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8 Q:Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.
The cyber–world is ultimately ungovernable. This is alarming as well as convenient; sometimes, convenient because alarming. Some Indian politicians use this to great advantage. When there is an obvious failure in governance during a crisis they deflect attention from their own incompetence towards the ungovernable. So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection, some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous neighbour has been using the internet and social networking sites to spread dangerous rumours. And the Centre's automatic reaction is to start blocking these sites and begin elaborate and potentially endless negotiations with Google, Twitter and Facebook about access to information. If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber world. Wasting time gathering proof, blocking vaguely suspicious websites, hurling accusations across the border and worrying about bilateral relations are ways of keeping busy with inessentials because one does not quite known what to do about the essentials of a difficult situation. Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or the violence in Assam. And if a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong with the nation and with how it is being governed. This is what its leaders should be addressing immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their powers of censorship.
It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber–world for flexing the wrong muscles is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.
The passage suggests different ways of keeping the public busy with ‘inessentials’. Pick the odd one out.
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5f28ec22e3005114abd8f1b6It is just as absurd, and part of the same syndrome, to try to ban Twitter accounts that parody despatches from the Prime Minister's Office. To describe such forms of humour and dissent as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to. With the precedent for such action set recently by the chief minister of West Bengal, this is yet another proof that what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Using the cyber–world for flexing the wrong muscles is essentially not funny. It might even prove to be quite dangerously distracting.
- 1By blocking websites which are vaguely suspicious.false
- 2By blaming neighbouring countries across the border.true
- 3By turning the attention of the people to violence in Assam.false
- 4By getting involved in a discourse on bilateral relations.false
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Answer : 2. "By blaming neighbouring countries across the border."
Q: The 1st five of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France landed at which airbase station of Indian Air Force?
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5f28ebce095543015641b227- 1Ambala AFStrue
- 2Awantipur AFSfalse
- 3Adampur AFSfalse
- 4Amritsar AFSfalse
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Answer : 1. "Ambala AFS"
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
The visitor said to them "Please give me a glass of water."
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5f28eaa8095543015641afdb- 1The visitor ordered them to give a glass of water.false
- 2The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water.true
- 3The visitor said please give him a glass of water.false
- 4The visitor said to them to give him a glass of water.false
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Answer : 2. "The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water. "
Q: Rajat Bhatia who announced retirement recently is associated with which sport?
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5f28eb1d095543015641b0eb- 1Tennisfalse
- 2Badmintonfalse
- 3Crickettrue
- 4Squashfalse
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Answer : 3. "Cricket"
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Answer : 2. "sane"
Q: ADB approves USD __________ million to India to fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
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5f28eacae3005114abd8eff8- 13 Milliontrue
- 22 Millionfalse
- 35 Millionfalse
- 48 Millionfalse
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Answer : 1. "3 Million"
Q: Wisden Trophy tournament between England and West Indies retired recently. Which trophy which will replace Wisden trophy?
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5f28ea80095543015641aedf- 1Richards-Botham Trophytrue
- 2Ambrose-Gooch Trophyfalse
- 3Lara-Anderson Trophyfalse
- 4Llyod-Barnes Trophyfalse
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Answer : 1. "Richards-Botham Trophy"
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