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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Achilles' heel

 

A) A weakness which turns out to be a strength B) A weakness or vulnerable point
C) A strength which eventually becomes your weakness D) The point where you have converted your weakness into your strength
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A weakness or vulnerable point

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 

The argument in the paragraph is based primarily on :

A) facts of history and statistical studies. B)  facts derived from the author's personal observations.
C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience. D) feeling passed down to the authors by ancestors.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience.

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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".
Rahul went out without (saying) good bye.

A) say even B) even said
C) say D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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 wonder if they(A)/could treat me nicely(B)/if I went there again.(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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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'.

Together with empowerment, there has (1)/ to be a culture of personally accountability (2)/ so that everyone realizes the necessity of valuing commitment. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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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.:

 

"I'm off to the games. Where are you going?"

A) He said he would be off to the games and wanted to know where I was going. B) He said he was going off to the games and wanted to know where I was planning to go.
C) He said he is going off to the games and asked me where I was planning to go. D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. I told him on his face

A) /that he could not hope B) / to pass the stringent
C) / Medical examination of the Service Selection Board D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) /that he could not hope

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Could is used in hypothetical situation, where we want to express ability except willingness. So, ‘could’ should be replaced with should.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Just punishment for wrong doing

A) Dandy B) Nemesis
C) Prodigy D) Wagon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nemesis

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