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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.

P: It has been the handmaid of the ruling class.
Q: Therefore, ever since the dawn of civilization, persons in power have always tried to supervise or control education.
R: Education is an instrument which imparts knowledge and therefore, indirectly controls power.
S: It is an old saying that knowledge is power.

A) SQPR B) PRQS
C) SRQP D) PSQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SRQP

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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.


Keith has _____ with a failure in English examination thrice.

A) caught B) gone
C) got D) met
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) met

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

 

He is now looking about a job.

A) for B) after
C) into D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) for

Explanation:

‘Looking for’ means ‘trying to find’, hence it’s the correct use here. Looking about means looking here and there. Looking after means taking care of something or someone. Looking into means looking into the depths of something.

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

A) Dictionory B) Irrelevant
C) Perishable D) Tangible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dictionory

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Which of the statements given below are correct?
 
A) Maverick Viñales won the 2017 Qatar Motorcycle Grand Prix MotoGP.
B) In 2017, Zaheer Khan captained the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore.
C) In 2017, Gautam Gambhir captained the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.

A) Only A B) Only B
C) Only C D) A & C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A & C

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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.

 

In the same boat

 

A) When the option that you have is equally bad as the situation you are in. B) Life like the river throws the same challenges for all boats.
C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others. D) Big and small boats suffer the same fate in a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) extoled B) couscous
C) infernall D) conceriti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) couscous

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said, "I had not received the passport hence I could not attend the conference held last year."

A) He said that he had not received the passport then he could not be attending the conference held last year. B) He said that he has not received the passport then he could not attend the conference held the month before.
C) He said that he had not received the passport, hence he could not attend the conference held last year. D) He said that he has not received the passport so he could not be attending the conference held last year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said that he had not received the passport, hence he could not attend the conference held last year.

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