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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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

their lives without ____________ learning the nature 

 

A) really B)  real
C) reality D) realise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) really

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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.

 

My mother likes to ___________ me by showing everyone my baby pictures.

 

A) stun B) annoy
C) shame D) embarrass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) embarrass

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

 

Where were they playing the cricket match?

A) Where was the cricket match played? B) Where has the cricket match been played?
C) Where will the cricket match be played? D) Where was the cricket match being played?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Where was the cricket match being played?

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and

A) your B) you
C) yourself D) yourselves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) yourself

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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.

 

For me the ______________ and the chill of those nights dissolved into those little flames of fire that for hours made us live in a wonderland, in a ___________ fair of fireflies, and made us _________ there’s nothing that can blow those divine lights ________. In my mind I can still hear the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that grandma used to ring during the puja.

 

those divine lights ________. In my mind I can

A) from B) of
C) for D) off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) off

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In the following question, sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

With the amount of conflicts in the world, a Third World War is ________

A) emanate B) emanant
C) eminent D) imminent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) imminent

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

A very first time I used the internet I was very intimidated, (1)/ and thought that anyone who could use (2)/ such an elaborate thing must be a genius. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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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: But the scenario has quite changed now-a-days by allocating a special budget of funds for security.
Q: In the last ten years, budget towards the development of military forces is higher when compared to others.
R: India earlier days gave more importance to the development of industry and less importance to other departments.
S: This is because of the frightening increase in terrorism all around the world especially emerging after the 9/11 terror attack in U.S.

A) PRQS B) SPQR
C) QSPR D) RPSQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RPSQ

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