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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

What made it easier to record the passage of the planet in front of the star?

A) The fact that the star is much smaller and cooler than our Sun B) The fact that the star is much bigger and cooler than our Sun
C) The fact that the star is much smaller and hotter than our Sun D) The fact that the star is much bigger and hotter than our Sun

Answer:   A) The fact that the star is much smaller and cooler than our Sun



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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".


You (will being surprised) to learn that some leading philosophers have supported immoral views.

 

A) will be surprised B)  will be surprise
C) will be surprising D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will be surprised

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.


A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

 

A) Epitome B) Abase
C) Libertine D) Profligate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Epitome

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) constituet B)  iliterrate
C)  conctituet D) constitute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) constituet

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

The smoke rises and


A-chokes my apartment


B-gets trapped in the


C-tree-tops and

 

A) BAC B) ACB
C) BCA D) ABC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) BCA

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

I (had been) a unique case of slow learning.

 

 

A) will be surprised B) will be surprise
C) will be surprising D)  no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will be surprised

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Relating to or involved in crime

 

 

A) Chaste B) Impeccant
C) Licit D) Felonious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Felonious

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.


Under the weather

 

A) Become a bit unpredictable like the weather. B) Slightly unwell or in low spirits.
C)  Feel optimistic simply because the weather is good. D)  Feel depressed because you expect bad weather.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Slightly unwell or in low spirits.

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

 


we see does not ____________ our lives.

 

A) reflects B) reflective
C)  reflection D)  reflect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  reflect

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