1145 Online Clickable MCQs Test, Current Affairs in Telugu Language

These days the path has become very slippery for writers and bloggers, to write on anything. The Writers/ Bloggers can never be able to know what is going to hurt, and what is not going to hurt any individual Reader, or Group of Readers, or the Government or the Ruling Party. There will be trols saying "Why you have done written such and such thing", and "why you have not written about such and such things". Anybody can troll; Pseudo Hindutva groups, Pseudo Marxist Groups, Pseudo Secularist Groups, etc. etc. Hence, I request my Readers to bear with me, about whatever I write. I have no ill-will against anybody. I have no agenda. In the above picture, Readers can see three poems of 15th/16th Century CE, Telugu Poet Vemana. Recently, his Birth Anniversary went by. But, the Andhra Pradesh Government did not bother about it. There is a News Report in Andhra Jyothi Print Edition that Karnataka Government has commemorated his Birth Anniversary.

The above picture is a screenshot of three Verses of Vemana. The screenshot is from a book containing about 275 verses of Vemana (Vemana wrote / spoke about 5,500 in Telugu Language, which are available as a Scanned pdf file on internet FREELY.). CP Brown (18th Century CE) translated about 2,500 verses as far as my knowledge goes. In the 5,500 Telugu Verses book, there is no English Translation. In the 2,500 Verses English Translation of CP Brown, Telugu verses have not been printed. Only "gists" are printed. In the 275 Verses book, we can see both the Telugu Verses and the English Translations of Late CP Brown. All the boks are available on Internet free of cost. They are al in Public Domain, that means anybody can translate, write commentaries, publish etc. etc, without much worry about copyright violations.

ybrao a donkey's observations, about the above three verses
In the translations of all the three Verses Brown was very gentle. He took only main gist, without going into details. I shall try to cover some words Vemana used in the first Verse 270: Last line: 'iruku yOni cUsi parama yOgamu mAnunu'. Telugu phrase 'iruku yOni' means narrow vulva/vagina. Even a very great scholar, when he sees a narrow vulva/vagina can stop his basic goal of Union with Supreme Power. As an Atheist, I can call this Union as Self-realisation (Understanding of 'Who am I' ). A similar question, the answer to which Buddha had explored.

Verse 271: Brown has not touched the word 'tirupatula'. The word 'Tirupati' refers to India's richest Pilgrimage Temple, "Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams TTD". Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is the top of a Mountain Range of Seven Hills. The City at the foothill is Tirupati City. Renigunta is its nearest International Airport. This Temple is visited almost by every Indian from the President /PM/Home Minister/CJI of India to the mendicant /cooly at the bottom. The Poet Vemana used a plural 'tirupatula'. It suggests that Vemana used it as a Common Noun for all places of pilgrimage in India. The Former Governor of United Andhra Pradesh used to visit Tirumala at least once a month. It has become a practice for most Supreme Court /High Court Judges to visit Tirumala as a first duty after they assume charge as Judges.

What did Vemana say: Fools roam holy places imagining that deity is not to be found where they dwell. They merely exercise their limbs. ybrao-a-donkey: Now, only poor people exercise their limbs standing in queues.
Vemana: Fools squander their money. ybrao-a-donkey: Poor persons may drop their offerings in Donation Box. Rich persons too drop gold and moneys into Donation Box, but that is a bargain with the Deity. The bargain may be a percentage of what they get out of their blood sucking businesses such as blackmarketing, bootlegging, smuggling, politicking.

TODAY'S highlights:

■29 గ్రామాల రాజధాని రైతులపై జగన్ రాక్షస పాలన దారుణాలు ♞:

1. లాఠీలకు మేకులు గుచ్చి పోలీసులు రైతులపై దాడి చేయటం అమానుషం.
2. మహిళలు, పిల్లలు అని చూడకుండా, పోలీసులు మహిళలపై పిల్లలకు దాడులు చేయటం ఎంతవరకు సమంజసం?


3. తను నాకు ఒక ఛాన్స్ ఇవ్వండి అని అడుగుతూ పాదయాత్రలు చేసినపుడు మహిళలను నెత్తిపై ముద్దు పెట్టుకోటం వాళ్లకు రకరకాల వాగ్దానాలు చేసిన విషయాన్ని జగన్ గారు మరువ కూడదు.


4. ఆరోజు ముద్దు పెట్టారు, ఇపుడు ముద్ద పెట్టలేరా? అని మహిళలు అడుగుతున్నారు.


5. బాధిత రైతులు, మహిళలు అడిగే ప్రశ్నలకు జవాబు చెప్పటానికి జగన్ ఒక పాదయాత్ర చేసి రైతులకు, మహిళలకు, సమస్యను వివరించి, వారికి నచ్చచెప్పనవసరం లేదా? వారితో మాట మాత్రమైనా మాట్లాడాల్సిన బాధ్యత జగన్ గారికి లేదా?


6. ముప్పయి ఎకరాలు రాజధానికి కావాలని చెప్పిని మనిషివి నీవే అని రైతులు ప్రశ్నిస్తున్నారు.


7. చట్టమంటే గౌరవం లేదు? ఏం మనిషి వయ్యా నీవు అని రైతులు శాంతి యుతంగా అడుగుతున్నారు.


8. మహిళలపై పోలీసులు చేస్తున్న హింసపై హైకోర్టు సు మోటూగా విచారణ చేస్తున్నది. ఆ సమయంలో హైకోర్టు న్యాయమూర్తులు అడిగిన ప్రశ్నలకు జవాబులు చెప్పలేక అడ్వకేట్ జనరల్ నీళ్ళు నమిలాడు. కనీసం, హైకోర్టు విచారణ సమయంలో చేసిన అబ్సర్వేషన్ల విషయంలో అయినా ప్రభుత్వం సంయమనాన్ని పాటించి ఉండాల్సింది.


9. కానీ ప్రభుత్వం సంయమనాన్ని చూపక పోగా, కోర్టు విచారణ జరుగుతున్నప్పటికి ఆందోళన చేస్తున్న రైతులకు, మహిళలకు మంచినీళ్ళు, ఆహారం కూడ అందకుండా చేయటానికి వాహనాలను పోలీసులు అడ్డుకున్నారని వార్తలు వచ్చాయి.


10. ఇపుడు ప్రజలు హైకోర్టును న్యాయం కోసం ఆశ్రయించినా అశ్రయించక పోయినా, హైకోర్టు 20 వ తేదీనాడు పోలీసుల దారుణాలను కూడ సుమోటూ గా విచారణకు తీసుకుంటుందని ఆశించటం తప్పు కాదు.


11. ఈసందర్భంగా మరొక విషయాన్ని ఎత్తి చూపక తప్పదు. శ్రీ జగన్ గారిని ముఖ్యమంత్రిగా చేసినందుకు కొద్దిమంది వోటర్లు తమను తాము చెప్పుతో కొట్టుకోటం బహుశా ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో ఒక కొత్త పరిణామమేమో. గతంలో శ్రీచంద్రబాబును ముఖ్యమంత్రి గా చేసినందుకు కూడ వోటర్లు పశ్చాత్తాప పడి ఉంటారు. కాకపోతే తమను తాము చెప్పుతో కొట్టుకునే స్థితికి వోటర్లు చేరలేదు.


12. ఆంగ్లంలో ఒక సామెత ఉంది. పీపుల్ గెట్ దీ గవర్నమెంట్ దే డిజర్వ్. అంటే, ప్రజలు తాము ఎలాటి ప్రభుత్వాలకు అర్హులో, అలాటి ప్రభుత్వాలనే పొందుతారు. శ్రీ చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు, శ్రీ జగన్మోహన్ రెడ్డి లాంటి బూర్జువా నేతలను , వారిని ముఖ్యమంత్రులుగా ఎన్నుకునే బానిసలను శాసన సభ్యులుగా ఎన్నుకోటం ప్రజల ఘోరమైన తప్పుదం. రోటిలో తలకాయ పెట్టిన వాళ్ళు రోకలి పోటుకి భయపడకూడదు. చచ్చినట్లు నెత్తిమీద కొట్టించుకోవాల్సిందే.


13. ఇంక నాలుగు సంవత్సరాల వరకు ఈ రోకలి పోట్లు తప్పదు.


14. సంస్కృతంలో ఒక లోకోక్తి ఉంది. పృథివ్యాం త్రిణీ రత్నాని : జలం, అన్నం, సుభాషితం. మూఢై పాషాణ ఖండేషు రత్నసంఙ్ఞా ప్రదీయతే. తెలుగు అర్ధం : ఈ భూమి మీద రత్నాలు మూడే : మొదటిది నీళ్ళు. రెండవది అన్నం. మూడవది సుబాషితం. మూఢులు రాతి ముక్కలను రత్నాలనుకోటం జరుగుతుంది.


15. మూఢులు పాషాణ ఖండాల కోసం తన్నుకోటం జరుగుతుంది. శ్రీచంద్రబాబు నాయుడు అమరావతి భూములతో వ్యాపారం చేసుకోటానికి ప్రయత్నించి కొంతమేరకు కృతకృత్యుడయ్యాడు. శ్రీ జగన్ మోహన్ రెడ్డి, విశాఖ భూములతో వ్యాపారం చేసుకోటానికి ఉబలాటపడుతున్నాడు.


16. చంద్రబాబు ఇచ్చిన తాయిలాలకోసం గతంలో ఆశపడ్డ సగం వోటర్లు ఆయన పార్టీకి వోటు వేసి ఒక నియంతను ఐదు సంవత్సరాలు భరించారు. మిగిలిన సగం జనం కూడ శ్రీనాయుడు గారిని భరించాల్సి వచ్చింది. ఇపుడు జగన్ గారిచ్చే నవరత్నాలుగా చెప్పబడే రాతిముక్కల కోసం ఆశపడి మిగిలిన సగం వోటర్లు ఆయనను సింహాసనం ఎక్కించారు. ఇపుడు మిగిలిన సగం అనగా టీడీపీ సమర్ధకులు జగన్ ను భరించాల్సి ఉంటంది.


17. వోటర్లు తెలివి తక్కువ వాళ్ళా అంటే, తాము ఎంతో తెలివిగలవాళ్ళమని నమ్మే తెలివి తక్కువ మానవులు.

TODAY'S untrivia:

■ప్రజలు సామ్యవాదాన్ని కోరుకోకుండా చిన్నచిన్న తాయిలాల కోసం ఆశపడి వోట్లు వేసినపుడు ప్రజాస్వామ్యంలో పరోక్షంగా, ప్రత్యక్షంగా ఎన్నుకోబడిన నేతలు నియంతలుగా మారి ప్రజలను హింసించటం మామూలే. ♞:

1. ప్రతి చర్యకూ ఒక ఫలితం ఉంటుంది. ఒక ప్రతి చర్య ఉంటుంది. రాక్షసులను, బానిసలను నేతలుగా ఎన్నుకంటే, వారు తమ రాక్షసత్వాన్ని బానిసత్వాలను వదులు కోరు కదా. కాబట్టి ముందు వెనుకలు చూసుకోకుండా, అభ్యర్ధుల గత చరిత్రలను చూసుకోకుండా వోట్లు వేస్తే ఫలితాలను అనుభవించక తప్పదు. భారతీయులు గొప్ప కర్మ విశ్వాసులు. భారతీయ పురాణాల ప్రకారం, జనం గత జన్మలలో పోగు చేసుకున్న కర్మలను (వీటినే సంచిత కర్మలు అంటారు) ఏదో ఒక జన్మలో అనుభవించక తప్పదు. ఆ సంచిత కర్మలలో పక్వమైన వాటిని (వీటినే ప్రారబ్ధ కర్మలు అంటారు) బహుశా ఈ జన్మలోనే అనుభవించక తప్పదు. ఈజన్మలో చేసుకున్న పనులు, చర్యలు (వీటికే ఆగామి కర్మలు అని పేరు), పక్వమయ్యే మేరకు ఈజన్మలోనే అనుభవించాల్సి రావచ్చు. గత జన్మలు ఉన్నట్లు రుజువులు లేవు కాబట్టి మనం సంచిత కర్మలను, ప్రారబ్ధ కర్మలను నమ్మ నవసరం లేదు.
2. ఇంక ఆగామి కర్మల విషయానికి వస్తే, ప్రతి ఆగామి కర్మకూ , జనం ఈ జన్మలోనే ఫలితాలు అనుభవిస్తున్నట్లుగా రుజువులు లేవు. ఆగామి కర్మలు అన్నీ పక్వం కావు అనేదానికి రుజువులు లేవు. తప్పులు చేసే వాళ్ళు తమ తప్పులకు ఫలితాలను కొన్నిటిని మాత్రమే తక్షణమే కానీ, అనతి కాలంలో కానీ, మరణం ముందర ఏదో ఒక సమయంలో కానీ అనుభవించటం జరుగవచ్చు. అనుభవించకపోటం కూడ జరగ వచ్చు. అవినీతితో లక్షకోట్లో వెయ్యికోట్లో వందకోట్లో పోగేసి కొడుకులకు కూతుళ్ళకు మనమళ్ళకు మనమరాళ్ళకు ఇచ్చి నిర్యాణం పొందే రాజకీయనాయకుడు తన కర్మలకు ఈజన్మలోనే శిక్ష పొందలేదు అనటానికి వేరే రుజువు అక్కర లేదు.


3. అయితే దుష్ట నేతలను ప్రజా ప్రతినిధులుగా ఎన్నుకునే జనం 'దుష్టులను ఎన్నుకోటం అనే తప్పుకు శిక్షను' ఎప్పుడు అనుభవిస్తారు? చాలా సార్లు ఆతరువాతి ఐదు సంవత్సరాలలో అనుభవిస్తారా? కొన్నిసార్లు ఇది జరుగు తున్నది. కించిత్తు నల్లి కుట్టిన మంచము నకు పెట్లు వచ్చు గదరా సుమతీ అని సుమతీ శతకకారుడు అన్నట్లుగా, దుష్ట నేతలకు వోటు వేయని మిగతా ప్రజలకు కూడ శిక్షలు పడుతున్నాయి కదా. ఉదా : నోట్ బందీ. జీ ఎస్ టీ. మూడు రాజధానులను జనం నెత్తిపై రుద్దటం.


4. దుష్టులను పాలకులుగా ఎన్నుకున్నాక, ఇంక ఐదు సంవత్సరాలు వేచి ఉండటం తప్ప వేరే మార్గం ఉండదా?


5. జవాబు : మన దేశంలో ఉన్న పార్లమెంటరీ విధానంలో, ముఖ్యమంత్రులు శాసనసభ్యుల నియంత్రణలో, ప్రధాన మంత్రులు ఎం.పీ. ల నియంత్రణలో ఉండాలి. నిర్ణయాలను అతి ప్రధానమైనవి అంటే మొదటి శ్రేణివి అయితే చట్టసభలు, రెండవ శ్రేణివి అయితే మంత్రి వర్గాలు, మూడవ శ్రేణివి అయితే ముఖ్య / ప్రధాన మంత్రులు, నాలుగవ శ్రేణివి అయితే సంబంధిత మంత్రులు, ఐదవ శ్రేణివి అయితే సంబంధిత శాఖాధిపతి అధికారులు తీసుకోవాలి. ఆరవ శ్రేణినుండి క్రింద ఎన్ని శ్రేణుల నిర్ణయాంశాలు ఉంటే , అన్ని శ్రేణుల అధికారులు / ఉద్యోగులు ఉండి, తమకు ఇవ్వబడిన లిఖిత పూర్వక అధికారాలు, బాధ్యతలను అనుసరించి వివిధ స్థాయిలలో నిర్ణయాలు తీసుకోవాలి. కానీ నేడు ఈవిధంగా జరగటం లేదు.


6. మంత్రులు, శాసన సభ్యులు, ఎమ్.పీలు, ఉన్నతాధికారులు, వివిధ శ్రేణుల అధికారులు / ఉద్యోగులు అందరూ ముఖ్యమంత్రుల, ప్రధాన మంత్రుల చేతిలో కీలు బొమ్మలుగా మారారు. అందరూ డూడూ బసవన్నలే. బాధాకరమైన విషయం ఏమిటంటే వాళ్ళు కనీసం తమ డిసెంట్ (అనంగీకారాన్ని) వ్యక్తం చేయలేని స్థితికి చేరుకున్నారు. తాము ముఖ్యమంత్రులు / ప్రధానమంత్రులు తీసుకునే నిర్ణయాల విషయంలో తమ చట్టప్రకారమైన అనంగీకారం లేక చట్టప్రకారమైనా భేదాభిప్రాయం వ్యక్తం చేసినా కూడ ముఖ్యమంత్రులు, ప్రధాన మంత్రులు మొండి పట్టు పట్టితే, కొన్ని సార్లు వారి నిర్ణయాన్ని అమలు చేయక తప్పక పోవచ్చు. అయితే తమ భిన్నాభిప్రాయం నమోదు చేయబడి రికార్డెడ్ గా ఉంటుంది కాబట్టి, తన కర్తవ్యాన్ని తాను పూర్తి చేసినట్లు అవుతుంది.


7. ముఖ్యమంత్రుల, ప్రధాన మంత్రుల ఈ నియంతృత్వ పోకడలను తగ్గించటానికి మార్గాలు ఉండవా?


8. ఉంటాయి. ముఖ్యమంత్రులను, ప్రధానమంత్రులను, మంత్రులను, శాసన సభ్యులు, ఎంపీలు రహస్య బ్యాలెట్ ద్వారా ఎన్నుకోటం. ఆయా మంత్రుల శాఖలు కూడ పోటీ చేసే సమయంలోనే నిర్ణయింపబడాలి.


9. మంత్రులను తీసి వేయటం, వారి శాఖలను మార్చటం కూడ శాసన సభ్యుల / ఎంపీల రహస్య బ్యాలెట్ ద్వారానే జరగాలి.


10. ముఖ్యమంత్రులు, ప్రధాన మంత్రులు తమ మంత్రివర్గ సభ్యులు సమస్యాత్మకంగా మారారనుకున్నప్పుడు, వారిని తీసివేయటానికి గానీ, వారి శాఖలను మార్చటానికి గానీ, శాసన సభ్యుల / ఎంపీల రహస్య బ్యాలెట్ లనే వాడుకోవాలి తప్ప తామే తీసేయకూడదు.


11. చట్ట సభలను రద్దు చేయటానికి గవర్నర్ కి / రాష్ట్రపతికి సిఫార్సు చేసే అధికారం, మధ్యంతర ఎన్నికలకు వెళ్ళే అధికారం, ముఖ్యమంత్రులకి, ప్రధానమంత్రులకి, మంత్రి వర్గాలకు ఉండకూడదు. ఎందుకంటే ఎన్నికలు జరిగిన ప్రతిసారీ శాసన సభ్యులకి ఎంపీలకు కోట్లు ఖర్చు అవుతాయి. ఈ ఖర్చుకి భయపడే, శాసనసభ్యులు, ఎంపీలు ముఖ్యమంత్రులకు, ప్రధానమంత్రులకు భయపడుతున్నారు. శాసన సభ్యులను, ఎంపీలను ఎన్నుకున్నది ప్రజలు. వారిని అర్ధాంతరంగా తీసివేయటం కోసం చట్టసభలను రద్దు చేసే అధికారం ప్రజలకే ఉండాలి కానీ ముఖ్యమంత్లులకు, ప్రధానమంత్రులకు, స్పీకర్లకు ఉండకూడదు.


12. శాసన సభ్యులు, ఎంపీలు అవినీతితో కానీ, అనైతికంగా గానీ అసమర్ధంగా గానీ వ్యవహరిస్తున్నప్పుడు, సాక్ష్యాధారాలద్వారా కోర్టులను ఆశ్రయించి న్యాయం పొందగలిగే అవకాశం ప్రజలకు ఉండాలి.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST No.

Here is a 10 Multiple Choice Question Test on your favorite subject. Some Qs are actual Examination Questions, ABRIDGED & EDITED for brevity, and to facilitate easier comprehension. Actual Exam. Qs were lengthy and circumlocutive. Qs can be answered online, and score can be checked by clicking ~showprogress~ box at the end of any Q. There are minus marks of 0.25 (quarter mark) for each wrong answer. If any Qs are left out, there will be no change in score. Answers for each Q can also be checked by moving your mouse on the word `mouse` at the end of each Q. You can try and retry any number of times.

1)NUMERICAL ABILITY : MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMAL NUMBERS: 0.19 X 0.11= :
a`2.09 b`0.209 c`0.00209 d`0.0209 --

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2)NUMERICAL ABILITY, DEDUCTIONS: 21/32 - 3/39= :
a`9/416 b`241/416 c`9/416 d`9/416 --

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3)CHEMISTRY - Positive oxidation state can be found in
a`CO b`N2O c`NO d`F2O --

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4)BANKING: AIR AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AGENCIES, fall under ___ category as per KYCAML guidelines.
a`low risk b`medium risk c`high risk d`none --

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5)BANKING: An unadjucated insolvent can open
a`Current accounts b`accounts only with credit balances c`cannot open any account d`N.O.T. --

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6)MEDIEVAL FRENCH HISTORY - Great woman tried for heresy and burnt at stake (1412-1431) -the Joan of Arc was from
a`England b`France c`Germany d`Italy --

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7)PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - ASPERGILLOSIS , though can appear on any organ, is particular on
a`ears b`nose c`throat d`eyes --

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8)~Aggrieved third parties against the order of a DRT Recovery Officer can approach a
a`DRT b`DRAT c`Civil Courts d`all --

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9)BANKING: A barter is a ___
a`sale b`not a sale c`an agreement to sell d`.. --

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10)UV RAYS are
a`shorter than light and longer than x rays b`shorter than x rays and longer than light c`longer than both light and x rays d`shorter than both light and x rays. --

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11)PHYSIOLOGY and PHARMACOLOGY - SOMNAMBULISM - is
a`sleep lacking b`sleep talking c`sleep walking d`sleep learning --

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12)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Synonym of Vagary :
a`whim b`delight c`dread d`nourishment --

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13)SURGICAL PROCEDURES - ANOSCOPY purpose is
a`carry out a biopsy b`detect fissures c`detect tumors d`all or any of se --

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14)DERIVATIVES - number of primary inputs in Black -Scholes model:
a`1 b`2 c`3 d`4 --

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15)NUMERICAL ABILITY, ADDITIONS: 4/49 + 16/32= :
a`14/98 b`11/98 c`57/98 d`14/98 --

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TODAY'S BHARTRUHARI--Sringara Satakam (100 verses of Love & Lust):

■sringara SATAKAM OF BHARTRUHARI: LOOKS OF DAMSELS, description ♞:

♛PraNaya madhurAha, prEmOdgAra rasASrayatAm gatAha
PhaNiti madhura mugdhaprAyaha prakaSita sammadAha,
Prakriti subhagA visrambArdhAha smarOdaya dAyinO,
Rahasi kimasi svairAlApa haranti mrigIdriSAm.♝

♛The poet describes of damsels' looks and laments that they rob the entire treasures of lovers. The description: 1. Eyes resembling those of deer. 2. Succulent, sweet love-filled words. 3. Words promoting mutual love. 4. Soaked with ecstasy and bliss. 5. Encouraging the Cupid. 6. Passion-promoting whishpers.♝

COMMENT
Won't we get a feeling of being robbed when we see the sweet face of Drew Barrimore in the film "Cinderella Ever After"?

TODAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR: :

■ENGLISH grammar: ADJECTIVES, DEGREES OF COMPARISON, Formation of Comparative and Superlative ♞:
♛When the Positive ends in ~e, only ~r and ~st are added.♝

Brave	braver	bravest
Fine	finer	finest
White	whiter	whitest
Large	larger	largest
Able	abler	ablest
Noble	nobler	noblest
Wise	wiser	wisest

♛DEGREES OF COMPARISON for words ending in ~y: ♝
♛When the Positive ends in ~y, preceded by a consonant, the ~y is changed into i before adding ~er and ~est.♝

Happy	happier	happiest
Easy	easier	easiest
Heavy	heavier	heaviest
Merry	merrier	merriest
Wealthy	wealthier	wealthiest

♛When the Positive is a word of one syllable and ends in a single consonant, preceded by a short vowel, this consonant is doubled before adding er and est.♝

Red	redder	reddest
Big	bigger	biggest
Hot	hotter	hottest
Thin	thinner	thinnest
Sad	sadder	saddest
Fat	fatter	fattest

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TODAY'S EPISODE FROM VYASA MAHABHARATA ENGL. TRANSL.: :

■VYASA MAHABHARATA TRANSLATED BY Ganguli, BOOK3, BOOK OF FOREST/m03203.♞:

♛The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Markandeya-Samasya Parva. This part is introduction to the Story of Kausika, a Brahmin getting advice from a butcher DharmavyAdha.♝


♛Vaisampayana said, "O you foremost of the Bharata race, king Yudhisthira then asked the illustrious Markandeya a difficult question about morality, saying, 'I desire to hear, O holy one, about the high and excellent virtue of women.♝

♛ I desire to hear from thee, O Brahmana, discourse about the subtle truths of morality.♝

♛ O regenerate Rishi, O best of men, the Sun, the Moon, the Wind, the Earth, the Fire, the father, the mother, the preceptor—these and other objects ordained by the gods, appear to us as Deities embodied! All these that are reverend ones are worthy of our best regard.♝

♛ So also is the woman who adoreth one lord.♝

♛ The worship that chaste wives offer unto their husbands appeareth to me to be fraught with great difficulty.♝

♛ O adorable one, it behoveth you to discourse to us of the high and excellent virtue of chaste wives—of wives who restraining all their senses and keeping their hearts under complete control regard their husbands as veritable gods.♝

♛ O holy and adorable one, all this appears to me to be exceedingly difficult of accomplishment.♝

♛ O regenerate one, the worship that sons offer to their mothers and fathers and that wives offer to their husbands, both seem to me to be highly difficult.♝

♛ I do not behold anything that is more difficult than the severe virtue of chaste women.♝

♛ O Brahmana, the duties that women of good behaviour discharge with care and the conduct that is pursued by good sons towards their fathers and mothers appear to me to be most difficult of performance.♝

♛ Those women that are each devoted to but one lord, they that always speak the truth, they that undergo a period of gestation for full ten months— there is nothing, O Brahmana, that is more difficult than that is done by these.♝

♛ O worshipful one, women bring forth their offspring with great hazard to themselves and great pain and rear their children, O bull among Brahmanas, with great affection! Those persons also who being always engaged in acts of cruelty and there by incurring general hatred, succeed yet in doing their duties accomplish what, in my opinion, is exceedingly difficult.♝

♛ O regenerate one, tell me the truths of the duties of the Kshatriya order. It is difficult, O twice-born one, for those high-souled ones to acquire virtue who by the duties of their order are obliged to do what is cruel.♝

♛ O holy one, you are capable of answering all questions; I desire to hear thee discourse on all this.♝

♛ O you foremost of Bhrigu's race, I desire to listen to all this, waiting respectfully on thee, O you of excellent vows!' ♝

♛"Markandeya said, 'O you foremost of the Bharata race, I will discourse to you on all this truly, however difficult of answer your question may be.♝

♛ Listen to me, therefore, as I speak unto thee.♝

♛ Some regard the mother as superior and some the father.♝

♛ The mother, however, that bringeth forth and some the father.♝

♛ The mother, however, that brings forth and rears up offspring what is more difficult.♝

♛ Fathers also, by ascetic penances by worship of the gods, by adorations addressed to them, by bearing cold and heat, by incantations and other means desire to have children.♝

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1129 MCQ TEST & CURRENT AFFAIRS

■BANGLA DESH unlikely TO ACCEPT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM THEIR COUNTRY. NRC IN ASSAM WILL BE A WILD GOOSE CHASE :

♛HASINA TAKES UP NRC WITH MODI, news Headlines indicate.♝

♛Common Sense also indicates that no country, howsoever friendly its relations with its neighbor may be, will accept "return" of illegal immigrants even if the illegal immigrants belong to their own religion.♝

♛Bangla Desh would have not accepted even ROHINGYAS from India, had India tried to send the Burmese (Former Bangla Deshi) Rohingyas to Bangla Desh, even if Rohingyas are Muslims.♝

♛This unwillingness of countries to take back illegal immigrants highlights one important basic principle: COUNTRIES CANNOT BE FORMED AND/OR RUN ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION.♝

♛Mr. DONALD TRUMP, howsoever, noble or cruel he may be, apparently knows this. Hence Mr. Trump wants to divert every fund for construction of a wall on Amercian Boundary with Mexico. ♝

♛As a Marxist, I can only say that "Workers of all countries Unite. For workers, there can be no boundaries.♝

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST No. 910631

Here is a 10 Multiple Choice Question Test on your favorite subject. Some Qs are actual Examination Questions, ABRIDGED & EDITED for brevity, and to facilitate easier comprehension. Actual Exam. Qs were lengthy and circumlocutive. Qs can be answered online, and score can be checked by clicking ~showprogress~ box at the end of any Q. There are minus marks of 0.25 (quarter mark) for each wrong answer. If any Qs are left out, there will be no change in score. Answers for each Q can also be checked by moving your mouse on the word `mouse` at the end of each Q. You can try and retry any number of times.

1)NUMERICAL ABILITY, DEDUCTIONS: 29/23 - 9/38= :
a`1/874 b`895/874 c`20/874 d`15/874 --

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2)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Synonym of Zestful:
a`lethargic b`lackadaisical c`energetic d`listless --

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3)Endodermal and mesodermal cells - active rolling from embryo surface into interior is :
a`Ingression b`Involution c`Epiboly d`Inversion --

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GENERAL AWARENESS: Sunderbans -type of the forest was: a` Mangrove b`tropical deciduous c`tropical evergreen d`temperate coniferous --

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5)PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - deficiency of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase may lead to
a`baldness b`psoriasis c`mental retardation d`infertility --

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6)PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - PNEUMOTHORAX is ABNORMAL PRESENCE OF AIR in
a`lungs b`heart c`pleural cavity d`gullet --

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7)MUSCULOSKELETAL STRUCTURE - CERVICAL VERTIBRAE are ___ bones in number.
a`3 b`5 c`7 d`9 --

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8)GENERAL AWARENESS: ENGLISH - ANTONYMS - *PUBLIC HONOUR
a`Accusation b`Punishment c`Ignominy d`Criticism --

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9)NUMERICAL ABILITY, DEDUCTIONS: 25/35 - 6/46= :
a`11/161 b`94/161 c`20/161 d`1/161 --

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10)REASONING, CODING: If in a Code, 7459328106= CBFEGDHIAZ, then 6489735021= :--
a`IZCHGEBFDA b`AGIBFEHZCD c`ZBHECGFADI d`FIAZBGCHED --

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11)NUMERICAL ABILITY : DIVISION OF DECIMAL NUMBERS: 0.49 ÷ 0.19= :
a`25.789 b`0.25789 c`257.89 d`2.5789 --

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12)ALGEBRA -Factor following expression: p sq + p -2.
a`(p+1)(p-1) b`(p+1)(p-2) c`(p-1)(p+2) d`(p+2)(p-2) --

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13)NUMERICAL ABILITY, ADDITIONS: 1/37 + 9/46= :
a`12/1702 b`16/1702 c`379/1702 d`11/1702 --

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14)WORLD ENMITIES - Sudan cut its relations with:
a`Chad b`Uganda c`Libya d`Lebanon --

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15)NUMERICAL ABILITY, DEDUCTIONS: 26/24 - 10/49= :
a`3/588 b`19/588 c`7/588 d`517/588 --

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LIQUOR BOTTLES: are being distributed free in Andhra Pradesh, today i.e. 30th Sept. 2019

:
♛In the past, liquor addicts used to complain that liquor was being sold in Wineshops at rates exceeding MRP (Maximum Retail Price). Today 30th Sept. 2019 is different.♝
♛Today is the last day for Private Wineshops. From 1st Oct. 2019, Government of Andhra Pradesh will run the Wine Shops.♝
♛From 1st Oct. 2019, all the Private Shops have to surrender all their stocks to Govt. free of cost (Govt. will not pay anything). Private Dealers cannot keep more than 6 bottles with them because that is the maximum limit for a person to hold in possession.♝
♛Dealers, instead of surrendering the stocks to the Government, are preferring to distributing them free to Public, probably to get some popularity.♝
♛One dealer is reported to have said: I had excess stock. I can't keep more than six bottles. Why I should give them to Govt.? I am giving them free to my friends and relatives.♝

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EURACANZ (Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand): Are they fighting a war against China, in Hong Kong?

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♛The present unrest in Hongkong started when the Hongkong Government introduced a bill for extraditing criminal-accused-persons to Mainland China. The Hongkong Administration withdrew the Extradition Bill. But the Unrest in Hongkong is continuing, and aggravating. Why? ♝
♛According to ybrao-a-donkey's perception, the latent reason appears to be a September 2019 attempt of Hongkong and China, to purchase the London Stock Exchange for $39 billion. ♝
♛Unable to bear this Financial Markets invasion, EURACANZ countries seem to be instigating the Hongkong Street Demonstrators to rebel, by providing financial support, and by misleading Youth. This is only a suspicion.♝
♛If Hongkong and China are going to succeed in their capturing the London Stock Exchange, next on the guillotine will be New York Stock Exchange.♝
♛Chinese Rulers may have poor memory. But, the Rest of the World should not have a poor memory. In October 1962, Chinese Army pounced at midnight on the Unsuspecting Indian Territories of Ladakh and NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh) and occupied approx. 36,000 sq.km. of Indian Territory. If China is going to prefer a Financial Invasion on India, instead of a military Invasion, Hongkong Stock Exchange may try to buy out BSE or NSE. (91003)♝

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YSRC PARTY, the Ruling Party in Andhra Pradesh seems to be repeating the mistakes of its Predecessor Telugu Desam Party.

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♛YSRCP MLA from Rural Nellore Constituency Shri Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy is alleged to have abused Ms. Sarala, Mandal Parishad Development Officer of Venkatachalam Mandal.♝
♛He is alleged to have in a drunken state, along with YSRCP Official Spokesperson Shrikanth Reddy visited the house of Ms. Sarala when she was not at her home, and threatened her mother of dire consequences.♝
♛They are reported to have got her electric meter disconnected, and water pipeline. ♝
♛Ms. Sarala is reported to have gone to Nellore Rural Police Station that night. As there was only one constable at the Station, she had to wait there for five years, just for booking an FIR. ♝
♛People are recalling the TDP Rule days, when Denduluru MLA Mr. Chintamaneni Prabhakar was reported to have manhandled a Lady Mandal Revenue Officer of Kaikaluru Mandal, and the TDP Govt. dilly dallied.♝

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BANGLA DESH unlikely TO ACCEPT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM THEIR COUNTRY. NRC IN ASSAM WILL BE A WILD GOOSE CHASE

:
♛HASINA TAKES UP NRC WITH MODI, news Headlines indicate.♝
♛Common Sense also indicates that no country, howsoever friendly its relations with its neighbor may be, will accept "return" of illegal immigrants even if the illegal immigrants belong to their own religion.♝
♛Bangla Desh would have not accepted even ROHINGYAS from India, had India tried to send the Burmese (Former Bangla Deshi) Rohingyas to Bangla Desh, even if Rohingyas are Muslims.♝
♛This unwillingness of countries to take back illegal immigrants highlights one important basic principle: COUNTRIES CANNOT BE FORMED AND/OR RUN ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION.♝
♛Mr. DONAL TRUMP, howsoever, noble or cruel he may be, apparently knows this. Hence Mr. Trump wants to divert every fund for construction of a wall on Amercian Boundary with Mexico. ♝
♛As a Marxist, I can only say that "Workers of all countries Unite. For workers, there can be no boundaries.♝

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JUNIOR LEADERS OF RULING PARTIES

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♛I get an impression that the Junior Leaders of BJP who are devotees of Shri Narendra Modi seems to be confused.
♛They seem to suffer from numerous visions of Shri Modi in numerous incarnations such as Shivaji, Swami Vivekananda, Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel etc.
♛The BJP Party's General Secretary Shri Ram Madhav alone, seems to have clearly understood the philosophies and practices of the Top Leadership of his Party.
♛Hence, he is so forthright, when he said that his Party was a Political Party and not a Charitable Trust. (99111)

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YOGA FOR WHITE COLORED EMPLOYEES

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♛The very idea of having white colored employees with sedate work, itself is obnoxious.
♛White collared employees and officials need no separate yoga, if their Office work schedule includes a three hour slot of physical labor, such as farming, gardening, fitting machine parts, turning machine parts etc.
♛Some exceptions from physical work may be extended to physically challenged persons, and persons suffering disabling diseases. (9933)

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PRIORITIES FOR INDIA

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♛Controlling our population
♛Removal of Private Property, Removal of Inheritance of Wealth and occupations, removal of Inequalities of Income and Wealth.
♛Removal of all types of Money-based Economy.
♛Elimination of currency money, digital money.
♛Free food, clothes, quarters, education and health to every citizen. (9946)

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DEMOCRACY, AND DEFECTIONS ENCOURAGED BY RULING PARTIES

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♛In 2019 Lok Sabha, BJP has 303 MPs in Lok Sabha.
♛In the Upper House also, though BJP does not enjoy full majority, when elections to Rajya Sabha take place in the ensuing months, it will get its clear majority.
♛A few months waiting will be suffice.
♛Unfortunately, BJP is encouraging defections. (99610)

TODAY'S BHARTRUHARI:

■sringARA SATAKAM OF BHARTRUHARI: BROKEN LOVER, talking to a narrator ♞:

♛ Sati PradIpE, Satyarkau, SatsutAramaNIndushu
VinA mE mruga SAbAkshyA tamO bhUtam idam Jagat.♝

♛Bhartruhari is using here, a broken-lover as a narrator, saying to his friend. The lover says: "There is the Sun to give light; the moon ; the Stars; the lamps. Yet my life and the world is dark to me without my beloved with her deer like eyes."♝

♛ REM: Lady is the lamp of life.: ♝

TODAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR: :

■ENGLISH grammar: CONJUNCTIONS, Subordinating Conjunction, ~While ♞:
♛~while=During the time that, as long as♝
♛While he was sleeping, an enemy sowed tares. ♝
♛While there is life there is hope.♝
♛While =At the same time that♝
♛The girls sang while the boys played. ♝
♛While he found fault, he also praised.♝
♛While =Whereas♝
♛While I have no money to spend, you have nothing to spend on. ♝
♛White this is true of some, it is not true of all.♝

TODAY'S QUOTE FROM KARL MARX: :

■Karl Marx & ENGELS , Wage-Labour and Capital/Value, Price and Profit♞:
♛Growth of productive capital and rise of wages, are they really, so indissolubly united as the bourgeois economists maintain? We must not believe their mere words. We dare not believe them even when they claim that the fatter capital is the more will its slave be pampered.♝

TODAY'S QUOTE FROM VYASA MAHABHARATA ENGL. TRANSL.: :

■VYASA MAHABHARATA TRANSLATED BY Ganguli, BOOK3, BOOK OF FOREST/m03131.♞:

♛The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Tirtha-yatra Parva♝


♛"Lomasa said, 'See here, O lord of men, the sacred hermitage of Swetaketu, son of Uddalaka, whose fame as an expert in the sacred mantras is so widely spread on earth.♝

♛ This hermitage is graced with coconut trees.♝

♛ Here Swetaketu beheld the goddess Saraswati in her human shape, and spake unto her, saying, 'May I be endowed with the gift of speech!" In that yuga, Swetaketu, the son of Uddalaka, and Ashtavakra, the son of Kahoda, who stood to each other in the relation of uncle and nephew, were the best of those conversant with the sacred lore.♝

♛ Those two Brahmanas, of matchless energy, who bore unto each other the relationship of uncle and nephew, went into the sacrificial ground of king Janaka and there defeated Vandin in a controversy.♝

♛ Worship, O son of Kunti, with thy brothers, the sacred hermitage of him who had for his grandson Ashtavakra, who, even when a mere child, had caused Vandin to be drowned in a river, after having defeated him in a (literary) contest.♝

♛" Yudhishthira said, Tell me, O Lomasa, all about the power of this man, who had in that way defeated Vandin.♝

♛ Why was he born as Ashtavakra (crooked in eight parts in his body)?" ♝

♛"Lomasa said, The sage Uddalaka had a disciple named Kahoda of subdued passions, and entirely devoted to the service of his preceptor and who had continued his studies long.♝

♛ The Brahmana had served his tutor long, and his preceptor, recognising his service, gave him his own daughter, Sujata, in marriage, as well as a mastery over the Shastras.♝

♛ And she became with child, radiant as fire.♝

♛ And the embryo addressed his father while employed in reading, 'O father, thou hast been reading the whole night, but (of all that) thy reading doth not seem to me correct.♝

♛ Even in my fetal state I have, by thy favour, become versed in the Shastras and the Vedas with their several branches.♝

♛ I say, O father, that what proceeds from thy mouth, is not correct.♝

♛Thus insulted in the presence of his disciples, the great sage in anger cursed his child in the womb, saying, 'Because thou speakest thus even while in the womb, therefore thou shalt be crooked in eight parts of the body.♝

♛The child was accordingly born crooked, and the great sage was ever after known by the name of Ashtavakra.♝

♛ Now, he had an uncle named Swetaketu who was the same age with himself.♝

♛ Afflicted by the growth of the child in the womb, Sujata, desirous of riches, conciliating her husband who had no wealth told him in private: 'How shall I manage, O great sage, the tenth month of my pregnancy having come? Thou hast no ♝

♛substance whereby I may extricate myself from the exigencies, after I have been delivered.♝

♛" Thus addressed by his wife, Kahoda went unto king Janaka for riches.♝

♛ He was there defeated in a controversy by Vandin, well versed in the science of arguments, and (in consequence) was immersed into water.♝

♛ And hearing that his son-in-law had been defeated in a controversy by Vandin and caused to be drowned by him, Uddalaka spake unto his daughter Sujata, saying, 'Thou shall keep it a secret from Ashtavakra.♝

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I undertake English, Hindi, Telugu language Translations. My labor charges: Ind. Rs. 110 per input page. E-mail input files to y b h a s k at g m a i l .com. No need to phone. Some of the documents which I have translated earlier: Sale Deeds, Public Copies of Sale Deeds, Sale Agreements, Lease Agreements, Mortgage Deeds, Land Records such as pahani-chowfasla, 10-1Adangal, Legal Notices, Replies to Legal Notices, Court Decrees, Police FIRs, Inquest Reports, Market Brochures, Employee Standing Orders, Letters to Govt. Departments, Letters received from Govt. Departments, Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marks Lists, Ration Cards, Ration Card Name deletion Certificates, Adoption Agreements, Divorce Agreements etc. etc.

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1128 MCQ TESTS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

EURACANZ (Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand): Are they fighting a war against China, in Hong Kong? :
♛The present unrest in Hongkong started when the Hongkong Government introduced a bill for extraditing criminal-accused-persons to Mainland China. The Hongkong Administration withdrew the Extradition Bill. But the Unrest in Hongkong is continuing, and aggravating. Why? ♝
♛According to ybrao-a-donkey's perception, the latent reason appears to be a September 2019 attempt of Hongkong and China, to purchase the London Stock Exchange for $39 billion. ♝
♛Unable to bear this Financial Markets invasion, EURACANZ countries seem to be instigating the Hongkong Street Demonstrators to rebel, by providing financial support, and by misleading Youth. This is only a suspicion.♝
♛If Hongkong and China are going to succeed in their capturing the London Stock Exchange, next on the guillotine will be New York Stock Exchange.♝
♛Chinese Rulers may have poor memory. But, the Rest of the World should not have a poor memory. In October 1962, Chinese Army pounced at midnight on the Unsuspecting Indian Territories of Ladakh and NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh) and occupied approx. 36,000 sq.km. of Indian Territory. If China is going to prefer a Financial Invasion on India, instead of a military Invasion, Hongkong Stock Exchange may try to buy out BSE or NSE. (91003)♝

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I undertake English, Hindi, Telugu language Translations. My labor charges: Ind. Rs. 110 per input page. E-mail input files to y b h a s k at g m a i l .com. No need to phone. Some of the documents which I have translated earlier: Sale Deeds, Public Copies of Sale Deeds, Sale Agreements, Lease Agreements, Mortgage Deeds, Land Records such as pahani-chowfasla, 10-1Adangal, Legal Notices, Replies to Legal Notices, Court Decrees, Police FIRs, Inquest Reports, Market Brochures, Employee Standing Orders, Letters to Govt. Departments, Letters received from Govt. Departments, Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marks Lists, Ration Cards, Ration Card Name deletion Certificates, Adoption Agreements, Divorce Agreements etc. etc.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST No. 910404

Here is a 10 Multiple Choice Question Test on your favorite subject. Some Qs are actual Examination Questions, ABRIDGED & EDITED for brevity, and to facilitate easier comprehension. Actual Exam. Qs were lengthy and circumlocutive. Qs can be answered online, and score can be checked by clicking ~showprogress~ box at the end of any Q. There are minus marks of 0.25 (quarter mark) for each wrong answer. If any Qs are left out, there will be no change in score. Answers for each Q can also be checked by moving your mouse on the word `mouse` at the end of each Q. You can try and retry any number of times.

1)NUMERICAL ABILITY, DEDUCTIONS: 30/34 - 3/37= :
a`10/629 b`504/629 c`8/629 d`19/629 --

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2)PATHOLOGY - VARICELLA is another name for
a`chicken pox b`cowpox c`milk pox d`small pox --

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3)COMPUTERS AND INTERNET : Project Loom launched by Google aims to spread net access through
a`mobiles b`balloons c`geo static satellites d`anchored ships --

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4)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Synonym of Excerpt :
a`Extract b`Appendix c`Concession d`Description --

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5)CHEMISTRY - Ozone Day - observed on:
a`Jan 30 b`Apr 21 c`Sept 16 d`Dec 5 --

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6)PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN AIR SACS
a`improves ability of lungs to expand b`reduce ability of lungs to expand c`no link between fluid in air sacs and ability of lungs to expand d`.. --

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7)ZOOLOGY: identify the odd animal among the following
a`impala b`bongo c`gazelle d`otter --

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8)METEOROLOGY - Use of silver iodide falls under
a`static cloud seeding b`hygroscopic cloud seeding c`dynamic cloud seeding d`all --

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9)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Synonym of Amplify:
a`intensify b`concise c`control d`curtail --

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10)NUMERICAL ABILITY : MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMAL NUMBERS: 0.09 X 0.1= :
a`0.0009 b`0.09 c`0.9 d`0.009 --

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EURACANZ (Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand): Are they fighting a war against China, in Hong Kong? :
♛The present unrest in Hongkong started when the Hongkong Government introduced a bill for extraditing criminal-accused-persons to Mainland China. The Hongkong Administration withdrew the Extradition Bill. But the Unrest in Hongkong is continuing, and aggravating. Why? ♝
♛According to ybrao-a-donkey's perception, the latent reason appears to be a September 2019 attempt of Hongkong and China, to purchase the London Stock Exchange for $39 billion. ♝
♛Unable to bear this Financial Markets invasion, EURACANZ countries seem to be instigating the Hongkong Street Demonstrators to rebel, by providing financial support, and by misleading Youth. This is only a suspicion.♝
♛If Hongkong and China are going to succeed in their capturing the London Stock Exchange, next on the guillotine will be New York Stock Exchange.♝
♛Chinese Rulers may have poor memory. But, the Rest of the World should not have a poor memory. In October 1962, Chinese Army pounced at midnight on the Unsuspecting Indian Territories of Ladakh and NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh) and occupied approx. 36,000 sq.km. of Indian Territory. If China is going to prefer a Financial Invasion on India, instead of a military Invasion, Hongkong Stock Exchange may try to buy out BSE or NSE. (91003)♝

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LIQUOR BOTTLES: are being distributed free in Andhra Pradesh, today i.e. 30th Sept. 2019 :
♛In the past, liquor addicts used to complain that liquor was being sold in Wineshops at rates exceeding MRP (Maximum Retail Price). Today 30th Sept. 2019 is different.♝
♛Today is the last day for Private Wineshops. From 1st Oct. 2019, Government of Andhra Pradesh will run the Wine Shops.♝
♛From 1st Oct. 2019, all the Private Shops have to surrender all their stocks to Govt. free of cost (Govt. will not pay anything). Private Dealers cannot keep more than 6 bottles with them because that is the maximum limit for a person to hold in possession.♝
♛Dealers, instead of surrendering the stocks to the Government, are preferring to distributing them free to Public, probably to get some popularity.♝
♛One dealer is reported to have said: I had excess stock. I can't keep more than six bottles. Why I should give them to Govt.? I am giving them free to my friends and relatives.♝

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S DISINVESTMENT OPERATIONS, some personal musings. :
♛According to News Reports, Govt. is on a Sleepless Mission to sell its Public Sector Units, both Profit Making and Loss Making. Disinvestment is on the anvil, both in Robust and Sick Government Companies.♝
♛Indian Industrialists may come forward to purchase even Sick Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) because they have valuable Urban Lands which can be developed into Real Estate, both Housing and Commerical.♝
♛Funniest part: Such Indian Industrialists do not buy the PSUs by investing funds from their own Pockets. They borrow from Public Sector Banks. If the adventures of the Indian Industrialists misfire, losses fall on Public Sector Banks. And the losses of the PSBs are made good by the Government through RECAPITALISATIONs. Thus, if something is sick in Public Sector, that will remain with the Government only through a circuitous route.♝
♛Many Private Sector Industrialists could recover back their investments by fudging Profit & Loss Accounts and Annual Balance Sheets. They could easily manipulate the Share Prices of their Companies in BSE/NSE, and palm of their overvalued shares to Gullible Foreign Institutional Investors, and the Indian Public Sector Mutual Funds. ♝
♛Indian Private Sector Companies also whether healthy or sick, own large swathes of lands in Cities and Metros. When Foreign Investors buy shares in Indian Companies whether through FDI route, or FPI route or through some other route, they become indirect owners of the lands belonging to the Indian Companies. ♝
♛This type of self-selling does not appear to have been done by Pakistani Companies. The result is, Pakistan seems to be facing a Foreign Exchange Payments crisis.♝
♛India sold itself (=its lands through Company shares), and is having a bloated body, which is not good for its long term Health. India seems to be riding a tiger. It can neither continue to ride, nor alight from the tiger. In both cases it will be devored by the tiger. Mr. Manmohan Singh and his successors should take responsibility for this. (9930)♝

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COAL SUPPLIES FROM SINGARENI COLLIERIES- Jagan's request :
♛There is a proverb in Telugu: ekkaDainA bAvE gAni, vanga tOTalO bAva kADu. Approx. English: A person may be a brother-in-law anywhere, but not in a brinjal garden. Relevant anecdote: A person went to his wife's brother's brinjal garden, oneday. There, he liked the brinjals on the plant, and plucked some, to have curry made by his wife i.e. the sister of the garden's owner. While leaving, the garden owner asked his sister's husband to pay the price of brinjals. The sister's husband thought that his brother-in-law would gift him brinjals. But, the brother-in-law said "ekkaDainA bAvE gAni, vanga tOTalO bAva kADu."♝
♛Everybody knows the amitie proche (=close friendship) between the A.P. Chief Minister Mr. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. ♝
♛Mr. Chandrasekhara Rao wanted thouands of tmcs. of lifting of Andhra Area Polavaram Godavari waters through Telangana to Sri Sailam Project. Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy, believed to be a Feudatory of Mr. KCR readily agreed for it, without consulting the Opposition Parties in Residual Andhra Pradesh. ♝
♛Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy is expected to be a Lieutenant to Mr. KCR in his fight with the Ruling BJP at Centre.♝
♛In harassing Mr. Nara Chandrababu Naidu , the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh to extreme levels, Mr. Jagan seems to be getting directions from Mr. KCR. Every dog will have its own day. Now, these are the bad days for Mr. Naidu. Ships can become carts, and carts can become ships. (9930)♝

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PAKISTHAN PRESIDENT has to explain :
♛Pakisthan President has to explain why the population of Non-Muslims in Pakisthan fell from 23% in 1947 to 1.5% in 2019? Assuming that Freedom Struggle and Independence of East Pakistan which has a slightly higher rate of non-Muslims, into Bangla Desh in 1971, has caused the fall in New Pakistan, it can't go down to as low as 1.5%. The drastic fall shows that Non-Muslims in Pakistan were forced to convert to Islam or leave the country, through disincentives, discriminatory treatment, and harassment. The Hindu population in Bangla Desh too dwindled owing to persecution and harassment.♝
♛While some Indian rulers seem to yearn divide India into Hindu and non-Hindus, Mr. Imran Khan itches to divide the World into Muslims and Non Muslims.♝
♛EURACANZ (Europe+ America, Canada, Australia+ Newzealand) seems to make the entire Earth a Christian Planet. Attempts of the EURACANZ Missionaries in the name of Service, to convert non-Christians into Christianity through monetary inducement and fallacious propaganda, has resulted in generation of insecurity in the Non-Christian World. Islamic World took it seriously and just as a tortoise tries to hide itself within its shells, Islamic people were made to hide themselves behind the preachings of Islamic Clerics and Mullahs.♝
♛India was never a Martial Country. Indians were never war-mongerers. In fact, their love for non-violence, probably owing to the precepts of Gautama Buddha and Vardhaman Mahavira, Indians did not evolve themselves into bellegerence. Consequently for thousands of years they faced invasions from numerous races from Arabia, Persia, Turkey, South Europe, North Europe, Baltics and Central Asia. Though suffering various degrees of slavery from these races, Indians every invader-race-tribe into the country, and evolved into a Newer Nation. Of course, it also resulted in birth of an obnoxious Caste System.♝
♛The entry of the two grossly greedy proselytizing Religions having their Headquarters in Mecca, Rome, England (&Europe,America) brought a sweeping change in the Social Structure of India. (9930) ♝

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ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE AND CBI SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME ONE-SIDED PLIABLE TOOLS IN THE HANDS OF RULING PARTY POLITICIANS. :
♛Everybody in India knows that Indian politicians are corrupt from top to bottom. This is irrespective of the Parties they belong to . As Politicians hop from one party to another just as crows fly from one tree to another, there is very little among them to distinguish. ♝
♛The latest in the ED's adventure is: Registering of a case against /or naming Senior Maharashtra NCP Leader and Former Union Minister, Mr. Sharad Powar, in respect of Money Laundering alleged to have been done in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank.♝
♛One politician commented: "Nearly 75 per cent of those who have taken away the MSCB's monies are now with the BJP-Sena. If the ED claims to be impartial and not working under the government's directions, they should first catch those who siphoned off the bank's funds and now sitting cosy in the ruling party.." ♝
♛ybrao-a-donkey's personal observation: They may be sitting cosy both in Ruling Party and the Opposition Parties. Losers are the People. Reason: Reserve Bank of India has placed restrictions on common people withdrawing more than Rs. 1000/- from the affected MSCB, which has around 150 branches all over the country.♝
♛The question is not whether Mr. Pawar is guilty or not. That, Courts will decide, when proper investigations take place, and Prosecution is done as per Law. The question is why synchronise the booking of Money Laundering Case with Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019? Why so late? What the Ruling Party is doing between May 2014 and Aug. 2019? (9926)♝

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FATHER OF INDIAN NATION, who? :
♛Mr. Jitendra Singh, the Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office, seems to be in a hurry to respond, when he said "Not proud, Not Indian!♝
♛Context: Mr. Donald Trump, calling the Prime Minister of India 'Father of India'. For historical reasons, Indians regard and revere Mahatma Gandhi, as Father of Nation. For them, Patel was Sardar and Man of Steel. Indian children of those days called Jawaharlal Nehru, Chacha Nehru. They were all builders of Indian Nation, along with hundreds of thousands of Freedom Fighters, whether named or unnamed.♝
♛Trump was Head of one of the Powerful countries of the World, owing to its Financial and Military Prowess. He might have wanted to please the Head of the Government of India, who has supported Trump's 2020 American Presidential Candidature. ♝
♛Indians must always treat these 'praises' made by Heads of States, and Heads of Governments, as just transient bubbles of foam. They are just courtesy remarks with no serious intent in them. Serious intent we can identify only when such remarks are made after deep study, and without 'self-interest' in these extolments. Else, they will become only casual compliments, which will be forgotten once the need with the exalted leader vanishes.♝
♛For instance, earlier American President praised Israeli PM Netanyahu as a Great Leader. Once Netanyahu loses election, or ceases to be Israeli PM, he will become a persona non grata to U.S., till such a time he shows prospects of his getting back to Power. We should not forget between 2002 and 2014 when Mr. Narendra Modi was Chief Minister of Gujarat, US refused to grant him a Visa to enter USA. (9926)♝

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GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NOT PUNISH UPRIGHT OFFICIALS :
♛Context: Mr. Surendra Babu, an IPS Officer and the Managing Director of (Residual) Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has been abruptly and unceremoniously removed, and has not been given a Posting to join. Mr. Krishna Babu, Principal Secretary, Roads and Buildings was given an Additional Charge.♝
♛Reason is said to be: Mr. Surendra Babu did not yield to the instructions of the Powers that be, to pay a rent of Rs. 60 (approx. $.90) per km. for hiring Private Electronic Buses which are going to be introduced soon. It appears that he was prepared to pay only Rs. 36 (approx. $0.50) per km., in line with the rent paid by the neighboring State Telangana.♝
♛It is not clear why the Government of Residual Andhra Pradesh is in such a hurry. If Mr. Surendra Babu has erred, then the Government should have appointed two independent Committees of COSTING experts to arrive at the basic Fixed Costs + Variable costs + Normal profits of renting an Electronic Bus. ♝
♛Then, the Government should have compared the Reports of the Two Costing Experts Committees to examine similarities and variances. After that it would have become easier to convince Mr. Surendra Babu about the reasonableness of Rs. 36 or Rs. 60 or some via media Rent,per km. ♝
♛I hope that the new Incharge Mr. Krishna Babu will not become a Pliable Tool in the hands of those Powers-that-be. Rulers of Government of Andhra Pradesh whether Politicians or Top Bureaucrats (Chief Secretary etc.) should keep in mind that there will be shortage of Upright Officials, if their morale is affected. Only spoons and stooges will be left out in Command. (9926)♝

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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, does liberalising FDI revive Growth in India? :

♛It must be a matter of extreme regret that even after 71 years of Independence, India is begging for Foreign Investments to promote its Economic Growth.
♛Growth can also be promoted through domestic private investments. Many Industrial Houses like Tatas are investing abroad. Why they are limping in investing in India?
♛India's domestic Industrialists are not invested in Manufacturing. They want easy profits.
♛Government of India can also do some Keynesian Pump-priming, so that Investment and Income Multipliers work.
♛Increase in productive expenditure by GOVERNMENT OF INDIA can also facilitate Income and Investment Multipliers because, Productive Expenditure raises demand for Tangible goods, apart from increasing Factor Incomes. (99618).

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HOW RIGHT IS ADMIRAL ARUN PRAKASH, RETD. NAVY CHIEF 2004-06! :
♛Admiral Arun Prakash, delivering Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture at Delhi on 12th Aug. 2019, is reported to have observed:
♛ China is moving ahead in areas like artificial intelligence and robotics and it would be a waste of time if India distracts itself by talking about temples and mosques.
♛For our whole existence as an independent nation, we have seen and suffered from these fissures — linguistic, religious, caste etc. These conflicts have continued throughout our independent existence.
♛What we need to do is to try and tamp them rather than to exploit them... China is talking about artificial intelligence, robotics and machine learning and all that. And if we are going to talk about temples and mosques and so on, then obviously we are going to waste time.
♛Our actual preparation should have been to ward off Chinese pressure. They don't have to fire a bullet. There are many other ways of pushing India. And if we prepare to counter China, then Pakistan would automatically be taken care of. ybrao-a-donkey: How right is Admiral Arun Prakash! (9913)

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EVMS tamperabilities, views of Mr. Kannan Gopinathan, Resigned IAS Officer :
♛The following newsreport from TelegraphIndia.com is worth reading: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/paper-machine-chink-in-evm-officer/cid/1707423.♝
♛It gives a bird's eyeview of what is done to Electronic Voting Machines used in India, before they are sent to Polling Stations.♝
♛Mr. Kannan Gopinathan was Returning Officer in Dadra Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2019 April Lok Sabha Elections. Hence, his observations may be considered as first hand experiences.♝
♛He is reported to have tweeted: "So, you might remember my spirited defence of EVMs. I still stand by it, except that my first election with VVPAT has taken away my trust. VVPAT has created a hole in the EVM armour & made the process amenable to hacking…"♝
♛Another: "...Unlike before, the Ballot Unit (BU) is not connected to Control Unit (CU — Memory of EVM) directly any more. It is connected through VVPAT. Means what you press on that blue button in the BU is not registering the vote in the CU anymore. But what VVPAT communicates to CU is!...". A spokesperson of ECI has responded to the observations of Shri Gopinathan. We shall take up those things some other time, because some waiting is necessary to view how Shri Gopinathan responds to the ECI's Response. (9926)♝

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SHRI RAM JANMBHOOMI TEMPLE -PRIME MINISTER WANTS LOUD MOUTHS TO RESPECT [YET TO COME] SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT :

♛Prime Minister, addressing a rally at Nashik on 19th Sept. 2019, ahead of next month's Maharashtra Assembly Elections, did not forget to speak about Shri Ram's BirthPlace Temple at Phyzabad-Ayodhya. ♝

♛He is reported to have said: For God's sake, I request (such) people to trust the judiciary of India. ... I am amazed at the 'bayan bahadurs and badbole' (loudmouths) on the Ram Mandir issue. Everyone in the country respects the Supreme Court. The apex court is hearing the case. I want to tell these people with folded hands to have faith in the judicial system ...♝

♛I hope Shri Narendra Modi is going to respect Supreme Court's judgement.♝

♛I muse: How the Prime Minister is so sure and certain, that the Supreme Court's Judgement is going to come in favor of the Temple-Builders?♝

♛Suppose, the Court's Judgement goes against the Temple Builders, how is he going to convince the RSS and ShivSena? He might have thought about it.♝

TODAY'S BHARTRUHARI:

■sringARA SATAKAM OF BHARTRUHARI: GIRLS are like ARCHERS ♞:

♛ MugdhE! dhAnushkatA kEyam
ApUrvAt tvai druSyatE?
YayA vidhyasi cEtAmsi,
GuNEr Eva na sAyakaihi.♝

♛Bhartruhari is comparing the girl to an archer.
The poet addresses her: Oh MugdhE! Oh lass! (Not yet well versed in the art of love). Thou you are an inexperienced lass you look like an expert archer. The archers can strike only by using bows and arrows. Whereas you use your qualities (beauty etc.) as the string of the bow targeting our hearts. Is this not amazing?♝

TODAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR: :

■ENGLISH grammar: PREPOSITIONS followed by NOUN PHRASES OF ownership, possession, residence etc♞:

[Residence] of Prime Minister:[Bank] of England
[City] of New York
[Chris Evans] star with chiseled abs.

TODAY'S QUOTE FROM KARL MARX: :

■Karl Marx & ENGELS ♞:

♛The tradition of past generations weighs like the Alps on the brains of the living.♝
Past Like Tradition

1126 MCQ TEST IN GENERAL AWARENESS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

HOWDY MODI: Will it benefit India?
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1. Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India is an Event Master. No wonder he addressed a 50,000 Indian diaspora attended Mega Event Howdy Modi at Houston, Texas.


2. He addressed similar events in U.S. in 2015, and 2016. What were the benefits that accrued to Indian common people from those Mega Events?


3. What would have been the expense of each of these three Events? Probably, a part of it, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA may be bearing. Part of it, the NRIs and PIOs may be bearing. Definitely, the American Government will not bear anything.


4. The Howdy Modi Event is reported to have been attended by Mr. Donald Trump also. Of course, there is some Presidential Election heat in US. Indian Diaspora is also a Vote Bank in US Presidential Elections. Mr. Trump will not like to neglect existing and prospective Vote Banks.


5. Economic Analysts will try to assess from the Howdy Modi Mega Event-- who has extracted more from the other i.e. whether Mr. Trump extracted more Trade and Tariff benefits from India, or whether Mr. Narendra Modi extracted more Trade, Tariff, and Immigration Benefits from USA? For this, we have to wait.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST No. 992230

Here is a 10 Multiple Choice Question Test on your favorite subject. Some Qs are actual Examination Questions, ABRIDGED & EDITED for brevity, and to facilitate easier comprehension. Actual Exam. Qs were lengthy and circumlocutive. Qs can be answered online, and score can be checked by clicking ~showprogress~ box at the end of any Q. There are minus marks of 0.25 (quarter mark) for each wrong answer. If any Qs are left out, there will be no change in score. Answers for each Q can also be checked by moving your mouse on the word `mouse` at the end of each Q. You can try and retry any number of times.

1)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Antonym of Genial : RELATIONSHIPS
a`affable b`friendly c`amicable d`hostile --

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2)ARITHMETIC OF PERCENTAGES: In library, 20% bks are French. 50% of remaining in English. Remaining 9000 are in other languages. What is total number of books in English ?
a`4000 b`3000 c`2250 d`None of these --

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3)ACCOUNTING - Trial Balance, may not reveal ___ errors.
a`errors of omissions and commission b`compensating errors c`striking of wrong balance d`all --

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4)PHARMACOLOGY: LIQUAEMIN - is trade name of
a`fosamax b`heparin c`dicumarol d`warfarin --

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5)HISTORY OF SOUTH EASTERN INDIA: SUN TEMPLE AT KONARK was built by __.
a`East Ganga King narasimha dEva b`anangabhImadEva c`rANi ahalyAbai d`rAjA mAnsingh --

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6)SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS - Synonym of Decadence :
a`decay b`growth c`flourish d`prosperity --

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7)WORLD TRADE: Australia, China, India & Jap. are Free Trade Partners of
a`ASEAN b`APAC c`APEC d`Four Asian Tigers --

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8)OPHTHALMOLOGY - SNELLEN CHART is used to test
a`distant vision b`near vision c`double vision d`night vision --

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9)ENGLISH Choose correct active/passive voice. Someone gave her a bull dog
a`she was given a bull dog b`a bull dog was given to her c`she has been given a bull dog d`she is being given a bull dog by someone --

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10)COMPANY DATABASE - not an important source:
a`Accounts Dept. b`Marketing Dept. c`Production Dept. d`Stakeholder interviews --

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CORPORATE TAX REDUCTION IN INDIA: Will it really help in raising the Growth Rate?

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1. Ans: The Savings made by Corporates owing to reduction of Corporate Tax, they may not invest in Manufacturing Activities in the same Companies or in some other Companies.


2. Corporates prefer to invest their surpluses into Non-productive Investments like Commodity Speculation, Gold Speculation, Stock Market Speculation, Real Estate Speculation.


3. If surpluses are still left, Corporates will buy Properties in London. If there is more money, they will buy Islands , Yatches, and Private Aircraft.


4. Corporates not only use their own Profits, Reserves, and other surpluses for Speculation and Investment abroad, but also they are capable of diverting Loan Funds obtained from Indian Private and Public Sector Banks, as there is poor supervision in Indian Banks, about end use of funds.


5. Today, if we buy a biscuit packet, with Unit price of Rs. 101 per kg, we have to pay GST @ 18%. And, we are not sure whether the Biscuit Manufacturer will remit that 18% to Government or not. Is a biscuit packet with a Unit price of Rs. 101 per kg. a luxury? And one large Biscuit Company paid a dividend of 1500% during 2018-19! Of course, one can always say that the share price of that Company is Rs. 2,867/-, and the effective yield is only 0.52%. Who asked the foolish Investors to push the Share Price to Rs. 2,867/-, of the Company's share which has a face value of Rs. 1/-? Owing to artificial uplift of share prices, though the divident rate is 15 times the face value, effective return appears low! Those foolish Investors should have started their own Biscuit Manufacturing Company! They do not start. This is the bane of India.




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HOWDY MODI: Will it benefit India?

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1. Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India is an Event Master. No wonder he addressed a 50,000 Indian diaspora attended Mega Event Howdy Modi at Houston, Texas.


2. He addressed similar events in U.S. in 2015, and 2016. What were the benefits that accrued to Indian common people from those Mega Events?


3. What would have been the expense of each of these three Events? Probably, a part of it, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA may be bearing. Part of it, the NRIs and PIOs may be bearing. Definitely, the American Government will not bear anything.


4. The Howdy Modi Event is reported to have been attended by Mr. Donald Trump also. Of course, there is some Presidential Election heat in US. Indian Diaspora is also a Vote Bank in US Presidential Elections. Of course Mr. Trump will not like to neglect existing and prospective Vote Banks.


5. Of course Economic Analysts will try to assess from the Howdy Modi Mega Event-- who has extracted more from the other i.e. whether Mr. Trump extracted more Trade and Tariff benefits from India, or whether Mr. Narendra Modi extracted more Trade, Tariff, and Immigration Benefits from USA? For this, we have to wait.




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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, are they not possible without intimidation of suspects in Police Stations?

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1. Everyday, we see in Print/Electronic Media news about individuals committing suicides after being threatened by investigating officials or after being harassed with third degree methods.


2. The Police officials know that Confessional Statements obtained from Accused, using coercive methods do not really serve as valid evidence in Courts.


3. The intent of the Police Officials in using third degree methods, appear to be that if the Accused persons show them places where they have hidden weapons and other articles relating to the crime, such articles seized with their help, will serve as acceptable evidence.


4. Suspects belonging to the Poor and downtrodden Sections seem to be at the receiving end of the threats and tortures in Police Stations. Unable to bear such tortures, sometimes poor persons confess the crimes, though they are not guilty.


5. Police do not dare to threaten or torture powerful and influenced persons, because that will boomerang on the Officials themselves. (994)




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URBANISATION: Does urbanisation create jobs and facilitate development?

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1. There is a misconception that Urbanisation is sine qua non for creation of jobs, and development.


2. Urbanisation leads to large-scale migrant labor, slums, exploitation of laborers.


3. Cities like Hongkong, Singapore, give an erroneous impression that only Cities can generate prosperity.


4. The successes of Hongkong, Singapore are the result of their functioning as tax havens for black money.


5. Skyscrapers owned by tycoons reflect only their wealth. Individuals and organisations become restless in Metros, in spite of all the glitter. (994)




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GDP SLOW DOWN, MANMOHAN SINGH'S CRITICISM OF NDA-2

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1. Mr. Manmohan Singh lambasted NDA2 Government for GDP slowdown.


2. Mr. Manmohan Singh lashed at BJP Government for all-round mismanagement.


3. Mr. Manmohan Singh wants Modi Government to reach out to all sane voices and thinking minds.


4. He wants the Government to find ways of steering the economy out of 'this man-made crisis'.


5. Mr. Manmohan Singh failed to recognise that it was he, who started this all-round mismanagement of Indian Economy.