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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) prophesey B) nihilism
C) aesthet D) avulusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) nihilism

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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.

A walk of life

A) An easy comfortable life not necessarily prosperous. B) The most important day of your life.
C) A person's occupation or position within society. D) Walking is the best form of exercise.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A person's occupation or position within society.

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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.

Rohan said , "I am going"

A) Rohan had said he is gone. B) Rohan is going.
C) Rohan said that he is gone.   D) Rohan said that he was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rohan said that he was going.

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.


The human eye is a complex part of the body that is used for seeing. Eyes enable people to perform daily tasks and to learn about the world that surrounds them. Sight, or vision, is a rapidly occurring process that involves continuous interaction between the eye, the nervous system, and the brain. When someone looks at an object, what he really sees is the light reflected from the object. This reflected light passes through the lens and falls on the retina of the eye. Here the light induces nerve impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain and then over other nerves to muscles and glands.


The eye is similar to a television camera. Both the eye and the television camera convert light energy to electrical energy. The eye converts light to nerve impulses that are interpreted by the brain as the sense perception called sight. A television camera converts light to electronic signals that are broadcast and transformed into light images in a television receiver. It is wonderful that human eyes blink an average of once every six seconds. This washes the eye with the salty secretion from the tear or lachrymal glands. Each tear gland is about the size and shape of an almond. These glands are situated behind the upper eyelid at the outer corner of the eye. After passing over the eye, the liquid from the gland is drained into the nose through the tear duct at the inner corner of the eye.

 

What do we see when we look at an object?

A) The object reflected by the light. B) The light reflected from the object.
C) The shadow of the object. D) The object as it is.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The light reflected from the object.

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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.

Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.

A) lied B) lain
C) lay D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) lay

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The sentence is in simple past tense. The past tense of ‘lie’ is ‘lay’. Lie mean to take a position.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Their luggages which were(A)/kept at the station's(B)/ restroom's lockers, were later retrieved.(C)/No error(D)

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

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Meretricious

A) Brazen B) Natural
C) Exemplary D) Gaudy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Natural

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect

A) sit for a portrait B) render precisely
C) juxtapose D) framing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) juxtapose

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