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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Namita is from the state of Kerala. She has come to Dubai to serve as a governess for the only child of the Nairs. The Nairs are nice and gentle and Namita has no cause to complain. One day she overhears something that makes her jittery. Mr. Nair is not employed in an American company as she has been told. The nature of his business is illegal. She is shocked and wants to go back to her home town to her own people.

Gopal is from a very poor family. His family owns a very small piece of land that can hardly meet their food requirement. One day, Gopal gets a nice offer to work in the Emirates with a construction contractor. In order to meet the expenses on travelling, the family decides to sell their own land and send Gopal to the foreign country, to make money. On arrival, the contractor confiscates Gopal's passport and gives him a small place to live in with ten others like him. Gopal has little idea what he must do.


The conclusion that can be drawn from both situations is that people should

A) stay in their own countries and villages B) feel contented and satisfied with their lot
C) verify details before accepting any job D) not travel to these regions of the world
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) verify details before accepting any job

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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.

Modern man is imprisoned by his time-table and his routine. His life is all care and _____. He does not have _____ for anything but his duties and occupation for _____ money. Men, in all _____ may have been prone to this disease and; indeed, we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

but his duties and occupation for _____ money.

A) making B) minting
C) collecting D) spending
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) making

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

 

A) Jangle B) Coincidence
C) Clamour D) Clinker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Coincidence

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

If all of us (had been) philosophical thinkers, we would not have been deceived by scheming politicians all these years.

 

A) has been B) have been
C) had being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

We, on the other hand, (is amused) by the number of channels it had to offer.

 

A) was amused B) were amused
C) were amusing D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were amused

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Koushik can do a piece of work in X days and Krishnu can do the same work in Y days. If they work together, then they can do the work in

A) (X+Y) days B) 1x+y days
C) xyx+y days D) x+yxy days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) x+yxy days

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Ashoka was a king of which dynasty?

A) Pradyota B) Haryanka
C) Maurya D) Nanda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maurya

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Which of the following authors wrote the novel ‘The Black Hill’ ?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Amitav Ghosh
C) Ramesh Kuntal D) Mamang Dai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mamang Dai

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Mamang Dai has been awarded the ‘Sahitya Akademi A ward 2017 for her novel ‘The Black Hill’ in English. Ramesh Kuntal has been awarded for his literary criticism ‘Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar’ in Hindi.

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