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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A person who completely abstains from alcohol

A) teetotaller B) drunkard
C) alcoholic D) imposter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) teetotaller

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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.
“I‘m going to the gym now,” said Param.

A) Param said that he is going to the gym then. B) Param said that he has gone to the gym then.
C) Param said that he had gone to the gym then. D) Param said that he was going to the gym then.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Param said that he was going to the gym then.

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In the following question, a passage is given which describes a situation. From the given options, mark the correct inference that can be drawn from the passage. If none of the inferences follow, mark option 5, “None of these” as the answer.
The philosophy of pragmatism goes something like this. The mind is such that it deals only with ideas. It is not possible for the mind to relate to anything other than ideas. Therefore, it is not correct to think that the mind actually can ponder reality. All that the mind can ponder is its ideas about reality. (Whether or not that is the way reality actually is, is a metaphysical
issue). Therefore, whether or not something is true is not a matter of how closely it corresponds to the absolute truth, but of how consistent it is with our experience.

A) Our experiences define our concept of reality. B) Reality is a metaphysical issue.
C) Pragmatism and reality are two sides of the same coin. D) Our experiences enable us to determine the truth.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Our experiences define our concept of reality.

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The passage states that reality is not an absolute truth, but a result of our consistent experiences. This makes option a is a correct inference made from the passage. Option 2 is a direct statement already made in the given passage. Option 3 cannot be inferred from the passage as ‘pragmatism’ is considered as a philosophy while ‘reality’ is considered as an amalgamation of our experiences. According to the given passage our experiences enables us to determine what is the reality which may or may not be the truth. This makes option 4 incorrect.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.

A) pattern B) appropriation
C) dogma D) suitability
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pattern

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said that she was coming that year.

A) He said,"She will come this year." B) He said,"She is coming this year."
C) He said,"Come this year." D) He said,"She was coming that year."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He said,"She is coming this year."

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He asks which chair he is to sit on.

A) He said,"Which chair am I to sit on?" B) He asked,"Which chair he is to sit on?"
C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he. D) He said,"Which chair should I sit on?"
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.

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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.

 

She said to her friend, "What can I do to help you?"

 

A) She asked her friend that what she can do to help her. B) She asked her friend what she could do to help her.
C) She asks her friend what is that she could do to help her. D) She asks her friend what she can do for helping her.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) She asked her friend what she could do to help her.

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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.

 

During a depression even the affluent middle class struggles to _______ out a living.

 

A) make B) eke
C) pull D) stretch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) eke

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