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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Without any exaggeration, the provision will ensure that legislators (keep a voice) in finalizing the terms and conditions of the agreement.

 

A) have a voice B) head a voice
C) lost a voice D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have a voice

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

(As soon after the players arrived) in decorated cars, the ceremony began with traditional African drummers and dancers blowing conch shells.

 

A) Soon after the players arrive B) Soon after the players arrived
C) As soon as the players arrived after D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soon after the players arrived

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

This too, is a classic

P-­"stock versus flow" problem, where
Q­-focusing only on the latter
R­-completely distorts the picture

A) QRP B) RPQ
C) PRQ D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PQR

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

What if the government itself fails (to tackle that divisions) and lets parts of the country drift into anarchy again.

A) to tackled that divisions B) to tackle these divisions
C) to tackle these division D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to tackle these divisions

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Perhaps a greater challenge they face is (improving the wounds of the civil war), Iraq is a divided country today.

A) counting the effects of the civil war B) curing the aftermaths of the civil war
C) healing the wounds of the civil war D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) healing the wounds of the civil war

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

To have succumbed to their

P-blackmail was not an instance of
Q-making pragmatic political
R-concessions; it was one of capitulation

 

A) QRP B) PQR
C) RPQ D) QPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) PQR

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

We are late because my wife took two hours to (put up) her make-up.

 

A) put on B) put
C) put over D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) put on

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A style in which a writer makes a display of hisknowledge’

A) Verbose B) Pedantic
C) Ornate D) Pompous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Verbose

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Verbose means using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Pedantic means excessively concerned with minor details or rules.

Ornate means elaborately or highly decorated.

Pompous means self-important

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