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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

Viraat threw the stone.

A) The stone got threw by Viraat.	B) The stone is thrown by Viraat.
C) The stone thrown by Viraat.	D) The stone was thrown by Viraat.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The stone was thrown by Viraat.

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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) orientasion	B) oriantasion
C) oriantation	D) orientation

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) orientation

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) A. The deceased soldier’s family is banking upon the government for justice and support.	B) B. The government is being banked upon by the deceased soldier’s family for justice and support.
C) C. For justice and support, the deceased soldier’s family is banking upon the government.	D) D. The family of the deceased soldier is the banking of the government for justice and support.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D. The family of the deceased soldier is the banking of the government for justice and support.

Explanation:

Ans. D.
Solution: In the given sentences banking upon is the correct phrasal verb which means basing hopes on someone/something or depending on someone for something.
Option D is incorrect because the bank does not have any relevant meaning in the given context.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Plaudit

A) Criticism	B) Jeering
C) Praise	D) Silence

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Praise

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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) effuzively	B) effusively
C) efusively	D) efuzively

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) effusively

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

Courteousness and refinement of manner.

A) plaudit	B) adulation
C) urbanity	D) profanity

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) urbanity

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What is the most important factor in improving reading skills?

Answer

Reading is one of the main methods we use to acquire data and information in the contemporary world. In order to read a text, a person should have a basic understanding of how sounds are represented alphabetically. For doing this, a goal could be something like finding the main idea about a reading topic or locating the supporting details for that topic.

To improve your reading skills, you need to be aware of these three important areas of reading improvement:

1. Understanding adaptability.

2. Increasing reading comprehension.

3. Increasing reading rate.

Understanding adaptability and Increasing reading comprehension are the most important factors in improving reading skills.

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

The girl to whom he got married to is an actress.

A) got married with	B) got married
C) got betrothed in	D) No improvement

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