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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate
it by selecting the appropriate option.


Mangoes do not ___________ all at the same time. Hence, they are not plucked on the same day.

A) germinate B) ripen
C) grow D) age
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ripen

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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.

The man is (A) / the most tallest (B) / of the group (C) / No Error (D)

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

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. The man who

A) /they thought to be B) /a gentleman turned out
C) /to be a rougue D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) /to be a rougue

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The spelling of rouge is misspelt as rogue.

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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.
Sow wild oats

A) To make someone fool B) To make space to red
C) To take revenge D) To waste time by doing foolish things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To waste time by doing foolish things

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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.

 

Chew something over

 

A) Discuss or consider something at length. B) Grab what belongs to someone else.
C) Take a large bite, more than you can eat. D) Talk while eating.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Discuss or consider something at length.

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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 Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said, "This is a bad idea."

A) He said this that was a bad idea. B) He said that that is a bad idea.
C) He said that that was a bad idea. D) He said this that is a bad idea.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said that that was a bad idea.

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A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

 

Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,
Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBC’s governing
council meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins were
being traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that ‘this is harmful’ and he wrote back to say, “We
will stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, ‘If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living. ‘This sent
huge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress.

 

The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered fox’s behavioral ecology in Serengeti, Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I met Samdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, ‘The Time to Act is Now: a Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,’ at COP21 in Paris.

 

“It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple of important things: the first is that we amass things that we don’t need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more to climate change than all "transport in the world.”

 

Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bring about this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grew up in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”.

 

What did HH Dalai Lama said to his followers which came as a blow to them?

 

A) He said “we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion. B) He said that if he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living.
C) He said Buddhism is an ideal vehicles it makes people more contented. D) He said “we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and the environment with love and compassion”.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He said that if he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesn’t feel like living.

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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The political masters of health care system have not listened to professional health planners because it has not been profitable for them to do so.

i. Has not been profitable for them to do that things.
ii. Has been unprofitable for the professionals to do so.
iii. Has been not profitable for them to do so.

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. ii and iii
 
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Ans. E.
i- ‘that things’ is incorrect.
ii- This is wrong because it is not unprofitable for the professionals but the political masters of health care.
iii-It is structurally incorrect. It should be has not been.

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