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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

The chairman with the other members of the board are touring Europe these days.

A) have been on touring B) is touring
C) have toured D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) is touring

Explanation:

The main subject ‘The Chairman’ is singular, hence singular verb ‘is touring’ will be used.

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Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

 

S1 : He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.

S6 : He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.

P : He never dreamed about the boy.

Q : He only dreamed of places and of the lions on the beach now.

R : He simply woke, looked out through the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.

S : They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.

The correct sequence should be

A) R Q P S B) S R Q P
C) Q R P S D) P R S Q
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Q R P S

Explanation:

QSPR is the correct order in which sentences should be arranged.When arranged in the correct sequence, they read as “He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He simply woke, looked out through the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy.He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.”

 

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

RUGGED

A) HARD B) STURDY
C) SMOOTH D) ROUGH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SMOOTH

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The patient died (of a wound and not of) cancer.

A) from a wound and not of B) of a wound and not from
C) from a wound and not from D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) from a wound and not of

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) blamefull B) procsimal
C) hilocky D) miracles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) miracles

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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.
I have poured the tea.

A) Pouring of the tea by me has been done. B) The tea is being poured by me.
C) The tea has been poured by me. D) The tea pouring was done by myself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The tea has been poured by me.

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Immense B) Imense
C) Immiense D) Imminse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Immense

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. Mohan is one of those boys

A) / who has expressed B) / willingness for joining
C) / the educational tour. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) / who has expressed

Explanation:

‘has’ should be replaced with ‘have’.

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