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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.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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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 boss said to the secretary, "Bring the file that I had given to you yesterday."

A) The boss told the secretary to bring the file that I had given to her the day before. B) The boss told his secretary to bring the file that he gave her yesterday.
C) The boss told the secretary to bring the file that he had given to her the day before. D) The boss had told the secretary to bring the file that he had given to her yesterday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The boss told the secretary to bring the file that he had given to her the day before.

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Excusing yourself before standing to leave is part of proper table ____________.

A) usage B) etiquette
C) dignity D) habit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) etiquette

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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.


The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.


limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required.

A) minimum B) bottom
C) lower D) negligible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) minimum

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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'.

 

The fire in the (1)/ chemistry lab was (2)/ difficult to put off. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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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 big tree was ______ the lake.

 

A) in B) within
C) across D) off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) across

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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.
Neha's mother was annoyed with her as she could not _____ her examination.

A) Get off B) Get on
C) Get upon D) Get through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Get through

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.


P: Any leader asked to address the plenary session of the World Economic Forum at Davos has an opportunity to do two things.
Q: The first is to pitch his (or her) country strongly to foreign companies and investors.
R: The second is to build the brand of both the individual and the country by looking at issues and concerns beyond those that just concern his or her country.
S: The world, after all, is sorely lacking in statesmen (and stateswomen) of global stature.

A) QPRS B) RPQS
C) RQPS D) PQRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PQRS

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