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

 

He wasn't the first, nor would he be the last, but the wiry, bespectacled man from Gujarat is certainly the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents. Mohandas Gandhi – also affectionately known as Mahatma – led India's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly without carrying much of a big stick, facing down the British colonialists with stirring speeches and non-violent protest. More than anything else, historians say, Gandhi proved that one man has the power to take on an empire, using both ethics and intelligence.

 

Urges Britain to quit India

It is hard to imagine the thin, robed Gandhi working in the rough and tumble world of law, but Gandhi did get his start in politics as a lawyer in South Africa, where he supported the local Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Returning to India in 1915, he carried over his desire to improve the situation of the lower classes.

 

Gandhi quickly became a leader within the Indian National Congress, a growing political party supporting independence, and traveled widely with the party to learn about the local struggles of various Indian communities.

 

It was during those travels that his legend grew among the Indian people, historians say.

 

Gandhi was known as much for his wit and intelligence as for his piety. When he was arrested several more times over the years for his actions during the movement,  Gandhi calmly fasted in prison, believing that his death would embarrass the British enough to spur independence, which had become the focus of his politics by 1920.

 

Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. His most famous protest came in 1930, when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly.

 

What led to the growth of legend of Mahatma Gandhi among the Indians?

A) He being a very promising lawyer returning from South Africa. B) His non-violent nature.
C) His travel to India with INC to learn about the local struggle of Indians. D) His support to local Indian communities in South Africa.

Answer:   C) His travel to India with INC to learn about the local struggle of Indians.



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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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