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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.
Ankita is disgusted _____ the habit of her brother.

A) at B) on
C) of D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) at

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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'.

Entrance exams for the(A)/posts of associate professors(B)/will begin from Tuesday.(C)/No error

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

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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.

Study of cultures.

A) eremology B) etymology
C) ethology D) ethnology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ethnology

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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, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

I have always (baffle) by the unique melange of languages and dialects that India is home to.

 

 

A) being baffled B) been baffled
C) baffling D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) been baffled

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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.

 

The company’s interviews will ______ next month.

 

A) begin on B) began by
C) begin by D) begin at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) begin by

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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.

 

The 1980s saw the introduction

 

A-of the gas lighter that we

B-commonly use now, which has

C-almost destroyed the match industry

 

A) CBA B) ABC
C) CAB D) BCA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ABC

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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.

 

I was able to sense

 

A-a mildly supercilious tone, despite his

B-was unnerving

C-warmth and friendliness, and it

 

A) ABC B) CBA
C) ACB D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ACB

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