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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.


impression produced _________ him by the unequal

 

A) up B) upon
C) into D) in
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) upon

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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.

 

‘Don’t you know the way to the station?’ father said to Anjali.

 

A) Father asked Anjali if she did not knew the way to the station. B) Father asked Anjali that if she did not knew the way to the station.
C) Father asked Anjali whether she did not know the way to the station. D) Father asked to Anjali if she did not know the way to the station.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Father asked Anjali whether she did not know the way to the station.

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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.

 

We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice

 

 

A) habit B) habits
C) habitual   D) habitually
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) habitually

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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.

 

Without habit, personality could not exist; for we could never do a thing twice alike, and ___________ would be a new person each succeeding moment. The acts which give us our own peculiar _____________ are our habitual acts--the little things that do themselves moment by moment without care or attention, and are the truest and best expression of our real selves. Probably _______ one of us could be very sure which arm he puts ________ the sleeve, or which foot he puts into the shoe, first; and yet each of us ____________ formed the habit long ago of doing these things in a certain way.

 

and yet each of us ____________ formed the habit

 

 

A) certain B) certainty
C) certainly D) be certain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) certainly

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

______ a wrench she unscrewed the bolts.

 

A) Along with B) On
C) By means of D) Sticking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By means of

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

 

Grandiose

 

A) Noble B) Impressive
C) Moderate D) Vast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Moderate

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

 

Baroque

 

A) Decorative B) Bizzare
C) Plain D) Rich
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Plain

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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) Misterous   B) Misterius  
C) Mysterous   D) Mysterious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mysterious

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