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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.
My daughter read the entire novel in one day.

A) The entire novel is read by my daughter in one day. B) In one day my daughter read the entire novel.
C) The entire novel was read by my daughter in one day. D) In one day my daughter has read the entire novel.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The entire novel was read by my daughter in one day.

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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.

 

If there is a subject of really ______________ interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language ___________. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more _________ that, it is the basis of business. ___________ salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective language, or can write ___________ advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter.

 

subject of really ______________ interest and utility

 

A) universe B) universally
C) universality D) universal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) universal

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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, 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.

Bunty said, "I have done my class work".

A) Bunty said, he had done his class work. B) Bunty said that he had done his class work.
C) Bunty was saying, he has done his class work. D) Bunty said that he did his class work.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bunty said that he had done his class work.

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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.

 

_____________ nearly eight decades, the women's movement __________ and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity? Is it for the "integrity of the nation" that uniformity in laws is required, as some judicial pronouncements ___________? If so, who exactly is the beneficiary? Which sections of people benefit from "integrity of the nation", that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind as your husband throws you out on the street?

 

as some judicial pronouncements ___________?

A) have suggested B) had been suggesting
C) suggests D) suggested
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have suggested

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

The teacher said, “The moon goes round the earth.”

A) The teacher said that the moon goes round the earth. B) The teacher asked whether the moon goes round the earth.
C) The teacher informed about moon going round the earth. D) The teacher asked whether moon goes round.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The teacher said that the moon goes round the earth.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Imitate

A) Reverse B) Ape
C) Clash D) Repulse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ape

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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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