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8 Q:Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
The giraffe is the tallest land mammal alive, its long legs and neck contributing to its impressive stature. Males can be up to 18ft (5.5m tall), females a little less.
In the wild, these beautiful creatures stretch their necks beyond those of antelope, kudu and even elephants to strip leaves from the untouched upper reaches of trees. The French zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck is usually credited as the first person to suggest that long necks have evolved in giraffes because they allow them to get to the parts other herbivores cannot reach.
As the giraffe lives "in places where the soil is nearly always arid and barren, it is obliged to browse on the leaves of trees and to make constant efforts to reach them," he wrote in his 1809 book ‘Philosophie Zoologique’. "From this habit long maintained in all its race, it has resulted that the animal's fore-legs have become longer than its hind legs, and that its neck is lengthened."
The English naturalist Charles Darwin also thought the giraffe's extraordinary legs and neck must have something to do with foraging. "The giraffe, by its lofty stature, much elongated neck, fore-legs, head and tongue, has its whole frame beautifully adapted for browsing on the higher branches of trees," he wrote in ‘On the Origin of Species’ in 1859. In short, giraffes' long necks are the result of generation upon generation of repeated stretching and inheritance.
During the dry season when feeding competition should be most intense giraffe generally feed from low shrubs, not tall trees. What's more, giraffes feed most often and faster with their necks bent
Male giraffes often fight for access to females, a ritual referred to as "necking". The rivals stand flank to flank, then start to whack each other with their heads. The top or back of the well-armoured skull is used as a club to strike the neck, chest, ribs, or legs of the opponent with a force capable of knocking a competitor off balance or unconscious. The largest males usually win these battles and do most of the breeding, says zoologist Anne Innis Dagg of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, who has been studying giraffes since the 1950s. "The other giraffes don't get much breeding opportunity." There is also evidence that females are more receptive to advances from larger males.
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
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64c8dd4342082e8c9b7f53d1- 1The largest male giraffe usually wins the battles and does most of the breeding.false
- 2Giraffes' long necks are the result of repeated stretching over the years.false
- 3The giraffe can eat leaves from the upper reaches of a tree where other animals cannot reach.false
- 4A giraffe’s hind-legs are longer than its fore-legs and help it to bend.true
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Answer : 4. "A giraffe’s hind-legs are longer than its fore-legs and help it to bend."
Q: Which of the following states has launched the scheme named 'Kalaignar Magalir 'Urimai Thittam'?
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65099b0b63078e50a2888f20- 1Goafalse
- 2Tamil Nadutrue
- 3West Bengalfalse
- 4Odishafalse
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Answer : 2. "Tamil Nadu"
Explanation :
1. Tamil Nadu Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam Scheme is the flagship socio-economic welfare scheme of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
2. It will launch on 15 September 2023.
3. The main objective behind starting this scheme is to empower women economically so that their livelihood and standard of living improves.
Q:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The rise in the Irrawaddy dolphin (1) ______ in Chilika can be attributed to the eviction of (2) ______ fish enclosures. After thousands of hectares of Chilika lake were made (3) ______ free, Irrawaddy dolphins found unobstructed area for movement. (4) ______, due to the COVID-19 lockdown last year, there were comparatively fewer tourist boats on Chilika lake, which made it (5) ______ for dolphins to move from one part of the lake to another.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
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6482f83c772333474ba20fde- 1illegitimatefalse
- 2unconstitutionalfalse
- 3illegaltrue
- 4unwarrantedfalse
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Answer : 3. "illegal"
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Answer : 3. "rate"
Q: Which woman has become the first woman Army surgeon to become a Para Commando?
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6509992263078e50a2888c54- 1Kamal Bhartifalse
- 2Payal Chhabratrue
- 3Divya Narayanfalse
- 4Monica Sharmafalse
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Answer : 2. "Payal Chhabra"
Explanation :
1. Payal Chhabra became the first woman army surgeon to become a para commando.
2. Major Dr. Payal Chhabra is the first woman surgeon to join the elite Para Special Forces of the Indian Army.
3. She hails from Haryana and has an MBBS degree and a MS Surgery degree.
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Answer : 4. "In 1921"
Q:Direction: In the given statement some words have been highlighted. These words may not be at the correct place making the sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect. Choose the option which represents the correct sequence of words, which will make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is choose ‘E’ i.e. ‘No rearrangement required’ as your answer.
In state (A), authority is vested in the rule of citizenship that politics (B) the powers of the limits (C).
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64d9f5ed462ecdc3adac33ad- 1ACBfalse
- 2CABfalse
- 3BACfalse
- 4BCAtrue
- 5No rearrangement requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. "BCA"
Q: The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted on the scheme of –
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652f97b92bdcef5c28c2d15b- 1Wavell planfalse
- 2Cripps missionfalse
- 3August offerfalse
- 4Cabinet missiontrue
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Answer : 4. "Cabinet mission"
Explanation :
The Constituent Assembly was constituted in November 1946 under the Scheme of Cabinet Mission Plan.