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Read the following passage and complete the paragraph with the help of correct options given below.
Working overseas is always a challenge for any professional and if you are an Indian, always strive to give-your best as Indians have always been considered intelligent, hardworking, talented and spiritual.
Working overseas was something many Indians desired but few achieved until the information technology boom opened several white-collar job opportunities for them in global markets. However, securing employment abroad may be an achievement but retaining it is quite a challenge as a professional requires constant demonstration of professionalism and exact the standards of competence.

A) Indians have always excelled in a competitive working environment. B) This makes them more enjoyable company.
C) Indians have always tried to bring out their best in competitive working environment. D) Indians are hard-working, competitive and professional employees.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Indians have always excelled in a competitive working environment.

Explanation:

Choice A is correct as it matches with the flow after a statement praising the professionalism of Indians, it is only logical to mention their excellence of working in a competitive environment. It also keeps up with the tone and general subject of the passage. Option 2 is a bad choice as it talks about being in their company which is not relevant in the context of the paragraph and therefore is incorrect as it is beyond the general theme. Option 3 is overall correct but we as we have to choose the best option so we have to cancel out on 3. Option 4 is obviously a lengthy reproduction of the sentence preceding the blank. As for option 5, it is incorrect as the statement does not keep up with the flow of the paragraph. Neither does it logically follow the previous sentence nor is it related to the next sentence.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Faith is the only power that can inspire a human being who is in ______.

 

A) flair B) glair
C) stair D) despair
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) despair

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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.

 

Rags to riches

 

 

A) It takes a lot of hard work to earn wealth B) To con someone and become rich by taking away their wealth
C) Used to describe a person's rise from a state of extreme poverty to one of great wealth D) Earn wealth or reputation by unfair means
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Used to describe a person's rise from a state of extreme poverty to one of great wealth

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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 son said to me, "I will not disappoint you."

 

A) My son tells me that he will not disappoint me. B) My son tells me that he will not be disappointing me.
C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me. D) My son had told me that he would not be disappointing me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My son told me that he would not disappoint me.

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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.


Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.


Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high

A) making B) made
C) for making D) to make
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to make

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.


___________ being an intangible idea, the nation is quite real because it is a shared idea. _______________ of nationhood are important for this sharing to be reliably reproduced, which is why we have familiar _____________ to memory like maps, flags, or the figure of Mother India. National symbols are extremely powerful ________________ they connect to compressed reservoirs of intense _________________.


_______________ of nationhood are important

 

A) Symbols B) Badges
C) Emblems D) Figures
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Symbols

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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'.

 

The temple is(A)/within a hundred yards(B)/from my house(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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

 

the recently dead person in question

A) obliviate B) deceased
C) euthanized D) reposed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) deceased

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