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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.

This is the arresting and dominant fact about modern social discussion; that the quarrel is __________ merely about the difficulties, but about the aim. We agree about the evil; it is about the good that we should tear each ____________ eyes out. We all admit that a lazy aristocracy is a bad thing. We should not by ________ means all admit that an active aristocracy would be a good thing. We all feel angry with an irreligious priesthood; but some of us would _______ mad with disgust at a really religious one. Everyone is indignant if our army is weak, _____________ the people who would be even more indignant if it were strong.

we should tear each ____________ eyes out.

A) others	B) other’s
C) other	D) otherwise

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) other’s

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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.

Teachers worldwide are stuck in a constant balancing __________ between individual liberty and occupational obligations. The Indian teacher is _________ stuck in tremendous technological, political and sociocultural changes, which are having ________ impact on performance and lifestyle. It goes without saying that teachers in India need to redefine and adjust their _____________ to develop transformational and humane skills by helping bridge the deep-rooted ______________ distance between the teacher and the taught.

constant balancing __________ between individual liberty

A) act	B) acts
C) acting	D) actor

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) act

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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.

Burn the midnight oil

A) To live a life of hardship	B) To waste away resources that could have helped in difficult times
C) Procrastinate and then work at the last minute to finish the task	D) Read or work late into the night

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Read or work late into the night

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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.

Cut corners

A) Remove the sharp edges now if you don’t want to get hurt later	B) One has to sacrifice to achieve one's goals
C) Even a coward when cornered musters strength to fight back	D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money

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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.

The emperor was impressed with the singer and asked, ‘What can I do for you?'

A) The emperor impressed with the singer and asked that what he could do for him.	B) The emperor was impressed with the singer and asked what he could do for him.
C) The emperor impressed with the singer asked what could be done for him.	D) The emperor was impressed with the singer and asked what could be done for him.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The emperor was impressed with the singer and asked what he could do for him.

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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.

All Greek to me

A) The new person in a group gets the most attention	B) Learning a new language is very difficult
C) Saying that one does not understand something that is said or written	D) Everything is new when one is in a new country

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Saying that one does not understand something that is said or written

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Which one of the following statements relating to protection against arrest and detention of individuals under Article 22 is not correct?

A) No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed of the grounds for such arrest.	B) No person shall be denied the right to consult, and be defended by, a legal practitioner of his/her choice.
C) Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of one week of suc	D) The right to protection against is not available to a person in jail pursuant to a judicial order.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of one week of suc

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Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the magistrate and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate.

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Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 5 has returned to the Earth, carrying samples from which astronomical body?

A) Moon	B) Sun
C) Jupiter	D) Saturn

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