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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".

 

Over the last few weeks I (has been) on a whirlwind series of travel for work and vacation.

 

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

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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'.
Organic pulses are so popular today (1)/ that many people wonder (2)/ how they ever lived without them. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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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'.
Not only did they offer him (1)/ good salary but provided (2)/ him with a beautiful bungalow. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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If percentage of profit made,when an article is sold for Rs.78, is twice as when it is sold for Rs.69, the cost price of the article is

A) Rs. 49 B) Rs. 51
C) Rs. 57 D) Rs. 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 60

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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'.

You occasionally stop to admire the intellectual (1)/ scenery, or you sometimes retrace your steps (2)/ to make sure you had seen everything. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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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.


My tooth-brush is a thing that haunts me when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a misery. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it, and wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it.


have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment

A) for B) of
C) from D) form
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) for

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

 

The cricket ball struck me on the head.

A) Struck me on the head the cricket ball  B) I was struck on the head by the cricket ball
C) I had been struck on the head by the cricket ball D) I am striked on the head by the cricket ball
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I was struck on the head by the cricket ball

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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.
Of a disease or poison extremely severe or harmful in its effects

A) Innocuous B) Virulent
C) Naive D) Inoffensive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Virulent

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