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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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.


What I wish to add is a ___________________.

A) fear B) panic
C) warn D) caveat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) caveat

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Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

A) Oxygen B) Gold
C) Silver D) Manganese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Oxygen

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In the following questions, 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.

Children need to be taught the importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a _____. Children are the most _____ to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes, infections, wounds, etc. Teach them early on about what to _____. Teach them that taking a few _____ measures to prevent infections and diseases is _____.

Teach them early on about what to _____.

A) avoid B) read
C) right D)  learn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) avoid

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'Lucky Grahak Yojana' and 'Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana' to give cash awards to the customers and merchants was launched by which government body?

A) National Institution for Transforming India B) National Payments Corporation of India
C) Financial Stability and Development Council D) Reserve Bank of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) National Institution for Transforming India

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In the following questions a part of a sentence is given in bold, it is then followed by four sentences which try to explain the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. Choose the alternative from the four given below each question which explains the meaning of the phrase correctly without altering the meaning of the sentence
given as question. If none of the sentence explains the meaning of the highlighted phrase, choose option  i.e., “None of these” as your answer choice

We are used to giving benefit of a doubt to people we are closest to, the ones who we know very well. This comes to us naturally as we know for a fact they are good people; and even more - we know they like/ love us so they wouldn't do anything against us.

A) Since we love and trust our close ones, we often tend to believe them, even when we are not sure what they are saying is true. B) Given that we are very attached to our relatives, we often try to hide their crimes and cover up for their lies.
C) Since humans are inherently doubting, there is a tendency to be sceptic about anyone. D) Humans have nepotism ingrained in them, which means that they would favour only their relatives over and above a fool proof evidence against them.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Since we love and trust our close ones, we often tend to believe them, even when we are not sure what they are saying is true.

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To give a benefit of doubt means to decide that you will believe someone, even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true.

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

 

Evince

 

A) Manifest B) Comply
C) Declare D) Prove
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Comply

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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 brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes

 

A) efficiently B) efficiencies
C) efficiency D) efficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) efficiency

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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.

 

Several countries ___________________ the world are now replacing the __________________ model of criminal justice partly _____________________ wholly with different models of restorative justice, _____________________ promising results in crime control. The process is more collaborative, consensual and inclusive, that is characteristic ____________________ indigenous systems of justice.

 

that is characteristic ____________________ indigenous systems of justice.

 

A) for B) as
C) of D)  like
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) of

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