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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.

 

Accordingly to the author ___________ enables him to project a vision of the future

 

A) man's present experience B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past
C) man's sympathetic nature D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past

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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.

 

Weather the storm

 

A) Be absolutely unwilling to cooperate B) Fall over in a sudden or dramatic way
C) Survive a period of difficulty D) Dispute a decision or choice already made
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Survive a period of difficulty

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All this does not bode _______________ for even the loosest definitions of cosmopolitanism. A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us, which ideally privileges and _________________ the unexpected encounter, and calls on its citizens to be able to respond humanely even to those _______________ are not linked to us in familial, ethnic, nationalist or caste ___________________.

 

A city by definition is a space, as ________________ historians and sociologists have already told us

 

 

A) infinite B) innumerable
C) incalculable D) multiple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) innumerable

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

A) Hesitation B) Secret
C) Impious D) Artless
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Secret

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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.

 

"The taxi is here," said the watchman.

 

A) The watchman said that the taxi is there. B) The watchman said that the taxi was here.
C) The watchman said that the taxi is here. D) The watchman said that the taxi was there.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The watchman said that the taxi was there.

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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.

 

In its _______________ phase, the big telco monopolies tried to levy a "tax" on all Internet content __________________. The Internet companies were then the new kids on the _________________. They and the Internet user community fought back such attempts. This was the first net neutrality war, and it ______________ the principle of ________________ on the Internet between different types of content or sites.

 

In its _______________ phase

 

A) nascent B) potential
C) fresh D)  promising
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) nascent

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

Me and my wife (A) / were at home (B) / last night. (C) / No Error (D)

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

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

Ravish

A) Repulse B) Enthrall
C) Offend D) Depress
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Enthrall

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