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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.

 

People came out on the streets and ____________ firecrackers to celebrate the victory.

A) burst B) heated
C) burnt D)  ignited
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) burst

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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 answer to the third question is __________________ answered; State leaders ___________________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government, presumably for a price. ________________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies. But they fail to ________________ that history cannot be disremembered, it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

________________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies.

 

A) As B) So
C) Into D) In
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 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.


To begin______, let us ask ___________ such an appellation, assuming it has only positive___________, was ever deserved in a city like Bengaluru. At the risk__________ earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans, let me explain that______ for a "peacefull" past apart, it would be difficult to assert that "Asia's Silicon Valley" had even a history of toleration of difference.


At the risk__________ earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans

A) for B) of
C) about D) over
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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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'.

 

He said that it was the first time (A)/ that such a trick (B)/ is discovered.(C)/ No Error (D)

 

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

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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.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

do not put _________ practical use in their

 

A) inside B) inner
C) onto D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) into

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

Evening prayer in church

A) Sheath B) Jig
C) Waltz D) Vespers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vespers

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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.

 

The majestic Himalayas are revered, for from them _________ the life sustaining river, mother Ganga.

 

A) derives B) exudes
C) emanates D) radiates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) emanates

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