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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Blasphemous

A) Pious B) Profane
C) Sacrilegious D) Irreligious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pious

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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.

The state of being in short supply

A) Plethora B) Myriad
C) Scarcity D) Profusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Scarcity

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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.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________

A) pedestal B) platform
C) plinth D) podium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pedestal

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Group of Monuments at Hampi is located in?

A) West Bengal B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnataka

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
To give up a throne voluntarily

A) Archer B) Bigot
C) Abdicate D) Delegate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Abdicate

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What is the name of the hormone produced by thymus gland?

A) Thyroxine B) Auxins
C) Cytokinins D) Thymosin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Thymosin

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Which one of the following is not the official language of the UNO?

A) French B) Arabic
C) Spanish D) Japanese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japanese

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

There is no one/ I have met or heard of/ whom I can consider knowledgeable/ than my English teacher.

A) There is no one B) I have met or heard of
C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable D) Than my English teacher
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable

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The error lies in the third part of the sentence. Use of 'than' suggests that the sentence makes a comparison between two people. In such a case comparative degree is used before the adjective. Therefore, more should be written before knowledgeable

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