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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 :The weak have no place here, in this life or in any other life. Weakness leads to slavery.
S6 :This is the great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery : weakness is death.
P :They dare not approach us, they have no power to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened.
Q : Weakness leads to all kinds of misery, physical and mental. Weakness is death.
R : But they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is ready and predisposed to receive them.
S :There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us.The correct sequence should be

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

Explanation:
QSRP is the correct order in which sentences should be arranged.
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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.

The antigen-antibody immunological reaction is used to be regarded as typical of immunological responses. Antibodies are proteins synthesized by specialized cells called plasma cells, which are formed by lymphocytes (cells from the lymph system) when an antigen, a substance foreign to an organism's body, comes in contact with lymphocytes. Two important manifestations of antigen-antibody immunity are lysis, the rapid physical rupture of antigenic cells and the liberation of their contents into the surrounding medium, and phagocytosis, a process in which antigenic particles are engulfed by and very often digested by macrophages and polymorphs. The process of lysis is executed by a complex and unstable blood constituent known as complement, which will not work unless it is activated by a specific antibody; the process of phagocytosis is greatly facilitated when the particles to be engulfed are coated by a specific antibody directed against them.

What happens when an antigen comes in contact with lymphocytes?

A) Antibodies are destroyed B) Plasma cells are formed
C) Proteins are synthesized D) Old cells are restored
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Plasma cells are formed

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect speech.

"Please don't cry" he said.

A) He begged that I should not cry. B) He begged me not to cry.
C) He said to please him and not cry. D) He told me to not to cry.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He begged me not to cry.

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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.

 

He did not abide with my decision.

A) to  B) by
C) for D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) by

Explanation:

‘Abide’ means ‘to put up with’. ‘abide’ is always followed by the preposition ‘by’.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The modes of action are _____ in science and religion. Science relies on experiment, whereas religion is based on experience. Any religious _____ whether it is Christ’s or Ramakrishna’s is personal and _____ . Science, on the other hand is marked by objectivity. Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material comforts. The frontiers of science do not end in knowledge but are _____ to the formation of appliances for actual use.

The modes of action are _____ in science and religion.

A) similar B) different
C) equal D) relevant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) different

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

He said, “The dog died in the night.”

A) He inform about the dog’s death. B) He says dog died in the night.
C) The dog had died in the night, he said. D) He said that the dog had died in the night.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He said that the dog had died in the night.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
lack of skill, ability, or competence

A) ineptitude B) dexterity
C) proficiency D) prowess
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ineptitude

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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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