SSC Stenographer Grade C & D General Awareness — Previous Year Questions

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General Awareness PYQs asked in SSC Stenographer Grade C & D

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1. Q1.107. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 114. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported The wedding planner is making all the reservations and speech.

   • A.arrangements in advance. Henry playfully asked the kids, “How can you split this paper
   • B.1. All the reservations and arrangements are to be made by the further into pieces?”
   • C.wedding planner in advance. 1. Henry playfully asked the kids how they could have split
   • D.2. All the reservations and arrangements are being made by that further into pieces.
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   Answer: A. arrangements in advance. Henry playfully asked the kids, “How can you split this paper

   difficulties he overcame. Kerala is where PT Usha, the 1984 recipient of the coveted Arjuna 72.

2. Q2.them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the

   • A.1. on the table 2. Give me
   • B.error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark
   • C.3. a book 4. that is
   • D.‘No error’ as your answer.
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   Answer: A. 1. on the table 2. Give me

   Award, is from. As the ‘Payyoli Express,’ P.T. Usha is a well-known Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency is mostly linked to beriberi. Lack Indian track and field athlete. She has competed in numerous of thiamine, an essential component involved in the metabolism of international sports competitions with notable success and has carbohydrates, can cause several symptoms, such as fatigue, loss competed

3. Q3.109. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. While driving, Satheesh always / switches off his mobile

   • A.He gave a large amount of donation for flood victims and
   • B.phone / and kept it in the dashboard.
   • C.everyone appreciated his magnanimous act.
   • D.1. No error
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   Answer: D. 1. No error

   the Indian government to honour sports prowess. An important religious procession known as the Palkhi festival is 81.

4. Q4.1. Vindictive 2. Chimerical 2. While driving, Satheesh always 3. Chivalrous 4. Cherubic 3. and kept it in the dashboard 110. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the 4. switches off his mobile phone sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in 116. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. Sycophant

   • A.Flatterer
   • B.Mammoth
   • C.Killer
   • D.Psycho
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   Answer: C. Killer

   held every year in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is connected An illustration of a rabi crop is wheat. The Indian subcontinent to the veneration of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram, two generally uses the rabi cropping system, which consists of winter- illustrious saints and poet-philosophers of the Maharashtrian Bhakti sown and spring-harvested crops. These plants need a fair quantity move

5. Q5.informational resources. 117. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active A. These resources are made accessible to a defined community voice. for their reference or borrowing. Hopefully, the match will be won by our team. B. It provides physical or digital access to the users. 1. Hopefully, our team will have win the match.

   • A.C. They facilitate group study and collaboration. 2. Hopefully, our team will win the match.
   • B.D. A library’s collection includes books, periodicals, newspapers, 3. Hopefully, our team will be winning the match.
   • C.etc. 4. Hopefully, our team will be win the match.
   • D.S6. Libraries range in size from few shelves to several items.
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   Answer: A. C. They facilitate group study and collaboration. 2. Hopefully, our team will win the match.

   saints. Devotional singing, dancing, and displays of adoration for According to the 2011 census, the northeastern Indian state of the saints characterise the Palkhi celebration. Arunachal Pradesh had the lowest population density of any state. 74.

6. Q6.118. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect

   • A.ACDB
   • B.ACBD
   • C.ABDC
   • D.ABCD
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   Answer: C. ABDC

   The state has a comparatively low population density as compared Mathematician and professor Nikhil Srivastava along with to other states in India because of its extensive forested areas and Adam Marcus and Daniel Spielman, who have connections to mountainous topography. many branches of mathematics and engineering, solved the age- old Kadison-Singer issue in December 2021. The mathematical 83.

7. Q7.111. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. The old king said, “Good Heavens, I am ruined.”

   • A.Abandon
   • B.1. The old king was shocked that he was ruined.
   • C.1. Construct 2. Relinquish
   • D.2. The old king blamed heavens that he was ruined.
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   Answer: D. 2. The old king blamed heavens that he was ruined.

   community paid them a great deal of attention and recognised their Viruses are not regarded as cells. Viruses are acellular, non- achievement in tackling this challenge. living infectious agents. They are unable to perform necessary life processes on their own because they lack cellular structures. 75.

8. Q8.3. Cherish 4. Toleration 3. The old king exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined. 112. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and 4. The old king cried out that good heavens has ruined him. the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the 119. The following sentence has been split into four segments. sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. He reached quickly because / five miles were not / a long S1. Under normal conditions A. talk of nothing in particular distance for / a young man like him. B. he would welcome us with a smile 1. He reached quickly because C. crack a joke or two 2. a long distance for D. for a couple of minutes 3. five miles were not S6. and then state the actual business. 4. a young man like him

   • A.ABCD
   • B.BCAD
   • C.ADCB
   • D.ACDB 120. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
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   Answer: B. BCAD

   While viruses do not have cells and are categorised independently, The distribution of information or messages to a large audience via bacteria, fungi, and algae are cellular creatures with distinctive cell numerous media channels is referred to as mass communication. structures. Door-to-door campaigns entail outreach to individuals or households and interpersonal communication, but they do not qu

9. Q9.113. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Gregarious

   • A.Anti-social
   • B.Introvert
   • C.Sociable
   • D.Excited
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   Answer: B. Introvert

   communication. The other options (television, movies, and radio) One of the most notable kings of the Gupta Empire in ancient India, are examples of mass communication since they use electronic Samudragupta, had Harisena as one of his ministers. Samudragupta media to spread messages to a large audience. was also a well-known poet. The Prayaga Prashasti, commonly known as the famous Allahabad pilla

10. Q10.theatre. 121. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the 1. Mahendra told her, “He will be waiting for her at the underlined segment in the given sentence.

    • A.theatre.” She was a special education teacher for dyslexic children by
    • B.2. Mahendra asked her, “I will be waiting for you at the an elementary school in Kenya.
    • C.theatre.”
    • D.1. at an elementary school
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    Answer: B. 2. Mahendra asked her, “I will be waiting for you at the an elementary school in Kenya.

    is a significant historical inscription that sheds essential light on The Supreme Court of India rendered a historic decision in the Samudragupta’s accomplishments and conquests. A major literary Kesavananda Bharati case in 1973. The court rendered a decision and historical achievement from the Gupta dynasty, the inscription regarding the breadth and reach of the Parliament’s amending is carved on

11. Q11.hospital. 107. In the given sentence, Identify the segment that contains a 3. They are dismantling several old building to build the new grammatical error. hospital Draw a lotus plant and label their parts.

    • A.and label
    • B.lotus plant
    • C.Draw a
    • D.They dismantled several old buildings to build the new
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    Answer: C. Draw a

    enzyme lactate dehydrogenase instead of going into mitochondria. The powers enjoyed and the functions performed by the President This process also allows for the renewal of NAD+ from NADH. can be studied under the following heads: Executive powers. It takes the oxidising cofactor NAD+ to maintain the flow of Legislative powers. Financial powers. Judicial powers. Diplomatic glucose through glycolys

12. Q12.hospital. 108. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. CONFINE 117. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/

    • A.restrain
    • B.detain
    • C.imprison
    • D.liberate phrase.
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    Answer: D. liberate phrase.

    but only when the assembly is suspended or dissolved. Jahangir was the fourth Mughal emperor. He ruled from 1605 till 95.

13. Q13.109. Given here are four sentences. The fi rst sentence is in correct Hanging by the thread/a hair order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the 1. being in a dangerous position option that gives their correct order. 2. being extremely frightened A. On the last day of the training, I received and e-mail 3. continuing without giving up from my training manager, Jane. 4. trying as hard as possible SOLVED PAPER (12th November 2021-Shift-2) 187 118. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given world. 128. Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. Harmony The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat have been alerted about

    • A.success
    • B.unease
    • C.peace
    • D.calmness the impending cyclone by NDRF.
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    Answer: B. unease

    his death in 1627. His name is derived from the Indian Sufi saint Nepali is Sikkim’s official language. Gangtok is home. Red panda, Salim Chishti. Jahangir married Noor Jahan, the wazir Ghiyas the official animal. Blood Pheasant, the state bird. Rhododendron, Beg’s widowed daughter. Additionally, he gave his father-in-law the state tree. Dendrobium nobile is the official flower. the moniker Itmad-

14. Q14.119. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 1. NDRF has alerted the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat SHALLOW about the impending cyclone.

    • A.hollow
    • B.NDRF alerted the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat about
    • C.spiteful
    • D.deep
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    Answer: C. spiteful

    Jahan’s Junta, not long after being married. Her father Itimad-ud- One of India’s oldest mountain ranges is the Aravali Range. It is daula, mother Asmat Begum, and Prince Khurram were all there. a section of the old mountain that has been eroded. It is a plate Each member of this group was intelligent and held significant tectonic mountain fold. It is a mountain range in Northwestern government po

15. Q15.120. Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. the impending cyclone. What kind of change would be suggested by you? 3. NDRF was alerting the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat

    • A.What change you would suggest? about the impending cyclone.
    • B.What change of kind would you suggest? 4. NDRF has been alerting the states of Maharashtra and
    • C.What kind of change would you suggest? Gujarat about the impending cyclone.
    • D.What kind of change will you suggest? 129. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined
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    Answer: D. What kind of change will you suggest? 129. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined

    metres, Guru Shikhar is the highest mountain in this range. It begins close to Delhi, travels through Rajasthan and Haryana, and ends in A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the state of Gujarat and Cerestra Managers Private Limited to create the Gujarat. Four rivers run through this area: the Banas, Luni, Sakhi, Gujarat-Special Education Region (G-SER) in the Dholera Special and Saba

16. Q16.121. Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, The policeman told the boys to go home and not move at night select ‘No substitution required’.

    • A.during the curfew period. The crisis was averted due to timely intervention by the
    • B.1. The policeman said to the boys, “Go home and not move at government.
    • C.night during the curfew period.” 1. was been averted 2. be averted
    • D.2. The policeman said to the boys, “Go home and don’t move 3. No substitution required 4. is avert
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    Answer: A. during the curfew period. The crisis was averted due to timely intervention by the

    for growth to 5,000 acres will be created as the G-SER. Athletic Scurvy is the medical word for vitamin C deficiency. It can cause facilities and student housing will also be included. Investment in anaemia, fatigue, spontaneous bleeding, limb pain, body swelling, the G-SER project will speed up the state’s economic development and in rare occasions gum ulcers and tooth loss. This is because and c

17. Q17.at night during the curfew period.” 130. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a 3. The policeman said to the boys, “You can go home and do grammatical error. not move at night during the curfew period.” As I was sitting in the back of the theatre, I couldn’t see the 4. The policeman said to the boys, “Please go home and not performance very well. move at night during the curfew period. 1. As I was sitting 2. I couldn’t see 122. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. 3. In the back of the theatre 4. the performance very well Anybody who is careful ____ some money in hand to meet an 131. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. emergency during corona times. Cross a bridge when you come to it

    • A.use different strategies to cross a bridge safety
    • B.have kept
    • C.was keeping
    • D.kept
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    Answer: A. use different strategies to cross a bridge safety

    cholesterol metabolism, and other processes will all be impacted Basanti Devi Bisht is a well-known folk singer from Uttarakhand. by a vitamin C deficiency. Patients receive vitamin C supplements She became well-known for being the first woman to perform in the orally or intravenously as part of the treatment. Jagar folk style of Uttarakhand. You can call on gods by singing in 98.

18. Q18.123. Select the most appropriate option substitute the underlined 2. know all the dangers and difficulties likely to be faced and

    • A.segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, be prepared
    • B.select ‘No substitution required’. 3. deal with something when it happens, and not worry about
    • C.None of the soldiers did not survive when trapped in the it beforehand
    • D.glacier. 4. plan to reach a place and then rest there
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    Answer: C. None of the soldiers did not survive when trapped in the it beforehand

    the Jagar style. Basanti Bisht defied convention and became a well- The Drukpa Lineage Himalayan Buddhist monastery known as known performer of the song, which is typically sung by men. She Hemis Monastery is located in Hemis, Ladakh, India. Sengge was awarded the Padma Shri title in 2017. Namgyal, the Ladakhi king, renovated it in 1672. It is 45 kilometres 91.

19. Q19.124. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a select ‘No substitution’. grammatical error. Online crimes are on the increase so everyone needing to be Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh says they are harvesting a careful and alert. bumper crop this year due to good weather conditions. 1. need to be careful 2. need to have careful

    • A.due to good weather conditions 3. needs to be careful 4. No substitution
    • B.they are harvesting 133. Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
    • C.a bumper crop this year Vishnu’s mother said, “We are leaving for the village as there
    • D.Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh says are no jobs in the city”.
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    Answer: C. a bumper crop this year Vishnu’s mother said, “We are leaving for the village as there

    respectively. Thierry Delaporte serves as the CEO and Managing Director 92.

20. Q20.125. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined 1. Vishnu’s mother said we were leaving for the village as segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, there were no jobs in the city. select ‘No substitution required’. 2. Vishnu’s mother said that they were leaving for village as The guard had gave a hard push by the crowd. there were no jobs in the city.

    • A.1. gives
    • B.was given 3. Vishnu’s mother said they are leaving for the village as
    • C.had given
    • D.No substitution required there will be no jobs in the city.
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    Answer: C. had given

    of Wipro Limited. He is one of the founders of Life Project 4 Lewis Hamilton, the reigning Formula 1 world champion, has been Youth, an organisation that helps young adults in extremely poor chosen as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. He was one circumstances with their social and professional integration. of the greatest drivers to ever compete in Formula One, matching Information tech

21. Q21.186 Oswaal SSC Stenographer Grade C & D Year-wise Solved Papers 98. In which of the following states or union territories is the Hemis B. I wondered if I had done anything wrong. Monastery located? C. She had called me to her offi ce.

    • A.1. Jammu and Kashmir
    • B.Sikkim D. Once I had skipped classes to watch a movie and a
    • C.Arunachal Pradesh
    • D.Ladakh football game.
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    Answer: C. Arunachal Pradesh

    Food Processing Industries, and the Ministry of Commerce and Kavi Bilhana, a poet from Kashmir, lived in the eleventh century. Industry. For agricultural products like buckwheat and barley as His Caurapancasika collection of love poetry is well known. He well as horticultural crops like apricot, seabuckthorn, and apple, was designated as Vidyapathi by Western Chalukya Empire King Ladakh has a sign

22. Q22.MD of which of the following companies? 110. Given here are four sentences. The fi rst sentence is in correct,

    • A.Nokia
    • B.Wipro
    • C.Samsung
    • D.Indigo while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option
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    Answer: C. Samsung

    every commercial bank in India, is the minimum amount of deposits Osmium is the rarest stable element discovered in the Earth’s crust. that each bank must hold in reserve. The CRR must be determined Its symbol is Os, and its atomic number is 76. It is glossy, blue- based on RBI regulations. A portion of the bank’s deposit is kept grey, or blue-black and a member of the platinum transition metal se

23. Q23.that gives their correct order. 100. In which river is the world’s largest riverine island, Majuli, A. Both, sympathy and empathy are important in life. located? B. Our relationships surely improve as we generate 1. Brahmaputra 2. Kosi understanding, loyalty and higher productivity. 3. Sutlej 4. Ganga C. But of the two, empathy is certainly more important. English Comprehension D. When we empathise with our customers or employees what is the change in our relationships?

    • A.ADCB
    • B.ACDB
    • C.ABDC
    • D.ACBD
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    Answer: A. ADCB

    facility (MSF) rate are currently 4.25%. The CRR and SLR rates are The Goriganga, also known as the Sarda or Saryu River, rises in respectively 4.50% and 18.00%. the Milam glacier of the Nepal Himalayas. It is known as Kali or 78.

24. Q24.101. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. One should wear as mask while going out. 111. In the sentence identify the segment that contains a

    • A.While going out a, mask will be worn grammatical error.
    • B.While going out, a mask can be worn There are much advantages or working together in a group.
    • C.While going out, a mask should be worn 1. in a group 2. of working together
    • D.While going out, a mask would be worn 3. much advantages 4. There are
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    Answer: C. While going out, a mask should be worn 1. in a group 2. of working together

    Chauk as it joins the Ghaghara along the Indo-Nepal border. Before Manganese has the highest electrical resistivity at 20°C, as compared emptying into the Sharda River near Pancheshwar at the India– to the other three substances. The electrical resistivity of manganese is Nepal border, it passes through the cities of Kapkot, Bageshwar, 1.84 × 10–6 Ωm, while the electrical resistivity of iron is 10

25. Q25.102. In the given sentence, identify the segment that contains a 112. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined grammatical error. segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute ‘Occupation’ means the work or job people do to earning it select ‘No substitution’. money. What happened to your family if you continue to splurge

    • A.1. to earning money
    • B.the work or job money like this?
    • C.‘Occupation’ means
    • D.people do 1. happening 2. has happened
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    Answer: A. 1. to earning money

    low electrical resistivity is a good conductor of electricity. In the fourth century BC, Chandragupta Maurya founded the Manganese is a poor conductor of electricity, which is why it has a Mauryan Empire. The conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain led high electrical resistivity. This property makes manganese useful for to the centralization of the Maurya Empire. Pataliputra served applications where

26. Q26.Rahul said, “I will start going to offi ce from tomorrow.” 113. Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. 1. Rahul said that he would start going to offi ce from the next Every living being’s right to housing must be respected.

    • A.day. 1. You must have respected every living being’s right to
    • B.2. Rahul said that I will start going to offi ce from tomorrow. housing.
    • C.3. Rahul said that he would start going to offi ce from tomorrow. 2. Every living being’s right to housing must have been
    • D.4. Rahul said that I will start going to offi ce from the next day. respected by you.
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    Answer: D. 4. Rahul said that I will start going to offi ce from the next day. respected by you.

    assuming the satrapies that Alexander the Great left behind. The Article 330 states that seats in the House of the People must be empire held total authority over northwest India by 317 BCE. Later, reserved for the following groups: Scheduled Castes; Scheduled the Mauryan Empire defeated Seleucus I, a diadochus and the Tribes, except for Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of founder of t

27. Q27.104. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. 3. You must respect every living being’s right to housing. Anurag has given me this book to read. 4. You have to be respecting every living being’s right to

    • A.This book has given me Anurag to read. housing.
    • B.I have been given this book by Anurag to read. 114. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
    • C.This book has been given by me to Anurag to read. MODERN
    • D.I have given this book to Anurag to read. 1. creaky 2. ancient 3. popular 4. well known
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    Answer: C. This book has been given by me to Anurag to read. MODERN

    to that State or Union territory in the House of the People as the Due to a reaction with the sulphur compounds in the air, silver population of those Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in that objects turn black after being exposed to the air. The silver object State or Union territory or part of that State or Union territory, as the tarnishes and takes on a black appearance as a result of this

28. Q28.105. Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. 115. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The teacher started a new game to keep the class engaged.

    • A.The lecture ____ by the doctor on healthy eating habits was
    • B.1. A new game to keep the class engaged was being started by
    • C.very informative.
    • D.the teacher.
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    Answer: D. the teacher.

    Scheduled Tribes’ population in the said autonomous districts bears The enormous merger of 10 PSBs took place on April 1st, 2020, the to the total population of the State. Reserve Bank of India declared in a circular. All Andhra Bank and 80.

29. Q29.116. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active engaged. voice. 3. A new game to keep the teacher engaged is started by the class. Several old buildings were dismantled by them to build the

    • A.4. A new game to keep the class engaged has been started by
    • B.new hospital.
    • C.the teacher.
    • D.1. They have dismantled several old buildings to build the
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    Answer: C. the teacher.

    current CEO. The famous Shivala Teja Singh Temple is located in the city of 87.

30. Q30.106. Select the most appropriate option to fi ll in the blanks. new hospital. _____ this time next week I will be _____ Mumbai. 2. They had dismantled several old buildings to build the new

    • A.On; at
    • B.In; in
    • C.By; in
    • D.At; from
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    Answer: C. By; in

    Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The temple was erected Glycolysis is the process of converting glucose into pyruvate within by Teja Singh. Shiva is honoured by having it. The temple was a cell’s cytoplasm. Pyruvate can enter mitochondria during aerobic sealed in 1947 during the Partition. In 1992, criminals partially conditions and join the citric acid cycle, where it creates reducing

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