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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.


There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and has done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope.

 

What is that which only the person himself knows and must act in order to discover it?

A) His untapped potential B) His destiny that lies in the future
C) The power which resides in him D) The joy of achieving success
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The power which resides in him

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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 was _____________ paying the toll tax.

A)  free from B) exonerated from
C) exempted from D)  exposed to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) exempted from

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A person who grows crops

A) Sharecropper B) Freedman
C) Farmer D) Slave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Farmer

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

A) Oblivion B) Objectivity
C) Aversion D) Defeat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aversion

Explanation:
Predilection means fondness, liking
Oblivion means unconsciousness
Objectivity means impartiality
Aversion means dislike → which is nearly opposite of Predilection
Defeat means conquer, beat
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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.
I've taken out my
X-and stay poised and vigilant
Y-ear buds so I can
Z-listen for announcements

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

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phraseand click the button corresponding to it.

Once in a blue moon

A) Very rarely B) Common
C) Predictable D) Ordinary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Very rarely

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Forgo

A) Forfeit B) Neglect
C) Conquer D) Pass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Conquer

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

The Vice Chancellor congratulated the blind student for his success in the examination

A) in his B) on his
C) over his D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on his

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