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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

 

But for one witness the accused ought to have been sent to jail.

A) would have B) had
C) should have D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) would have

Explanation:

‘ought’ represents advice, ‘would’ represents strong possibility of an event here. ‘would have’ will be the correct grammatical expression here. The sentence expresses that the accused was not sent to jail because of one witness.

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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.

He saw him conducting the seminar on personality development.

A) He was seen by me to conduct the seminar on personality development. B) He was seen conducting the seminar on personality development.
C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him. D) He saw the seminar on personality development to be conducted by him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Rohan was upset and so (picked up) his food while his cousins ate heartily.

A) Picked out B) Picked on
C) Picked at D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Picked at

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Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India ?

A) Indus B) Brahmaputra
C) Ganges D) Damodar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ganges

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Panaji is the capital of which Indian State?

A) Chattisgarh B) Goa
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Jharkhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Goa

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(Being a pleasant evening), we went out for a long drive on a highway.

A) As a pleasant evening B) It being a pleasant evening
C) With a pleasant evening D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It being a pleasant evening

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

A) Changeable B) Inedible
C) Tracable D) Valuable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tracable

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Unemployment that arises when there is a general downturn in business activity is known as

A) Structural unemployment B) Frictional unemployment
C) Cyclical unemployment D) Disguised unemployment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cyclical unemployment

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