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CDS - 2025
General Awareness

How many carbon atoms are present in a Pyruvate molecule?

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3

Explanation: **Pyruvate** contains **3 carbon atoms** and is a key intermediate in cellular metabolism.

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1)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Incensed1. Designed to cause fires
B. Incendiary2. Unmindful of potential risks
C. Incautious3. Giving out light when heated
D. Incandescent4. Enraged

Code :
A B C D

2)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Bequeath1. To pledge property as a security
B. Mortgage2. To leave property for beneficiary via a will
C. Endowment3. Agreement for use of property against rent
D. Lease4. To grant funds for running a socially-beneficial institution

Code :
A B C D

3)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Ascribe1. Associate ownership or authorship with
B. Prescribe2. Carve, cut or etch into a material or surface
C. Proscribe3. Lay down a rule
D. Inscribe4. Officially forbid

Code :
A B C D

4)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Implication1. The act of communicating with / praying to a deity
B. Complication2. A verbal or written request for an official purpose
C. Supplication3. A meaning not clearly stated but which can be inferred
D. Application4. A situation or condition that is complex or confused

Code :
A B C D

5)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Blizzard1. Tropical cyclones over the western Pacific Ocean
B. Tornado2. A storm with thunder and lightning, and usually heavy rain
C. Thunderstorm3. Severe snowstorm with strong winds
D. Typhoons4. A violently rotating destructive column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground

Code :
A B C D

6)

Either my brothers  / or my friend  / are coming to receive me at the airport.  / No error. 
            (a)                          (b)                                        (c)                                          (d)

7)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Pragmatist1. Using too many words
B. Promethean2. Daringly original and creative
C. Promontory3. A headland that juts into a large water body
D. Prolix4. A person concerned with practical matters

Code :
A B C D

8)

In the following items Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
 

List I (Word/Expression/Specialised term)List II (Meaning)
A. Epitaph1. Words written about a dead person
B. Epistle2. An adjective to describe character or characteristic
C. Epithet3. A short phrase expressing an idea in a clever way
D. Epigram4. A formal letter

Code :
A B C D

9)
The passage draws attention to which one among the following ?
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The "biophilia hypothesis" :

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