English: Odd Sentence Set 10

Directions: Choose the odd sentence out of the given five sentences in each question.

  1. A) Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said today.
    B)  While there were floods in some states, there was a drought-like situation in parts of Karnataka.
    C)So far, more than 80 per cent of the kharif crops has been completed and planting will continue in some parts till next month.
    D) Foodgrain output in the kharif season is likely to surpass last year’s record.
    E) It is being said, About 19 lakh hectares of crop area has been affected by floods across the country and farmers are likely to take up other kharif crops once the water recedes.
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      Option B
    Explanation: DACE
                  
  2. A) With rates on FDs plummeting by more than 2 percentage points over the past two years, a fall in the savings deposits rate as well is bound to pinch the large population of Indian savers
    B)  Having flushed with funds, a post-demonetisation consequence, banks had good reason to slash fixed deposit rates over the past year.
    C)For the first time since interest rates on savings accounts were deregulated in October 2011, the State Bank of India, has moved to lower the rate.
    D) After lowering lending rates by 80-90 bps in January, the higher incremental funding costs in recent months has started to hurt.
    E) SBI’s unceremonious cut of 50 bps in the savings deposit rate, will impact 90 per cent of its depositors.
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      Option D
    Explanation:CEAB
                  
  3. A)  resultantly, scientists fixed a mutation that thickens the heart muscle, a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    B)  Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes in a human embryo.
    C)In case of some mutation in a particular gene and a child will suffer from the condition even if it inherits only one copy of the mutated gene.
    D) It repairs  genetic mutation
    E) It has fuelled hopes that such procedures may one day be available outside laboratory conditions.
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      Option C
    Explanation: BFEA
                  
  4. A)  It caught many — including those at the top of the sector — off guard.
    B)  the Conservative Party’s election manifesto commits it to making “almost ever car and van” zero emission by 2050.
    C)While the timing and the extent of the action may have somewhat surprised industry, action was certainly expected
    D) last week, the British government announced that it has planned to ban sales of new “conventional” diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040 .
    E) Other European countries announced plans to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2025, while France will end the sales of these vehicles by 2040.
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      Option E
    Explanation: DACB
                  
  5. A)  Perhaps the biggest challenge for the new vice president will be to assume a non-partisan role while managing the functioning of the House.
    B)  The new VP will need to have the confidence of MPs on both sides of the aisle.
    C)He will have to play the arbiter between political parties and set the benchmark for non-partisan conduct.
    D) Raisinia Hill is witnessing a change of guard.
    E) The president is a part of Parliament but is a passive observer of its proceedings.
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      Option E
    Explanation: ABCD
                  
  6. A)  ‌It can only happen through education, communication, and ties of mutual respect between scientists and their communities.
    B)  the paths of communication must go both ways.
    C)The best way to ensure science will influence policy is to encourage people to appreciate and engage with science.
    D) We must take science out of the labs and journals and share it with the world.
    E) There has too long been a divide between the scientific community and the public.
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      Option D
    Explanation: CABE
                  
  7. A)  the Supreme Court has gone beyond a mere affirmation of the ‘polluter pays’ principle.
    B)  The Central Empowered Committee had recommended compensation to the extent of 30% of the value of the iron ore and manganese ore illegally mined in Odisha
    C)The mining companies tried every possible means of avoiding the tag that they had illegally mined iron or manganese ore.
    D) but the court has been firm about not compromising on the quantum of compensation.
    E) It has also set a significant benchmark for stringent action against those who indulge in mining without environmental or forest clearance.
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      Option C
    Explanation:AEBD
                  
  8. A)  Thereafter, passionate advocacy by women’s rights activists resulted in the insertion of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code
    B)  When first enacted in 1961, the anti-dowry law,  it sought to protect women from being killed or tortured in their marital homes by greedy husbands and in-laws.
    C)which brought enormous relief to women who face virtually insurmountable obstacles in the public space
    D) As with all laws relating to women, the patriarchal, self-fulfilling argument that Section 498A had created a bunch of monstrous, disgruntled women.
    E) it made the offence of dowry harassment cognisable and non-bailable.
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      Option D
    Explanation: BAEC
                  
  9. A) such remuneration can go overboard sometimes.
    B) In developed countries such as Italy, a skewed political culture can result in high cost to the state when it comes to politicians.
    C) We need an external, independent body to determine parliamentary salaries
    D) The idea of paying a salary has always been closely linked to remunerating public representatives.
    E) Italy pays $115 million annually for salaries for 630 representatives in its Lower House.
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      Option C
    Explanation: DABE
                  
  10. A) According to NASS CTO Michael Valivullah. Hybrid IT gives agencies and other organizations the benefits of both off-premises public cloud and on-premises private cloud.
    B) The Agriculture Department is vast
    C) It is a behemoth in the federal IT community
    D) It employs about 100,000 employees and has 17 component agencies
    E) Yet one of those component agencies, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), aims to stay nimble by using a hybrid IT approach.
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      Option A
    Explanation:BCDE
                  

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  1. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

    ??????????
    RRB and IBPS PO DIRECTION SENSE:-
    Trisha starts walking from point A,walks 12 metre to the south and reaches point B.She then takes a left turn,walks 5 metre and reaches point D.From point D she turns left,walks 11 metre and stops at point E.Point P is to the west of point B.Rishi who is standing at Point P walks for a distance equal to the shortest distance between Points B and E and reaches point Q.From point Q he takes a left turn,walks for a certain distance and reaches point E.
    1)Mehul starts walking towards south from point B.He walks for a certain distance to reach point K.He then takes a left turn and stops after walking for 9 metre.If the final position is 3 metre to the east of point D,what is the distance between Point B and Point K??
    2)Point Z is 9 metre to the east of Point A.Arun starts from Point Z,walks towards south takes a right turn and walks for a certain distance to reach point D.What is the total distance that Arun has to walk in order to reach point D?
    3) Point M is 9 metre to the north of point Q.From point M,which of the following walking directions would lead to Point A?
    A)12 metre towards west,turn right and walk for 2 metre,then turn right and walk for 7 metre.
    B)4 metre towards east,turn left and walk for 3 metre,then turn right and walk 5 metre.
    C)3 metre towards north,turn left,walk 19 metre,turn left and walks 5 metre.
    D)3 metre towards north,turn left,walk 19 metre,turn left and walk 5 metre
    1)Both A and D
    2)Only D
    3)Both B and C
    4)Only C
    5)Only B.
    ??????????

      1. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

        Yes

        1. deepali

          pls pic upload krdo

          1. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Ek mint ruko

          2. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Ab banao agr banega to batana warna pic de dunga..thodi se mistake ho gai thi sorry

          3. deepali

            ap krdo upload,,,mujhse (a) solv n hua ,,,

          4. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Kr diya

          5. deepali

            krdoooooooooooo pls m waiting

          6. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Hanji kr raha

          7. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Wc

          8. deepali

            ek bte btao bk 4 kese aea?

          9. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            K se chalta he left leta he 10 metre thik ab fr left leta he aur 9 metre chalta he lekin. 9 metre chal k D k sidha pahucha to jab C Se D 5 metre he to niche wala uska 4 hoga kuki upar 9 metre hi chala tha
            Aur fr Bk 4 hoga

          10. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            9 metre upar jab gaya to kisi point pe pahucha na Jo point D se 3 metre east me he..matlab D k sidha hi hoga..
            .ab C se D ka pehle se pata he 5 metre to niche wala 4 hoga coz total 9 chala tha..aur jab niche wala 4 hoga to BK v equal he usi distance 4 k according to diagram.

          11. deepali

            ok,,thnkyi=ouuu:))

          12. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

            Wc

  2. SRIVASTAVA SRK SBI IN NABARD P

    Total distance between A and B is ‘d ‘ km.The distance travelled along the stream is three times of the total distance and the distance travelled against the stream is two times of the total distance.The time taken to cover distance along the stream is 10% less than the time taken to cover the distance against the stream.If a person covers a distance of 21 km in 1 hour 24 minutes along the stream,then find the rate of current? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/223c51a3a4f14c8ab7c6e4c4bc554ae73da19e7d52d24de5c3594c4ee53a22d0.jpg

  3. EKTA

    mam i am not getting question no 5 ..i think ans should be D…Plsss shubhra mam clear my doubt

    1. Srishti

      See,
      Functioning of house ko manage karne ke liye MPs ka confidence chaiye. Hence B follows A.


      Raisina Hill, often used as a metonym for the seat of the Government of India, is an area of Lutyens’ Delhi, New Delhi, housing India’s most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, ..

      1. EKTA

        thank u mam ….good luck

  4. Sourav

    10 ka ans i guess b hoga…corrct me if m wrong.

    1. Srishti

      No it is A only because we can’t link up with other sentences.

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