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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 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.

 

can be checked __________ diligent exercises

 

A) by B) to
C) at D) so
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) by

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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".

The bigger a group the less are the chances of an individual (get) the requisite attention when necessary.

 

A) getting B) to get
C) got D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) getting

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The sound which is ______ to ears comes in the form of a melody.

 

A) soothing B) fizzing
C) buzzing D) razzing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) soothing

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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.

 

A) Misterous   B) Misterius  
C) Mysterous D) Mysterious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mysterious

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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.

 

An artistic work, especially one on a large scale

 

A) Ballad   B) Sonnet
C) Opus   D) Limerick
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Opus  

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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 this suggests the intimate relations which exist between history, politics, and sociology. The ____________ thing, however, is not the identities but the distinctions.For, however much the _____________ disciplines may, in practice, overlap, it is necessary ________ the sake of clear thinking to have their limits defined. As far _______sociology and history are concerned the differences may be summed up in a word. __________ history and sociology are concerned with the life of man as man.

 

sociology. The ____________ thing, however,

 

A) important B) importance
C) importances D) importantly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) important

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

This is Hrithik Roshan’s autograph, ______?

 

 

A) hasn’t it   B) hasn’t he  
C) isn’t he   D) isn’t it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) isn’t it

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

She did not ______ any profits from the investment.

 

A) gain   B) detain
C) gripe   D) returned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gain  

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