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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 may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

made to happen ___________ not to happen. 

 

A) or B) but
C) so D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) or

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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) revarberate B) reverberate  
C) reverberete D) revarberete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reverberate  

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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.

 

A dime a dozen

 

A) A very expensive proposition B) Something which appears cheap but which will prove expensive in the long run
C) Something which appears attractive but has zero value   D) Very common and of no particular value
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Very common and of no particular value

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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.


He said to me, “I go for a walk daily.”

 

A) He told me that he went for a walk daily B) He told me that he goes for a walk daily.
C) He told me that he daily went for a walk D) He told me that he had gone for a walk daily.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He told me that he goes for a walk daily.

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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’.

Earth’s resources have to be protected and sustain and we need to (1)/ share our resources across species as we all are (2)/ interconnected as one giant living organism. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The constable said, "I saw a bullet mark here."

A) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark there. B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.
C) The constable says that he saw a bullet mark here. D) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.

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The credit for classifying the elements on the basis of their atomic masses goes to

A) John Dalton B) John Alexander Reina Newlands
C) Dmitri Mendeleev D) Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dmitri Mendeleev

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Which of the following scientists gave the law that governs the force of attraction/repulsion between two charged particles?

A) Charles Dufay B) Michael Faraday
C) Archimedes D) Charles Coulomb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Charles Coulomb

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