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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) conturtion B) contorsion
C) contortion D) contursion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) contortion

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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.

Due to heavy rains, the match was called _____.

A) of B) off
C) down D) out
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) off

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

He must not (to be left) like this.

A) being left B) been left
C) be left D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) be left

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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.

Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______. But almost always it can be justified as a moral principle on the basis of ______. When we talk about speaking the truth in order not to hide what, if hidden, will only prove damaging to others, we are emphasizing the ability to ‘feel’ for others. Again, often we purposely keep ourselves from communicating the truth as, once ______, it may hurt someone‘s feelings and sentiments. But keeping a person in the dark or denying him or her knowledge which he or she ought to have amounts to ______ another soul of its right to know that with which it has a ______.

once ______, it may hurt someone‘s

A) principled B) disheveled
C) revealed D) spectacled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) revealed

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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 _____.

the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as

A) efficiency B) effectiveness
C) quality D) quantity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) quality

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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/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Beyond the pale

A) Unreasonable or unacceptable B) Beyond redemption
C) Full of rhetoric D) Distasteful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Unreasonable or unacceptable

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

to pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.

 

A) to loot B) to filch
C) to rip off D) to plunder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to filch

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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'.

When I returned I felt (1)/ a big cat brush side me (2)/ as I opened the door. (3)/No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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