Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The driver gave (advice) at the court during the murder trial.

 

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.

The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

can be checked __________ diligent exercises

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

The contractor said, “She has finished the designs.”

A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The girl is ascending the Everest.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

North India

P : needs a more holistic solution

Q : to the toxic air that residents

R : breathe at the onset of winter

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Chaste

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Hummock

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Indissoluble