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HAL Trade Apprentice Exam - English
Duration: 60 Β· Questions: 150 Β· Max Marks: 150 Β· Language: 3
English
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I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express
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Have the car stolen!
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The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.
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I had to stop all my work to complete this project.
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They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
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The online shopping site lowered the prices.
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Who taught you to drive a truck ?
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We shall invite Suresh.
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Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.
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The partners will celebrate their triumph tomorrow.
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Why did break the vase?
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Mariam was writing a note to her boss.
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The baby really enjoys that music.
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The weather disrupted the final match.
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The management committee is required to publish a report every year.
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Preeti ran the race in record time.
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I shall have written the full thesis by December
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One must keep one’s promises.
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I read the story in one night.
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We must take care of the old.
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The Finance Department has ……………a centralized online databank system for all statutory government bodies to …………an eye on their assets and liabilities.
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Assets
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Affidavit
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Hollow
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Cosset
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Ogle
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Intrinsic
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Coalesce
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Loiter
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The protests were......... at ......... awareness among the elite and the educated.
Electrical
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Assuming both the voltage sources are in phase, the value of R for which maximum power is transferred from circuit A to circuit B is

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For the intrinsic gallium-arsenide, the conductivity at room temperature 25°C is 10-6 (ohm-m)-1, the electron and hole nobilities are 0.85 m2/V-s and 0.04 m2/V-s respectively. What is the intrinsic carrier concentration at the room temperature?
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The resistivity of intrinsic germanium at 30°C is 0.46 –m. What is the intrinsic carrier density at 30°C if the electron mobility is 0.38 m2/V-s and the hole mobility is 0.18 m2/V-s?
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Heat conduction in a semiconductor takes place
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Brewster angle is the angle when a wave is incident on the surface of a perfect dielectric at which there is no reflected wave and the incident wave is
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An electrical breakdown of a p-n junction occurs if
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The chief deterrent to the widespread application of superconducting materials is
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Which one of the following properties is not observed in the carbon nanotubes ?
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The evidence for the importance of electron-phonon interaction in super-conductors comes from
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Which one of the following materials is used for cable insulation ?
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For high speed reading and storing of information in a computer, the material used is
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The temperature above which an anti-ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic is called
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Which effect is the converse of Peltier effect ?
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Magnetic materials which may be readily magnetized in either direction are
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Consider the following statements regarding a ferromagnetic material:
1.Below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials exhibit hysteresis effect.
2.The coercive force is the filed required to reduce the flux density to zero.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
1.Below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials exhibit hysteresis effect.
2.The coercive force is the filed required to reduce the flux density to zero.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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The impact ionization phenomenon in semiconductor may be viewed as the reverse process of
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Refractive index of a slice glass can be reduced by doping it with tiny amount of
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If a diameter of a copper wire is increased by two times keeping its terminal voltage same, then the drift velocity will
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In an induction type energy meter, the steady speed attained by the rotating disc is
1.Proportional to the deflecting torque.
2.Proportional to the resistance of the path of eddy currents.
3.Inversely proportional to the effective readings of disc from its axis.
4.Inversely proportional to the square of brake magnetic flux.
Which of the above are correct?
1.Proportional to the deflecting torque.
2.Proportional to the resistance of the path of eddy currents.
3.Inversely proportional to the effective readings of disc from its axis.
4.Inversely proportional to the square of brake magnetic flux.
Which of the above are correct?
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If ‘KCLFTSB’ stands for ‘best of luck’ and ‘SHSWDG’ stands for ‘good wishes’, which of the following indicates ‘ace the exam’?
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Consider the following statements associated with the basic electrostatic properties of ideal conductors:
1.The resultant field inside is zero.
2.The net charge density in the interior is zero.
3.Any net charges reside on the surface.
4.The surface is always equipotential.
5.The field just outside is zero.
Which of the above statements are correct?
1.The resultant field inside is zero.
2.The net charge density in the interior is zero.
3.Any net charges reside on the surface.
4.The surface is always equipotential.
5.The field just outside is zero.
Which of the above statements are correct?
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A semiconductor device made out of a material having very high temperature coefficient of resistance is
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The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature because
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Which of the following are associated with soft superconductors?
1.Silsbee’s rule
2.Meissner effect
3.Faraday rotation
4.Curie-Weiss law
1.Silsbee’s rule
2.Meissner effect
3.Faraday rotation
4.Curie-Weiss law
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In a two-channel oscilloscope operating in x-y mode, two in-phase 50 Hz sinusoidal waveforms of equal amplitude are fed to the two channels. What will be the resultant pattern on the screen?
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Materials, whose resistivity at very low temperature plunges from a finite value to zero and remains there upon further cooling, are known as
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In a superconductor, is the temperature is decreased below its critical temperature, the value of critical magnetic field will
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The imaginary part of dielectric constant determines
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Direction: Each of the items consists of two statements, one labeled as the ‘Statement (I)’ and the other as ‘Statement (II)’. Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below
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In 8085A microprocessor, the operation performed by the instruction LHLD 2100 H is
Reasoning
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‘Gram’ is relatd to ‘Mass’ in the same way as ‘Centimetre’ is related to
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'Mustard' is related to 'Seed' in the same way as 'Carrot' is related to
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Which of the following pairs of words have the same relationship as Fan : Heat?
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'Radish' is related to 'Root', in the same way as 'Brinjal' is related to
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'Jackal' is related to 'Carnivorous', in the same way as 'Goat' is related to
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Which of the following pairs has similar relationship as Run : Race?
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Which of the following has same relationship as that of Money : Wealth?
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Which of the following is related to ‘Melody’, in the same way as ‘Delicious’ is related to 'Taste'?
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Offhand’ is related to ‘Premeditation’ in the same way as ‘Above board’ is related to
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5 : 7 : : ? : 28
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Which one is different form the remaining three?
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Three of the following four are alike in certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to the group?
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Unscramble the letters in the given words and find the odd one out.
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What should come next in the following number series?
0 2 4 6 2 3 0 2 4 6 4 5 0 2 4 6 6 7 0 2?
0 2 4 6 2 3 0 2 4 6 4 5 0 2 4 6 6 7 0 2?
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What will be there is the place of question mark in the following series?
E G 3 5, I K 9 9, M O 1 9 5, Q S 3 2 3?
E G 3 5, I K 9 9, M O 1 9 5, Q S 3 2 3?
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What should come next in the following letter series?
A Z A B Y A B C X A B C D W A B C D E V A B C D E
A Z A B Y A B C X A B C D W A B C D E V A B C D E
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What should come next in the following letter series?
H G F E D C B A G F E D C B A G F E D C B
H G F E D C B A G F E D C B A G F E D C B
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What should come next in the following letter series?
Z X V T R P N L J Y W U S Q O
Z X V T R P N L J Y W U S Q O
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Which of the following should come next in the given sequence of numbers?
24 3 2 4 3 1 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 3 1 2 3
24 3 2 4 3 1 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 3 1 2 3
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What should come next in the following letter series?
P P O PO N PO N M P O N M L P O N M L
P P O PO N PO N M P O N M L P O N M L
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Given Set : (6, 15, 28)
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Given Set : (81, 77, 69)
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Kick : Football
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Rectangle : Pentagon
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Inherit : Acquire
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Court : Justic
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Coal : Thermal
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Statements I=H>C> N < E=S
Conclusions
I. I > H
II. C > S
Conclusions
I. I > H
II. C > S
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Statements G> R>E=A<T<S:D<A<J
Conclusions
I. T D
II. R > S
Conclusions
I. T D
II. R > S
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Statements G>R> E=A<T<S:D<A<J
Conclusions
I J > G
II. J = G
Conclusions
I J > G
II. J = G
Aptitude
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If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A C is,:
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What is the sum of 130+125+191 ?
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If
, then x is equal to
, then x is equal to4
A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many years it will become eight times ?
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Compound interest (compounded annually) on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs. 102. The simple interest on the same sum for the same rate and for the same period will be
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There are 5 red balls, 4 yellow balls and 3 green balls in a basket. If 3 ball are drawn at random. What is the probability that at least 2 of them are green in colour?
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Which of the following fractions is in descending order ?
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The value of 

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The square root of
is
is10
If (1101)2 = 1212201 find the value at 

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A discount of 15% on one article is the same as discount of 20% on a second article. The costs of the two articles can be
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is equal to
is equal to 13
Four number-pairs have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the number-pair that is different.
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The simplified value of is
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The digit in unit's place of the number
(1570)2 + (1571)2 + (1572)2 + (1573)2 is
(1570)2 + (1571)2 + (1572)2 + (1573)2 is
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Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
MEND, PHJZ, SKFV, VNBR, ?
MEND, PHJZ, SKFV, VNBR, ?
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Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
(12, 14, 143)
(12, 14, 143)
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=?
=?19
Select the option in which the numbers are NOT related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
(64, 91, 118)
(64, 91, 118)
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is equal to
is equal to21
The simplified value of
is
is22
Given that
= 3.6 and
= 11.4, then the value of
is equal to
= 3.6 and
= 11.4, then the value of
is equal to 23
The monthly income of three cricketers Ankit, Sanjay and Roshan, from different sources, are in the ratio of 12 : 9 : 7, and their expenditures are in the ratio 15 : 9 : 8. If Ankit saves 25% of his income for future investments, what is the ratio of the savings of Ankit, Sanjay and Roshan?
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Given that
is approximately equal to 4898,
is nearly equal to
is approximately equal to 4898,
is nearly equal to25
Which of the following numbers 0.1, 0.01, (0.11)2,
is greatest?
is greatest?26
The square root of
is
is27
If
= 1.7321, the value of
is
= 1.7321, the value of
is28
The square root of
is
is 29
is equal to
is equal to30
The value of
is
isGeneral Awareness
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What is the name of the new generation nuclear capable missile tested by the DRDO?
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Which state government implements Chief Minister Dalit Empowerment Programme?
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NERAMAC, which was seen in the recent stimulus package, is associated with which sector?
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Γ’β¬βΉWhich Union Ministry implements the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana?
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NEIA Trust, which was making news recently, is associated with which sector?
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In the ISSF World Cup shooting, who won gold in the women’s 25 meters pistol event in Osijek, Croatia?
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The PM of which country resigned in June 2021, one week after he lost a vote of confidence?
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How many Indian medical colleges have found a place in the list of 100 best medical colleges of the world in 2021?
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Who will lay the foundation stone of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar cultural centre in Lucknow in June 2021?
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Which city will use facial scanners to detect Coronavirus infections after a trial of 20,000 people showed a high degree of effectiveness?
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K417N mutation is associated with which classification of SARS-CoV-2 virus?
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Which institution released a study on the ‘not-for-profit’ hospital model in India?
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Which institution hosts the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021?
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The Reserve Bank of India released guidelines for outsourcing, targeted at which category of banks?
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Which institution published a global report on Racial Justice and Inequality?
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In June 2021, the Union government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Kalyan Anna Yojana from July to to which month?
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Centre has allocated how many rupees grant to Jharkhand under Jal Jeevan Mission?
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In June 2021, who inaugurated Asia’s longest high-speed test track located in Pithampur Indore?
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In June 2021, Shambhu Nath Srivastava has been appointed Chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations. Whom has he succeeded?
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An Indian Navy warship carried out a military exercise with which of the following South Korean vessels in the East China Sea in June 2021?
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Which is the biggest air carrier in Saudi Arabia?
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Which Asian country was declared Malaria-Free by the World Health Organization recently?
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Which is the first mRNA vaccine, to get Emergency Use License in India?
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Which organization conducts the TOEFL and GRE tests?
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Which tax on crude Palm oil was recently reduced to 10 per cent?
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India has made it to the top 10 in Global Cyber security Index (GCI) 2020 by ITU. Which country topped the chart?
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Bharti Group would invest how many million dollars to become the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company OneWeb?
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The US has appointed whom as the country’s Charge d’Affaires in Delhi, in June 2021?
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Aditi Ashok is related to which game?
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. and which of the following have announced a collaboration to implement a 5G NR O-RAN small cell solution?
