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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Sita didn't so far as blink when she heard she had won the scholarship to Cambridge.

A) so much as B) as far as
C) as good as D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) so much as

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

He likes to drive his car at a speed of eighty kilometres each hour.

A) every hour B) an hour
C) hourly D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an hour

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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 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.
They said, “We will attend the performance tomorrow.”

A) They said that they would attend the performance the day after tomorrow. B) They said that they will attend the performance the day after.
C) They said that they would attend the performance the next day. D) They said that they will attend the performance the day after tomorrow.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They said that they would attend the performance the next day.

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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.

1. He was

2. very kind enough

3. to invite me 

4. No Error.

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

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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'.

 

I could scarcely think(A)/ what I was saying,(B)or what was being said to me.(C)/No error(D)

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

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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.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber.

A) ingrained B) impacted
C) embedded D) deep­seated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) embedded

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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.

National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a _____ that bends together all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history may be. It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

It is a _____ that binds together

A) sentiment B) resources
C) essentials D) finances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) sentiment

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