1138 Online Clickable MCQ Test, Current Affairs, Musings on Shortages of Life's Essentials

The ghastly rape and murder of Ms. Priyanka Reddy, Vetarinary Asst. Surgeon, at about 10 p.m. on 29th Nov. 2019, in Hyderabad City Outskirts is heart rendering. According to one version of the News Reports: The Rapists and Murderers, who were Truck Drivers and Cleaners, have proceeded in a pre-planned manner on a National Highway where hundreds of Vehicles move every minute. They have punctured a tire of her Scooty two wheeler, and at the same time mischievously approached her posing as her Helpers. After gaining her confidence, they took her into roadside bushes and raped her like wolves. Before that, she suspected something fishy and forthcoming danger, phoned to her sister, and communicated her dangerous situation. Her sister went to the nearby Police Station seeking immediate help, and the manner in which the Police at the Station responded is not only callous, but also insulting to Women. Consequently, precious time was wasted without initiating search for the miscreants on the Highway. The miscreants after the rape loaded her into Cabin of the Lorry, raped her again. Thereafter, suspecting that she is alive, they purchased Petrol in a Bunk, and burnt her dead-body under a Bridge. The Police, after starting late, on the basis of CC Camera footage-s, caught the Rapists-Murderers, arrested them and produced them before Court as per Law. Later, they were shifted to Cherlapalli Central Jail, amidst demonstrations by agitating Crowds who wanted possession of the Criminals, for administering punishment on Open Road. Probably, the agitators in a fit of rage, might have wanted to lynch the Criminals.

Of course, for a few months there will be lot of hullabaloo by the Society, Police, Politicians, Media, and after that everything goes into oblivion, and the history repeats itself, on some other Victim, by some other Miscreants. In bourgeoisie Capitalist Society, nothing more than that can happen.

In True Total Socialism also, unless a Total Reform is attempted, the evils of Capitalism will get transferred into Socialism.

This is a 10000 page subject which cannot be dealt with off-the-cuff comments or observations. At this stage, I can only say that True Total Socialist Reforms only can bring the needed change. We have to start with Serotonin and Dopamine. Judicial Hanging and Crowd Lynching are only palliatives. They do not touch the root causes. Hence, Crimes will repeat with greater intensity.

TODAY'S highlight: :

■IN TRUE TOTAL SOCIALISM, THERE SHOULD NORMALLY BE NO NEED FOR SUPER MARKETS, SHOPS OR SHOP SHELVES. IN CAPITALIST COUNTRIES SHOPS MAY BE FLOODED WITH GOODS, BUT PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE MONEY TO BUY. ♞:
1. Euranzca countries (Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) may have Overflowing Shop and Super Market Shelves full with stocks. But, how many people in those countries have Purchasing Power to buy the stocks?
2. Earlier, I had a mistaken belief that because Euranzca countries enrich themselves by plundering Mineral and Forest wealthy Poor countries, and by selling Arms to Crazy war-mongering Asian and Gulf countries, their Citizens will also be rich enough to buy all the Stocks in the Shop Shelves.
3. But, now I have changed my view. Even if Euranzca countries plunder Mineral and Forest Wealthy Poor countries, and War mongering Asian and Gulf countries, the profits made by MNCs and Weapon makers may not trickle down to the Poor in Rich countries.
4. American Socialist Leaders Ms. Rashida Tlaib and Mr. Bernie Sanders visited a Food Pantry in the Outskirts of Detroit City. As a backdrop of their photo in the Food Pantry there were empty shelves. American Republican Leader-Governor Scott Walker wanted to ridicule Sanders, Ms. Rashida Tlaib, and the Socialism by tweeting about the empty shelves behind them.
5. Actually the Food Pantry which Mr. Sanders and Ms. Tlaib visited is a pantry where free food, water and clothes, are given to Poor People. The Shelves were empty, because there was great demand for the free food, water and clothes from the Poor of Detroit. This theguardian.com News Report is worth reading. Here is the link to click: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/29/bernie-sanders-rashida-tlaib-scott-walker-twitter-mockery-us-poverty. So what is the lesson? (ybrao-a-donkey's personal view: In a Truly Totally Socialist country, everything is supposed to be free. There may not be Super Markets or Shop Shelves. There can only be Free Pantry Shelves. However, there may be shortages even in Truly Totally Socialist Countries. This serious issue of "Shortages of Essential Life Needs" are to be discussed in length, together with preventive measures, before people can vote for Truly Total Socialism.

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TODAY'S untrivia: :

■Governor of Maharashtra's Action of Performing Chief Minister's Oath Ceremony during Midnight, and the Act of the Government of India in Lifting President's Rule without Central Cabinet Resolution is a part of bourgeoisie Circus. ♞:
1. Rashtriya Svayam Sevak Sangh, and its Organ Bharatiya Janata Party claim to maintain great moral values. In their eyes and words Congress was a sinner, during its nearly 65 years Rule.
2. People believed BJP's claims and gave it thumping majority in Lok Sabha twice in 2014 and 2019.
3. But, what BJP is doing to capture power in States is not in alignment with its claims of high moral standards. One hopes that BJP will introspect, before it is too late. In Maharashtra BJP stooped too low to conquer, probably because Maharashtra is the Richest State in India, with Rich Industrialists, Bollywood Stars, Real Estate Companies, Banks and NBFCs who can make Political Donations. Hence, ruling Maharashtra might have become a prerequisite for Election Funding.
4. A day will come, when People of India may not believe the precepts of RSS and BJP, and they may search for Third Alternative.
5. Unfortunately, the Third Front Regional Parties are unable to unite and forge a lasting Alliance. Besides, they are unable to spend monies in Elections on a scale matching with BJP.

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) 2019 WORLD HISTORY: Which of the following is not true about the Chinese Version of 'Mother of All Bombs' is
a`more powerful than Nuclear weapons b`non-nuclear c`aerial bomb d`smaller in size than the American Version --

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2) WORLD GEOGRAPHY: EUROPE'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN PEAK 'MOUNT ELBRUS' is in
a`Austria b`Switzerland c`Russia d`Italy --

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3) 2019 INDIAN CURRENT AFFAIRS: ___th Anniversary of Adoption of Indian Constitution was celebrated in Indian Parliament.
a`72nd b`71st c`70th d`69th --

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4) 2019 WORLD HISTORY: 2019 President of Shri Lanka is ___Rajapaksha.
a`Mahindra b`Basil c`Chamal d`Gotabaya --

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5) REASONING, SEATING ARRANGEMENTS: From the following seating arrangement, answer how many persons sit between the one who sits at the immediate right of the one who was born in 1997 and the one who was born in 1991?

abe	gil	bob	coy	don	fed	edw	hal
1995	2000	1996	1991	2006	1997	1987	2001

a`none b`one c`two d`three --

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6) RURAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA, as per 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Gram Sabha (Village Assembly) contains:
a`all adults living in the village b`all voters whose names appear in the Electoral Rolls of the Village c`all residents of the village whose age is below 75 years d`all voters in the Electoral Rolls of the village, whose age does not exceed 75 years --

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7) 1992 INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY: 73rd Constitutional Amendment dealt with
a`Hung Assemblies b`Status of Kashmir c`Panchayatraj Institutions d`Judicial Appointments Commission --

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8) IDENTIFY THE WORD which is the nearest in meaning to "PUERILE":
a`ubiquitous b`childishly silly c`obnoxious d`fragrant --

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9) ENGLISH GRAMMAR, a modified question of a Competitive Exam. Identify grammatically correct sentence:
a`What you see typically in a workplace is that only a fewer people shoulder more responsibilities. b`What you see typically in a workplace is that only a few people shoulder more responsibilities. c`What you see typically in a workplace is that only fewer people shoulder more responsibilities. d`What you see typically in a workplace is that only a more people shoulder more responsibilities. --

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10) NUMERICAL ABILITY OF MULTIPLICATIONS: 1398 X 1398 = ?
a`1964404 b`1954404 c`1945404 d`1964804 --

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TODAY'S BHARTRUHARI:

■sringara SATAKAM OF BHARTRUHARI: WOMEN, painmakers ♞:

♛ Udvruttaha stana bhArayEsha
TaralE nEtrE chalE bhrUlatE
RAgAdhishThitam OoshTha pallavam ivam,
Kurvamtu nAmavyathAm,
SaubhAgya karapankti kEva likhitA,
PushpAyudhEna svayam,
Madhyastha –api karOti tApam adhikam
ROmAvaLi kEna sA.♝

♛This is a prayer to the beloved. "Your everything is paining me. The heavy round breasts; the fast moving eye brows; lips red with love; above all the row of letters written on your naval by the Cupid himself (referring to the line of hair around her naval)."♝

TODAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR: :

■ENGLISH grammar: NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ~It, uses ♞:
♛Pronoun ~it, is used for things without life ♝

Here is your book. Take it away.

♛it for animals, where gender is not important.♝
♛He loves his dog and cannot do without it. ♝
♛The horse fell and broke its leg.♝
♛For a young child, unless we clearly wish to refer to the sex♝
♛When I saw the child it was crying.♝
♛That baby has torn its clothes.♝
♛To refer to some statement going before♝
♛He is telling what is not true, as he knows it. He deserved his punishment as he knew it.♝
♛As a provisional and temporary subject before the verb to be when the real subject follows ♝
♛It is easy to find fault. [To find fault is easy.] It is doubtful whether he will come.♝
♛It is certain that you are wrong.♝
♛To give emphasis to the noun or pronoun following ♝
♛It was you who began the quarrel.♝
♛It was I who first protested.♝
♛It was at Versailles that the treaty was made.♝
♛It as impersonal pronoun.♝
♛As an indefinite nominative of an impersonal verb♝

usage	inference
It rains.	it =what? Ans: rain. Rain is an impersonal verb. No body knows what the real noun is.
It snows.	ditto.
It thunders.	ditto.

♛In speaking of the weather or the time. ♝
♛It is fine.♝
♛It is winter.♝
♛It is ten o'clock.♝

TODAY'S QUOTE FROM KARL MARX: :

■Karl Marx & ENGELS , Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844♞:
♛The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre or to balls, or to the pub, and the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you will be able to save and the greater will become your treasure which neither moth nor rust will corrupt—your capital. The less you are, the less you express your life, the more you have, the greater is your alienated life and the greater is the saving of your alienated being.♝

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

■VYASA MAHABHARATA TRANSLATED BY Ganguli, BOOK3, BOOK OF FOREST/m03247.♞:

♛The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Ghosha-yatra Parva♝ ybrao-a-donkey's Explanation for the Context: Having been defeated in a mischievous game of dice, Pandava Princes are in Forest Exile. Duryodhana and his associates his younger brother Dus-sasana, maternal Uncle Sakuni, coterie friend Karna were enjoying the Pandava Kingdom too along with the Kaurava Kingdom. Duryodhana wanted to insult the Pandavas by going to Forest, with his Luxurious Entourage, and exhibiting his Luxuries before the Pandavas, and make them unhappy. But, unfortunately, when Duryodhana was in the Forest with his Wining and Dancing binges, they had an altercation with a Gandharva King Chitraratha who made the Kauravas his prisoners. Pandavas who were resting nearby came to know about it, and at the Instance of the Eldest Yuthishthira, Arjuna fought with Chitraratha and got Duryodhana and his Entourage released. Now, Duryodhana who wanted to insult Pandavas suffered a greater insult, in that, he had to be rescued by his enemies i.e. Pandavas. Unable to bear this, he was in a temporary vairAgya (temporary ennui and vexation with the Worldly Pleasures). Then he spoke to his younger brother Dussasana who was trying to reconcile his elder brother to normalcy. Duryodhana is asking Dussasana to coronate himself as new King (Heir-Apparent) and rule it.

♛ 'While giving way to such reflections Duryodhana spoke unto Dussasana thus: 'O Dussasana, listen to these words of mine, O you of the Bharata race! Accepting this installation that I offer thee, be you king in my place.♝

♛ Rule you the wide earth protected by Karna and Subala's sons.♝

♛ Like Indra himself looking after the Maruts, cherish you your brothers in such a way that they may all confide in thee.♝

♛ Let the friends and relatives depend on you like the gods depending on him of a hundred sacrifices.♝

♛ Always shouldst you bestow pensions on Brahmanas, without idleness, and be you ever the refuge of your friends and relatives.♝

♛ Like Vishnu looking after the celestials, you shouldst always look after all consanguineous relatives.♝

♛ you shouldst also ever cherish your superiors.♝

♛ Go, rule thou the earth gladdening your friends and reproving your foes.♝

♛And clasping his neck, Duryodhana said, 'Go!' Hearing these words of his, Dussasana in perfect cheerlessness and overwhelmed with great sorrow, his voice choked in tears, said, with joined hands and bending his head unto his eldest brother, 'Relent!' And saying this he fell down on earth with heavy heart.♝

♛ And afflicted with grief that tiger among men, shedding his tears on the feet of his brother again said, 'This will never be ! The earth may split, the vault of heaven may break in pieces, the sun may cast off his splendour, the moon may abandon his coolness, the wind may forsake its speed, the Himavat may be moved from its site, the waters of the ocean may dry up, and fire may abandon its heat, yet I, O king, may never rule the earth without thee.♝

♛And Dussasana repeatedly said, 'Relent, O king! you alone shall be king in our race for a hundred years.♝

♛And having spoken thus unto the king, Dussasana began to weep melodiously catching, O Bharata, the feet of his eldest brother deserving of worship from him.♝

♛"And beholding Dussasana and Duryodhana thus weeping, Karna in great grief approached them both and said, 'Ye, Kuru princes, why do you thus yield to sorrow like ordinary men, from senselessness? Mere weeping can never ease a sorrowing man's grief.♝

♛ When weeping can never remove one's griefs, what do you gain by thus giving way to sorrow? Summon patience to your aid to not gladden the foe by such conduct.♝

♛ O king, the Pandavas only did their duty in liberating thee.♝

♛ They that reside in the dominions of the king, should always do what is agreeable to the king.♝

♛ Protected by thee, the Pandavas are residing happily in your dominion.♝

♛ It behoveth you not to indulge in such sorrow like an ordinary person.♝

♛ Behold, your uterine brothers are all sad and cheerless at seeing you resolved to put an end to your life by forgoing food.♝

♛ Blest be thou! Rise up and come to your city and console these your uterine brothers.♝

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