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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

Both of us had a different opinion about it.

A) Both of us has  B) Each of us had 
C) Each of us have  D)  No improvement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Each of us had 

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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.
The teachers informed the students that the class had been cancelled.

A) Informing the students that the class is cancelled was done by the teachers. B) The class has been cancelled, this the teachers informed the students.
C) The students were informed by the teachers that the class had been cancelled. D) The teachers cancelled the class and informed the students.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The students were informed by the teachers that the class had been cancelled.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Laconic

 

A) Brief B) Verbose
C) Lengthy D) Unabridged
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brief

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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 depart from an established course.

 

A) to deviate B) to whirl
C) to err D) to wander
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to deviate

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In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

A) Liaison B) Laiseon
C)  Laision D) Liesion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Liaison

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

 

A story that expresses ideas through symbols.

A) Armoury B) Allegory
C) Amatory D) Aleatory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Allegory

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

How many planets in our solar system have liquid water?

A) Two B) Three
C) One D) Four
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) One

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Select the odd word from the given alternatives.

A) Wall clock B) Painting
C) Photo frame D) Carpet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Carpet

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