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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 131-135) : Four statements are given below, labelled a, b, c and d. Among these, three statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

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From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A. The reference was to China, a country that has been courting Pakistan for several years through a number of means including assistance in its nuclear programme.

B. After the Uri attacks, Pakistans special Kashmir envoy MushahidHussain Syed declared that the US was a waning power, suggesting that Pakistan was seeking out other allies.

C. The most important concern relates to the possible conflict in Pakistan between votaries of economic development and supporters of militancy.

D. This corridorwhich includes road, rail and port infrastructureis expected to allow China to avoid the vulnerable Indian Ocean route currently used to transport oil from the Gulf.

Correct Answer :

C. The most important concern relates to the possible conflict in Pakistan between votaries of economic development and supporters of militancy.


This option deviates from main line of thought which is centered round China-Pak developing relationship.

Related Questions

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Which of the following error occurs when software tries to access protected memory?

A. Segmentation Fault

B. Display time Error

C. IO Error

D. Runtime Error

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Which of the following Statements is true with respect to the given information?

A. G lives immediately above the one who owns Apple

B. E lives immediately above C

C. Only three people live between F and the one who owns TOSHIBA.

D. D owns Samsung.

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Where is it expected to invest by government to stimulate growth?

A. On infrastructure

B. On governments plans.

C. On fiscal management

D. On manufacturing sector

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What was/were the reason(s) of drop in savings in financial instruments after 2009?

A. Rise in price level of gold

B. Decrease in real interest rates on savings in financial instruments

C. Investment in physical assets, particularly land

D. Only (a) and (c)

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Some college students were found guilty of travelling in a local train without tickets.
I. The parents of these students should be contacted and asked to counsel their wards.
II. The students found guilty in such cases should be held behind bars.

A. If only course of action I follows

B. If only course of action II follows

C. If either course of action I or II follows.

D. If neither course of action I nor II follows.

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From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A. A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.

B. The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.

C. Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern

D. Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?

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How is household savings related to overall economic growth? Give your answer in the context of the passage?
(A) Overall economic growth is directly related to household savings.
(B) Overall economic growth is inversely proportional to household savings.
(C) There is no specific relationship between overall economic growth and household savings.

A. Only (C)

B. Only (B)

C. Only (A)

D. Either (A) or (B)

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What is Cash Reserve Ratio?

A. Deposits of banks in government securities

B. Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

C. Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

D. Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

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Please select the most appropriate option

A. Although I already knew the answer and he invited me to visit him often, since I just have seen her in the square, I was never determined to yield this point.

B. Although I have already known the answer and he invited me to visit him often but since I just have seen her in the square, I was not determined to yield this point.

C. Although I knew the answer already, and he has often invited me to visit him, since I just have seen her in the square, I am never determined to yield this point.

D. None is true.

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6 13 20 65 256 ?

A. 1283

B. 1756

C. 2786

D. 2686

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Aggregation of risks is somewhat quite new to banks in India. While some banks have started thinking in that line by trying to put integrated limits framework and integrated risk policies as well as using CBS solutions for technological integration, the effort required is beyond such requirement. Risk aggregation would mean aggregating the individual risk measures to decide most appropriate assets class that would contain the risk to the desired level dictated by the risk appetite .Capital allocation (about how much) would be based on such strategies………..

A. Most banks are yet to conceptualize the same in their processes

B. Most banks have already integrated it in their functioning; it is working over the years satisfactorily.

C. Which would in long run prove to be the growth impeding

D. Of risk aggregation which is really a new concept to Indian banks

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To make India a cashless economy by pushing cashless transaction, which committee is constituted by the government?

A. Adhyarjuna Committee

B. Amitabh Kant Committee

C. A Ghosh Committee

D. Abid Hussain Committee

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Statement : X × W, W @ Z , Z % Y
Conclusion:
I.Y $ W II.Z $ W III.X � Y

A. Only I is true

B. Ony II is true

C. Both I and II are true

D. Both I and III are true

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Statements: All trees are plants. All houses are trees. Some pots are plants. All tools are plants.
Conclusions:
I. Some plants are not houses
II. Some tools being trees is a possibility
III. All pots are tools is a possibility.
IV. All houses are tools is a possibility.

A. Only III and IV follow

B. Only II, III, and IV follow

C. Only I and IV follow.

D. All follow.

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Why is the government providing tax incentive to companies in manufacturing sector?

A. For better infrastructure.

B. For tax deductions on emoluments paid to new employees,

C. To create new job opportunities and to initiate project Make in India

D. to create new job opportunities and to initiate project Standup India.

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 has been awarded to ______ .

A. Juan Manuel Santos

B. Oliver Hart

C. Bengt Holmstrom

D. Svetlana Alexievich

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Ankita borrows 7000 at simple Interest from a lender. At the end of 3 years, she again borrows 3000 and settled that amount after paying 4615 as interest after 8 years from the time she made the first borrowing. What is the rate of interest?

A. 5.5%

B. 9.5%

C. 7.5%

D. 6.5%

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James' present age is 2/7th of his father's present age. James' brother is three year older to James. The respective ratio between present ages of James' father and James' brother is 14:5. What is the present age of James?

A. 12 years

B. 23 years

C. 19 years

D. 27 years

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In the Union Budget 2017-18, the MGNREGA allocation is to be ___________

A. Rs. 48,000 crore

B. Rs. 38,000 crore

C. Rs. 56,000 crore

D. Rs. 33,000 crore

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Which of the following is true with respect to the given information ?

A. Mary Kom sits exactly between Abhinav Bindra and Dipa Karmakar

B. Sania Mirza faces immediate neighbour of Abhinav Bindra

C. Sathish is an immediate neighbour of Mary Kom

D. P.V.Sindhu faces Vacant seat

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A slice from a circular pizza of diameter 14 inches is cut in a such a way that each slice of pizza has a central angle of 45°. What is the area of each slice of Pizza(in square inches)?

A. 16.25

B. 19.25

C. 18.25

D. 17.25

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RBI is concerned about the risk of investing in mutual funds. RBI is likely to ask banks to reduce their investments in mutual funds.
(A) At the risk of investing
(B) To reduce investments
(C) Concern for the risk

A. Only (A)

B. Only (B)

C. Only (C)

D. Only (A) and (B)

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According to the 2016 Jane's Defence Budgets Report, India's position among the global defence spender is _____________.

A. Fourth

B. Third

C. Ninth

D. Fifth

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Who among the following have seminar on Friday?

A. I, E

B. H, J

C. B, A

D. D, E

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2016 imposed a ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder coated 'manja' for flying kites. Who is the Chairman of NGT?

A. Lokeshwar Singh Panta

B. Jagdish Singh Khehar

C. Dinesh Saxena

D. Swatanter Kumar

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The rate of inflation increases when the purchasing power of money___________ .

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Stable

D. Decrease just half

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I. 56×2 + 37x + 6 = 0
II. 66y2 13y 4 = 0

A. if x >= y

B. if x > y

C. if x < y

D. if x <= y

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Three pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12 minutes, 18 minutes and 24 minutes respectively. The pipe R is closed 12 minutes before the tank is filled. In what time the tank is full?

A. 8513 hrs

B. 8413 hrs

C. 7413 hrs

D. 8613 hrs

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There is a network that can connect networks ranging from small location or area to a bigger range including public packet network and large corporate networks. That network's enterprise allows users to share access to applications, services and other centrally located resources. Its ability for a huge geographical access has transformed networking. Which among the following is that network?

A. SAN

B. CAN

C. LAN

D. WAN

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Which state government has enacted a stringent law called Protection of Internal Security Act to deal with the challenges of terrorism, insurgency, communalism and caste violence?

A. Gujarat

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. Bihar

D. Maharashtra