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

The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.

 

A) The baby is carried by the kangaroo in her pouch. B) The baby is being carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
C) The baby had been carried by the kangaroo in her pouch. D) The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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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.

head over heels

A) to think with head instead of heart B) to run away from an unpleasant situation
C) to take a nasty fall D) to be madly in love
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to be madly in love

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Of the many problems that confront the leaders of the world B) none are of grave consequence than the problem of saving
C) the normal human race from extinction. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) none are of grave consequence than the problem of saving

Explanation:

Error is in second part. Replace ‘grave’ with ‘graver’. Since problems are being compared in the given sentence we will use the comparative form of ‘grave’ that is ‘graver’.

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The people of the Indus valley civilisation worshipped ____________________.

A) Vishnu B) Pashupati
C) Indra D) Brahma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pashupati

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To convert temperature from Celcius to Kelvin scale, you must ___ the given temperature.

A) subtract 273 B) multiply 273
C) add 273 D) divide by 273
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) add 273

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Q:

Which of the following uses a nonrenewable energy source to make electricity?

A) power plant B) wind mill
C) swimming pool D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) power plant

Explanation:

From the given options, a power plant uses a nonrenewable energy source to make electricity. A power plant uses coal for making power production.

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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) Apparant   B) Apparent
C) Aparent   D) Appareint
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Apparent

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