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Question : Comprehension:
India is a diverse nation with many different cultures. Although some eating habits are considered staples of Indian cuisine, these habits may not be practised by all the cultures of India. Cuisine differs across India's diverse regions as a result of variations in local culture, geographical location (proximity to the sea, desert, or mountains), and economics. It also varies seasonally, depending on which fruits and vegetables are ripe. Also, Middle Eastern and Central Asian influences have occurred in North Indian cuisine since the years of Mughal rule. Indian cuisine is still evolving as a result of the nation's cultural interactions with other societies.

Historical incidents such as foreign invasions, trade relations, and colonialism have played a role in introducing certain foods to the country. For instance, potato, a staple of the diet in some regions of India, was brought to India by the Portuguese, who also introduced chillies and breadfruit. Indian cuisine has shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe was the primary catalyst for Europe's Age of Discovery. Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Indian cuisine has influenced other cuisines across the world, especially those from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the British Isles, Fiji, and the Caribbean.

Indian food is rich in flavour. However, spices do more than flavour a dish; they are also used to cool and warm the body during hot or cold weather. Yoghurt is commonly used to flavour dishes or as a sauce to chill spicy dishes. Many Indian dishes are cooked in vegetable oil, but peanut oil is popular in northern and western India, mustard oil in eastern India, and coconut oil along the western coast, especially in Kerala. Gingelly (sesame) oil is common in the south since it imparts a fragrant, nutty aroma. In recent decades, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils have become popular across India. Butter-based ghee, or deshi ghee, is used frequently, though less than in the past.

Based on the passage above, choose the correct option for the following question.

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How was Indian cuisine able to influence other cuisines across the world?

Option 1: Indians introduced the idea of coconut oi to people across the globe

Option 2: Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia

Option 3: Indians living across the globe prepared Indian food for locals

Option 4: Indians introduced chilly food to the world

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Correct Answer: Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia


Solution : The right choice is the second option (refer to the second paragraph).

Indian cuisine was able to influence other cuisines across the world through the spice trade between India and Europe. The spice trade,

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Cissy promised to turn over a new leaf and keep her room clean from now on.

Option 1: To tease someone

Option 2: To start behaving in a better way

Option 3: To take a chance

Option 4: To accept immediately

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Correct Answer: To start behaving in a better way


Solution : The second option is the correct choice.

The idiom to turn over a new leaf is often used to express a commitment to change for the better, typically involving a resolution to improve behaviour, habits, or lifestyle. In this

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Question : Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Establish

Option 1: institute

Option 2: constitute

Option 3: start

Option 4: destroy

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Correct Answer: destroy


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation:
The antonym of "establish" is "destroy". To establish means to create or set up, while to destroy means to ruin or demolish.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Institute means to establish or set
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Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at AB as shown below.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear close to the mirror in the reflection.
Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on Line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear

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Question : Directions: Improve the bracketed part of each sentence.

Simple Simon (sit right down) to eat the yummy pie.

(1) sat right down

(2) sit upright

(3) sat upright

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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Correct Answer: (1)


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

The original sentence "Simple Simon, sit right down to eat the yummy pie" contains an error in the verb tense. Since this sentence describes an action in the past, it should use the past tense form of the

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Question : Directions: If U = M > J = R and J = S < T, then which of the following options is NOT correct?

Option 1: M > T

Option 2: J < U

Option 3: J < T

Option 4: R = S

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Correct Answer: M > T


Solution : Given:
U = M > J = R and J = S < T
After combining the statements – U = M > J = R = S < T

Let's check each option –
First option: M > T; False, M >

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Question : Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde is the ______ Chief Justice of India.

Option 1: 48th

Option 2: 47th

Option 3: 50th

Option 4: 46th

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Correct Answer: 47th


Solution : The correct answer is 47th.

Sharad Arvind Bobde, born on 24 April 1956, is an Indian jurist who held the position of the 47th Chief Justice of India from 18 November 2019 to 23 April 2021. Before his role as Chief Justice, he served

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