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  • Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at secondhand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his nextdoor neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective. Learning is defined as


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  • A. the knowledge of that which is before us
  • B. the knowledge about us
  • C. the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others
  • D. the knowledge related to the businesses of men

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  • the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others 

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    • 1. The mean surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be of the prder of

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    • A. 5500?C
    • B. 4000?C
    • C. 2000?C
    • D. 1000?C
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    • 2. The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____

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    • A. Romania, Bulgaria
    • B. Norway, Sweden
    • C. Hungary, Romania
    • D. France, Spain
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    • 3. What is the relationship between resistivity r and conductivity s?

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    • A. R = s2
    • B. R = s
    • C. R > s
    • D. R = 1/s
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    • 4. Which of the following is used as a lubricant?

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    • A. Graphite
    • B. Silica
    • C. Iron Oxide
    • D. Diamond
    • Discuss
    • 5. Fenway Park is the home field of what Major League Baseball team?

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    • A. New York Yankees
    • B. Chicago White Sox
    • C. Montreal Expos
    • D. Boston Red Sox
    • Discuss
    • 6. The religion of Afghanistan is

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    • A. Islam
    • B. Buddhism
    • C. Hinduism
    • D. Christianity
    • Discuss
    • 7. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?

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    • A. P.T.Usha
    • B. Karnam Malleshwari
    • C. Kunjarani Devi
    • D. Bachendri Pal
    • Discuss
    • 8. Who is known as 'Desert Fox'?

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    • A. Bismarck
    • B. Eisenhower
    • C. Gen. Rommel
    • D. Walter Scott
    • Discuss
    • 9. The letters, "DOS" stand for...

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    • A. Data Out System
    • B. Disk Out System
    • C. Disk Operating System
    • D. Data Operating System
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    • 10. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?

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    • A. Nepal
    • B. Bangladesh
    • C. Afghanistan
    • D. Myanmar
    • Discuss


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