Question : The Korean War (1950-1953) is considered a Cold War conflict because it:
Option 1: Involved direct military confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union
Option 2: Was a civil war with no international involvement
Option 3: Was a proxy war between communist and anti-communist forces
Option 4: Resulted in the unification of Korea
Correct Answer: Was a proxy war between communist and anti-communist forces
Solution : The Korean War is considered a Cold War conflict because it was a proxy war between communist (North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union) and anti-communist (South Korea, supported by the United Nations and led by the US) forces.
Question : The term "disinvestment" in the government budget refers to:
Option 1: Reduction in public expenditure
Option 2: Sale of government assets or shares in public sector enterprises
Option 3: Increase in subsidies
Option 4: Borrowing from international financial institutions
Question : The sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A) Human relationships are a matter of great concern for every one of us B) Nevertheless, social scientists have attached many other elements that actually help us for a good social life C) As it helps us all to have a coordinated, balanced, and approachable life D) The present generation fails to take cognisance of all such elements and fall prey to a lonely life, risking happiness.
Option 1: ADBC
Option 2: DABC
Option 3: ABCD
Option 4: ACBD
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)_________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)___________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)_________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)__________ it is excluded (5)__________ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: have
Option 2: have been
Option 3: has been
Option 4: has
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)__________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)_________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)________ it is excluded (5)_______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: at
Option 2: within
Option 3: from
Option 4: of
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)_______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)_______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)_________ it is excluded (5)_________ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 2: from
Option 3: on
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