Exams

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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

write good English _____________ bad English.

A 220 metres long train takes 33 seconds to cross a 440 metres long bridge. How much time (in seconds) will the train take to cross a 350 metres long bridge?

Khangchendzonga National Park, also known as Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, is located in ________.

First Leader of opposition in Lokshabha was _____.

Ramesh uses a weight of 930 gm instead of 1 kg and sells sugar on its cost price. What will be his profit percentage on selling 15 kg sugar?

7 litres mixture of milk and water contains 30% water. 3.5 litres of milk is added to this mixture. What is the percentage of water in the new mixture?

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Consider the given statements true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statements :

Some eagles are kites. All kites are birds.

Conclusions :

1. Some birds are eagles.
2. Some eagles are birds.