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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.

 

Robin said to Peg, "Are you listening? Don't be thick."

 

A) Robin asked Peg if he was listening and advised him not to be thick. B) Robin told Peg to listen to him and not to be thick.
C) Peg was asked to listen to Robin and not to be thick. D) Robin invited Peg to listen and not to be thick.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Robin asked Peg if he was listening and advised him not to be thick.

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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 inPassive/Active Voice.

The workers are building the house.

A) The house was being built by the workers. B) The house was built by the workers.
C) The house is built by the workers. D) The house is being built by the workers.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The house is being built by the workers.

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Non-metallic character increases from ____.

A) Magnesium to Barium B) Potassium to Caesium
C) Oxygen to Selenium D) Sodium to Chlorine 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sodium to Chlorine 

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____ is not an endocrine gland in humans.

A) The pituitary gland B) The pineal gland
C) The adrenal gland D) The liver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The liver

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In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :Helen graduated in 1904with special honours in English.
S6:Here dress was torn and roses were snatched from her hat.
P:She was twenty-four years old.
Q:She was invited to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 to awaken worldwide interest in the education of the deaf-blind.
R:But on Helen Keller Day the crowds got out of hand.
S:Requests were already flowing in for appearances and for magazine articles.

The proper sequence should be 

A) Q P S R B) S P R Q
C) P S Q R D) S QR P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) P S Q R

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The starting statement talked about Helen and her graduation. So, the continuing statement would be talking about the age of Helen when she completed her honours. So, P would be the succeeding statement. So, P being the first statement eliminates all other options. Thus, the correct sequence is PSQR.

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Who is the current director of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's foreign intelligence service?

A) Kiran Bedi B) Anil Kumar Dhasmana
C) Dineshwar Sharma D) Ajit Doval
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anil Kumar Dhasmana

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Name the committee appointed in 1986 by Rajiv Gandhi on "Revitalisation of Panchayti Raj Institution for Democracy & Development".

A) Ashok Mehta Committee B) L M Singhvi Committee
C) G.V.K. Rao Committee D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) L M Singhvi Committee

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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.

 

A century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness

 

A) responsibility B) responsible
C) responsibly D) responsory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) responsibility

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