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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Being a rainy day B) we did not feel like going out or doing anything
C) except playing chess in our room. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Being a rainy day

Explanation:

The error is in first part. If we start the sentence with being, it means that we were rainy which is incorrect. The sentence indicates that the day was Rainy, and the day will be denoted by ‘It’. So ‘It being a rainy day’ will be the correct idiomatic expression. Otherwise the meaning of the sentence changes.

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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.

Mother said to you, "When will you start from Pune?"

A) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune. B) Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.
C) Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune. D) Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.

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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 preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a ___________ Polish meadow to reject being a "____________" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. __________ his speech with ______________, the 79- year-old pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a ______________ that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.


_______________, the 79-year-old pope, despite a long day of public appearances,

A) contemporary lingo B) modern linguistics
C) fashionable jargon D) common slang
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) contemporary lingo

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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.

Life is full of ______ types of experiences.Strange, in fact, are the ways of God.If a man is happy today, he may be ______ unhappy the very next day.Some ______ are pleasant and joyful while others are full of ______ and pain.If at one time a person finds himself on top of the world, at the ______ time he is depressed and downcast.


Some ______ are pleasant and joyful

 

 

A) tenderizes B) rituals
C) customs D) experiences
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) experiences

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


The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

 

In addition to being socially responsible, what does the author want the banks to be.

A) Customer friendly B) Able to attract foreign investors.
C) Financially healthy D) Senseless risk takers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Financially healthy

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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.

The General Manager of the industry has felt (A)/ that there is no use of (B)/ discussing about the problems with the labourers. (C)/No Error (D)

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

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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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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.

The idea of a standard time

X-lives that we often take it for
Y-zone has become so integral to our
Z-granted and assume it to be a part of natural phenomena

A) ZYX B) XYZ
C) YZX D) YXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) YXZ

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