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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
every cloud has a silver lining

A) no bad situation is permanent B) if one wants rain then one has to bear with dark clouds
C) every blessing comes with a hidden curse D) every bad situation has some good aspects to it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) every bad situation has some good aspects to it

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer is (E), ie ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)The consolation messages (A) / received on the(B)/ demise of Mrs. Malhotra (C) / speaks highly of her enormity. (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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Here, the error is in part 4. As 'messages' is plural “speaks” will be replaced by “speak”. The rule applied is of subject verb agreement

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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".

Kim is too impatient with tolerating any delay.

A) at tolerating B) for tolerating
C) to tolerate D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to tolerate

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) flooring B) altituede
C) purveyour D)  snobish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) flooring

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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.

A remedy for all diseases

A) Antiseptic B) Antibiotic
C) Narcotics D) Panacea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Panacea

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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.

 

Two engines are pulling the train up the hill.

A) The train will be pulled up the hill by two engines. B) Up the hill pulling of the trains is being done by the two engines.
C) The train is being pulled up the hill by two engines. D) Two engines are needed for pulling the train up the hill.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The train is being pulled up the hill by two engines.

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.

Outside, the rain beats down (A) / in floods and the sea gives forth (B) / a sound like an alarm bells. (C) / No error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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.

 

According to the author, God is not looking for _____ to manifest his works.

A) Cowards B) Stubborn people
C) Weaklings D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cowards

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