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Q:

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.

$\frac{A p a r t o f S p e c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t f u n d i s}{(1)} / \frac{e x p e c t e d t o b e r e l e a s e d}{(2)} /$

$\frac{n e x t m o n t h a n d t h e p r o v i s i o n a l}{(3)} / \frac{f o r r e m a i n i n g a m o u n t i n t h e n e w b u d g e t}{(4)}$

A) (1)	B) (2)
C) (3)	D) (4)

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (3)

Explanation:

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

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Q:

Here are some words translated from an artificial language.

briftamint means 'militant'
uftonel means 'occupied'
uftonalene means 'occupation'

Which word could mean "Occupant"?

A) elamint	B) briftalene
C) uftonamint	D) elbrifta

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) uftonamint

Explanation:

Brift means the root word mili; the suffix amint means the same as the English suffix –tant; the root word ufton– means occupy; el means the suffix –ied of occupied; and alene means the suffix –tion. (Because ufton means occupy, choices a, b, and d can be easily ruled out.)

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Q:

A person who does not believe in any religion

A) Atheist	B) Rationalist
C) Pagan	D) Philatelist

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Atheist

Explanation:

A person who does not believe in any religion or god is called as Atheist.

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Q:

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

Expel someone from a property, especially with the support of the law

A) Genial	B) Evict
C) Cordial	D) Convivial

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Evict

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Rohith Agarwal has three children--- Lila, Visal and Avinash. Avinash married Monika, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy. The Roys married their youngest daughter to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma, and they had two children named Amit and Shashi. The Roys have two more children, Roshan and Vandana, Both elder to Veena. Sanketh and Yashwanth are sons of Avinash and Monika. Rashmi is the daughter of Amit.

1) How is Veena related to Rashmi ?
(a)Aunt (b)Niece (c)Sister (d)Grand mother

2) How is Vishal related to Vandana ?
(a)Brother (b)Brother-in-law (c)Cousin (d)Nephew

3) What is the surname of Yashwanth ?
(a)Sharma (b)Roy (c)Agarwal (d)None

Answer

Answer 1) d
Rashmi is the daughter of Amit who is son of Veena.
Therefore, Veena is Grand mother of Rashmi.

Answer 2) b
Vandana's sister is Vishal's brother's wife.
Therfore, Vishal is Vandana's Brother-in-law.

Answer 3) c
Yashwanth is son of Avinash who is the son of Rohit Agarwal.
Therefore, surname of Yashwanth is Agarwal.

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The whole biosphere, like

P : a chemically dynamic state
Q : the individual organisms that
R : live inside it, exists in

A) RQP	B) QRP
C) QPR	D) PQR

Answer & Explanation Answer: B)

QRP

Explanation:

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Statement: Properly fed and starved monkeys were made to run through a network of paths designed as a puzzle. It was observed that the starved monkeys could not run faster. This proved that the people with lower intelligence in poor countries are a victim of malnutrition.
Course of action:
a. The effects of nutrition on the intelligence of the monkeys is parallel to those on human beings.
b. Captive monkeys are more intelligent than wild monkeys.

A) Only b follows	B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows	D) Neither a nor b follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only a follows

Explanation:

The proper nourishment will make the monkeys or human beings work properly. So, the course of action I follows. Course of action II does not follow as there is no information about captive or wild monkeys.

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Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Course of action:
a. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
b. System of education should be made more flexible.

A) Only a follows	B) Only b follows
C) Both a & b follows	D) Neither a nor b follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both a & b follows

Explanation:

Clearly, the situation demands making the education system more flexible and changing it periodically according to the needs of the time. So, both the courses follow.

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