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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

 

Incapacitate

 

A) Cripple B) Facilitate
C) Maim D) Immobilize
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Facilitate

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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'.

 

We had to return because(A)/when we reached the railway(B)/station the train left.(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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

 


All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 


According to the author, all art is

 

A) a reflection of life. B) art
C) an escape D) an important sense.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an escape

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

Tending to associate with others of one's kind

A) grassivorous B) gregarian
C) gregarious D) graminivorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gregarious

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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.

Angela was ______ of that big mansion.

 

A) terrified B) moisturised
C) embarrassed D) sweating
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) terrified

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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.
Children like to play all day long.

A) Liking is done by children of playing all day long. B) Playing all day long is liked by children.
C) All day long children do like to play. D) Children play all day long and like it.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Playing all day long is liked by children.

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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.

 

To know ______ reality, the powers of the mind need to be turned back upon itself. With concentration, the mind can ______ its innermost secrets, just as the darkest places reveal their secrets to the penetrating rays of light. We can then ______ soul truths, whether life exists for five minutes or for ______, and whether there is a God. To go beyond the mind and our present reality, we need to use the mind itself as a tool. Patanjali, in his Hatha Yoga Pradipika, stated, “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications of the mind.”

 

To know ______ reality,

A) innate B) extrinsic
C) learned D) atypical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) innate

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

 

Costing nothing.

A) Fortis B) Glottis
C) Gratis D) Abatis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gratis

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