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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 answer to the third question is __________________ answered; State leaders ___________________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government, presumably for a price. ________________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies. But they fail to ________________ that history cannot be disremembered, it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

A) against B) for
C) to D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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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.

 

The city will build a new bridge across the river.

A) A new bridge across the river will be built by the city. B) A bridge which is new will be built by the city.
C) Building of a new bridge will be done by the city. D) The city will be building a new bridge across the river.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A new bridge across the river will be built by the city.

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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.


Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.


and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights

A) appropriate B) appropriately
C) appropriating D) appropriated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) appropriate

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

 

To take someone somewhere suddenly and quickly

A) rush B) whisk
C) fly D) flit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) whisk

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Ravi Shankar's performance was given (A)/ a standing ovation by the (B)/ people who has come to hear him. (C)/ No Error (D)

 

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber.

A) ingrained B) impacted
C) embedded D) deep­seated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) embedded

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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”.

A foolish person is some one who is easily taken-in and tricked by others.

A) sober B) stupid
C) gullible D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gullible

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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.
The constable said, "I saw a bullet mark here."

A) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark there. B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.
C) The constable says that he saw a bullet mark here. D) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.

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