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What did Radha's friend believe in? |
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Answer» Radha's friend believes that the joy may come again. She must get happiness in her life in future. |
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The _______ contractions are formed by omitting the medial or final stroke. |
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Answer» The General contractions are formed by omitting the medial or final stroke. |
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Which sentence, out of the following is incorrect for forming Special Contractions? Special Contractions are formed by: (i) Omitting the medial stroke/strokes. (ii) Employing the first two or three strokes of the full outline. (iii) Writing all the consonants/syllables. (iv) Employing Logograms, initially or finally. |
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Answer» Correct option: (iii) Writing all the consonants/syllables |
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In pairs of words occupying the same position – vowels can be inserted in case of (i) Having a first place vowel (ii) Having a varying vowel (iii) Having a third place vowel (iv) Having a second place vowel |
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Answer» Correct option: (ii) Having a varying vowel |
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When was the gift given by the tree? |
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Answer» He used to go to the kalpaka tree in the morning, noon and night to pray. So, the tree granted him gift. |
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In writing the contraction ‘postmaster’ which stroke is omitted? (i) S (ii) M (iii) R (iv) T |
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Answer» Correct option: (iv) T |
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Medial ‘com’ may be represented by ____ grammalogue to the words like “on the committee”: (i) disjoining the dot (ii) disjoining the downward dash (iii) disjoining the upward dash (iv) disjoining the dash |
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Answer» Correct option: (iii) Disjoining the upward dash |
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Read carefully the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow: "The man was rich, but not content.Morning, noon and night he went. To the wish-yielding tree and prayed. O'Kalpaka, I seek your aid." (i) Who has written the poem? (ii) What type of a man was the richman? (iii) Why did the man go to the Kalpaka tree? (iv) What did he get as a boon? |
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Answer» (i) This poem has been written by Periaswamy Thooran. (ii) The richman was very greedy. (iii) The man went to the Kalpaka tree to ask a pot of gold in aid. (iv) As a boon he got seven silver pitchers full of gold. |
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Million is represented by ______ consonant to represent figures in Shorthand. |
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Answer» Million is represented by M consonant to represent figures in Shorthand. |
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Describe Radha's condition as reported by her friend? |
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Answer» Radha's friend reports that Radha is growing thinner than the crescent in the sky. |
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The word ‘Professor’ is represented by _______ in intersection. |
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Answer» The word ‘Professor’ is represented by Consonant ‘P’ and ‘R’ hook in intersection. |
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The method of writing one stroke through another is called _______. |
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Answer» The method of writing one stroke through another is called Intersection. |
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‘A’ and ‘an’ grammalogue in Shorthand is expressed by a ________: (a) Dot (b) Dash (c) Cross (d) Consonant |
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Answer» (a) Dot ‘A’ and ‘an’ grammalogue in Shorthand is expressed by a Dot. |
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Frequently occurring words in shorthand represented by a single sign are known as __________: (a) Phraseogram (b) Logogram (c) Grammalogues (d) Consonant |
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Answer» (c) Grammalogues Frequently occurring words in shorthand represented by a single sign are known as Grammalogues. |
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Which of the following does not come under self-employment? (a) Cooking in a restaurant (b) Owning a clothing business (c) Having a dosa selling stall(d) Running a home bakery |
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Answer» Correct option: (a) Cooking in a restaurant |
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There are __________ long vowels in Shorthand: (a) Four (b) Six (c) Five (d) Seven |
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Answer» (a) Six There are Six long vowels in Shorthand. |
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Punctuation sign used for ‘full stop’ in shorthand is __________: (a) Cross (b) Dot (c) star (d) dash |
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Answer» (a) cross Punctuation sign used for ‘full stop’ in shorthand is cross. |
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What sort of bag do you use to carry goods–bag made of cloth, paper polythene bag? |
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Answer» When I go to market to buy something, I don't have any bag with me. The shopkeeper supplies a polythene bag to carry items. |
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Stroke ‘sh’, following a straight downstroke having an initial attachment, is written _____ (i) To the same side of initial attachment (ii) To the opposite side of initial attachment (iii) To the upward side of the initial attachment (iv) To the left side of the initial attachment |
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Answer» Correct option: (ii) To the opposite side of initial attachment |
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How many sustainable development goals are given by the United Nations?(a) 18 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 20 |
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Answer» Correct option: (b) 17 |
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In writing the compound word ‘here-on’ – ‘on’ is written with (i) Attached N stroke (ii) ‘On’ grammalogue (iii) Unattached N stroke (iv) Attached N hook |
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Answer» Correct option: (iv) Attached N hook |
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If we carry a cloth bag for shopping, are we playing our role towards sustainable development? |
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Answer» Yes, we are playing our role towards sustainable development |
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In negative words, where the prefix ‘in’ means ‘not’ , ‘n’ is used by _____ (i) Initial ‘n’ Hook (ii) Joined Stroke n (iii) Final ‘n’ hook (iv) Disjoined stroke n |
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Answer» In negative words, where the prefix ‘in’ means ‘not’ , ‘n’ is used by Joined Stroke n. |
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Personality in general terms means the unique set of _____ (a) Habits (b) Qualities (c) Instructions (d) Rules |
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Answer» Personality in general terms means the unique set of Qualities. |
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..... is a process of classification of products into different groups on the basis of some important characteristics such as quality, size, etc. (a) Standardization (b) Grading (c) Product Development (d) Selling |
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Answer» Answer is (b) Grading |
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Sending and receiving of _______communication of various types is termed as Mail. (a) oral (b) gestural (c) written (d) verbal |
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Answer» Sending and receiving of written communication of various types is termed as Mail. |
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............... ensures that the subordinate performs tasks on behalf of the manager thereby reducing his workload and providing him with more time to concentrate on important matters. (a) Decentralization (b) Delegation of authority (c) Authority (d) Accountability |
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Answer» (b) Delegation of authority |
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A Secretary is an official to whom the executive delegates most of his/her _____duties. (a) Accounting (b) marketing (c) routine administrative duties (d) Purchase |
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Answer» A Secretary is an official to whom the executive delegates most of his/her routine duties. |
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Every Secretary is supposed to be a/an ______ specialist and well trained member of an office team. (a) financial (b) administrative (c) Software (d) Engineering |
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Answer» Correct option: (b) administrative |
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How long will it take for the sun to die out? |
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Answer» The answer, of course, is unknown, but two new studies suggest a collision with Mercury or Mars could doom life long before the Sun swells into a red giant and bakes the planet to a crisp in about 5 billion years. |
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What are the benefits of prototyping? |
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Answer» The benefits of prototyping reduces time and costs. Prototyping improves the quality of specifications and requirements provided to customers. It helps to identify and address problems. IT GIVES THE CLIENT AND END USER A GREATER SENSE OF INVOLMENT, OWNERSHIP AND BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE FINAL SOLUTION. It gives the client and end - user a greater sense of involvement, ownership and a better appreciation of the final solution. For example: Digital prototyping for a folder design explaining its functioning using digital software tools open position of the folder with in-side jacket design. Final concept presentation for greeting and design for an organization. Important points for prototypes benefits are: 1. Bringing the user interface design to life. 2. Allowing users to provide valuable feedback within the proper context. 3. Helping reduce overall development time. 4. Acting as a useful reference tool for developers. 5. Confirming a common vision among users and stakeholders. 6. Creating excitement within the organization. |
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What is the death of a star called? |
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Answer» When a star begins to exhaust its hydrogen supply, its life nears an end. The first sign of a star's old age is a swelling and reddening of its outer regions. Such an aging, swollen star is called a red giant. |
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Why are some stars brighter than others? |
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Answer» A star's brightness also depends on its proximity to us. The more distant an object is, the dimmer it appears. Therefore, if two stars have the same level of brightness, but one is farther away, the closer star will appear brighter than the more distant star - even though they are equally bright. |
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What is the most common type of star? |
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Answer» Yellow dwarfs are small, main sequence stars. The Sun is a yellow dwarf. A red dwarf is a small, cool, very faint, main sequence star whose surface temperature is under about 4,000 K. Red dwarfs are the most common type of star. Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf. |
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What are the 12 planets? |
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Answer» If the proposed Resolution is passed, the 12 planet in our Solar System will be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon and 2003 UB313. The name 2003 UB313 is provisional, as a “real” name has not yet been assigned to this object. |
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What happens after a star dies? |
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Answer» The core finally cools into a white dwarf, then a black dwarf. This is what happens when a normal-sized star dies. If a really huge star dies, it has so much mass that after the helium is used up, it still has enough carbon to fuse it into heavy elements like iron. When the core turns to iron, it no longer burns. |
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Why are some stars Blue? |
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Answer» The surface temperature of Eta Carinae is 40,000 Kelvin, and it shines with much of its radiation in the ultraviolet spectrum. ... So, remember, blue stars are blue because of the temperature of their surface. And they're so hot because blue stars are much more massive than cooler stars like our Sun. |
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Read the following passage. Suddenly, the sky above me became dark, as if a huge cloud was covering it. Looking up, I saw that the darkness was caused by the shadow of a huge bird that was flying towards me. I had often heard sailors talk of a great and wonderful bird, called a ‘roc’. This must be a roc, I thought, and this huge ball must be its egg! The bird came nearer and sat on its egg. I soon crept close to the egg. Near me was one of the bird’s legs, which was as big as a tree. I decided to tie myself to the leg of this bird with my turban so that when it flew away from the island, it would carry me with it. Now answer the following questions. 1) What made the sky dark? 2) How is the bird described? 3) What is the egg of the bird compared with? 4) How big was the bird’s leg? 5) What was the plan of escape made by the speaker? |
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Answer» 1) It was the shadow of a huge bird that came between the speaker and the sky. 2) Huge, great and wonderful. 3) Huge ball 4) The leg was as big as a tree. 5) The speaker tied himself to the leg of the bird with his turban. |
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Which is the coldest planet? |
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Answer» As the planets in our Solar System get further away from the Sun, they generally get colder. So what is the coldest planet of our Solar System. That would be Neptune, the 8th and final planet in the Solar System. If Pluto was still a planet, it would be colder, but now it's Neptune. |
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How does a star die? |
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Answer» Most stars take millions of years to die. When a star like the Sun has burned all of its hydrogen fuel, it expands to become a red giant. This may be millions of kilometres across - big enough to swallow the planets Mercury and Venus. |
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Read the following passage. I bought a substantial stock of goods to trade, and sailed on a ship with a number of my merchant friends. We placed ourselves in the care of Allah and set off. Soon we reached an island.We decided to go ashore. My friends went to gather fruits and flowers, but I took my food packet to a place in the shade. I had a good meal and lay down to sleep under the trees. I don’t know how long I slept, but when I awoke and looked out to sea, the ship had gone. I was all alone. Not knowing what to do, I climbed up to the top of a tall tree and looked over the island on all sides. In the distance I could see something white, and decided to find out what it was. Now answer the following questions. 1) Who does ‘I’ refer to? 2) Why do you think the speaker bought the stock of goods? 3) Who accompanied the speaker? 4) What did the speaker realise after he woke up?1) Who does ‘I’ refer to? 2) Why do you think the speaker bought the stock of goods? |
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Answer» 1) ‘I’ refers to Sindbad. 2) The speaker bought the goods to trade. 3) His friends 4) The speaker realised that the ship had gone leaving him alone on the island. 5) I would search for a companion. |
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Read the following stanza. We jumped around As we couldn’t walk on the ground. It was a lot of fun, I reached home before the setting sun. My science test went very well, But no one knows the secret, Which even now inside me dwells. Now answer the following questions. 1) Who does ‘we’ refer to? 2) Where were they? 3) How did the speaker reach home? 4) What was the secret about the speaker? 5) If you were given a chance, which planet do you prefer to visit? |
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Answer» 1) The poet and the astronaut 2) They were on the moon. 3) By rocket 4) The secret was that the poet spent his time in the space. The speaker learnt everything by self experience. 5) Mars |
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How long a star can live? |
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Answer» Generally, the more massive the star, the faster it burns up its fuel supply, and the shorter its life. The most massive stars can burn out and explode in a supernova after only a few million years of fusion. A star with a mass like the Sun, on the other hand, can continue fusing hydrogen for about 10 billion years. |
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Read the following stanza. I saw a huge rocket, And an astronaut in white,He invited me on a flight to the moon, We reached there by afternoon. We jumped around As we couldn’t walk on the ground. Now answer the following questions. 1) Do you think the child really went on the moon? 2) Who is an astronaut? 3) Why couldn’t the speaker and the astronaut walk on the ground? 4) How did the speaker feel on the moon? 5) How would you feel if you were invited on the moon? |
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Answer» 1) No, it was his dream. 2) A person who studies about other planets/travels in space. 3) Because there was no air in the space. 4) It was exciting to the speaker to spend time on the moon. 5) I would feel very happy and delightful. |
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What planet is so light it could float in water? |
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Answer» Saturn Explanation: Average density of Saturn is 0.7 gram/cubic centimeter. It is less than that of water.So it will float in water if such a huge water storage is available. |
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What is the third brightest planet? |
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Answer» Our neighboring world – orbiting one step inward from Earth around the sun – is the third-brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon. In early March 2018, Venus is low in the west after sunset, near another bright planet (although not as bright as Venus), Mercury. |
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Why Venus is called Morning and Evening Star? |
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Answer» Originally, the terms "morning star" and "evening star" applied only to the brightest planet of all, Venus. Far more dazzling than any of the actual stars in the sky, Venus does not appear to twinkle, but instead glows with a steady, silvery light. |
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Why do stars shine different colors? |
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Answer» This is because of scintillation ("Twinkling") as the light passes through the atmosphere of the Earth. As the air moves in and out, the starlight is refracted, often different colors in different directions. Because of this "chromatic aberration,"stars can appear to change colors when they are twinkling strongly. |
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What does the color of a star indicate? |
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Answer» Now red indicated that the stars is aged. color is reflected from the fusion reaction it indicated the temperature. if the temperature is high then the star is young. the star will be blue during young stage which indicates high temperature and the nuclear fusion reaction is going on very fast. |
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Component thermostat is related to which system? a. Lubrication system b. Ignition system c. Cooling system d. Power transmission system |
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Answer» Correct answer is c. Cooling system |
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