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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 2026

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Natural disasters have been increasingly effecting nearly every part

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21 Jan 2021, 23:36

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22 Jan 2021, 00:32

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Jewellery is an accessory used by members of all classes including wat

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22 Jan 2021, 01:50

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07 Feb 2021, 18:38

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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so

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21 Jan 2021, 22:52

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10 Feb 2021, 11:39

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A shockingly indelible moment, I remember exactly where I was and what

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05 Feb 2021, 14:37

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by: ramlala

21 Feb 2021, 00:58

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The new NRC bill in India, which till now remains just a proposal, if

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17 Oct 2021, 03:00

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by: Gaurav2896

23 Oct 2021, 10:27

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High school reunions are usually looked forward to by alumni that have

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21 Jan 2021, 23:23

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by: ExpertsGlobal5

22 May 2022, 05:48

Lockers in schools are often dilapidated, making student’s valuables

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21 Jan 2021, 23:28

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Since the work force is becoming increasingly competitive in light of

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05 Feb 2021, 14:41

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19 Mar 2023, 08:00

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Even though I have seen the movie countless times, I still laughed

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21 Jan 2021, 23:19

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09 Sep 2023, 14:30

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Though all competitive exams do not allow using a calculator, but wher

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10 Oct 2023, 09:35

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Study the ancient fighting art of Hapkido and you will learn to avoid

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22 Jan 2021, 01:41

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The decision to pull the US out from the Paris agreement by the presid

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by: jenniferlopez8255

18 Jun 2023, 23:27

The average public university in the United States awards

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19 Apr 2013, 03:15

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15 Nov 2022, 03:03

It was not long after the 1960s decade commenced that such acting tea

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08 Sep 2021, 08:10

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09 Sep 2021, 15:55

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As a result of having nostrils, called nares, connected to olfactory

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03 Aug 2018, 01:50

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by: VerbalBot

09 Aug 2022, 11:47

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Encompassing almost three quarters of the planet's surface, the Earth

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Takoz89

16 Jan 2019, 01:13

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02 Jul 2020, 08:36

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Some scientists are proposing that if the H5N1

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07 May 2015, 13:55

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13 Jun 2021, 05:16

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Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate

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09 Aug 2021, 03:21

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05 Aug 2023, 06:05

Scientists are investigating the possibility of microbial life in Lake

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06 Dec 2011, 20:51

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Just as photosynthesis allows plants to convert

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18 Jun 2018, 00:26

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17 Oct 2022, 01:15

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While New York-born Tomlinson is widely recognized as the inventor of

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26 Jun 2018, 00:03

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18 May 2023, 05:56

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Unlike the belief of the non-academics involved that the panel

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21 Nov 2017, 05:01

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19 Oct 2021, 21:05

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The teacher lost control of her classroom as a result of poor

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30 Oct 2017, 09:23

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29 Dec 2021, 03:37

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An attempt to elect a woman as President of the United States, begun

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Factories can mass-produce beautiful glass vessels that are valued

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He called on Russia to "respect both the letter and intentions" of

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14 Sep 2017, 19:36

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Although they have more fat than other snacks, most of the fat in nuts

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Two British hackers pleaded guilty to several computer crimes, the lat

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18 Apr 2019, 08:54

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The Aztecs were mainly hunters

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The country's willingness to withdraw its troops have fostered

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16 Jun 2018, 22:01

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17 Jun 2018, 01:16

A recent study concluded that as more time progresses

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02 Nov 2019, 06:08

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02 Nov 2019, 11:21

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Since the early 1980's, when proton pump inhibitors were first

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21 Nov 2020, 07:40

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Without knowledge of price, Americans are inclined to overestimate the

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20 Aug 2019, 18:42

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16 Jul 2022, 04:06

Among the many breeds of dogs that have developed over the last two

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27 Oct 2019, 22:08

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04 Apr 2023, 04:49

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Not so much as one employee retained his job when three banking firms

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His tour of the new outdoor mall, erected in the newly revitalized

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The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing

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To distinguish quickly between king and coral snakes

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The United States Department of Defense is the single largest bureaucr

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Three hundred guests is as many as even the most ambitious host or hos

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09 Dec 2007, 03:31

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The attorney turned down the law firm’s offer of a position because sh

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Until Berta and Ernst Scharrer established the concept of neurosecreti

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Even their most ardent champions concede that no less than a technical

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Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure

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The company is negotiating to sell its profitable credit card, subsidi

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03 Nov 2019, 02:59

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Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, there is an

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tarek99

31 Jul 2018, 06:43

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03 Sep 2023, 12:36

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The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and cont

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tarek99

24 Jun 2021, 07:35

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06 Sep 2023, 12:09

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It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of the Washington

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13 Jun 2021, 08:06

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19 Sep 2023, 05:40

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The Sports Medicine Programs of the Olympic Training Center, a complex

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