[{"text": "Read the passage and answer the Q. (176-180)\u00a0The second half of the twentieth century saw more changes than the previous two hundred years. There were many remarkable advances in medicine that helped to increase our average life expectancy way beyond that of our ancestors. Incredible innovations such as television changed the way we spend our leisure hours. Perhaps the most important breakthrough, however, has been the microchip. Nobody could have imagined, when it was first invented, that within a matter of years, this tiny piece of silicon would be found in almost every household object from the kettle to the video recorder. And nobody could have predicted the sudden proliferation of computers that would completely change our lives, allowing us to access information from the other side of the world via the internet/www or send messages around the world by e-mail at the touch of a button. Meanwhile, research into other aspects of information technology is making it easier and cheaper for us to talk to friends and relations around the world.", "type": "text_block", "database_type": "", "university": "", "year": "", "unit": "", "shift": "", "subject": "", "chapter": "", "topic": ""}, {"question": "Choose the most suitable title for the passage:", "mark": 1.0, "answer": "one", "explanation": "", "options": [{"option": "Wonders of Technology", "answer": false}, {"option": "Progress", "answer": false}, {"option": "Recent Break through in Technology", "answer": true}, {"option": "Sciences", "answer": false}], "type": "question", "database_type": "qb", "university": "du", "year": "2007-08", "unit": "a", "shift": "", "subject": "e-b", "chapter": "e-40", "topic": "", "title": "Choose the most suitable title for the passage:", "full_question": "Choose the most suitable title for the passage:

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"}, {"question": "Choose a word that can be used instead of the\u00a0phrase \"sudden proliferation\"", "mark": 1.0, "answer": "one", "explanation": "", "options": [{"option": "alteration", "answer": false}, {"option": "mushrooming", "answer": true}, {"option": "juggling", "answer": false}, {"option": "increasing", "answer": false}], "type": "question", "database_type": "qb", "university": "du", "year": "2007-08", "unit": "a", "shift": "", "subject": "e-b", "chapter": "e-40", "topic": "", "title": "Choose a word that can be used instead of the\u00a0phrase \"sudden proliferation\"", "full_question": "Choose a word that can be used instead of the\u00a0phrase \"sudden proliferation\"

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"}, {"question": "Which of the following statements is valid?", "mark": 1.0, "answer": "one", "explanation": "", "options": [{"option": "There have been fewer changes in the 20th century than in the previous one.", "answer": false}, {"option": "Everyone knew that changes would come very fast.", "answer": false}, {"option": "Most changes have come through the microchip.", "answer": true}, {"option": "It has become impossible to contact friends.", "answer": false}], "type": "question", "database_type": "qb", "university": "du", "year": "2007-08", "unit": "a", "shift": "", "subject": "e-b", "chapter": "e-40", "topic": "", "title": "Which of the following statements is valid?", "full_question": "Which of the following statements is valid?

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"}, {"question": "'Life expectancy' means:", "mark": 1.0, "answer": "one", "explanation": "", "options": [{"option": "high hopes", "answer": false}, {"option": "economic growth", "answer": false}, {"option": "birth and rebirth", "answer": false}, {"option": "how long one lives", "answer": true}], "type": "question", "database_type": "qb", "university": "du", "year": "2007-08", "unit": "a", "shift": "", "subject": "e-b", "chapter": "e-40", "topic": "", "title": "'Life expectancy' means:", "full_question": "'Life expectancy' means:

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"}, {"question": "He often______newspapers but he has never_____a novel.", "mark": 1.0, "answer": "one", "explanation": "", "options": [{"option": "reads, read", "answer": true}, {"option": "read, read", "answer": false}, {"option": "reads, reads", "answer": false}, {"option": "read, reads", "answer": false}], "type": "question", "database_type": "qb", "university": "du", "year": "2007-08", "unit": "a", "shift": "", "subject": "e-b", "chapter": "e-40", "topic": "", "title": "He often______newspapers but he has never_____a novel.", "full_question": "He often______newspapers but he has never_____a novel.

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