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

Insatiable greed for riches

A) Avarice B) Actuary
C) Antiquary D) Apostate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Avarice

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

A large crowd ____________ to get a glimpse of their favourite star.

A) gathered B) rallied
C) clustered D) compiled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gathered

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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".

Maharana Pratap killed many enemy soldiers through his sword.

A) by his sword B) with his sword
C) across his sword D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) with his sword

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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.

The workers expected to finish the job.

A) The job was expecting to being finished by the workers. B) It was expected that the workers would be finishing the job.
C) The job was expected to been finished by the workers. D) It was expected by the workers that they would finish the job.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It was expected by the workers that they would finish the job.

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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.


___________ being an intangible idea, the nation is quite real because it is a shared idea. _______________ of nationhood are important for this sharing to be reliably reproduced, which is why we have familiar _____________ to memory like maps, flags, or the figure of Mother India. National symbols are extremely powerful ________________ they connect to compressed reservoirs of intense _________________.


they connect to compressed reservoirs of intense _________________.

 

A) compassion B) empathy
C) emotion D) elation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) emotion

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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.

 

You need to offer them a better deal.

 

A) They are in need of being offered a better deal by yourself. B) They need to be offered a better deal by you.
C) A better deal is needed by them and you have to offer it. D) The offering of a better deal has to be done by you for their need.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They need to be offered a better deal by you.

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In the following question, a short passage with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
There is a fairly universal sentiment that the use of nuclear weapons is clearly contrary to mortality and that its production probably so, does not go far enough. These activities are not only opposed to mortality but also to the law. If the legal objection can be added to the moral, the argument against the use and manufacture of these weapons will considerably be reinforced. Now the time is ripe to evaluate the responsibility of scientists who knowingly use their expertise for the construction of such weapons, which has a deleterious effect on mankind.
How appropriate it is that all this valuable skill should be devoted to the manufacture of weapons of death in a world of poverty is a question that must touch the scientific conscience.

A) Almost 50% of the skilled scientific manpower in the world is now engaged in the armaments industry. B) To think that majority of the scientists are promoting the manufacturing of the armaments is hurtful.
C) Scientists should use their conscience before taking up these contracts to manufacture the weapons of mass destruction. D) Scientific manpower is used to the interests of some selfish and careless people who want to threaten the existence of homo-sapiens.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Almost 50% of the skilled scientific manpower in the world is now engaged in the armaments industry.

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Choice 1 is correct as it matches with the flow of the passage. The whole paragraph is about the devastating effects that nuclear weapons have due to certain curtailments on part of the
scientists in the moral and the conscience aspect. It is only logical to mention an argument to support the next statement. It also keeps up with the tone and general
subject of the passage.
Option 2 is a bad choice as it talks about absolutely nothing and is too naïve. Therefore is incorrect as it is beyond the general theme.
Option 3 is incorrect as it obviously does not go with the flow of the Para.
As for option 4, it is incorrect as the statement is illogical.
As for 5, neither does it logically follow the previous sentence nor is it related to the anything in the next sentence.

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

To disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

A) to tangle B) to crumple
C) to ruffle D) to crease
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to ruffle

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