Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers.
Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the ‘judicious’ use of discretionary powers.
Citing the use of the so-called privileges as “prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust”, HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister’s intervention to “stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.”
In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM’s attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
What did the Supreme Court suggest ?
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5e8aae227b82aa7479fb09eeWith Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers.
Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the ‘judicious’ use of discretionary powers.
Citing the use of the so-called privileges as “prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust”, HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister’s intervention to “stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.”
In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM’s attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
- 1not to use discretionary powerfalse
- 2not to allot petrol pumpfalse
- 3fair use of quotatrue
- 4abolition of quotafalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "fair use of quota"
Q: How many squares are there in the given figure?

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5f463168004a4e1d8e523c62- 14false
- 25false
- 36false
- 47true
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Answer : 4. "7"
Q: Find the next number in the given series.
3, 13, 31, ? , 91
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5d43bd88f54f8b7cc9fe1820- 148false
- 269false
- 357true
- 463false
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Answer : 3. " 57 "
Q: The Indian city which experiences longest period of sunlight during summer is 6411 05c986a2dbcc942443bf4aaa9
5c986a2dbcc942443bf4aaa9- 1Jaipurfalse
- 2Sri Nagartrue
- 3Mumbaifalse
- 4Kochifalse
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Answer : 2. "Sri Nagar"
Q:Direction: In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives.
Elephant : Howdah :: Horse : ?
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5f1962e617ca6a2f066fa4af- 1Saddletrue
- 2Humpfalse
- 3Loungefalse
- 4Hooffalse
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Answer : 1. "Saddle "
Q: A Which one is odd word in the following
1. Cauliflower 2. Mushroom 3. Carrot 4. Potato 5. Brinjal
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5e73087f5d03af4e69c0683f1. Cauliflower 2. Mushroom 3. Carrot 4. Potato 5. Brinjal
- 1Cauliflowerfalse
- 2Carrotfalse
- 3Mushroomfalse
- 4Potatotrue
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Answer : 4. "Potato"
Q: HTML documents are saved in 6394 05b5cc658e4d2b4197774bdf2
5b5cc658e4d2b4197774bdf2- 1Machine language codesfalse
- 2ASCII texttrue
- 3Special binary formatfalse
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 2. "ASCII text"
Explanation :
Answer: B) ASCII text Explanation: Word and WordPad can save documents as ASCII text and HTML, but this approach can lead to problems. NotePad should launch with a new document open. From the File pull-down menu, Select "Save As," save the file to the Desktop, and name the file using the ".html" extension (e.g., "home.html").
Q: Which physical connection is the fastest? 6390 05b5cc696e4d2b4197774c546
5b5cc696e4d2b4197774c546- 1Coaxial cablefalse
- 2Infraredfalse
- 3Microwavefalse
- 4Fiber-optictrue
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Answer : 4. "Fiber-optic"
Explanation :
Answer: D) Fiber-optic Explanation: Fiber-optic physical or wired connection is the fastest communication connection.

