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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

I am _______________this crime.

A) ignorant on B)  innocent of
C) indebted to D) ignoring
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  innocent of

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Which best describes the meaning of the word politics?

A) It is the power of the executive branch to carry out the laws. B) It is the process by which the President commands the military.
C) It is the power of the executive branch to conduct foreign policy. D) It determines who will benefit from, and who will pay for, public policies.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It determines who will benefit from, and who will pay for, public policies.

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The word politics determines who will benefit from, and who will pay for, public policies.

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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 correctalternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

He is a fast bowler of repute, but his yesterday's performance was not up to the mark.

A) performance for yesterday B) yesterday performance
C) performances for yesterday D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

Zealous

A) Droopy, Gigantic B) Tenacity, Assiduity
C) Fervent, Apathetic D) Conceited, Capacious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fervent, Apathetic

Explanation:

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Zealous: having or showing zeal
Droopy: hanging down limply
Gigantic: of very great size or extent; huge or enormous
Tenacity: the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip
Assiduity: constant or close attention to what one is doing
Fervent: having or displaying a passionate intensity
Apathetic: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Conceited: excessively proud of oneself; vain
Capacious: having a lot of space inside; roomy
Hilarity: extreme amusement, especiallywhen expressed by laughter
Livid: furiously angry
Therefore, it can be observed that option C i.e. ‘fervent, apathetic’ forms a synonym- antonym pair of ‘zealous’.

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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.

 

What is the 'Goldilocks' zone?

A) It is a mythological place about stars and planets B) That place on a planet which has lowest possibility of liquid water.
C) The correct distance of a planet from its star to have possibility of having liquid water D) That place on a planet which has the right amount of sunlight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The correct distance of a planet from its star to have possibility of having liquid water

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The real principle behind love is to see the (underlied) divine consciousness in everything.

A) underlying B) underlay
C) underlie D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) underlying

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- It had been umpteen years since we had seen each other.

Q- One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on horseback through a dreary stretch of countryside.

R- This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had been my childhood pal.

S- At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher.

A) PQSR B) PSQR
C) QSRP D) QRSP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSRP

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
We do not (agree on) certain things.

A) agree to B) agree about
C) agree of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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