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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 2
Find the odd-man out: nails hair grass fingers
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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 36
Find the odd word/ letters/ number/ figure form the given responses. Microbe Microfilm Microphone Microscope
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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 35
Find the odd word/ letters/ number/ figure form the given responses. Newspaper Press Edition Audition
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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 57
Bevex, an artificial sweetener used only in the soft drinks, is carcinogenic for mice, but only when it is consumed in very large quantities. To ingest an amount of Bevex equivalent to the amount fed to the mice in the relevant ... per day. People can obtain important health benefits by controlling their weight through the use of artificially sweetened soft drinks.
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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 56
Before the printing press, books could be purchased only in expensive manuscript copies. The printing press produced books that were significantly less expensive than the manuscript editions. The public's demand for printed books in the ... printing press in the first years after its invention often circulated among friends in informal reading clubs or libraries.
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NIELIT 2016 MAR Scientist D: 60
Many environmentalists have urged environmental awareness on consumers, saying that if we accept moral responsibility for our effects on the environment, then products that directly or indirectly harm the environment ought to be avoided. Unfortunately ... available to consumers the morally right action is always the one whose effects produce the least total harm
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 2
Choose the most appropriate option. Each sentence has been divided into three parts, indicated by $A$, $B$ and $C$. Read each sentence to find out, if there is an error. If you find an error in any of the parts $(A, B$ or $C)$, indicate your ... $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error. /}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 1
Choose the most appropriate option. Each sentence has been divided into three parts, indicated by $A$, $B$ and $C$. Read each sentence to find out, if there is an error. If you find an error in any of the parts $(A, B$ or $C)$, indicate your response. ... $\underset{(C)}{\underline{\text{to do it/}}}$ $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error/}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 8
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is ... pure contemplation. The writer's attitude towards seeking knowledge for its own sake is : Critical Equivocal Reverential Unambiguous
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 7
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is ... creating a work of art and healing the sick" in terms of : Self satisfaction Creativity Selfless satisfaction Happiness obtained
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 6
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life ... pure contemplation. Seeking knowledge for its own sake gives man : Expected benefits Happiness Only selfish satisfaction Practical ability
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 5
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent ... The happiness of seeking pure knowledge The desire for knowledge inherent in all men and women The need for practical knowledge
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 4
Choose the most appropriate option. Each sentence has been divided into three parts, indicated by $A$, $B$ and $C$. Read each sentence to find out, if there is an error. If you find an error in any of the parts $(A, B$ or $C)$, indicate your ... $\underset{(C)}{\underline{\text{keep up their pace.}}}$ $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error.}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 3
Choose the most appropriate option. Each sentence has been divided into three parts, indicated by $A$, $B$ and $C$. Read each sentence to find out, if there is an error. If you find an error in any of the parts $(A, B$ or $C)$, indicate your ... $\underset{(C)}{\underline{\text{that I won prize.}}}$ $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error.}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 9
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent ... human life is spent in : Pragmatic thinking Problem solving Acquiring knowledge per se The purposeful study of various projects
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 14
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent in ... The word "eternal" stands for : Light Heavenly Expel by legal process That always (has existed) and will exist
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 13
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent in ... ; is mentioned in the paragraph. 'It' here refers to : Directed thinking Cooking Happiness of pure knowing Pure knowing
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 12
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent in ... pure contemplation The word 'tempered' as used in the passage means : Mixed Reduced Moderated Brought to its proper level
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 10
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life is spent in solving ... for the sake of knowledge Have direct relevance to the welfare of man Can be studied only for the sake of knowledge
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 11
Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions given below them, in the context of the passage. Strange, un-fathomable happiness of thinking of seeking knowledge for its own sake. So much of our life ... refers to : Cooking, furnishing, investing and spending Every pleasure of pure knowledge Avoiding immediate pain Pragmatic effects
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 18
Find the word which is closest in meaning to the phrase or sentences given below : A cognate language : Difficult Universal Ancient Kindred
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 19
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words given after it. Select the word which consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice. 'Please' and 'Thank you' are the little courtesies by which we keep the __________ of life oiled and running smoothly. Path Machine Garden River
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 20
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words given after it. Select the word which consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice. If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not ... sincerity on each side, but there must also be __________ in sincerity of the other side. Faith Belief Substance Certainty
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 17
Find the word which is closest in meaning to the phrase or sentences given below : A sumptuous house : Luxurious Ornate Old-fashioned Artistic
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 16
Find the word which is closest in meaning to the phrase or sentences given below : Read with avidity : Understanding Fear Eagerness Complaint
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 15
Find the word which is closest in meaning to the phrase or sentences given below : Exhausted by lucubration : Long walks Lecturing Exposure Laborious study
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 24
For the following idiomatic verbal expressions find the best answer given after them : Spick and span A ready-made something Outspoken Garrulous Neat and clean
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 26
You are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$. You should find the proper sequence of these four that will reconstruct the original sentence. From the list of options given, choose the one which you think ... : he was a dandy $R$: melodramatic Byronic poses $S$: who delighted in wearing $QPSR$ $QSPR$ $QRPS$ $PQRS$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 25
Choose the alternative which is exact opposite to the given word 'inimical' : Emotional Neutral Cheerful Friendly
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 23
For the following idiomatic verbal expressions find the best answer given after them : To draw the long bow to put up high demands to make an exaggerated statement to demand a very high price to overestimate oneself
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 22
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words given after it. Select the word which consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice. If someone deliberately damages your property, he is __________ to pay for the cost of repairs. Liable Forced Requested Compelled
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 21
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words given after it. Select the word which consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice. The criminal seems to have acted in __________ with three others. Collusion Coalition Collision Cohesion
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 29
You are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$. You should find the proper sequence of these four that will reconstruct the original sentence. From the list of options given, choose the one which you think ... is skillful and sophisticated $R$: and crude, that $S$: approach of the boy $PRQS$ $SPRQ$ $RQPS$ $QSRP$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 28
You are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$. You should find the proper sequence of these four that will reconstruct the original sentence. From the list of options given, choose the one which you think ... : find her a job $S$: and she succeeds in placing Jackie with a kindly widow $RPQS$ $PRQS$ $QSRP$ $SQRP$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 27
You are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$. You should find the proper sequence of these four that will reconstruct the original sentence. From the list of options given, choose the one which you think ... is one to be explored $S$: but not taken as the last word about human nature $RQSP$ $SPRQ$ $PRQS$ $SRPQ$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section B: 30
You are given certain sentences which have been jumbled and named $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$. You should find the proper sequence of these four that will reconstruct the original sentence. From the list of options given, choose the one which you think contains ... to do well, $R$: by the strict letters of the law $S$: cannot afford $QSPR$ $SPRQ$ $RQPS$ $PRQS$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section A: 23
Poster is related to wall in the same way as photograph is related to ___________. Frame Camera Object People
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist C - Section B: 1
Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error, and the appropriate letter (A),(B),(C) is your answer. If there is no error, (D) is the answer. ... $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist C - Section B: 5
Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error, and the appropriate letter (A),(B),(C) is your answer. If there is no error, (D) is the answer. ... $\underset{(C)}{\underline{\text{but also wounded him grievously./}}}$ $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error}}}$
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist C - Section B: 4
Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error, and the appropriate letter (A),(B),(C) is your answer. If there is no error, (D) is the answer. ... $\underset{(D)}{\underline{\text{No error}}}$
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