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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.

 

So, in asking you to consider the processes of reasoning we are ________ assuming that you never have reasoned--_________ the contrary we are fully aware that you in connection __________ every other person, have reasoned all your mature life. That is not the question. While everyone reasons, the fact is __________ true that the majority of persons reason incorrectly. Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct and scientific, and suffer therefor and thereby.

 

have reasoned--_________ the contrary we

 

 

A) in B) on
C) into D) onto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

A fool's paradise

 

A) An average person appears smart in company of fools. B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.
C) A paradise is ruined when fools enter it. D) Pretending that everything is going fine when actually all is being lost.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.

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

A) symptommatically B) symptomaticaly
C) symptomatically D) symptommaticaly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) symptomatically

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Manish said, "Where is she going?".

 

A) Manish asked that where she was going. B) Manish asked that where she is going.
C) Manish asked where she was going. D)  Manish asked that where she has been going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Manish asked where she was going.

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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 have as belonging to one; own.

 

A) to dominate B) to possess
C) to abandon D) to hog
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to possess

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The SI unit of acceleration is __________.

A) ms-1 B) ms-2
C) ms2 D) m/s
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ms-2

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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.

Not able to produce children

A) Gravid B) Hebetic
C) Fecund D) Sterile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sterile

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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. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

She was so (1)/ near to (2)/ achieving her goal. (3)/No Error (4)

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

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