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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The trainee asked his boss, "Shall I email this letter again, Sir?"

A) The trainee asked his boss politely if he shall email that letter again. B) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again, sir.
C) The trainee asked his boss politely if he shall email that letter again, sir. D) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The trainee asked his boss politely if he should email that letter again.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Namita is from the state of Kerala. She has come to Dubai to serve as a governess for the only child of the Nairs. The Nairs are nice and gentle and Namita has no cause to complain. One day she overhears something that makes her jittery. Mr. Nair is not employed in an American company as she has been told. The nature of his business is illegal. She is shocked and wants to go back to her home town to her own people.

Gopal is from a very poor family. His family owns a very small piece of land that can hardly meet their food requirement. One day, Gopal gets a nice offer to work in the Emirates with a construction contractor. In order to meet the expenses on travelling, the family decides to sell their own land and send Gopal to the foreign country, to make money. On arrival, the contractor confiscates Gopal's passport and gives him a small place to live in with ten others like him. Gopal has little idea what he must do.


Namita's situation is better than that of Gopal, because she

A) has a well behaved employer B) knows what she wants to do
C) loves the new place and the child D) now knows about her employer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) knows what she wants to do

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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.


The woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, _____________ many of the sparrows. ____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, ______________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate.

____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles

A) Beside B) Next
C) Instead D) Near
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Instead

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Birth rate in a country is defined as

A) Number of births per 100 in 1 year B) Number of births per 1000 in 1 year
C) Number of births per km of area in 1 year D) Number of births per 100 km of area in 1 year
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Number of births per 1000 in 1 year

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Which one of the following Articles of the Constituent of India down that no citizen can be denied the use of wells, tanks and bathing Ghats maintained out of State funds?

 

A) Article 14 B) Article 15
C) Article 16 D) Article 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Article 15

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Article 15:
 
Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth 
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public
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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.

In such delicate matters,/ we often take/ his advice as he has/ been effectively handling such cases for a decade.

A) In such delicate matters B) We often take
C) His advice as he has D) Been effectively handling such cases for a decade
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

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There is no error in the sentence.

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Which Mughal Emperor was deported to Rangoon by the British?

A) Bahadur Shah Zafar B) Bahadur Shah III
C) Bahadur Shah Ahmed Shah D) Bahadur Shah I
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Which sport has the highest rank of Yokozuna?

A) Sumo wrestling B) Judo
C) Jujitsu D) Kendo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sumo wrestling

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