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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) coniferous B) coniferos
C) coniferrous D) coniferros
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) coniferous

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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.

 

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

 

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India

 

A) into B) in
C) of D) about
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) in

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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 new claim that ______________ out of misplaced confidence that all that is in education can be ______________ is that the ‘per unit cost of outcome’ is lower in private schools. Meaning that even _________ the learning outcomes of private schools are not better _____________ the public schools, the cost _______________ running private schools is much lower.

 

education can be ______________ is that the ‘per unit cost of outcome' is lower in private schools.

 

A) quantified B) counted
C) totalled D) scored
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) quantified

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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.

 

No dice

 

A) A great gamble B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success
C) Be confident of the outcome D) Make false assurances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

VISIONARY

A) REALIST B) ARTIST
C) IDEALIST D) SOCIALIST
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) REALIST

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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.

1. Police reports claim that

2. substantial seizure of cocaine have been made

3. in the last two months.

4. No Error.

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

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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.

 

one's own language ___________. It is the basis

 

A) effective B) effectiveness
C) effectivity D) effectively
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) effectively

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

My brother said, "I was not making a noise thus I did not disturb the neighbours."

A) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he has not been disturbing the neighbours. B) My brother said that he was not making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.
C) My brother said that was not making a noise so he has not disturbed the neighbours. D) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.

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