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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

If there is a

X-corresponding sensation
Y-kind, there has to be a
Z-change in brain activity of a certain

A) ZXY B) ZYX
C) YZX D) YXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ZYX

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

Turgid

A) Bloated B) Humble
C) Puffy D) Tumescent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Humble

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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.

at the drop of a hat

 

A) to challenge someone B) to give up very easily
C) to pick a fight for small reasons D) without hesitation or good reason
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) without hesitation or good reason

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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.

Morality is _____ with ethics and symbolises the doctrine of actions right or wrong. Politics is the _____ of expediency and need not always be _____. If something is wrong and _____ expedient, it cannot be _____.

If something is wrong and _____ expedient,

A) merely B) essentially
C) surely D) hardly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) merely

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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 students have dedicated an issue of magazine to him.

A) An issue of magazine had been dedicated to him by the students. B) An issue of magazine has been dedicated to him by the students.
C) An issue of magazine have been dedicated to him by the students. D) An issue of magazine is dedicated to him by the students.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An issue of magazine has been dedicated to him by the students.

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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.


"Are you the same person I met in the park?" I asked.

A) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park. B) Was he the same person I met in the park I asked the stranger.
C) I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park. D) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I met in the park.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park.

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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.
“Bring me my spectacles,” said grandfather to me.

A) Grandfather ordered me and brought him his spectacles. B) Grandfather ordered me to have brought to him his spectacles.
C) Grandfather ordered me to bring him his spectacles. D) Grandfather ordered myself to bring his spectacles to where he was.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Grandfather ordered me to bring him his spectacles.

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(is a painful feeling) P (without this indirect) Q (appeal to our self love,the sense of inferiority in others,) R (and not an exalting one) S

The correct sequence should be 

A) P R S Q B) R S P Q
C) S R Q P D) R Q S P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R S P Q

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Since, the starting statement carries a subject; R will be the first statement as it talked about sense of inferiority. S follows next logically. P describes the feeling of inferiority and thus continues with the flow. Q will be the concluding statement and thus form a coherent paragraph.

The correct formation would be, ‘The sense of inferiority in others and not an exalting one is a painful feeling without this indirect appeal of our self-love.’

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