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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".

Will you lend me few rupees for the taxi fare?

A) lend me any rupees B) lend me a few rupees
C) borrow a few rupees D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) lend me a few rupees

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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.

Tina said to him, “Please wait here till I return.”

A) Tina asked him to stay there. B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.
C) Tina request him to wait until she comes. D) Tina says he should wait there till her returned.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.

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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 poor woman lost her only son.

P. He asked her to bring mustard seed from a house where no death had ever taken place.
Q. As Buddha wanted her to understand that death is inevitable.
R. She could not find such a house.
S. She came to Buddha to bring her son back to life.
6. The woman understood the message of Buddha.

 

A) SPQR B) SQPR
C) RSPQ D) SRPQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SQPR

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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.

 

Rita said, “Alas! I am undone.”

 

A) Rita said that she was undone. B) Rita told me that she was undone.
C) Rita exclaimed sadly that she was undone. D) Rita said that alas, she was undone.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rita exclaimed sadly that she was undone.

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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.

Sita felt obligated to  ______ Geeta.

A) cry B) decide
C) give D) inform
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inform

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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.
Pull the plug

A) Make a firm refusal B) Save a situation by acting in the nick of time
C) To waste away somebody's effort D) Prevent something from continuing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Prevent something from continuing

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) sylabus B) encroach
C) coalesse D) adhetion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) encroach

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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.

 

My friend said, "I can lift 50 kilos easily."

A) My friend told us that he could lift 50 kilos easily. B) My friend told us that he can lift 50 kilos easily.
C) My friend told us this he could lift 50 kilos easily. D) My friend told us this that he can lift 50 kilos easily.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) My friend told us that he could lift 50 kilos easily.

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