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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.

 

of business. ___________ salesman can selly

 

A) None B) Never
C) Neither D) No
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No

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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.

 

Going by her grades the teacher is sure that she ______ the exam.

 

A) will ace B) would have aced
C) will be aced D) will have aced
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will ace

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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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.


What I wish to add is a ___________________.

A) fear B) panic
C) warn D) caveat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) caveat

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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 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.

 

Our reputation and image is most definitely determined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

 

is most definitely determined by our ______.

 

A) deeds B) needs
C) creed D) breed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) deeds

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A place where astronomical observations are made

A) Laboratory B) Observatory
C) Astrolibrary D) Astrophery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Observatory

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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".

Humongous changes (has occurred) in the last two decades

A) have occurred B) have occur
C) have occurring D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have occurred

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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 most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words.___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.

 

the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling

A) express B) expressive
C) expressings D) expression
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) expression

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