Test 5
Test 5
Q1. Which player has scored the most runs in a Q8. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
single Test innings? (a) Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
(a) Virat Kohli (b) Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Matthew Hayden (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Brian Lara (d) Gandhiji and M. Ali Jinnah
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
Q9. Who gave the call for Evergreen Revolution?
Q2. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was (a) M. S. Swaminathan
Muslim Peasants Rebellion against: (b) Verghese Kurien
(a) Muslim Land Holders (c) Tribhuvandas Patel
(b) The British Government Authority (d) H. M. Dalaya
(c) The non-tribal outsiders
(d) Hindu Land Holders Q10. In India the term Black Revolution is
associated with:
Q3. The prominent leaders of Indian Association (a) Self-dependence in the production of coal
which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 (b) Nurturing the Black Soil
were: (c) Self-dependence in the production of
(a) Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath petroleum crude oil
Banerjee (d) Self-dependence in the production of black
(b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das crop
(c) Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand
Mukherjee Q11. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the
(d) Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh year
Chandra Dutt (a) 1935
(b) 1945
Q4. When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar (c) 1949
islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, (d) 1969
he named these islands as:
(a) Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively Q12. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?
(b) Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively (a) 16
(c) Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively (b) 14
(d) Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively (c) 15
(d) 20
Q5. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was
a contemporary of which of the following rulers? Q13. In India, inflation measured by the
(a) Akbar (a) Wholesale Price Index number
(b) Humayun (b) Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual
(c) Shahjahan workers
(d) Sher Shah Suri (c) Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
(d) National Income Deflation
Q6. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
(a) Chalukyas Q14. Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie - places famous
(b) Cholas for gold mines are located in:
(c) Pallavas (a) Australia
(d) Satavahanas (b) USA
(c) England
Q7. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress (d) South Africa
President at:
(a) Haripura, 1938 Q15. Apatanis are the tribes found in:
(b) Bombay, 1934 (a) Himanchal Pradesh
(c) Madras Session, 1927 (b) Nagaland
(d) Kanpur Session, 1925 (c) Sikkim
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Q16. The largest river of all the west flowing rivers Q24. Which of the following is not a Union
of the peninsular India is: Territory?
(a) Tapti (a) Lakshadweep
(b) Kaveri (b) Chandigarh
(c) Krishna (c) Goa
(d) Narmada River (d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Q17. The Mountain system of Alps, Carpathians, Q25. What J. Dunlop invented?
Transylvanian, Balkans are located in: (a) Pneumatic rubber tire
(a) South America (b) Automobile wheel rim
(b) New Zealand (c) Rubber boot
(c) Europe (d) Model airplanes
(d) North America
Q26. Who is the author of the book 'Freedom
Q18. Dul Hasti Project and Salal project are Behind Bars'?
located at: (a) Kiran Bedi
(a) River Chenab (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) River Chambal (c) Sheikh Abdullah
(c) River Damodar (d) Nelson Mandela
(d) River Godavari
Q27. 'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means?
Q19. The Naharkatiya oil field is located in: (a) Digital Transmission Protocol
(a) Gujrat (b) Desktop Publishing
(b) Bihar (c) Data Type Programming
(c) Assam (d) Document Type Processing
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Q28. Dr. Zakir Hussain was
Q20. Electric bulb filament is made of (a) first vice president of India
(a) Copper (b) first speaker of Lok Sabha
(b) Aluminium (c) the first Muslim president of India
(c) Lead (d) first president of Indian National Congress
(d) Tungsten
Q29. How many Lok Sabha seats does Goa have?
Q21. Which of the following is a non-metal that (a) 2
remains liquid at room temperature? (b) 5
(a) Phosphorous (c) 7
(b) Bromine (d) 11
(c) Chlorine
(d) Helium Q30. In which of the following organs of human
body does maximum absorption of food take
Q22. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate place?
compound in which central metal is (a) Gullet
(a) Copper (b) Large intestine
(b) Magnesium (c) Small intestine
(c) Iron (d) Stomach
(d) Calcium
Q31. Which state/UT launched the ‘Amrit Brikshya
Q23. Which of the following is the lightest metal? Andolan’ app?
(a) Mercury (a) Assam
(b) Lithium (b) West Bengal
(c) Lead (c) Odisha
(d) Silver (d) Gujarat
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Q32. Which state launched ‘Abua Awas Yojna’ to Q39. Which country is experiencing a
build homes for the needy? phenomenon known as “full-time children”?
(a) Jharkhand (a) China
(b) Madhya Pradesh (b) Japan
(c) Meghalaya (c) Australia
(d) Assam (d) USA
Q33. Which city is going to host the world’s largest Q40. Which city is the host of 2024 BRICS
literary festival, Sahityotsav? summit?
(a) New Delhi (a) Kazan, Russia
(b) Lucknow (b) São Paulo, Brazil
(c) Chennai (c) Shanghai, China
(d) Bengaluru (d) Johannesburg, South Africa
Q34. Snake Island (Zmiinyi Island), which was Q41. Which agency conducts the Joint Entrance
seen in the news, is located in which country? Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility Cum
(a) Indonesia Entrance Test (NEET)?
(b) Ukraine (a) Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
(c) Philippines (b) Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
(d) China (c) Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
(IBPS)
Q35. Recently, who has become the sole Indian (d) National Testing Agency (NTA)
weightlifter who qualified for the Paris Olympics
2024? Q42. Which Northeastern state has recently
(a) Mirabai Chanu achieved 100 percent household tap water
(b) Kunjarani Devi connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission?
(c) Gurdeep Singh (a) Assam
(d) Karnam Malleswari (b) Meghalaya
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
Q36. What was India’s ranking in the global (d) Sikkim
cybercrime report for 2023?
(a) 79th Q43. What is the primary purpose of the
(b) 80th Government e Marketplace (GeM)?
(c) 85th (a) To increase government revenue
(d) 84th (b) To prevent corruption during procurement in
public offices
Q37. The World’s first ‘Spotless giraffe’ was born (c) To facilitate the sale of private sector goods
in which country? (d) To provide financial aid to government
(a) India employees
(b) USA
(c) China Q44. What was India’s HDI score in 2022
(d) New Zealand according to the 2023-24 Human Development
Report?
Q38. Who has been recognised as the Election (a) 0.434
Commission of India’s (ECI) national icon for voter (b) 0.567
awareness and education? (c) 0.644
(a) Amitabh Bachchan (d) 0.751
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Alia Bhatt Q45. Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under
(d) Kangana Ranaut which of the following Article of the Indian
Constitution?
(a) Article 14
(b) Article 21
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Q49. Which statement is true regarding the Q55. Which of the following authors received the
qualifications for appointment as a judge of a High Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024 for a short
Court? story collection in Assamese?
(a) The Constitution specifies a minimum age for (a) Rani Baro
the appointment. (b) Sutapa Chakraborty
(b) An advocate must have practiced in a High (c) Nayanjyoti Sarma
Court for at least twenty years. (d) V Jekova Machahary
(c) A person must have held a judicial office for at
least ten years or been an advocate for ten
years.
(d) Distinguished jurists are specifically eligible for
appointment as High Court judges.
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Q56. Which project was inaugurated by the Chief Q63. What was the name of the first Ahom king
Minister of Assan to make the Assam Secretariat who issued coins?
Complex the first in India to rely entirely on solar- (a) Suklenmung
generated electricity? (b) Sukhampha
(a) Janata Bhawan Wind Power Project (c) Sutupha
(b) Assam Solar Energy Initiative (d) Suhungmung
(c) Janata Bhawan Solar Project
(d) Assam Green Energy Scheme Q64. Who was responsible for the assassination of
Laluk Sola Barphukan?
Q57. Where is the radar for the NETRA Project (a) Bhotai
planned to be located? (b) Ruchinath
(a) At a new site in Mumbai (c) Gobar
(b) At the defunct thermal power plant site at (d) Ramadhvaj Singha
Chandrapur near Guwahati
(c) At the space research center in Bangalore Q65. What marked the boundary between Mughal
(d) At a satellite launch facility in Chennai India and the Ahom kingdom after the Battle of
Itakhuli?
Q58. What is the name of the traditional rice beer (a) Barnadi River
of the Dimasa community? (b) River Manas
(a) Apong (c) River Barak
(b) Tongba (d) River Sankosh
(c) Chhaang
(d) Judima Q66. Incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 3 and
their expenditures are in the ratio 9 : 5. If income
Q59. Which festival is an annual winter festival of of A is twice the expenditure of B, then what is the
merriment for the Karbi people? ratio of savings of A and B?
(a) Rongker (a) 1 : 1
(b) HachaKekan (b) 3 : 2
(c) Chomankan (c) 3 : 4
(d) Chojun Puja (d) 2 : 3
Q60. Which of the following literary works is not Q67. The three numbers A, B, C are in the ratio 1/2
contributed by Srimanta Sankardeva? : 2/3 : 3/4. The different between greatest and
(a) Ajamil Upakhyan smallest numbers is 21. The three numbers A, B
(b) Anadi Patan and C respectively are:
(c) Keligopal (a) 56, 42, 63
(d) Dadhi Manthan (b) 63, 56, 42
(c) 42, 63, 56
Q61. Which Assamese ruler participated in the (d) 42, 56, 63
Kurukshetra war from the side of Kaurava?
(a) Bhismaka Q68. The monthly incomes of A and B are in the
(b) Narakasura ratio 3 : 4 and the ratio of their monthly
(c) Bhagadatta expenditures is 2 : 3. If each saves Rs. 4000 per
(d) Banasura month, then what is the income of B?
(a) Rs. 20000
Q62. Which Assamese ruler was known for (b) Rs. 12000
building the Hayagriva Madhav Temple? (c) Rs. 16000
(a) Narakasura (d) Rs. 14000
(b) Ratnapala
(c) Raghudeva Narayan Q69. If (A + B): (B + C): (C + A) = 6: 7: 5, then find
(d) Bhaskarvarman the value of C: (A + B)?
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 1 : 3
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(c) 1 : 1 (c) 33
(d) 2 : 3 (d) More than one of the above
Q70. One pipe A can fill the tank completely in 24 Q75. A train of length 300 metres crosses a tree in
minutes and another pipe B can fill it completely in 20 seconds and crosses another train of the same
30 minutes. A 3rd pipe which is drain pipe empties length travelling in opposite direction in 25
the tank completely in 12 minutes. The inlet pipes seconds. What is the speed of the second train?
are opened for 10 minutes and then drain pipe is (a) 12 m/s
also opened. Find the time taken to empty the (b) 15 m/s
water tank. (c) 9 m/s
(a) 75 min (d) None of the above
(b) 45 min
(c) 90 min Q76. A 100 m long train takes 7.2 seconds to cross
(d) 42.5 min a person walking at 5 km/h in the direction opposite
to that of the train. What is the speed (in km/h) of
Q71. Dinesh’s monthly income is 25% more than the train?
monthly income of Eswar. While, Eswar saves (a) 48
20% more than Dinesh. Dinesh’s monthly income (b) 45
is Rs.12000/- and his monthly savings are Rs. (c) 54
3000. What is the annual expenditure of Eswar? (d) More than one of the above
(a) Rs.48000
(b) Rs.51000 Q77. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is
(c) Rs.72000 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph.
(d) None of these For how many minutes does the bus stop per
hour?
Q72. A manufacturer marked his article up by 38% (a) 9
on the manufactured price and sold it at a profit of (b) 10
15%. Had he sold it for Rs.600 more he would have (c) 12
gained 30% profit. Find the difference between (d) 20
marked price of the article and selling price of the
article when sold at 24% profit. Q78. In one hour, a boat goes 11 km/hr along the
(a) Rs.520 stream and 5 km/hr against the stream. The speed
(b) Rs.560 of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:
(c) Rs.480 (a) 3 km/hr
(d) None of these (b) 5 km/hr
(c) 8 km/hr
Q73. Construction of a wall is to be completed in (d) 9 km/hr
45 days and 110 men are working 8 hours a day.
After 25 days, 2/5th of the work is finished. How Q79. A boat running downstream covers a
many extra men must be employed so that the distance of 16 km in 2 hours while for covering the
work must be completed on time assuming each same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is
man is now working 10 hours? the speed of the boat in still water?
(a) 165 men (a) 4 km/hr
(b) 55 men (b) 6 km/hr
(c) 155 men (c) 8 km/hr
(d) 50 men (d) Data inadequate
Q74. The average age of A, B and C, 5 years ago, Q80. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and the
was 21 years. The average age of B and C 3 years other two factors of their L.C.M. are 13 and 14. The
from now will be 25.5 years. What is the present larger of the two numbers is:
age (in years) of A? (a) 276
(a) 31 (b) 299
(b) 35 (c) 322
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(a)
(c)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(a)
(b) (a)
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Q117. The agent had disclosed the secret before Q123. After dating for three years, Nick and Jane
it was evening. finally tied the knot last weekend.
(a) The secret was disclosed by the agent before (a) graduated from college
it was evening. (b) got engaged
(b) The secret had disclosed by the agent before it (c) got married
had been evening. (d) bought a new house
(c) The secret had been disclosed by the agent
before it was evening. Q124. After losing her job and facing financial
(d) The secret was disclosed by the agent before difficulties, she lost the will to continue.
it had been evening. (a) misplaced her determination
(b) lost a legal document
Q118. This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer. (c) misplaced her sense of direction
(a) I cannot wear this shirt any longer. (d) lost the desire to keep going
(b) Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible.
(c) This shirt is too worn out to be worn any longer. Q125. The sign said "Keep your distance" to
(d) This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer. encourage social distancing during the pandemic.
(a) Stay close to someone
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(b) Keep a safe space between you and someone the Pandora Papers are sourced from 14 different
else providers, whose identity has been concealed. It is
(c) Ignore the people around you a much more comprehensive picture of how the
(d) Move away from someone as quickly as wealthy shift their wealth across tax jurisdictions,
possible possibly to evade taxes or to have a system of
‘more efficient tax planning’. For decades, big
Directions (Q126-150): Read the following
companies like Apple, Google and Amazon have
passage carefully and answer the questions
hooked profits from their European and global
given. Certain words/phrases have been given
income in the low-tax haven of Ireland. That will
in bold to help you locate them while answering
now end. Indeed, the European Union has
some of the questions.
imposed a fine on Ireland for such irresponsible
taxation, which amounts to ‘stealing the taxes’ of
Passage-1
other jurisdictions. Leaving aside the fugitives who
have defrauded banks, or defaulted on large loans
On October 3, the ICIJ released the Pandora
from public sector banks, another issue to think
papers. The collaborators included media
about is that even if the wealth has been salted
organizations like the BBC and The Guardian from
away legally, does it reflect a flight of capital? Are
the UK and The Indian Express from India. The
high net worth individuals moving significant
data is in 11.9 million files, consisting of
assets abroad? What is their anxiety? Do they feel
documents, images, emails, spreadsheets,
their wealth is not secure in India? If India were to
presentations, audio and video files and even ink
open up its capital account completely, would we
on paper. The work was done mostly in secrecy,
see a massive flight of capital? The Pandora
over nearly two years. While the records go back
Papers raise a lot of issues that need serious
to the 1970s, most of the data pertains to the
introspection. However, one hopes that like the
period from 1996 to 2020. What the Pandora
Panama and Paradise Papers, they don’t become
Papers reveal are the financial dealings of the
forgotten headlines in a fortnight.
super-rich, including politicians, businessmen,
sports stars and celebrities. They provide data on
Q126. Which of the following would replace the
secret private trusts ‘settled’ or placed in obscure
word ‘hooked’ as used in the passage above?
offshore tax havens and the identity of the ultimate
(a) Looked
beneficiaries of the wealth in those trusts. The data
(b) Spooked
also reveals the multi-layered complex structures,
(c) Booked
possibly constructed to hide the identity of ultimate
(d) Rebuked
beneficiaries. There are shell companies within
(e) No replacement needed
offshore shell companies, which safeguard wealth
in the form of cash, shares, real estate ownership,
Q127. Which media house has not been
aircrafts, yachts and art. The multiple layers of
mentioned in the passage?
ownership are to make it difficult to trace the true
(a) The Guardian
ownership and beneficiaries. There are at least
(b) BBC
380 persons of Indian nationality in the Pandora
(c) Indian Express
Papers. These include some against whom
(d) The New York Times
investigations are ongoing for financial fraud, and
(e) All have been mentioned
some whose revelation has raised eyebrows.
There is data on more than 130 billionaires from
Q128. How do the Pandora’s papers claim to have
various countries. What is different about the
preserved the wealth of the businessmen and the
Pandora Papers from the earlier Panama Papers
personalities?
leaks, revealed by the ICIJ five years ago? Unlike
(a) In the form of the financial dealings of the
the Panama Papers which were leaked from a
super-rich
single source, a law firm called Mossack Fonseca,
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(b) In complex structures that hide the real Q132. Which of the following issue/(s) need/(s) a
identities of the beneficiaries serious deliberation as per the Pandora papers
(c) Shell companies that safeguard the wealth in leak?
the form of cash, real estate, aircrafts, yachts (i) The high-net worth individuals feel that their
etc. wealth is not secure in India
(d) They have sourced information from various (ii) Is there a fear of returning the estate duty?
information providers (iii) Is there going to be a fair allocation of profits
(e) None of the above and taxable income?
(a) Only (ii)
Q129. Which of the following words can fit as the (b) Only (i)
best antonym to the word ‘evade’ as used in the (c) Both (i) and (iii)
passage above? (d) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
(a) Pay (e) Both (i) and (ii)
(b) Escape
(c) Hide Passage-2
(d) Unintentional
(e) Intentional Deforestation, clearance, clear cutting, or clearing
is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land
Q130. How are the Pandora papers different from that is then converted to non-forest use.
the Panama Papers? Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land
(a) The Panama papers have been revealed by to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most
the ICIJ and they had been planning for the concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical
same for the last 5 years rainforests. About 31% of Earth’s land surface is
(b) The role of tax havens has been huge as they covered by forests. Between 15 million to 18
provide a way for the wealthy to evade taxes million hectares of forest, an area the size of
(c) The Pandora papers have named the banks Belgium, are destroyed every year, on average
that have helped their clients create the shell 2,400 trees are cut down each minute. The Food
companies and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(d) The Panama papers had extensively named defines deforestation as the conversion of forest to
Ireland blaming that they have ended up in other land uses (regardless of whether it is human-
huge losses for the other countries induced). “Deforestation” and “forest area net
(e) The Pandora papers have been leaked from 14 change” are not the same: the latter is the sum of
different sources unlike the ones done by the all forest losses (deforestation) and all forest gains
Panama where a single entity was involved (forest expansion) in a given period. Net change,
therefore, can be positive or negative, depending
Q131. Which of the following points can be on whether gains exceed losses, or vice versa.
negated as discussed in the passage above?
The removal of trees without sufficient
(a) The data is in 11.9 million files, consisting of
reforestation has resulted in habitat damage,
documents, images, emails, spreadsheets,
biodiversity loss, and aridity. Deforestation causes
presentations, audio and video files and even
extinction, changes to climatic conditions,
ink on paper.
desertification, and displacement of populations,
(b) There are at least 350 persons of Indian
as observed by current conditions and in the past
nationality in the Pandora Papers.
through the fossil record. Deforestation also has
(c) There is data on more than 130 billionaires
adverse impacts on biosequestration of
from various countries.
atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing negative
(d) Both (b) and (c)
feedback cycles contributing to global warming.
(e) All are true
Global warming also puts increased
(A)/pressure on communities who seek food
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security (B) / by clearing forests for agricultural Q135. Which of the following statements are not
use (C)/ and reduce arable land more true based on the passage given.
generally(D)/No error (E). Deforested regions I) Scientific Reports published that if deforestation
typically incur significant other environmental continues at its current rate in the next 20 – 30
effects such as adverse soil erosion and years, it can trigger a full or almost full extinction of
degradation into wasteland. humanity.
The resilience of human food systems and their II) Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the
capacity to adapt to future change depends on that removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that
very biodiversity – including dry land-adapted is then converted to forest use
shrub and tree species that help combat III) Between 15 million to 18 million hectares of
desertification, forest-dwelling insects, bats and forest, an area the size of Belgium, are destroyed
bird species that pollinate crops, trees with every year, on average 2,400 trees are cut down
extensive root systems in mountain ecosystems each minute.
that prevent soil erosion, and mangrove species IV) Net change can be positive or negative,
that provide resilience against flooding in coastal depending on whether gains exceed losses, or
areas. With climate change capturing (a) the risks vice versa
to food systems, the role of forests in (a) Only IV
exacerbating (b) and storing carbon and (b) Only III
increasing (c) climate change is of ever (c) Both I and II
mitigating (d) importance for the agricultural (d) Both I & III
sector. (e) All of the above
According to a study published in Scientific
Reports if deforestation continues in current rate in Q136. Which of the following are not the causes of
the next 20 – 40 years, it can trigger a full or almost deforestation according to the passage?
full extinction of humanity. To avoid it humanity (a) extinction
should pass from a civilization dominated by the (b) biodiversity loss
economy to “cultural society” that “privileges the (c) displacement of populations
interest of the ecosystem above the individual (d) desertification
interest of its components, but eventually in (e) All of the above
accordance with the overall communal interest”.
Q137. Which organisation defines deforestation as
Q133. Which of the following is the synonym of the the conversion of forest to other land uses?
word INCUR used in the passage? (a) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the
(a) Forfeit United Nations
(b) provoke (b) World health Organization
(c) Dodge (c) Indian council of medical research
(d) Obviate (d) Indian Agriculture association
(e) All of the above (e) None of the above
Q134. Read the sentence to find out whether there Q138. Which of the following defines all forest
is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The gains in the passage?
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The (a) Deforestation
number of that part is the answer. (b) Desertification
(a) Global warming also puts increased (c) Forest Expansion
(b) pressure on communities who seek food (d) Biodiversity loss
security (e) None of the above
(c) by clearing forests for agricultural use
(d) and reduce arable land more generally
(e) No error
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Majestic Academy, 2nd Floor, H.K. Market, Nayanpur Rd, Ganeshguri, Guwahati, Assam 781006,
Phone: 7577811111, Email: majesticacademyindia@gmail.com
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ADRE MOCK Test - 5
Majestic Academy, 2nd Floor, H.K. Market, Nayanpur Rd, Ganeshguri, Guwahati, Assam 781006,
Phone: 7577811111, Email: majesticacademyindia@gmail.com
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ADRE MOCK Test - 5
Majestic Academy, 2nd Floor, H.K. Market, Nayanpur Rd, Ganeshguri, Guwahati, Assam 781006,
Phone: 7577811111, Email: majesticacademyindia@gmail.com
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