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Question 21

Odisha Police Jail Warder 2017• Test

Read the following statements carefully and answer which of them is/are correct by using the codes given below.

  1. Odisha became a part of British Empire during the reign of Lord Wellesley.
  2. Mukunda Dev-II was the king of Khordha when Odisha came under the British rule in 1804.
  3. Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India when Sambalpur was annexed to the British Empire.
  1. AOption (a)

    only 1 is correct

  2. BOption (b)

    1 & 2 are correct

  3. COption (c)

    1, 2 & 3 are correct

  4. DOption (d)

    none is correct

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Answer: (a)A.

only 1 is correct

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Question 22

Odisha Police Jail Warder 2017• Test

Adam's Bridge, a 28-km long bridge of rocks and sand, connects between

  1. AOption (a)

    Britain & Switzerland

  2. BOption (b)

    India and Bangladesh

  3. COption (c)

    Pakistan and India

  4. DOption (d)

    India and Srilanka

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Answer: (a)A.

Britain & Switzerland

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Question 23

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Who were the 1st Governor Generals of Independent India and Pakistan?

  1. AOption (a)

    Mount Batten & Md. Ali Jinnah

  2. BOption (b)

    Chakravarty Rajagopalachari & Zulfiquar Alli Bhutto

  3. COption (c)

    Jawaharlal Nehru & Khan Abdul Gaffr Khan

  4. DOption (d)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

Mount Batten & Md. Ali Jinnah

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Question 24

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Which of the following statements about Indira Gandhi is false?

  1. AOption (a)

    She was the wife of Feroz Gandhi.

  2. BOption (b)

    She was the Prime Minister of India from 1966-77 and 1980-84.

  3. COption (c)

    She joined Congress Party in 1938 and was imprisoned for 8 months in 1942

  4. DOption (d)

    She died a natural death on 31st October, 1984.

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Answer: (a)A.

She was the wife of Feroz Gandhi.

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Question 25

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He said to me, 'Wait until I come'. (Change the sentence into indirect speech)

  1. AOption (a)

    He asks me to wait until he came.

  2. BOption (b)

    He told me to wait until I came.

  3. COption (c)

    He ordered me to wait until he came.

  4. DOption (d)

    He asked me to wait until I had come.

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Answer: (a)A.

He asks me to wait until he came.

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Question 26

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Nature teaches the beasts to know their friends. (Change the sentence into Passive Voice)

  1. AOption (a)

    The beasts are taught by nature to know their friends.

  2. BOption (b)

    The beasts are taught to know their friends.

  3. COption (c)

    The beasts were taught by nature to know their friends.

  4. DOption (d)

    The beasts taught to know their friends by nature.

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Answer: (a)A.

The beasts are taught by nature to know their friends.

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Question 27

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Answer the first question before you ________ further.

  1. AOption (a)

    proceeded

  2. BOption (b)

    proceed

  3. COption (c)

    have proceeded

  4. DOption (d)

    are proceeding

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Answer: (a)A.

proceeded

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Question 28

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Youth is the time _______ the seeds of character are sown. (Pick out the correct Connector to fill up the gap)

  1. AOption (a)

    where

  2. BOption (b)

    in which

  3. COption (c)

    when

  4. DOption (d)

    that

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Answer: (a)A.

where

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Question 29

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Find out the one of the following series of Vocabularies which does not match with the others.

  1. AOption (a)

    sweet, sour, salty, bitter

  2. BOption (b)

    fat, tall, dwarf, short

  3. COption (c)

    green, red, yellow, violet

  4. DOption (d)

    grain, rain, pain, chain

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Answer: (a)A.

sweet, sour, salty, bitter

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Question 30

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What would I not give to see you happy! (Change the sentence into a statement)

  1. AOption (a)

    He assured that he would not withhold but give everything to see me happy.

  2. BOption (b)

    He exclaimed that he would give everything to see him happy.

  3. COption (c)

    He wondered that he would give everything to see me happy.

  4. DOption (d)

    He declares that he gives everything to see them happy.

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Answer: (a)A.

He assured that he would not withhold but give everything to see me happy.

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