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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.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

_______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell.

 

A) was admired B) been admired
C) admired D) was being admired
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) been admired

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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'.

Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars as to low (1)/ atmospheric pressure, which is less than 1% of Earth's, (2)/ except at the lowest elevations for short periods. (3)/ No error (4).

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

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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.

Some with natural _______________ would love to be in a scenic view and stare out of the window. Those nestlings could one day become a great biologist __________ a wildlife photographer or landscape artist to earn fame. Some always love to chit-chat with friends or family: encourage them so they have the ability to ___________. It is a gift ____________ verbal or linguistic creativity when they can tell stories, write essays, and converse easily with people. This __________ opportunities to them to bean orator, writer, poet, scholar or teacher.

great biologist __________ a wildlife photographer

A) nor B) but also
C) but D) or
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) or

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In the following questions, 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. Organization are institutions in which members compete for status and _____. They _____ for the resources of the organization, for example, _____ to expand their own departments, for _____ advancement and for power to _____ the activities of others.

for power to _____ the activities of others.

A) affect B) control
C) curb D) pursue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) control

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

I didn’t go to office because I was ill.

A) felt B) had become
C) had felt D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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No improvement required. Illness is a condition and not a feeling.

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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'.

 

I was surprised (A)/ when the hostess smiled (B)/ as if she saw me before.(C)/ No error (D)

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

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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.

 

This is Hrithik Roshan’s autograph, ______?

 

 

A) hasn’t it   B) hasn’t he  
C) isn’t he   D) isn’t it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) isn’t it

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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.


In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________ a promise from his ____________, assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an _______________ journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus _____________. Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern­day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India's constitutional context, an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

he returned from an _______________ journey.

A) impending B) brewing
C) approaching D) looming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) impending

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