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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. 

 

"What did you eat last night?" asked my mother.

A) My mother said to me what did I eat last night. B) My mother asked me what I had eaten the previous night.
C) My mother said what did you eat last night. D) My mother questioned me what I ate last night.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) My mother asked me what I had eaten the previous night.

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n 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 rising sun has great inner ______. Not just to ______ the new morning right after the dark night, but also the new rhythms and vibrations within existence. The entire universe – including the trees, birds and flowers – wake up to the rising sun. When we listen to the birds chirping and see the flower petals open, remember that the sunrise is not just a great happening on the outside. If we are alert and aware, then the sunrise is also happening deep within us. Something within ourselves is also ______ with the first rays of the sun. We just need to be sensitive and available; we just need to be ______. Like the outside world, we need to open the inner door to let the new dawn enter within. Just open the window of our inner world and allow the beautiful experience of sunrise to ______ within ourselves – this experience is beyond anything earthly.

 

ourselves is also ______ with the

A) deaden B) hypnotise
C) awakened D) disowned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) awakened

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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.


The "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ____________ India's slow overall progress ____________ addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient __________ and over­weight. Our track _________ in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest at best, and _____________ what other countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.


micronutrient __________ and over­weight.

A) scarcities B) lack
C) absence D) deficiencies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) deficiencies

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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.

 

To understand the nature of electromagnetic radiation, it is imperative that we grasp the _______ nature of light.

A) twice B) dual
C) double D) dichotomous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) dual

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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.

In a strange ________________, the production and the consumption of the event become cause for concern. _______________ wonders whether newer forms of “non­caring” or violence are appearing. Somehow, silence, even __________________, quietly suppresses a meditation on such events. __________________ a professor, I can recollect the number of occasions when my students have cried as we discussed such events in class. _____________, society seems so indifferent.

Somehow, silence, even __________________, quietly suppresses a meditation on such events.

A) attention B) bias
C) regard D) indifference
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) indifference

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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.

The wheels have come off

A) To use something so much that it wears out. B) Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.
C) To do a shoddy job which is destined to fail. D) Make an excuse to avoid doing a task.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.

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'Stand up India' scheme launched by the Prime Minister recently is related with

A) Promotion of entrepreneurship among SC, ST and Women B) Promotion of rights of Divyangs
C) Promotion of compulsory education for women D) Promotion of Indian exports in western countries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Promotion of entrepreneurship among SC, ST and Women

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The  Most  Favoured  Nation  (MFN)  Clause under   WTO   regimeis   based   on   the principle of 

A) non-discrimination between nations B) discrimination between nations
C) differential  treatment  between  locals and foreigners D) uniform tariff across commodities
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) non-discrimination between nations

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In   Most-favoured-nation countries cannot normally discriminate between their trading partners.

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