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advancegkquiz · 3 months

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General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 21

1. One of the leaders who founded the Swaraj Party was

1. Mahatma Gandhi

2. B G Tilak

3. K Kamaraj

4. Chittaranjan Das

Ans : 4

2. The policy of price control in markets was launched by

1. Shershah

2. Ashoka

3. Akbar

4. Alauddin Khali

Ans : 4

3. Who persuaded the rating of the RIN ( Royal Indian Navy ) to surrender on the 23rd feb 1946 ?

1. Mahatma Gandhi

2. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

3. Vallabh Bhai Patel and M A Jinnah

4. Morarji Desai and J B Kriplani

Ans : 3

4. The fundamental right which has been described by Dr. B R Ambedkar as "The heart and soul of the constitution" is the right to

1. Equality

2. Property

3. Freedom of religion

4. Constitutional Remedies

Ans : 1

5. The non-permanent members of the security council are elected for

1. 1 year

2. 2 year

3. 3 year

4. 4 year

Ans : 2

6. The two basic values of a constitutional Govt. are

1. Stability and Liberty

2. Liberty and Equality

3. Equality and Fraternity

4. Stability and Justice

Ans : 2

7. Deccan Trap areas in Western India largely have

1. Alluvial soil

2. Black soil

3. Red soil

4. Laterite soil

Ans : 2

8. Earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit. Its speed is

1. Greatest when it is farthest from the sun

2. Greatest when it is closest to the sun

3. Remains the same at all points on the orbit

4. Goes on decreasing continuously

Ans : 3

9. The axis of the earth is inclined to the plane of the ecliptic at an angle of

1. 23.5°

2. 22.5°

3. 66.5°

4. 67.5°

Ans : 3

10. India lies in the hemisphere

1. Northern and Eastern

2. Southern and Eastern

3. Northern and Western

4. None of these

Ans : 1

11. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd dec is

1. Chennai

2. Madrid

3. Melbourne

4. Moscow

Ans : 3

12. AGMARK is

1. A cooperative for egg production

2. Regulated agricultural market

3. Farmer's cooperative

4. A quality guarantee stamp for commodities

Ans : 4

13. A "Transfer Income" is an

1. Income which is not produced by any production process

2. Income taken away from one person and give over to another

3. Unearned income

4. Earned income

Ans : 1

14. All of the following are caused by viruses, except

1. Jaundice

2. Influenza

3. Typhoid

4. Mumps

Ans : 3

15. Which one of the following is an element ?

1. Topaz

2. Diamond

3. Ruby

4. Sapphire

Ans : 2

16. Which one of the following is the unit of activity of a radioactive source ?

1. Lux

2. Becquerel

3. Tesla

4. Siemens

Ans : 2

17. Mesons are found in

1. Gamma rays

2. Laser beam

3. X- rays

4. Cosmic rays

Ans : 4

18. Setting of plaster of paris is

1. Dehydration

2. Oxidation with atmospheric oxygen

3. Hydration leading to another hydrate

4. Combination with atmospheric CO2

Ans : 2

19. The radioactive element used in heart pacemakers is

1. Uranium

2. Deuterium

3. Plutonium

4. Radium

Ans : 1

20. Which one of the following when dissolved in OH gives hissing sound ?

1. Limestone

2. Slacked lime

3. Soda lime

4. Quicklime

Ans : 1

21. Cloudy nights are warmer compared to nights because clouds mainly

1. Absorb heat from the atmosphere send it towards earth

2. Prevent cold waves from the sky descending on earth

3. Reflect back the heat given by earth

4. Produce heat and radiate it towards earth

Ans : 3

22. Which one of the following is also called Stranger gas ?

1. Argon

2. Neon

3. Xenon

4. Nitrous oxide

Ans : 3

23. Laser is a device to produce

1. A beam of white light

2. Coherent light

3. Microwaves

4. X-Rays

Ans : 4

24. Who is called the father of computer ?

1. Charles babbage

2. Stephen Hawking

3. WG Grace

4. John Lennon

Ans : 1

25. NIN ( National Institute of Nutrition ) Central office is located at

1. Hyderabad

2. Mumbai

3. Bengaluru

4. Kolkata

Ans : 1

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schmope-is-dead · 2 years

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oh my god I'm an idiot

#I've been stressing out about the homework I'm gonna have due tomorrow for the whole weekend #because I hate using the school chromebooks. for obvious reasons #but it turns out that I already did my homework #and even though I've never liked my english teachers. I mean.#I've gotten better at writing. I've always had a good vocabulary. and since I have access to the fancy library now #I should be all set to write all the essays I need to #the only other class I have tomorrow is geography but I mean. geography is pretty easy for me #plus the teacher is pretty chill

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sandfordsmostwanted · 1 year

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No I don’t care about the new Velma series, but all these Scooby Doo posts have highlighted a deficiency in every Scooby Doo prequel idea. Yes, I’ve seen some amazing ideas for BFF Daphne and Shaggy content... ... but none for the untapped character goldmine of Freddie and Velma.

Like just picture it. The series is set in a American private school, where Velma is a POC scholarship kid, always looking to prove herself. She’s bullied relentlessly, but keeps her head down, because she’s getting into the Ivy League, damn it, and there’s no way these assholes are stopping her. She’s a whizz at anything to do with science and math and history and geography, but arts are a bit of a weakness, and she needs one more English credit to max out her resume. Her teacher offers her the opportunity to tutor another student to get the credit. The catch is it’s Fred Jones, the Dean’s son, and no-one can possibly find out. Velma’s initially pissed at having to spend so much time with this entitled brat. On the surface Fred Jones is everything you’d imagine him to be - a jock, a bro, loved by the ladies and part of the group that have always made Velma’s life hell. She dreads having to tutor him, until he turns up, and he’s genuinely appreciative and sweet. She doesn’t trust him; she’s been burned too many times before. But through the sessions they get to know each other better. They bond over their mutual love of engineering - Fred doesn’t have the technological vocabulary that Velma does, but he’s got an instinctive eye for when a mechanism would fail - and they both realise the other had more depths than they expected. Velma notices the bullies leave her alone now, and though she can’t thank Fred publicly, they share a few subtle smiles in the hallway. And then the plot of the series happens - a girl gets kidnapped from their school, and Velma’s on the case. She cancels her tutoring with Fred to sneak into the school to investigate. They run into hypercapable badass Daphne Blake and her emotional support Shaggy. Velma’s had a crush on Daphne for as long as she can remember, but her nerves make her even more snarky than usual, and the two spend most of their time bickering. Velma, Daphne and Shaggy also run into Fred in the school while they’re investigating; he left some sports stuff behind and came to retrieve it. Plot plot plot, meddling kids, mystery solved. Velma thinks everything’s going back to normal, but it doesn’t. Shaggy saved her a seat at lunch, and fills her tray with stuff he thinks she’ll enjoy (”And hey, you can sneak some of this in your pockets for when you’re at the library later!”) Daphne picks her first for her team in gym class. Fred tells his shitty mates to get fucked, and sits next to Velma in every class. And best of all, they start solving local mysteries together. As they become better friends, they learn more and more about each other. Fred tells Velma if she struggles with making eye contact with people to look at the bridge of their nose or over their shoulder, because that looks like you’re looking them in the eye without actually doing it. Velma tells Fred that “the writing swimming when you read” is called dyslexia, and types up their study notes in a easy to read font. Fred is the first friend Velma ever brings back to her tiny apartment than she shares with her parents, and he’s very appreciative of their home despite living in a straight up mansion himself. Velma learns that that mansion life isn’t all its cracked up to be. His parents work away a lot, and when they’re around, they’re shitty and waspy and make Fred feel small. Fred always texts Velma late at night telling her to stop studying and get some sleep, Velma always texts Fred to tell him to stop working out and get a snack. They’re fucking good for each other. It’s never romantic between them - never even close. Fred takes Velma’s coming out better than her parents did (”Why would I be upset that you like girls? Liking girls is great! I do it all the time!”) Velma tries her hardest not to be jealous when Fred and Daphne start dating - she never told him about her crush, and he’s not a mind reader. Who cares if she notices there’s chemistry between her and Daphne? She’s probably misreading the social cues, like usual. Besides, school’s nearly over now, and she’ll be off to college in a matter of weeks. Leaving it all behind her, just as she planned. Their final mystery is the biggest yet, and the only time the gang actually fear for their lives. The stress of the mystery, and the building resentment of Velma’s “I’m out of here” energy leads to a huge argument between Fred and Velma, and the gang splits four ways to try and solve this thing. Each of them face their own trial. Shaggy has to face his fear instead of running away. Daphne has to be herself without overcompensation with gadgets or gimmicks. She realises in this process that Velma is the one she’s always loved, and the two share a sincere kiss. Fred has to trust himself, and succeed by himself without the safety net of his family, his wealth or Velma. And Velma has to admit she needs her friends, and that she loves them deeply. The mystery is solved, and just like that, they’re all set to go their separate ways, this time for real. It’s the last day of finals. Velma hasn’t heard from Fred for almost a week now; her texts go unanswered. She knows he’s taking breaking up with Daphne harder than he’s letting on, though he’s happy Velma and Daphne are happy. She finishes her final paper and hands it in, thoughts of college in her mind as she stands on the school steps where it all began. A horn honks behind her. She turns. There’s a massive eyesore of a van parked outside. Velma didn’t even know you could get that many shades of neon green and blue, and the little orange flowers are wonky and she knows they’ve been painted by hand and with love. Daphne waves at her from the passenger’s seat, and Shaggy from the back. Fred is leaning against the Mystery Machine, twirling his keys in his hand. He’d traded the sleek, smart car his dad bought him and that he’s been driving all show for this new ride, and he asks if Velma feels like solving a mystery or two before heading off to college. Thus begins the adventures of Mystery Incorporated. (End credits song is “Life is a Highway” by Rascall Flatts because you know that’s white boy Freddie Jones’ favourite driving song)

#scooby doo #velma #velma dinkley #fred jones #freddie jones #daphne blake #shaggy rogers #norville rogers #scooby doo prequel #scooby doo meta #velma and daphne #hbo velma

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dujour13 · 4 months

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OC Mannerisms

Doing @the-raging-tempest’s OC mannerisms meme for Siavash! Thanks Dolly, great idea 💕 Template here

Art by @iwoszareba for that look

- NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES >> Taldane, basic Kelish, a little Elven

- TONE OF VOICE >> average / tenor

- ACCENT >> Andoren

At first when I created him I heard a slight BBC English accent in my head, but now it tends more toward a mild, West Coast-type American accent with softer “r” sounds. In international schools where I live there’s this universal international school kid accent you could easily mistake for American – that’s the one.

(Andoren has a revolutionary war US vibe but its geography is like Provence, and Almas in particular is highly cosmopolitan, so this feels fitting.)

- DEMEANOR >> confident, friendly and approachable

- POSTURE >> relaxed

HABITS

Touchy-feely – puts a hand on your arm or leans his shoulder against yours while you talk. (He’s good at picking up signals so he won’t do that to people who are uncomfortable with it.)

Lots of eye contact. He’s searching for what’s good in your soul. And has the confidence to meet your gaze and draw you in.

COMPLEXITY (Fill in the circles as you wish)

- VOCABULARY >> ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️

Siavash was a C student but he has a degree in International Relations and is a trained diplomat.

- EMOTION >> ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚫️

Sia is very emotive but also capable of disguising it when he wants to. Paradoxically part of his high cha score is his sincerity, and the other part is his willingness to manipulate people.

Siavash raised an eyebrow. There was that conspiratorial gleam again. “I wouldn’t call it that. I don’t manipulate people. I just get them to reconsider what’s in their best interest.” “Ha! Just like me. I don’t steal; I just encourage people to help all the poor, helpless tieflings of the world. Starting with me.”

- SENTENCE STRUCTURE >> ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪

Again he’s educated enough to have good grammar and to employ it when making heroic speeches or writing letters, but his relaxed style of speaking is very informal.

Woljif asks him what he does with his money:

“Spend it,” Siavash said with a carefree smile. “Wine, good food, nice clothes, new guitar strings. More oranges, if I’m lucky. Don’t need much more than that and the wind at my back.”

PROFANITY

- FREQUENCY >> ⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️

Not often but when he says it he means it.

Woljif laughed softly. “I think we’re compatible, chief.” “Compatible? We’re fucking amazing together.”

- CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity) >> ⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️

Here’s where my own limitations are the problem. He’s my funny creative character. He works in the funny creative factory.

BOLD THAT APPLY

arse / ass / asshole / bastard / bitch / bloody / bugger / bollocks / chicken shit / crap / cunt / dick / frick / fuck / horseshit / motherfucker / piss / prick / pussy / screw / shit / shitass / son of a bitch / twat / wanker

THIS OR THAT

straightforward or cryptic?

finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind?

masculinity, neutrality, or femininity?

formalities or with abrasiveness?

praise or equivocation? Yes

frankness or flattery? Yes

excessive or minimal hand gestures? Handsy

name-calling or magnanimity?

friendly or blunt

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

- DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER?

Never – as a bard Siavash can modulate his voice effectively.

- DOES YOUR CHARACTER’S POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK?

Frequently; he's a good communicator

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS?

Almost always

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS?

Rarely

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE ‘WHOM’ IN A SENTENCE?

Yes - he does have pretty good grammar and can pass it off naturally

- YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE?

but / though / although / however / perhaps / maybe

- HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS?

He doesn’t / gets distracted by something else

- WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK?

Middle

- IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS?

A friendly, inviting tone; smooth with people even if he has something unpleasant to communicate; infectious laugh

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WASN’T TOUCHED ON?

Siavash is a Persian name meaning “he who rides a dark horse.” There’s a Prince Siavash in the Shahnameh.

The pronunciation is more like two syllables than three: sya-vash, not see-ah-vash. Accent on both syllables. Thus the short form Sia is one syllable: sya.

(In the real Persian pronunciation it’s see-ah-VASH but the ee-ah sounds kind of bleed together to sound like one syllable.)

Tagging no pressure @dmagedgoods, @arendaes, @undyingembers, @silversiren1101, @spyridonya

#tag game #siavash #thanks dolly i'm really looking forward to seeing these for more ocs!#pwotr pals

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stranger-rants · 11 months

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Also, in the U.S. these topics are combined under one certification: history, geography, social studies, civics, and economics.

You have to take coursework in all of them. I generally picked "history" for Steve, but it's really all of these things. You can pick an area you like best, but my coworkers can teach any of these things if they have to.

I'm an English (language) teacher, so I focus on content area vocabulary and writing needed for social studies. I can do that in any content area, and as such I've co-taught ELA, math, and science as well but Global History is my preference.

I know a lot about the education system in the U.S. so if you're ever writing an AU and you need references, feel free to ask!

#teacher au

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ghguguhuu · 14 days

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Presentation

Bonjour,

You guys can call me Kayla or ghguguhuu (it's not my true name...) and I'm 15 years old. This year, I want to grow, to improve myself, to become a better person and as I was walking on the street and I decided that I wanted to evolve.

So, how can I evolve? I decided to improve these aspects of my life:

Physical:

Dance 3 times a week (kpop dance, afrobeat, ballet)

Take a walk 2 times a week

Stretch everyday

Mental:

Write down my thougths

Do some shadow works

30 min without screen everyday

Find my Ikigai

Academic:

Study everyday for 30 min to 1 h 30min (except on sundays)

Improve my skills english

Improve my vocabulary (in french, english and spanish)

Romantisize school and study

Hobbies:

Read at least 5 pages of a book everyday (I love to read so it will be easy)

Learn about philosophy, history and geography

Learn how to draw

Learn fashion design

Learn how to play piano

Learn how to code

Learn about astronomy

Learn spanish

Learn how to play chess

Spiritual:

Grow my relationship with God (I'm christian)

Pray everday in the morning and when I go to sleep

Pray before I eat

Read at least verse everyday

Meditate once a week

Social

Try to make more friends

Develop my relationships with my actual friends

Documentate my process will make me more productive and motivate during this whole journey.

Love you <3

NB:

English is not my native language so I'm sorry if I make mistakes

I'm going to plan everything later with more details (I can not everything at the same time)

(I think that I will add more goals later)

#productive #level up journey #self development #self improvement #productivity challenge #girl blogger #chaotic academia

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everythingsbetterunderthestars · 4 months

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You speak german? Like, I am german and i wonder if german is a hard language to learn if its not youre first language. What was your impression on that?

Eigentlich wollte ich deine Frage auf Deutsch antworten aber das ist zu schwer für mich und hätte so viel mehr Zeit genommen😭 also ich mach das einfach auf Englisch

Yes I do speak german! More or less fluently depending on how you judge it haha and also it depends on like how much I practice it.

I’m originally French but speak a lot of english (through my english speaking friends and also internet etc) so these two languages come way more easily to me, which makes it all the more frustrating to search for words/not understand complicated sentence structures/etc in german

I first started learning german when I was 9 and went to Germany for about 2 months for an exchange, and came home early (I was supposed to stay for 6 months) because I didn’t get along with the family (the parents were manipulative and emotionally abusive, and only talked to me in french which was the opposite of the goal: learn german lol)

Then the organisation that organises these exchanges contacted us again to say they found another german family who would match better with us and I convinced my parents to let me go again, this time for 6 months when I was 10 years old.

Then I just had normal german classes for 4 years until I got to high school where I went to Abibac which is a class to get the double diploma for the german Abitur and the french baccalauréat, so I had 6 hours of language and literature in german + 4 hours of history and geography in german /week

Now I’m in my first year of higher education (is this the right name for it? Idk educational systems are all so different it’s confusing) and I have 4 hours of german /week by choice (I could’ve had less or no german, with either more english, or geography or latin…) and it’s super hard honestly, I still have a lot to learn regarding the grammar and my vocabulary isn’t as rich as a native speaker’s.

All in all though I speak better german than most french people lol (though that’s not very hard) and I would definitely be able to survive on my own in Germany

Uh so yeah this got very long and kind of became a life story lol sorry

But yes german is quite a complicated language, mostly because of der/die/das and Akkusativ/Dativ/Genitiv

I feel like I would need to live in Germany and get to practice everyday for several months/years to be fully confident in my level, but I would probably loose most of it again if I came back to France and stoped talking it on a daily basis

#thank you for the ask this was so interesting to talk about!#hope you have a great day/night depending on when you see this lol #answered #on languages

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sweetpiccolo-blog · 9 months

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Hiya! Hope you're having a nice day/night!

I'm here for the matchups so let me begin quickly!

◆ I am 162 cm tall, I have really dark brown hair and I also have hazel eyes.

◆ I know fluent Turkish (native), C1 English, B2 Azerbaijan Turkish and a little bit of A2/B1 German.

◆ I'm ISFJ 6w5 and I'm apparently an Aquarius. (I don't care for zodiac signs lmao-)

◆ My hobbies include sewing, cooking/baking, cycling, drawing, reading, drumming, photography, gaming, learning new languages and etc.

◆ Likes: Geography, citrus fruits, nature, cartoons, swing sets, cold weather...

◆ Dislikes: Insects, bad grammar, crowds, public speaking...

◆ I have no preferences but my favourite is Seb, that should tell a lot about me. (:

Thanks for taking your time to read this, have a great day! 🧿

- Ani

HI ANI!!! I am so excited to finally do your ask. I really hope you like it <3 I did not give you Seb because you are literally him so I decided to match you up with someone I feel like you would love spending time with.

This is only my opinion, so be sure to let me know what you think about it later : )

LET US GET STARTED!

Header by @dvluc

Your match is...

☆Alex Albon☆

You and Alex are serious when you need to be but that’s like 5% percent of the time, maybe less. You bet you both would be goofing around all day every day. But you are responsible and reliable. That being said, if there is a problem I think you both would come to a solution pretty quickly and even if there is a problem, there’s not much of them between you two.

Languages! You know many, he does few so that means… learning from each other! He would be amazed by your linguistic skills. I feel like he could teach you some Thai phrases maybe something about Thai cuisine too since he loves food. You would actually crush him with your rich vocabulary. Always blurring out something which sounds like gibberish to him but then you would laugh it off, slow down and translate what you just said. It is a very symbiotic way of learning for both of you.

You have incredible trust in each other. And also loyalty. You two would die for one another without a question. You are practically connected, inseparable. If there is you, Alex must be somewhere around and that works the other way around too.

I can see you dropping some geography facts here and there and Alex just looking at you as if you grew another head. He remembers them though and then flexes in front of George or Lando.

MEMES. Memes everywhere. No matter which app you communicate through there are loads and loads of memes. Nonstop.

When you agree on something together you do it. Even if it`s a spontaneous trip. One of you says the idea out loud, other one agrees and boom a plan is born. Backing a huge cake in the middle of the week? Why not. Getting out on the bikes for a whole day till the sun goes down? Yes please. Taking random pictures of everyone during the rawe ceek and then laughing at them? Uh-huh. Designing t-shirts with some cool design? Ya bet.

Gaming nights are a thing at your house. When there is no race, you buy the newest game and play together. No matter the genre. You even call the guys from Twitch to join you.

You both love nature! Although Alex is more of summer and sea guy and you a wintery gial. You will find something that both of you can enjoy. Just being outside makes you recharge your batteries.

BONUS: You avoid crowds as much as possible but that is not easy while dating an F1 driver, so you and Alex come up with ridiculous outfits to blend in and somehow they always work, nobody suspects a thing. You try to make existing in a crowd less of a burden and just have fun.

ENJOY! 💙💙💙

#match up #alex albon #aa23 #f1 x you #f1 #f1 imagine #ani ask

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manasastuff-blog · 4 months

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thesebloodydays · 1 year

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The Waterloo chapters are taking me a really long time to read because

1: I suck at architectural and military vocabulary and looking at the English translation is not really helping me, either.

2: I have a terrible sense of direction and I am horrible with maps and geography in general.

3: I keep googling things and end up going down wikipedia rabbit holes.

#les mis letters #here is where I would consult my unabridged Swedish translation #IF I HAD ONE

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advancegkquiz · 3 months

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General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 22

1. Who started the saka era which is still used by the Government of India ?

a) Kanishka

b) Vikramaditya

c) Samudra Gupta

d) Ashoka

2. The 'Kannauj Assembly' organised by Harsha was held in honour of

a). Fa-Hien

b). Itsing

c) Hieun-Tsang

d) Megasthenese

3. Which one of the following groups of leaders joined the extremists wing of the Indian National Congress ?

a) BG Tilak,GK Gokhale and Lala Lajpat Rai

b) SN Banerjee,BG Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

c) BG Tilak,Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal

d) Bipin Chandra Pal,Firozshah Mehta and Lala Lajpat Rai

4. The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx in the year

a) 1848

b) 1856

c) 1880

d) 1883

5. 'Judicial Review' function of the Supreme Court means the power to

a) reviews its own judgements

b) review function of judiciary in the country

c) examine the Constitutional validity of laws

d) undertake periodic review of the Constitution

6. India has been described under Article 1 of the Constitution as a

a) Federation

b) Federation, with a strong unitary bias

c) Confederation

d) Union of States

7. 'Gobi' Desert is situated in the rain-shadow area of

a) Alps

b) Rockie Mountain

c) Himalaya

d) Yural Mountain

8. On which of the following longitudes is the Indian Standard Time determined ?

a) 68^½°E

b) 68^½°W

c) 82^½°E

d) 82^½°W

9. Which two planets of the Solar System have no satellites ?

a) Mercury and Venus

b) Venus and Mars

c) Mercury and Pluto

d) Venus and Neptune

10. The earth is at the least distance from the sun ( Perihelion) on

a) December 22nd

b) January 3rd

c) July 4th

d) June 21st

11. Duncan Passage is situated between

a) Minicoy and Amandeev

b) Minicoy and Maldives

c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar

d) South Andaman and Little Andaman

12. Which of the following gives the correct descending order by length of the rivers of India ?

a) Brahmaputra,Ganga,Godavari,Kosi

b) Ganga,Brahmaputra,Krishna,Godavari

c) Ganga,Godavari,Krishna,Yamuna

d) Ganga,Yamuna,Godavari,Mahanadi

13. If the change in demand for a commodity is at a faster rate than change in the price of commodity than the demand is

a) perfectly inelastic

b) elastic

c) perfectly elastic

d) inelastic

14. Which of the following are not fixed costs ?

a) Rent on land

b) Municipal taxes

c) wages paid to workers

d) Insurance charges

15. The term 'Rh factor' refers to

a) Rhesus factor

b) Rheumatoid factor

c) Renal factor

d) Rhombic factor

16. The metallic constituents of hard water are

a) magnesium,calcium and tin

b) iron,tin and calcium

c) calcium,iron and magnesium

d) magnesium, tin and iron

17. Tungsten is used for the manufacture of the filament of an electric bulb , because

a) It is good conductor

b) It is economical

c) It is malleable

d) It has a very high melting point

18. Which of the following is a rich source of Vitamin B12

a) cashew nut

b) milk

c) apple

d) watermelon

19. Roundworm is a human parasite found in the

a) small intestine

b) liver

c) stomach

d) large intestine

20. The disease that is caused by virus is

a) typhoid

b) cholera

c) rabies

d) tetanus

21. The largest cell in the human body is

a) nerve cell

b) muscle cell

c) liver cell

d) kidney cell

22. The metal present in insulin is

a) copper

b) iron

c) zinc

d) magnesium

23. Blood groups were discovered by

a) Altmann

b) Landsteiner

c) Losch

d) Ronald Ross

24. Least audible sound for most of the human ear is

a) 10.0 u bar

b) 0.0002 u bar

c) 0.005 u bar

d) 5.0 u bar

25. Which one of the following peripherals can not serve as both input and output devices ?

a) Tele-printer

b) Floppy disk drives

c) Scanner

d) optical disc drives

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zhuzhudushu · 1 year

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I just found your blog (I am learning Chinese so I keep getting the blogs of other language learners reccomended) and while scrolling through it, I ran across that other ask about being a speech pathologist. If you don't mind a question from an absolute stranger - do you happen to have a book rec for understanding American accents & pronunciation geography? I'm a native English speaker, but my foriegn friends keep asking me English pronunciation questions and I can't answer them - I generally want to answer "well, in some cities they say it that way, but in other cities they say it that other way, so both are fine". But their textbooks say it has to be one way, and that just confuses me so much. (one recent example was when to pronounce "the" as "thee" vs "th-uh" "Th-uh apple" and "thee apple" Both sound natural to me but "th-uh apple" is my normal. But apparently that is "wrong" for most of the USA?) I'd like to get a better understanding of what defines mainstream English and what parts of my own speech are a geographic quirk.

Also, I feel like the thing making my friends sound foriegn isn't pronunciation details like that, it's more rhythm and tone or something, but I don't have the vocabulary or background knowledge to figure out what part of their speech sounds off or how to fix it, so if you have a rec for a basic "how speech works" book I'd love that too. (I'm not asking for a book that will magically give me all the knowledge of your profession- that is obviously impossible. But I'd like to learn at least a little since I get asked these types of questions so very very very often and I feel like I am generally exceptionally unhelpful, to my dismay. (I have tried some random linguistics books and they were a) very dense and difficult and b) not really covering what I was looking for.)

Any advice is appreciated! (But there is absolutely no urgency and it's not very important, so don't feel obligated to like, do research or even reply if you can't think of something appropriate for laymen off the top of your head.)

OMG Longest Ask Ever Award??

I have also come across foreign speakers who were told they Had To Pronounce Things This Way, but in my experience, if they get snippy with me about it when I tell them that's not true, then I will send them to videos or TV shows to show real speakers pronouncing it a variety of ways. Once I sent a friend an Appalachian accent video and she couldn't understand it at all which was funny.

When I was in grad school, unfortunately the only real resources we had were for AAE (African American English) dialect, because my field has a horrible history of diagnosing Black children (especially boys) with language disorders for "incorrect grammar" that was really just a dialect. This was really the only dialect we studied.

But really, in my experience with intermediate+ English learners, they are VERY aware that words have multiple pronunciations. I mean, especially in Chinese, they should know that's true because those with Taiwanese and Beijing accents can struggle to understand each other (for just one example). Also, many of my Chinese friends learn British English, and are very aware that different English-speaking countries have different vocab and pronunciation.

I also agree that for the most part, if non-native speakers are difficult to understand, it's less about pronunciation of individual sounds, and more about the flow of the sounds together. We combine sounds, we skip over some, we connect them, and also - especially for tonal language speakers - their intonation doesn't sound natural and it throws native English listeners off.

But unfortunately I don't know of any good accent book resources. But to help you search yourself, the Normal (white i mean what) dialect is formally called Standard American English in educational settings. If you google that you might be able to find some books on it. This also goes for Standard British English and Standard Australian English.

I haven't watched them but WIRED on youtube has a whole set of videos about a US Accent Tour lol You could check those out?

#answered #ask #zhuzhu rambles #speech tag #i'm always here for answering questions from random strangers #hope this was helpful??#honestly i haven't even LOOKED at a textbook in 3 years RIP

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babolat85 · 11 months

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15 questions for 15 mutuals

I was tagged by @tigo a few days ago and completely forgot about it!

Are you named after anyone?

While I have a historical name, I’m not aware of me being named after anyone specifically

When was the last time you cried?

Uh about two weeks ago when I whacked my toe into a rolled up carpet. A toe that I need to have surgery done on due to an ingrown toenail :(

Do you have any kids?

Feckin’ hope not. Would be some miracle if it was the case

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I’d say sarcasm makes up about 90% of my vocabulary.

What sports do you play/Have you played?

Last sport? Curling. Before that Tennis, before that baseball, soccer etc. But that was a LONG time before the tennis.

What’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Weirdly, their shoes. Says a lot about a person with that they choose to put on their feet.

Eye colour

Depends on how tired I am, or my mood. I have heterochromia, so they go from blue to green, sometimes one of each.

Scary movies or happy endings?

I am not a fan of Scary movies :(

Any special talents?

I have the ability to bore the pants off of people with my useless trivia knowledge

Where were you born?

In a galaxy, FAR far away. Well, actually a hospital. Boring me

What are your hobbies?

Don’t know if many know that I’m an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO), but I don’t have much time or space to put everything back on display. So most stuff hides in my spare bedroom.

Do you have any pets?

Yes, 1 cat. My Bébé.

How tall are you?

186 cm

Fave subject in school?

History, English, Geography or Art

Dream job?

Somewhere FAR away from people. Which makes me wonder why I’m doing a job that’s solely involving people. But I guess one where I’m not being micromanaged.

tagging some people, feel free to answer or ignore. I don’t mind either way

@r10tm0m @bloomingkyras @simstrashkingdom

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morrak · 2 years

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Untitled Wednesday Library Series, Part 81

I’m writing tonight from beside a stack of heretofore firmly packed away things — my oilstones and some ancillary lathe tooling — which should be appearing in long-promised posts soon. My head’s been miles away from the usual coffee-, plant-, and writingposting these last couple months, but I’m trying to keep pace with my own maladaptive expectation where possible. Closing in on closing out some of last year’s prose ideas, and anyway, I guess a Theophrastus UWLS entry is vaguely botanical. The brand must be upheld or something. I don’t know what you all read me for, but I’ll damn well keep guessing wildly so long as it’s even vaguely fun.

But Theophrastus, yeah? Wrote both Enquiry into and Causes of Plants, plus some other stuff. Peripatetic, successor of Aristotle at the Lyceum, purported father of botany, so on and etc. Translated by lots of people into lots of languages for a lot of years running, including the aptly named Arthur F. Hort in these volumes, which are mostly Enquiry ‘and minor works on odours and weather signs’.

The Loeb collection is/was a Harvard Press line in collaboration with London’s William Heinemann Ltd. This set was first offering in 1926, but got several reprints over many decades and outlasted lots of editors. My pair is of mixed vintage, but we’ll save that for The Object.

The How

If you’re interested (like I am, for some reason) in botany largely as a futile but crunchy taxonomical-phylogenetic problem, Theophrastus is unavoidable. At minimum he’s etymologically unavoidable — he’s the earliest source we have for a heap of plant names; Linnaeus appealed to his vocabulary pretty constantly and you don’t quickly outgrow roots like those — but that doesn’t even touch the biogeographical or linguistic or philosophical or systematic kick these books imparted to botanical science per se.

That’s a long way of saying I thought I should poke at them cautiously, maybe, and found some copies used online.

The Text

Hort’s translation is the earliest complete English rendering I’m aware of. I presume it’s fine, but despite myself I have practically no Greek. A project Hort set for himself, for better or worse, was guessing about the identities of every plant referenced in the text, spare only the longest shots. Many of his conclusions are either questionable or outright conflict with more recent readings, but it’s a noble effort. Brave, sure, and arrogant, but noble. Usually works OK.

This printing is bilingual, which is perfect for pulling down references, and very closely obeys the original text’s organization. More closely even than its own pagination, actually; the index gives locations in book-section-paragraph rather than absolute number.

For a guy who had doubts about how to talk about plants and even about how they worked, Theophrastus had a lot to say about the things. Some anatomy, some geography, occasional rough ethnobotany, etymologies, horticultural tips, the works. Several layers of hearsay are usually afoot, as you’d expect — ‘about the oak accounts differ’ and so on — but that’s kinda fun. Books 1–5 contain some general points and then a workup of trees, and 6–9 runs from under-shrubs to herbs and then digresses about juices (pitch, myrrh, resins and extracts) and medicinal applications.

Nicely arranged; big fan of weildy paragraphs.

The Object

My second volume is a 1977 printing from the UK. The first one is an undated edition from the Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group out of York, Pennsylvania. It’s more recent — acid-free paper, much better condition, some tweaks to the presentation — but contains no dates other than an unhelpful (erroneous?) ‘First published 1916’.

To my eyes the Greek type is slightly worse overall than the English, and the Maple-Vail copy worse than the older one. My eyes are right on both counts; these are nice to look at and good to handle but a little tiresome to really inspect, if you get what I mean.

The Why, Though?

I kind of already said, but I made an omission. I could find the text itself online if I needed, but this particular preparation contains Hort’s decision that κάκτος maps to ‘cardoon’, which, hmm. Either he was wrong, lots of other seminal botanical writers were wrong, or, more likely, they all are.

Also this is the reference to silphium, which is another huge question mark in antique studies and goddamnit if that’s not tantalizing.

Because I haven’t hit my image limit for once, some pictures from the back shelves. Wild cardoon Cynara cardunculus and some giant fennel Ferula communis, one candidate for silphium, in (modern) habitat vaguely near where some of this book can be traced to.

#images #untitled wednesday library series #on botany

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orc-apologist · 11 months

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any attempt to draw clear and concise lines between human identities beyond “what an individual sees themself as” will always fail. this is especially true about identities surrounding gender and sexuality, but those are not the only ones.

as an example, take the difference between a language and a dialect. one might think that there are specific linguistic qualities one can look at to determine which one is which. the general idea is that languages show a greater difference from each other than dialects do. this is not true.

for example, there are three main dialects of German spoken within Germany itself, each of which break off into more subdialects. these are Low German, High German, and Upper German (also there are more outside of Germany like Swiss German and Austrian German, but those are mostly considered part of the Upper German dialects). The dialects are mostly identified by geography, Low German referring to the flatlands of the north, High German to the semi-mountainous center, and Upper German to the mountain ranges of the south. The standard language is a High German variety.

if you examine these dialects linguistically, they show vast differences in every part of the language: vocabulary, phonology, and grammar. Often times, differences outnumber the similarities. Speakers of Low German dialects cannot communicate with Upper German in their respective dialects, nor can High Germans with Low Germans nor Upper Germans. A standard language, New High German, is necessary as a sort of lingua franca to communicate with each other.

Even historically speaking, Low German is actually more closely related to Frisian and English, which form the Ingvaeonic Germanic subfamily of the West Germanic language family. This relation can be seen by the fact that, for example, nasal sounds are lost before fricatives, cf. Low German fief ‘5′ with English five and Frisian fiif ‘5′ but New High German fünf ‘5′ and Bavarian (Upper German) fimf ‘5′.

So the question remains as to why these dialects are all unified under the banner of “German”. The answer is so simple that it’s almost frustrating: because their speakers see themselves as German-speakers. Not necessarily Germans, since Austrians will also generally call themselves German-speakers, but never Germans.

This relationship between language and dialect is allegorical to the fact that there is no clear-cut set of values one can ascribe to identities to perfectly compartmentalise them. there is only one and that is personal identity. the only reason Low German is German because its speakers see themselves as German-speakers just like the only reason I am a gay man is because I see myself as gay and a man.

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Hi love, I'm tired of where I’m at. I'm privileged living in a mostly digital age and my public schooling hasn't taught me much. Do you give book recommendations? I hope to be more confident about reading and speaking and become more intelligent. I'm looking for books that expand your life perspective too. Also, books from authors who write well or use uncommon words, so their writing helps you boost your vocabulary or improve your writing. Bonus points if it develops your conversation skills. When you’ve finished reading a book, you can tell if it didn’t just stimulate your mind for a time; it taught you long-term valuable things. I’m open to many recommendations, but one serious objection is that I prefer to read books without darkness—no disturbing violence or depressing, overly stressing books, please. The most depressing and violent book I've ever read was mandatory reading in high school about the holocaust. Although I don't regret reading it, it’s enough for a lifetime, especially when darkness is in the news daily. If that was too much, maybe you could share the book that helped you fall in love with reading?

Hey, anon! I'm so glad you asked me. We are just thrown in this digital era with too much information and often don't know what to do. I completely understand -and also struggle a lot with it. I try to help when I'm able to with book recommendations and I'll will do it happily. But first: don't worry about me recommending a dark, sad, depressed or violent book. With the world we are living it's not my piece of cake either. Especially books about the Holocaust. I think it's important to know, although as you said "it's enough for a lifetime". So you can scroll my blog without worrying about that.

My best advice for what your looking for is to read a little of everything, but I, personally, feels it's easier to stick with the classics. Start slow and do not be discouraged if you can't read some book on the first time. You can always try again later. I like to read a classic without knowing the critics and book analysis. First read, do your own analysis and then search for others analysis from safe sources. If you wish you could stop here. It's already amazing that you're reading, trying to form your own opinions and searching a little bit more. After that I like to do my own research using some of this questions:

1. Who was the author? What he/she believe or stand for?

2. I'm what context this book was written?

3. This book was written for who? Hight society? Clergy? Royals?

4. What was happening in the world when the book was written, a little before and a little later of publishing?

5. Was/is this book banned? Where? Why? For how long?

6. Why it's a classic?

7. How this book impacted the society when it was released?

I can't remember any other question right now and I know it seems a lot, yet most of them are not that difficult to find the answers. Furthermore, this questions help a lot to understand history, geography, to gain more knowledge and improve your conversation skills. I learned along the years that people love a good history, but they don't want to read or delve on a book to know them.

I wish I could help you more in terms of vocabulary. Unfortunately, at this point, you probably realized that english it's not my first language (it's also a little bit rusty). Despite reading and writing in english I don't know if my book recommendations have authors with uncommon words and writes really well. I have a different perspective about that, especially commas, because I use them a lot creating long phrases. Sorry for that. That's why I will strictly stick with the classics with you at this point. Anyway, this is getting long so I'll let here some books and feel free to ask me again. I hope I answered some of your questions and if it's confuse I blame my lack of sleep. Any other questions you have I'll gladly answer. Reading it's really solitary so it's always nice to have someone to talk to.

Ps.: I know I talked a lot about classics but my favorite book ever is Chronicles of Narnia. I read when I was 8/9 and still love it. It's important to read and study, but in the meantime you should have fun! So a mix a lot the books recommendations.

Books to start:

I don't know your experience with books in general, so these books are easier to read:

Wizard of Oz

The little prince

Chronicles of Narnia, C.S Lewis

The nose, Nikolai Gogol

The diary of a madman, Nikolai Gogol

A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

The Nightingale and the rose, Oscar Wilde

The curious case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The invisible man, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The secret garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Animal farm, George Orwell

Sherlock Holmes

Agatha Christie

Alice, Lewis Carroll

Peter Pan, James Barrie

If you already started reading there are some other choices here:

Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and other works of Shakespeare

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

The hunchback of Notre Dame, Alexandre Dumas

The Alienist, Machado de Assis

1984. George Orwell

The white tiger, Aravind Adiga

Brave new world, Aldous Huxley

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Bel Ami, Guy de Maupassant

The Treatise on Tolerance on the Occasion of the Death of Jean Calas from the Judgment Rendered in Toulouse, Voltaire

On crimes and punishments, Cesare Beccaria

Dom Casmurro, Machado de Assis

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli

Utopia, Thomas More

The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli

In Praise of Folly, Erasmo of Rotterdam

The Rogue’s Trial, Ariano Suassuna

Frankstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Dracula, Bram Stoker

The Banquet, Plato

The Marble Dance, Lygia Fagundes Telles

The secrets we kept, Lara Prescott

The Arabian Nights

Isaura, The Slave Girl, Bernardo Guimarães

The Slum, Aluísio Azevedo

He, She and We, Robert A. Johnson (three different books)

Jane Austen books

The turn of the screw, Henry James

To kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai

The name of the rose, Umberto Eco

Epitaph of a Small Winner, Machado de Assis

Orlando, Virginia Woolf

The process, Franz Kafka

The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux

The picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Origin, Dan Brown

Sophie's World, Jostein Harder

Edgar Allan Poe works

Perfume: the story of a murderer, Patrick Süskind

The Non-Existent Knight, Ítalo Calvino

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bardbury

I probably forgot some books. This is a list with different countries, genres and times. Hope this helps.

Ps.: Some books might seem cruel, but if you want to think and reflect is necessary. I didn't put anything gruesome, explicit violence or dark. I read all of this some years ago so I might be wrong at some point. In doubt just ask me again about any specific book.

#asked and answered #book #book rec asks #books recommendations #classic literature

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