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Q:

The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) The new year, 2018, is here! Nothing seems to have changed, despite the firecrackers.

A) Of course, in many parts of the world the firecrackers might have been confused with, or replaced by, bombs, and millions in those and other regions find firecrackers (let alone bombs) an unimaginable luxury as they struggle to obtain food or shelter.

B) I am aware that a group of increasingly loud fellow nationals might accuse me of celebrating ‘foreign festivals’.

C) That too was widely celebrated, as it should be, though in a world where the homeless, children, refugees and foreignness are often abused.

D) New Year’s Eve came, as it does, close on the heels of Christmas, which commemorates the birth of a homeless child to poor refugees in a foreign place.

A) BDCA B) DCAB
C) ADCB D) CDAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ADCB

Explanation:

The correct sequence is ADCB.The paragraph starts with the description of the event and what is the point to focus on, i.e. firecrackers.

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Q:

Solely means

A) exclude B) include
C) only D) rival
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) only

Explanation:

Solely means only, simply or merely.

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Q:

A definition of formal poetry is verse that

A) is written in blank verse. B) sticks to certain traditional patterns.
C) uses figurative language. D) has no rhyme scheme.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sticks to certain traditional patterns.

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Q:

What does preceded in death mean?

Answer

We know that, preceeded means to come before. 


Hence, the given sentence, preceded in death means that person had died before this person.


 


For example :: Rahul preceeded Ravi in death, means Rahul died before Ravi.

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Q:

Rearrange CITCAR into a word?

A) Cartic B) Ritcar
C) Arctic D) Airtic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Arctic

Explanation:

After all possiblle rearrangements, the only word with a meaning is ARCTIC fro the given given letters.

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Q:

To slap with a flat object

A) Gnaw B) Chop
C) Swat D) Hew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Swat

Explanation:

The one word substitute for To slap with a flat object is SWAT.

 

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Q:

Ornate is the opposite of

A) Offensive B) Elegant
C) Fancy D) Lavish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Offensive

Explanation:

Ornate means which is beautiful, lavish one. Opposite of Ornate is ugly, offensive, dull or plain.

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Q:

Iteration is most similar in meaning to

A) Ending B) Looping
C) Starting D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Looping

Explanation:

Iteration is most similar in meaning to the word repeatation i.e, looping.

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