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

 

The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

 

What will the man who sticks to his resolve and executes it advance to?

A) Wisdom B) Progress
C) Eminence D) Resolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Eminence

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

Pay lip service

A) Candidly B) Pretend to regard
C) Encouraging D) To defend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pretend to regard

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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) To solve a problem one has to go back to the root cause B) An inventive person will find fresh ways to solve a problem
C) An idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised D) An artist is always happy if he gets a chance to go back to painting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) An idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised

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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 baby really enjoys that music.

A) That music was really enjoyed by the baby. B) That music was really being enjoyed by the baby.
C) That music is really enjoyed by the baby. D) This music was really enjoyed by the baby.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) That music is really enjoyed by the baby.

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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.

Government by Department of State

A) Bureaucracy B) Autocracy
C) Oligarchy D) Hierarchy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bureaucracy

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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's peculiar habit

A) Trait B) Idiosyncracy
C) Idiolect D) Talent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Idiosyncracy

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

Ramu, Shyamu and Abdul came forward one after the others.

 

A) one after others B) one after the other
C) after one other D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) one after the other

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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.

 


The conditions ______ which democracy can _______ are _______ to ________ ; but one thing is _______ that democracy is always a slow growth, whereas dictators may _____ to ______ and _______ a new _______ with dramatic success, under _______ conditions.

 


whereas dictators may _____

 

A) rise B) jump
C) grow D) succeed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rise

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