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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 woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, _____________ many of the sparrows. ____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, ______________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate.

____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles

A) Beside B) Next
C) Instead D) Near
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Instead

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand

A) effects B) effect
C) affects D) affect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) effects

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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 second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.


professionalization and ________________ of court systems

A) rationalising B) rationalisation
C) rationally D) rational
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) rationalisation

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

in other _____________ it is like the skin

A) respectful B) respectfully
C) respected D) respects
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) respects

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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.

 

I found the box last night in a ditch near my house.

A) The box I found last night in a ditch near my house. B) The box was found last night in a ditch near my house.
C) Last night I found the box in a ditch near my house. D) The box is found last night in a ditch near my house.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The box was found last night in a ditch near my house.

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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 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.

 

sun has great inner ______.

A) significance B) meaninglessness
C) triviality D) denotation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) significance

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The most active phagocytic cells among the leukocytes are

A) neutrophils and monocytes B) monocytes and lymphocytes
C) basophils and eosinophils D) lymphocytes and neutrophils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) neutrophils and monocytes

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The most active phagocytic cells among the leukocytes (White Blood Cells) are neutrophils and monocytes.

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On 31 January 2018, the Ministry of Railway announced to set up a massive rail coach factory in which region of Maharashtra?

 

A) Konkan B) Khandesh
C) Paschim Maharashtra D) Marathwada
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Marathwada

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