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

 

Preferring or attracted to sunlight

 

A) Lithophilous B) Heliophilous
C) Topophilia D) Homophile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Heliophilous

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

I will wash the car every Sunday.

A) The car would be washed by me every Sunday. B) The car will be washed by me every Sunday.
C) Every Sunday the car would be washed by me. D) The car will have been washed by me every Sunday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The car will be washed by me every Sunday.

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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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

made to happen ___________ not to happen. 

 

A) or B) but
C) so D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) or

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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'.

Industries should regularly check (1)/ if their machines are emitting (2)/ smoke within permission limits. (3)/ No error (4).

 

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

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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.


Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.


criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech

A) defamating B) defamation
C) defamate D) defamations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) defamation

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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.

Alphabet soup

A) A beautiful poem. B) A text which nourishes your soul.
C) A book that is close to your heart. D) A confusing or confused mixture of things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A confusing or confused mixture of things

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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.

The fire destroyed the whole neighbourhood.

A) The whole neighbourhood is destroyed by the fire. B) The whole neighbourhood was destroyed by the fire.
C) The whole neighbourhood was being destroyed by the fire. D) The whole neighbourhood is being destroyed by the fire.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The whole neighbourhood was destroyed by the fire.

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

There is no one/ I have met or heard of/ whom I can consider knowledgeable/ than my English teacher.

A) There is no one B) I have met or heard of
C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable D) Than my English teacher
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Whom I can consider knowledgeable

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The error lies in the third part of the sentence. Use of 'than' suggests that the sentence makes a comparison between two people. In such a case comparative degree is used before the adjective. Therefore, more should be written before knowledgeable

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