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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 ______________ of gurudakshina is very ancient and it is ________________ to the Indian culture and tradition. If you are absolutely ______________ about India, then it's advisable that you first try to understand the meaning of a guru and the ________________ of his presence in the lives of those around him. This, in turn, will help you to understand what guru dakshina is. In ancient India, a teacher or a guru was a spiritually _____________ guide.


If you are absolutely ______________ about India

A) unknowing B) unknowledgeable
C) naive D) blind to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) naive

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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 said to her, "I will do it now or never."

A) I informed her that I would do it that moment or never. B) I told her I would do it then or never.
C) I told her that I would not do it then or ever. D) I told her that I would do it then or never.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I told her that I would do it then or never.

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. The police have

A) /arrested the thief B) /who broke into my house
C) / last night D) No Error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No Error

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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.

It is not _____ to ignore all allegations of booth capturing and rigging as murmurs of _____ losers. _____ have come to light of intimidation of whole villages and communities to make them vote for a particular candidate or party. At times election officials have been _____ by unscrupulous politicians into turning a blind eye to _____ practices.

into turning a blind eye to _____ practices.

A) significant B) rare
C) unjust D) usual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) unjust

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

as the medium ___________ thought may

A) from B) of
C) for D) to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

to impose something unwelcome on

 

A) to subject B) to extort
C) to levy D) to inflict
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to inflict

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Supple

A) Flexible B) Brittle
C) Pliable D) Bending
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brittle

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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.

 

For me the ______________ and the chill of those nights dissolved into those little flames of fire that for hours made us live in a wonderland, in a ___________ fair of fireflies, and made us _________ there’s nothing that can blow those divine lights ________. In my mind I can still hear the jingling sounds of ________ tiny bells that grandma used to ring during the puja.

 

and made us _________ there’s nothing that can blow

A) belief B) believe
C) believably D) beliefs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) believe

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