Questions

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.

The English language is ___________ complex in character that it can scarcely be learned by rule, and can __________ be mastered by the study of such idioms and phrases as are provided in this book; but just as care must be taken to place every accent or stress _________ the proper syllable in the ______________ of every word it contains, so must the stress or emphasis be placed on the proper word in ___________ sentence spoken.

accent or stress _________ the proper

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

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

Accordingly to the author ___________ enables him to project a vision of the future

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.

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

He is recondite, but he is never ________________.

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

In October 2017, which two ministries jointly launched ‘SAATHI’ (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to help small Industries) initiative?

At which of the following places the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) was held on November 23-24, 2017?

Who is the first woman Fighter pilot of India at the Republic Day parade?

The given data shows the registration of bikes and total vehicles (in thousands) for 6 months in 2017 in City X.

Note : In the chart, the first number represents bikes and the second number represents total vehicles.

Based on the given data, from January to April 2017, the increase in the registration of vehicles other than bikes is ___.