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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

I shall be obliged if you could grant me an interview.

A) give B) allow
C) permit D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

No improvement required. Grant means to permit as a favor. As the interview will be a favor the use of Grant is correct.

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The shortest boy of the school/ didn't hesitate to join/ the basketball team which/ was full of tall boys.

A) The shortest boy of the school B) didn't hesitate to join
C) the basketball team which D) was full of tall boys
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The shortest boy of the school

Explanation:

The error lies in the first part of the sentence. After superlative adjectives, majorly two prepositions are used: of and in. We use in with a singular word referring to a place or group. Eg: I am the happiest woman in the world. We use of before plurals, before time periods such as year/month. Eg: Sunday is the best day of the week. Here, in this case, the subject is the 'school', thus, it should be 'in the school'.

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Asexual reproduction differs from sexual reproduction in that in asexual reproduction, ______

A) the new organisms are genetically identical to the parent B) the gametes are produced in reproduction
C) the nuclei of gametes fuse D) the offspring shows variations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the new organisms are genetically identical to the parent

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______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.

A) Calcitonin B) Thyroxine
C) Calmodulin D) all of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Calcitonin

Explanation:

Calcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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Organisms that use light to prepare food are known as _____.

A) Autotrophs B) Heterotrophs
C) Omnivores D) Decomposers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Autotrophs

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Which country on 23 October 2017 signed the Paris agreement on climate change, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries holding outto sign this global climate pact?

A) Nicaragua B) Colombia
C) Peru D) Uganda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nicaragua

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From a point on a bridge across the river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 2.5m from the banks, then the width of the river is (take √3 = 1.732)

A) 5.83m B) 6.83m
C) 5.76m D) 6.87m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6.83m

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Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?

A) Raja Todar Mal B) Man Singh I
C) Birbal D) Tansen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Man Singh I

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