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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.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work

 

A) preferring B) preferred
C) having preferred D) had preferred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) preferred

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

The writer says war is

 

A) bloodless B) partial
C) destructive D) unimportant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) destructive

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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 small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire

 

A) Lumber B) Copse
C) Grove D) Ember
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ember

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) unattractiveness   B) unatrractiveness  
C) unattracttiveness   D) unatrracttiveness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) unattractiveness  

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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".

 

A simple glance at one’s garden (uplifted) the mood.

 

A) uplift B)  uplifts  
C)  uplifting   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  uplifts  

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 


So apart from having


A- colleagues would go out for tea at periodic intervals


B- the routine coffee served


C- from the cafeteria my

 

A) BAC B)  BCA
C)  ACB D)  ABC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  BCA

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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.

The first working steam­ powered vehicle was designed and most likely built by Ferdinand Verbies, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm long scale­ model toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built. Nicolas- Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first full­ scale, self ­propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he also created a steam­ powered tricycle. He constructed two steam tractors for the French Army, one of which is preserved in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. His inventions were however handicapped by problems of water supply and maintaining steam pressure. In 1801, Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam ­powered road vehicle. It was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods. Sentiment against steam ­powered road vehicles led to the Locomotive Acts of 1865. In 1807 Nicephore Niepce and his brother Claude probably created the world's first internal combustion engine which they called Pyreolophore.

Cugnot built steam tractors for:

A) The Chinese Emperor B) The French Army
C) The Jesuit mission D) The French Conservatory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The French Army

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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.

Sixth sense

A) An intuitive power of perception B) A strong power of sense
C) An ability to perceive when something will go wrong D) The false feeling that you know the truth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) An intuitive power of perception

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