There are no precise rules about punctuation (Fowler lays out some general advice (as best he can under the complex circumstances of English prose (he points out, for example, that we possess only four stops (the comma, the semicolon, the colon and the period (the question mark and exclamation point are not, strictly speaking, stops; they are indicators of tone (oddly enough, the Greeks employed the semicolon for their question mark (it produces a strange sensation to read a Greek sentence which is a straightforward question: Why weepest thou; (instead of Why weepest thou? (and, of course, there are parentheses (which are surely a kind of punctuation making this whole matter much more complicated by having to count up the left-handed parentheses in order to be sure of closing with the right number (but if the parentheses were left out, with nothing to work with but the stops, we would have considerably more flexibility in the deploying of layers of meaning than if we tried to separate all the clauses by physical barriers (and in the latter case, while we might have more precision and exactitude for our meaning, we would lose the essential flavour of language, which is its wonderful ambiguity. Which of the following statements is/are true of the paragraph above?

Select all statements about the Silk Route that are TRUE:

It is now theoretically possible to recreate an identical creature from any animal or plant, from the DNA contained in the nucleus of any somatic cell. A single plant root-tip cell can be teased and seduced into conceiving a perfect copy of the whole plant; a frog’s intestinal ep…

In a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in the Northeast of India, there are six orphaned creatures—ages 1.5 months to 6 months—who are currently receiving care, and await release into the wild in due course. They are an elephant, a rhinoceros, a wild buffalo, a clouded le…

From the options at bottom, select the Indian author/s writing in English whose works are represented below: i. Circle of Reason ii. Shadow Lines iii. Prison and Chocolate Cake iv. Nectar in a Sieve v. Roots and Shadows vi. That long silence

A recent survey among concertgoers found that smaller, older halls sound better for symphony orchestras, as compared to bigger, modern ones. What is/are the reason(s) for this?

Identify which of the options given below can be folded to make the 3D object shown in the box. [Figure: see page 10 of source PDF]

Which of the figures given below is/are simple rotations of the figure above. [Figure: see page 11 of source PDF]

All doctors have to have a good understanding of the human body. Vijay has a good understanding of the human body. So he must be a cardiologist. Which of the following options exhibit the exact same fallacy as the statement above.