281. Garlic is good source of:

  • (A) zinc and cobalt
  • (B) magnesium and aluminium
  • (C) iron and copper
  • (D) manganese and selenium Section : General Knowledge and General Awareness

282. Who has the power to make law and policies for the country, as per the Indian Constitution?

  • (A) Political parties
  • (B) The Parliament
  • (C) The Prime Minster
  • (D) Political pressure groups

283. Ashoka sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghmitra to spread the message of Dhamma to which of the following countries?

  • (A) Burma
  • (B) China
  • (C) Afghanistan
  • (D) Sri Lanka

284. Ugadi is celebrated primarily in which of the following states on the first day of the Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar?

  • (A) Odisha
  • (B) Assam
  • (C) Karnataka
  • (D) Uttarakhand

285. Bundu Khan was a _________ player of Delhi gharana.

  • (A) santoor
  • (B) flute
  • (C) sarod
  • (D) sarangi

286. In a certain code language, 'A x B' means ‘A is the son of B’, 'A – B' means ‘A is the brother of B’, 'A + B' means ‘A is the wife of B’, 'A % B' means ‘A is the father of B’. How is M related to T if ‘M + N – P x S % T’?

  • (A) Father's brother's son's wife
  • (B) ​Brother's wife
  • (C) Mother's brother's daughter
  • (D) Wife's sister

287. From his office, Mukesh went 12 km straight. Then he turned 45° right and covered 8 km. From here he turned left and travelled 7 km and finally turning left he covered 11 km. If he was going north-west at last, then in which direction did he start from his office?

  • (A) West
  • (B) North
  • (C) South
  • (D) East

288. In a code language, ‘CRAB’ is written as ‘YTWD’, and ‘CALM’ is written as ‘YCHO’. How will ‘ZOOM’ be written in that language?

  • (A) KOVQ
  • (B) VQKO
  • (C) VKOQ
  • (D) KVOQ

289. Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Purposively 2. Pursuit 3. Purgatory 4. Purify 5. Purports 6. Purchased

  • (A) 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2
  • (B) 6, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
  • (C) 6, 3, 1, 5, 4, 2
  • (D) 4, 5, 3, 1, 6, 2

290. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which letter-cluster does not belong to that group? (Note: The odd letter-cluster is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

  • (A) QUS
  • (B) OSP
  • (C) SWT
  • (D) UYV

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