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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

To give money to agents for sales.

A)  Salary B)  Commission
C) Fee D) Incentive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  Commission

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In the eighteenth century, Japan's feudal overlords, from the shogun to the humblest samurai, found themselves (on) financial stress.

A) of  B) for 
C) under  D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) under 

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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

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Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The doctor (has advice) him to take proper diet.

A) has advised B) had been advised
C) was advised D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) has advised

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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.

In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health : he should be using health for work.


A healthy man should be concerned with

A) his work which good health makes possible B) looking after his health
C) his health which makes work possible D) talking about health
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) his work which good health makes possible

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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.

But this does not mean

X-phenomena to the body
Y-is a meaningless expression
Z-that the reference of mental

A) YZX B) ZXY
C) YXZ D) XZY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ZXY

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Ants have been living on the earth for more than 100 million years and can be found almost anywhere on the planet. It is estimated that there are about 20000 different species of ants. For this reason ants have been called Earth's most successful species. If you watch ants for any length of time you will see that they really do communicate with each other and very effectively too. Ants communicate by touching each other with their antennae. Ants also use chemicals called pheromones to leave scent trails for other ants to follow. Ants build many different types of homes. Many ants build simple little mounds out of dirt or sand. Other ants use small sticks mixed with dirt and sand to make a stronger mound that offers protection from rain. Western Harvester ants make a small mound on top, but then tunnels up to 15 feet straight down to hibernate during winter. Ant mounds consist of many chambers connected by tunnels. Different chambers are used for nurseries, food storage, and resting places for the worker ants. Some ants live in wood like termites. Army ants don't make a home at all but travel in a large groups searching for food. Ants are social insects which means they live in large colonies or groups. Some colonies consist of millions of ants. There are three types of ants in each species, the queen, the sterile female workers and males. The male ants only serve one purpose, to mate with future queen ants and do not live very long. The queen grows to adulthood, mates, and then spends rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have only one queen, or there may be many queens depending on the species. Ants go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

 

What does the Western Harvester do in winter ?

A) It travels B) It builds different types of homes
C) It hibernates D) It searches for food
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) It hibernates

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Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a strong smell. It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with its own individual qualities. Most of them are combinations of hydrogen and carbon in varying proportions. Such hydrocarbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt and natural gas. Mineral oil originates from the carcasses of tiny animals and from plants that live in the sea. Over million of years, these dead creatures form large deposits under sea­bed and ocean currents cover them with a blanket of sand and silt. As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary rock and effectively shuts out the oxygen, thus preventing the complete decomposition of the marine deposits underneath. The layers of sedimentary rocks become thicker, and heavier. Their pressure produces heat, which transforms the tiny carcasses into crude oil in a process that is still going on today.


From where does mineral oil originate?

A) Complex mixture of substances B) Carcasses of tiny animals and plants that live in the sea
C) From lakes D) Only from plants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Carcasses of tiny animals and plants that live in the sea

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