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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct

 

1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P."How did you manage it?" asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. "Oh, it was nothing", replied the traveller.
S. "When I was in El Doab", he said, "I made fifty Arabs run!"
6. "I ran, and they ran after me!"

A) RPQS B) QRSP
C) QSPR D) PQSR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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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".

From the early 1990s, salaries shot up and stock options (were introduced).

 

A) are introduced B) is introduced
C) was introduced D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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".

 

I closed the window just in time and (return) to my room with relief.

 

A) returns B) returned
C) will return D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) returned

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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 bad hair day

 

A) A day which has a bad start will eventually become better. B) A day on which everything seems to go wrong.
C) Don’t worry over hair loss or else you will lose more. D) A day when you forget to comb your hair.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A day on which everything seems to go wrong.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- Epistemological idealists (such as Kant) might insist that the only things which can be directly known for certain are ideas.
Q- The approach to idealism by Western philosophers has been different to that of Eastern thinkers.
R- In much of Western thought (though not in such major Western thinkers as Plato and Hegel) the ideal relates to direct knowledge of
subjective mental ideas, or images.
S- It is then usually juxtaposed with realism in which the real is said to have absolute existence prior to and independent of our knowledge.

A) RQPS B) PQSR
C) PRQS D) QRSP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QRSP

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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.

To Have bitten off more than you can chew

A) To eat voraciously and then fall sick B) To behave disrespectfully towards elders and then repent the act
C) To have tried to do something which is too difficult D) To have missed a golden opportunity and after that willing to put twice the effort to recover the loss
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To have tried to do something which is too difficult

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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'.

He watched as fights (1)/ broke out (2)/ along the city. (3)/No Error (4)

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

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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) Litegants B) Litigents
C) Litigants D) Litegents
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Litigants

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