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Who is the author of ‘The Windfall’?

A) Manmohan Singh B) Amitav Ghosh
C) Diksha Basu D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Diksha Basu

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to?

A) Frank Sinatra B) Elvis Presley
C) Bob Dylan D) Jimi Hendrix
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bob Dylan

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Which tennis player has been awarded the Padma Bhushan award 2016?

A) Sania Mirza B) Leander Paes
C) Mahesh Bhupathi D) Rohan Bopanna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sania Mirza

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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.


That is why publicly invoking these symbols has to be an act of responsible citizenship and not self­____________ demagoguery, but the difference can be hard to _______________. The problem with emotive symbols is that _________________ they can multiply the force of arguments, they cannot replace the arguments__________________. All persuasion harnesses symbols but principled persuasion must also provide arguments that can be _____________ debated.

 

but the difference can be hard to _______________.

 

A) tell B) say
C) speak D) mention
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tell

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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 most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words.___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.

 

and readers ___________ English into an easy

A) for B) of
C) from D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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

Medicine that causes vomiting

A) Valise B) Satire
C) Pyre D) Emetic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Emetic

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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".

Knowing that the area was prone to earthquakes, all the buildings were reinforced with additional concrete.

A) On being prone to earthquakes, B) Having been knowing that the area was prone to earthquakes,
C) Since the area was known to be prone to earthquakes, D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Since the area was known to be prone to earthquakes,

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Make both ends meet

A) Live within means B) Achieve a solution
C) Live among people D) End of the road
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Live within means

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