AThat if a blind man could tell a franc by the mere touch of his ?nger, he could know a sou also.
BThat if a blind beggar was given some more money, he would give up begging and start some work.
CIf a blind beggar learnt to read, he could make great success in his life.
DThat if a blind man could know a coin by the mere touch of his ?nger, he could also know the different marks or letters of an alphabet.
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was a French professor of calligraphy. One cold day he was going through a street in Paris when he saw a blind beggar. Hauy was a very kind-hearted person. He at once put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He put that coin on the blind beggar's palm. But as he turn to go, the beggar called out : "Sir, Sir ! I think you've made a mistake. You have given me a franc instead of a sou."
"How did you know I had given you a franc ?" asked Hauy in surprise. "Oh !" replied the beggar. "That is quite simple. If I pass my finger over a coin, I can at once tell what it is." Hauy allowed the beggar to keep the franc although it was a great deal of money in those days. But as he walked back home, he thought to himself : If a blind man can know a coin by the mere touch of his finger, why shouldn't he be able to know the different marks of letters of an alphabet ?" This thought inspired Hauy to develop a
system of reading for the blind.
Qs.3/5: How did the beggar know it was a franc, not a sou ?
AHe looked at the coin.
BHe passed his ?nger over the coin.
CHe knew it from the size of the coin.
DHe knew it from the colour of the coin.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was a French professor of calligraphy. One cold day he was going through a street in Paris when he saw a blind beggar. Hauy was a very kind-hearted person. He at once put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He put that coin on the blind beggar's palm. But as he turn to go, the beggar called out : "Sir, Sir ! I think you've made a mistake. You have given me a franc instead of a sou."
"How did you know I had given you a franc ?" asked Hauy in surprise. "Oh !" replied the beggar. "That is quite simple. If I pass my finger over a coin, I can at once tell what it is." Hauy allowed the beggar to keep the franc although it was a great deal of money in those days. But as he walked back home, he thought to himself : If a blind man can know a coin by the mere touch of his finger, why shouldn't he be able to know the different marks of letters of an alphabet ?" This thought inspired Hauy to develop a
system of reading for the blind.
Qs.4/5: What did Hauy do with the coin ?
AHe put it into his pocket.
BHe gave it to the blind beggar.
CHe passed his ?nger over it.
DHe took it back from the beggar.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was a French professor of calligraphy. One cold day he was going through a street in Paris when he saw a blind beggar. Hauy was a very kind-hearted person. He at once put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He put that coin on the blind beggar's palm. But as he turn to go, the beggar called out : "Sir, Sir ! I think you've made a mistake. You have given me a franc instead of a sou."
"How did you know I had given you a franc ?" asked Hauy in surprise. "Oh !" replied the beggar. "That is quite simple. If I pass my finger over a coin, I can at once tell what it is." Hauy allowed the beggar to keep the franc although it was a great deal of money in those days. But as he walked back home, he thought to himself : If a blind man can know a coin by the mere touch of his finger, why shouldn't he be able to know the different marks of letters of an alphabet ?" This thought inspired Hauy to develop a
system of reading for the blind.
Qs.5/5: What did Hauy take out from his pocket ?
AA sou.
BA franc.
CA rupee.
DA piece of paper.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:A sou
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For years now, George W. Bush has told Americans that he would increase the number of troops in Iraq only if, the commanders on the ground asked him to do so. It was not a throw away live. Bush said it from the very first days of the war, when he and pentagon boss Donald Rumsfeld were criticized for going to war with too few troops. He said it right up until last summer, stressing at a news conference in Chicago that Iraq commander General George Casey will make the decisions as to how many troops we have there. Seasoned military people suspected that the line was a dodge that the civilians who ran the pentagon were testing their personal theory that war can be fought on the cheap and the brass simply knew better than to ask for more in any case the president repeated the mantra to dismiss any suggestion that the war was going badly. Who, after all, knew better than the generals on the ground? Now as the war nears the end of its fourth year and the number of Americans killed has surpassed 3,000 Bush has dropped the generals know best line sometime next week the president is expected to propose a surge in the number of 45 forces in Iraq for a period of upto two years. A senior official said reinforcements numbering about 20,000 troops and may be more could be in place within months; the surge would be achieved by extending the stay of some forces already in Iraq and accelerating the deployment of others.
The irony is that while the generals would have liked more troops in the past, they are cool to the idea of spending more now that's in past because the politicians and commanders had trouble agreeing on what the goal of a surge would further erode the readiness of the US's already stressed ground forces and even those who back a surge are under no illusions about what it would mean to the casualty rate. If you put more American troops on the front line said a white house official, you're going to have more casualties. Coming from Bush, a man known for bold strokes the surge is a strange half-measure-too large for the political climate at house too small to crush the insurgency in Iraq and surely three years too late Bush has waved off a bipartisan rescue mission out of pride stubbornness or ideology or same combination of the three, Rather than reversing course, as all the wise elders of the Iraq study group advised, the commander in chief is betting that more troops will lead the way to what one white house official calls "victory."
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Qs.1/10: Which of the following is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage?
Surge
AEnhancement
BTrivializing
CReduction
DStrengthening
Answer: Option C
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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For years now, George W. Bush has told Americans that he would increase the number of troops in Iraq only if, the commanders on the ground asked him to do so. It was not a throw away live. Bush said it from the very first days of the war, when he and pentagon boss Donald Rumsfeld were criticized for going to war with too few troops. He said it right up until last summer, stressing at a news conference in Chicago that Iraq commander General George Casey will make the decisions as to how many troops we have there. Seasoned military people suspected that the line was a dodge that the civilians who ran the pentagon were testing their personal theory that war can be fought on the cheap and the brass simply knew better than to ask for more in any case the president repeated the mantra to dismiss any suggestion that the war was going badly. Who, after all, knew better than the generals on the ground? Now as the war nears the end of its fourth year and the number of Americans killed has surpassed 3,000 Bush has dropped the generals know best line sometime next week the president is expected to propose a surge in the number of 45 forces in Iraq for a period of upto two years. A senior official said reinforcements numbering about 20,000 troops and may be more could be in place within months; the surge would be achieved by extending the stay of some forces already in Iraq and accelerating the deployment of others.
The irony is that while the generals would have liked more troops in the past, they are cool to the idea of spending more now that's in past because the politicians and commanders had trouble agreeing on what the goal of a surge would further erode the readiness of the US's already stressed ground forces and even those who back a surge are under no illusions about what it would mean to the casualty rate. If you put more American troops on the front line said a white house official, you're going to have more casualties. Coming from Bush, a man known for bold strokes the surge is a strange half-measure-too large for the political climate at house too small to crush the insurgency in Iraq and surely three years too late Bush has waved off a bipartisan rescue mission out of pride stubbornness or ideology or same combination of the three, Rather than reversing course, as all the wise elders of the Iraq study group advised, the commander in chief is betting that more troops will lead the way to what one white house official calls "victory."
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Qs.2/10: Which of the following is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage?
Cool
AWarm
BEnthusiastic
CUnwelcome
DIntemperate
Answer: Option A
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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For years now, George W. Bush has told Americans that he would increase the number of troops in Iraq only if, the commanders on the ground asked him to do so. It was not a throw away live. Bush said it from the very first days of the war, when he and pentagon boss Donald Rumsfeld were criticized for going to war with too few troops. He said it right up until last summer, stressing at a news conference in Chicago that Iraq commander General George Casey will make the decisions as to how many troops we have there. Seasoned military people suspected that the line was a dodge that the civilians who ran the pentagon were testing their personal theory that war can be fought on the cheap and the brass simply knew better than to ask for more in any case the president repeated the mantra to dismiss any suggestion that the war was going badly. Who, after all, knew better than the generals on the ground? Now as the war nears the end of its fourth year and the number of Americans killed has surpassed 3,000 Bush has dropped the generals know best line sometime next week the president is expected to propose a surge in the number of 45 forces in Iraq for a period of upto two years. A senior official said reinforcements numbering about 20,000 troops and may be more could be in place within months; the surge would be achieved by extending the stay of some forces already in Iraq and accelerating the deployment of others.
The irony is that while the generals would have liked more troops in the past, they are cool to the idea of spending more now that's in past because the politicians and commanders had trouble agreeing on what the goal of a surge would further erode the readiness of the US's already stressed ground forces and even those who back a surge are under no illusions about what it would mean to the casualty rate. If you put more American troops on the front line said a white house official, you're going to have more casualties. Coming from Bush, a man known for bold strokes the surge is a strange half-measure-too large for the political climate at house too small to crush the insurgency in Iraq and surely three years too late Bush has waved off a bipartisan rescue mission out of pride stubbornness or ideology or same combination of the three, Rather than reversing course, as all the wise elders of the Iraq study group advised, the commander in chief is betting that more troops will lead the way to what one white house official calls "victory."
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Qs.3/10: Which of the following made Bush change his thinking about the requirement of forces in Iraq?
(A) The unreasonably long period for which the war continued
(B) The large number of American soldiers killed in the war
(C) Demand from the army commanders
AOnly A and C
BOnly A and B
COnly B and C
DAll three
Answer: Option B
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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