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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

 

The writer advises us to be ______.

A) wise, firm and resolute. B) weak, firm and resolute.
C) happy, firm and resolute. D) flexible, happy and resolute.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wise, firm and resolute.

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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.

 

The best of both worlds

A) To live like a saint so that you are the best in the living world as well as the heavens B) To be lucky in life as well as in death
C) The benefits of widely differing situations, enjoyed at the same time D) To be popular amongst both the opposing groups
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The benefits of widely differing situations, enjoyed at the same time

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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) Maintenance   B)  Maintainence  
C) Maintanance   D)  Mainteinance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Maintenance  

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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.

 

We do not create enough space in our lives for the inspiration to ______ in.

 

A) flow B) fly
C) swim D) walk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) flow

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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.

 

people are ______ by their deeds and seem.

 

A) born B) alive
C) shaped D) killed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) shaped

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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.

 

My son said to me, "I will not disappoint you."

 

A) My son tells me that he will not disappoint me. B) My son tells me that he will not be disappointing me.
C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me. D) My son had told me that he would not be disappointing me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me.

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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'.

 

The more energy we give to a particular thought (1)/, the greater is its power to attract its corresponding circumstance into (2)/ their physical world through the law of attraction. (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, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Come what may

 

A) Welcome all visitors with open arms B) No matter what happens
C) Insure all your property from all kinds of losses D) Willing to become whatever fate has in store for your future
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) No matter what happens

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