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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Aristotle argues that poetry is

 

A) valuable B) an escape
C) an art D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) valuable

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

You are making your life more difficult.

 

A) Your life is being made more difficult by you. B) You yourself make your life more difficult.
C) Your life had been made more difficult by you yourself. D) Making of your life more difficult has been done by yourself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Your life is being made more difficult by you.

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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".

 

Nothing (have prepared) him for a continent that was a country, and a land of terrific complexity.

 

A) had prepare B) had prepared
C) had preparing D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had prepared

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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.

 

Keen interest or enthusiasm

 

A) Lassitude   B) Lethargy
C) Avidity   D) Soporific
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Avidity  

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

 

Lackadaisical

 

A) Active B) Energetic
C) Careless D) Enthusiastic
 
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 thefour alternatives.


One who has witnessed a debate ______ argument between two men _____________ strong intellectually, one of whom is a trained logician and the other lacking this advantage, will never forget the impression produced _________ him by the unequal struggle. The conflict is like that of a ____________ wrestler, untrained in the little tricks and turns of the science, in the various principles of applying force in a certain way at a certain time, at a certain place, with a __________ and experienced wrestler.


two men _____________ strong intellectually,

 

A) equal B) equality
C) equals D) equally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) equally

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‘Protocol for Star Rating of Garbage-Free Cities’ launched on January 20, 2018 will be rating cities on ______ rating system.

A) 3-star B) 4-star
C) 5-star D) 7-star
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7-star

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In the battle of Panipat, Babar faced the armies of

A) Jaichand B) Hemu
C) Daulat khan D) Ibrahim Lodi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ibrahim Lodi

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