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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


spending to _________________ people's material distress

A) cool off B) cut
C) less D) mitigate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mitigate

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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’.

Character build should be an integral part (1)/ of every aspect of schooling and learning as it (2)/ equips one to find long-term solutions to life’s challenges. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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

 

Every Sunday my mother cooks food for the orphanage.

A) Cooking of the food has been done by my mother for the orphanage. B) Food is being cooked by my mother every Sunday for the orphanage.
C) My mother for the orphanage every Sunday has cooked food. D) Every Sunday food for the orphanage is cooked by my mother.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Every Sunday food for the orphanage is cooked by my mother.

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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'.

 

Our government has decided to strengthen the (1)/ States’ capacity to move away from a already (2)/ obsolete ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. (3)/ No error. (4)

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

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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.

 

The ______ age movies are quite popular.

 

A) come of   B) long  
C) coming of   D) over    
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) coming of  

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) intellijent B) intelligent
C) inteligent D) intelijent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intelligent

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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.

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

A) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate B) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
C) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

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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.

 

They said, “We are starting now."

 

A) They said that we were starting then. B) They said that they were starting now.
C) They said that they would be starting now. D) They said that they were starting then.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) They said that they were starting then.

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