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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.

 

"Where are you going?" father asked me.

A) Father asked me where I am going. B) Father asked me that where you are going.
C) Father asked me where I would be going. D) Father asked me where I was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Father asked me where I was going.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.


The passage suggests that a learned man

A) understands his neighbours B) does not know his old acquaintances
C) is not concerned about names and dates D)  is interested in travelling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) does not know his old acquaintances

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

She decided to go there, though her husband cautioned her on it

A) against B) for
C) about D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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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.

Every evening a ____________ of wolves descends into the valley to hunt.

A) pack B) gang
C) company D) herd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pack

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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.

 

Scientists generally believe that small islands would sink.

 

A) Small islands will sink is generally believed by scientists. B) There is a general belief that small islands would sink.
C) Small islands are believed to sink by scientists. D) It is generally believed by scientists that small islands would sink.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It is generally believed by scientists that small islands would sink.

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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.

The trainee asked his boss, "Shall I email this letter again, Sir?"

A) The trainee asked his boss politely if he shall email that letter again. B) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again, sir.
C) The trainee asked his boss politely if he shall email that letter again, sir. D) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again.

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

My grandmother's exercise regime is to walk the mall at a __________ pace.

A) potent B) brisk
C) strong D) vital
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) brisk

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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.

To have at one's fingertips

A) To be very fast on the keyboard B) To be adroit with a percussion musical instrument
C) Recall of factual information at one's command D) To carefully note down minute details
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Recall of factual information at one's command

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