Questions

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 woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, _____________ many of the sparrows. ____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, ______________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate.

(the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common)

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.

My mother said, "We went to a market that is five kilometers from here."

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.

Cyber security has ________________interesting parallel to terrorism. _________________ are asymmetric. Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably harder than hacking into a system. The attacker has an inherent ________________ in both conventional terrorism and cyber attacks. In the case _________________ state­sponsored attacks, the challenges are of a much ________________ magnitude.

Cyber security has ________________interesting parallel to terrorism.

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".

They teased and (to joke) with the patient and didn't stop till they elicited a favourable response from her.

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'.

Seldom we have been(A)/treated in such(B)/a rude manner.(C)/No error(D)

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Back to square one

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. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

My elder son deals with (1)/ spare parts and manages (2)/ his bread and butter. (3)/ No Error (4)

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: When all the credit worthy people were given loans to a logical limit, they ceased to be a part of the market.
Q: Even this would have been understandable if it could work as an eye opener.
R: Owing to the materialistic culture elsewhere, it was possible to keep selling newer products to the consumers despite having existing ones which served equally
well.
S: They were lured through advertising and marketing techniques of 'dustbinisation' of the customer; and then finally, once they became ready customers, they were
given loans and credits to help them by more and more.