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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Sheela reassured me,"I can come tonight."

A) Sheela told me I could come that night. B) Sheela told me she could come that night.
C) Sheela told me she could come tomorrow evening. D) Sheela told me she could will come that night.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sheela told me she could come that night.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Was it him, that the teacher(A)/punished for not submitting(B)/his project on time(C)/No error

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A

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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.

 

India has already made _________________ concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ________________ process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more ____________ the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We _______________ ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ____________ equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.

 

the principle ____________ equity

 

A) for B) of
C) about D) like
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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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.


____________________ some respects, this is unsurprising. Many of these laws do not have an _______________ political flavour. The rule against admitting _______________ evidence, for instance, is a result of simple good sense and a keen awareness of human ______________, independent of the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. The same ________________ for the laws of property and contract.


The rule against admitting _______________ evidence

 

 

A) gossip B) rumour
C) scandal D) hearsay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hearsay

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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.

 

It is a proverbial ___________, that every one makes his own destiny; and __________ is usually interpreted, that every one, by his wise ______ unwise conduct, preparesgood or evil for himself: but we may also understand it, that whatever it be that he receives _________ the hand of Providence, he may so accommodate __________ toit, that he will find his lot good for him, however much may seem to others to be wanting.

 

It is a proverbial ___________, that every one makes

 

A) say B) said
C) saying D) says
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) saying

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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion

 

 

A) than B) there
C) then D) that
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) then

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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".

 

The report (has already been) given to the Board.

 

A) have already been B) have already being
C) has already being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

All the (1)/ furnitures also (2)/ burn down by the fire. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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