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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 of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work

 

A) preferring B) preferred
C) having preferred D) had preferred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) preferred

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

 

Preferring or attracted to sunlight

 

A) Lithophilous B) Heliophilous
C) Topophilia D) Homophile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Heliophilous

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Beneficiary B) Benificiary
C) Beneficeary D) Benefeciary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Beneficiary

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Gol Gumbaz was designed by?

A) Ustad Ahmad of Lahouri B) George Wittet
C) Henry Irwin D) Yaqut of Dabul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Yaqut of Dabul

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First Indian to swim across the English Channel was _______.

A) Apsara B) Durga Agarwal
C) Mihir Sen D) Arati Saha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mihir Sen

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) bordeux B) ambienc
C) macakues D) culinary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) culinary

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What are the main components of Bronze Alloy?

A) Copper and Zinc B) Copper and Tin
C) Zinc and Nickel D) Aluminium and Nickel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Copper and Tin

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Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) B. R. Ambedkar
C) Rabindranath Tagore D) Swami Vivekananda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi

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The Phoenix Settlement, established by Gandhiji near Durban in 1904, was formally reopened on February 27, 2000, at a ceremony attended by the President of South Africa, the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and many other leaders.The settlement -the first Ashram of Gandhiji -had been damaged in 1985 riots when some African squatters occupied much of the settlement and named it Bambayi. Though the Indian community was deeply distressed, it refrained from seeking the forcible eviction of the squatters. The Phoenix Settlement Trust, with financial assistance from the Government of India, recently restored Gandhiji's house and established aclinic, an HIV/Aids Centre and other facilities to serve all the people in the area, African and Indian

 

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