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Q:

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.
People drink champagne on New Year’s Eve.

A) Drinking of champagne is done on New Year's Eve. B) New Year's Eve was the day when People drank Champagne.
C) People on Eve of New Year drink champagne. D) Champagne is drunk on New Year’s Eve.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Champagne is drunk on New Year’s Eve.

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Choose the sentence that contains a relative pronoun?

A) That is my books bag B) Some boys are coming for tution
C) The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister D) Those are not your things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister

Explanation:

Here in the given options, The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister is the sentence which has relative pronoun.

 

The pronoun which is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun is called as relative pronoun.

 

The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. Sometimes when and where can also be used as relative pronouns.

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Q:

Synonym of Sad?

A) Glad B) Lucky
C) Somber D) Fortunate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Somber

Explanation:

Sad means being unhappy, sorrowful, mournful, wistful,...

 

Hence, Somber means cheerless i.e, unhappy which is synonym of sad. All other options are opposites of Sad.

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Q:

The word photography literally means

A) Light crowning B) Light drawing
C) Light creations D) Light art
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Light drawing

Explanation:

Photography is a word derived from Greek words Photo means light and graphe means drawing.'Hence it literally means light drawing.

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Q:

Which is the oldest poem in English language?

A) Ozymandias B) Paradise Lost
C) Beowulf D) The Tyger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Beowulf

Explanation:

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.

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Q:

Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

A) I’m martyr to a motion not my own B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways
C) Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay D) I swear she cast a shadow white as stone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways

Explanation:

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.

 

In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.

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Q:

A Big Draw meaning

A) a lovely spectacle B) a game without any result
C) a huge attraction D) a keen contest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a huge attraction

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Q:

Laconic most nearly means

A) Talkative B) Wordy
C) Brief D) Long
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brief

Explanation:

Laconic means using only few words in his/her speech or while talking.

In the given options, talkative, wordy and long are all opposite to laconic and brief is the only word which is similar in meaning of laconic.

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