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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.

The way criminal justice is designed and administered today _______________ serves any of the purposes for which it is set up: towards securing life and property. It does not ________________ criminals because of the delay and uncertainties involved in its processes and ridiculously ineffective punishments it imposes ____________________ those few who get convicted. It provides wide discretion to the police and the prosecution, __________________ the system vulnerable to corruption and manipulation and endangering basic ____________________ of innocent citizens.


today _______________ serves any of the purposes for which it is set up: towards securing life and property.

 

A) little B) only
C) hardly D) scantily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) hardly

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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'.

 

“Our focus is to develop and nurture a democratic (1)/ and accommodative space/platform wherever we go, (2)/ so that all kind of arts can flourish. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.


Everyone enjoyed the scene.

 

A) The scene has been enjoyed by everyone. B) The scene was enjoyed by everyone
C) The scene was enjoyed for everyone. D) The scene was appreciated by everyone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The scene was enjoyed by everyone

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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 basic to a democracy that its citizens remain in harmony _______ one another. At the very least, they should _______ treat each other as enemies. Enmity is spreadonly by vested interests that hope to thrive _________ polarising citizens. The ______________ between professed love for the country and infecting the people with hatred remains ignored. There is no instance in history of the policy of ‘divide and rule’ _____________ people’s welfare.

 

remain in harmony _______ one another.

 

A) to B) at
C) each D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) with

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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'.

A rainbow is cause by reflection, refraction, and dispersion (1)/ of light among water droplets resulting in a (2)/ spectrum of light appearing in the sky. (3)/No error (4)

 

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

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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.

 

If there is a subject of really ______________ interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language ___________. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more _________ that, it is the basis of business. ___________ salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective language, or can write ___________ advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter.

 

can write ___________ advertisement equally

 

A) a B) an
C) the D) it  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an

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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.

 

Our reputation and image is most definitely determined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

 

Also our ______ tend to be habit.

 

A) actings B) avocations
C) bisections D) predispositions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) predispositions

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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.

 

_______________ the course of the development of different life-forms heredity—which, in plain English, is unconscious memory generated in the first life-form and ______________ through all the different species—is the sole factor in the ____________ of the parent properties; while adaptation to surrounding conditions and circumstances, natural selection in the struggle _____________ existence, and partner selection in the struggle of the males for ____________ are the principal factors in the differentiation of species.

 

in the first life-form and ______________ through all the

 

A) transmit B) transmitting
C) to transmit D) transmitted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) transmitted

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