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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".

He refused the charge brought against him

A) disagreed B) disowned
C) denied D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) denied

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

I was conscious _____ a break in my voice.

A) to B) of
C) over D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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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.


New kid on the block

 

A) A person who is acting smart to impress others     B) Be inexperienced in company of veteran  
C) To block the path of success of outsiders.   D) Newcomer to a particular place or sphere of activity  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Newcomer to a particular place or sphere of activity  

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Poignant

 

A) Emotional   B) Soothing  
C) Cold   D) Luxurious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Emotional  

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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.

 

Aristotle's argument support the view that poetry shows

 

A) men not simply as they are B) what men ought to be
C) what men are capable of becoming D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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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.

 

The writer says war is

 

A) bloodless B) partial
C) destructive D) unimportant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) destructive

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

The need

 

A : the highways has

B : been felt over the years

C : to curb drunken driving on

 

A) BCA   B) CAB  
C) BAC   D) ACB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CAB  

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Insolent

A) Shy   B)  Sorrowful  
C)  Happy   D) Rude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rude

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