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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 brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

in the other, ________ inextricably bound together

 

 

A) two B)  them
C) pair D) both
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) both

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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 worst form of violence is terrorism ______ due to religious insecurities.

 

 

A) repressed B) quelled
C) evoked D) halted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) evoked

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

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

In the passage, it is stated that "friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood." What does it convey?

 

A) friends and enemies forgot their differences. B) both suffered similarly.
C) both started liking each other. D) war made people hate each other.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) both suffered similarly.

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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.

 

Then, he left for Silicon Valley to ___________ his dream of launching a start­up.

 

A) persevere B) eschew
C) pursue D) cherish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pursue

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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.

 

He said to the bankers, "These diamonds are more valuable than a billion dollars."

A) He told the bankers that these diamonds are more valuable then a billion dollars. B) He has told the bankers this that those diamonds are more valuable than a billion dollars.
C) He told the bankers that those diamonds are more valuable than a billion dollars. D) He told the bankers that those diamonds were more valuable than a billion dollars.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He told the bankers that those diamonds are more valuable than a billion dollars.

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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.


Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.


and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights

A) appropriate B) appropriately
C) appropriating D) appropriated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) appropriate

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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.

 

The police is unduly harassing me.

 

A) I am unduly harassed by the police. B) I was unduly harassed by the police.
C) I have being unduly harassed by the police. D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.

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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.

 

Who will help me?

A) By whom I shall be helped? B) By whom will I be helped?
C) By whom would I be helped? D) By whom I will be helped?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) By whom will I be helped?

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