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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.
The teacher said to the student, "Have you brought your lunch?"

A) The student was asked by the teacher about bringing his lunch. B) The teacher asked the student if he would be bringing his lunch.
C) The teacher asked the student if he had brought his lunch. D) The teacher asked the student if he has brought his lunch.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The teacher asked the student if he had brought his lunch.

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

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 


Which of the following is the most accurate statement of the author's position?

 

A) The presence of the people has enriched the plain's habitat. B) Farming has improved the soil of the plains.
C) Farming has chemically polluted the plains. D) Farming has eroded the natural beauty of the plains.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Farming has eroded the natural beauty of the plains.

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

Irk

A) Attract B) Discourage
C) Irritate D) Please
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Please

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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.

whereas religion is based on experience. Any religious _____ whether

A) experience B) thought
C) festival D) activity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) experience

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In the following questions, 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.

Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this _____, the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our _____ and students is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____.

As long as we are unmindful of this _____,

A) measure B) resource
C) story D) truth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) truth

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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. Distress

A) Concern B) Pleasure
C) Anxiety D) Discomfort
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pleasure

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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.

 

I will not allow you to ride that motorcycle.

A) I will not be allowing riding that motorcycle by you. B) You will not be allowed by me to ride that motorcycle.
C) You had not been allowed by myself riding that motorcycle. D) Riding of that motorcycle by you has not been allowed by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) You will not be allowed by me to ride that motorcycle.

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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".

I purposely did that with a view to offend her.

A) with a view of offending her B) with a view that I offend her
C) with a view to offending her D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with a view to offending her

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