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

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

"............ as well a touching inducement to marry." Here inducement means

 

A) agreement B) invocation
C) reminder D) encouragement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) encouragement

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INDOLENT

A) LAZY B) EXPENSIVE
C) ACTIVE D) HAPPY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) LAZY

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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.

He mailed his application for a new job.

A) The application for a new job is mailed by him. B) The application for a new job was mailed by him.
C) He is the mailer of the application for a new job. D) He was the mailer of the application for a new job.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The application for a new job was mailed by him.

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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.

 

One of them said my

A-teacher was being very

B-strict as she was

C-strict; not all French were as

 

A) ABC B) CBA
C) ACB D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ACB

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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".

 

A small makeshift stage (was construct) with a red curtain for a backdrop.

 

A) are constructed B) was constructed
C) were constructed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) was constructed

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

I was(A)/at loss(B)/and did not know what to do(C)/No error(D)

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

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All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism. A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us, which ideally privileges and _________________ the unexpected encounter, and calls on its citizens to be able to respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial, ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us

 

 

A) infinite B) innumerable
C) incalculable D) multiple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) innumerable

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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The co-production agreement has already resulted in several film ventures being signed, and this would hopefully open up the market for more Indian films and television programs.
i. and this hopefully open up the market
ii. and this hopefully opened up the market
iii. and this is hopefully opening up the market

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. i and ii
 
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Ans. E.
i. is incorrect because of the incorrect use of open”.
ii. is incorrect because of the incorrect use of “opened” hopefully represents future while opened represents past. This makes the sentence structurally incorrect.
C is correct because of the correct use of “would open” and delivers correct meaning to the sentence. 'would' is used to refer to the possibility in the future which is supported by the use of the word 'hopefully'.
iii. is incorrect because of the incorrect use of “is opening”.

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