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The following sentence contains which type of conjunction?

"She is not only a great singer but also an exceptional dancer."

A) Phrasal B) Subordinating
C) Correlative D) Coordinating

Answer:   C) Correlative



Explanation:

A conjunction is a word that joins words, clauses, phrases or sentences.

For example but, and, or, nor, yet for, so, although, since, because, unless, when, where, while, etc.

There are four types of conjunctions:

1. Subordinating Conjunction

2. Correlative Conjunction

3. Phrasal Conjunction

4. Coordinating Conjunction

 

In the given sentence, "She is not only a great singer but also an exceptional dancer" Not Only But Also is a type of Correlative conjunction.

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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 absence of zebra

A-to the life and person

B-of citizens in most cities

C-crossings has become a threat

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

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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".

Many novelists from the sub-continent (has provided) scathing accounts of this period.

A) have provided B) have provide
C) have provides D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have provided

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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".

Thus we (going) back to what might be termed as old values.

A) went B) gone
C) was going D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) went

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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.

Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end

A) Surge B) Accrual
C) Peter D) Swell
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Peter

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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.

Annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things

A) Appease B) Mollify
C) Huffy D) Soothe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Huffy

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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.

Be in two minds

A) Behave smart at sometime and stupid at other. B) Unable to decide.
C) Having a split personality disorder. D) Trying to do two things at the same time.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Unable to decide.

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

increasingly _____________, illogical, and

A) carelessness B) carelessly
C) careless D) care less
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) careless

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

use of language __________ indulged reacts

A) of B) then
C) if D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) if

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