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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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.


which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

A) necessitate B) ask
C) take D) oblige
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) necessitate

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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 is merely the personification of ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’ of (1)/ news channels or perhaps the manifestation in (2)/ television news at its best. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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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.

 

______ a wrench she unscrewed the bolts.

 

A) Along with B) On
C) By means of D) Sticking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By means of

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

 

The right to vote in political elections

 

A) Suffrage B) Fetter
C) Tether D) Coerce
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Suffrage

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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.


My tooth-brush is a thing that haunts me when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a misery. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it, and wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it.


when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a misery.

A) making B) makes
C) to make D) maker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) makes

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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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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, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Autumn B) Desperate
C) Reciept D) Traffic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reciept

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