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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Every student B) should be asked to give
C) their ideas on the subject. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) their ideas on the subject.

Explanation:

Error is in third part. Every, each, either, neither are adjectives that are always followed by a singular pronoun. Every being singular takes singular subject. Therefore ‘their ideas’ should be replaced with’ his/her idea’.

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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.

 

A dime a dozen

 

A) A very expensive proposition B) Something which appears cheap but which will prove expensive in the long run
C) Something which appears attractive but has zero value   D) Very common and of no particular value
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Very common and of no particular value

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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 asentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

She picked (1)/ on the (2)/ trail soon after. (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, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Camouflage B) Cameousflage
C) Camouflege D) Camioflaeg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Camouflage

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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 thefour alternatives.


One who has witnessed a debate ______ argument between two men _____________ strong intellectually, one of whom is a trained logician and the other lacking this advantage, will never forget the impression produced _________ him by the unequal struggle. The conflict is like that of a ____________ wrestler, untrained in the little tricks and turns of the science, in the various principles of applying force in a certain way at a certain time, at a certain place, with a __________ and experienced wrestler.


witnessed a debate ______ argument between

 

A) of B) or
C) but D)  so
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) or

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) wanquish B) banterred
C) brouhaha D) wanderrer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) brouhaha

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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.


I _____________ that I haven’t packed it,

A) dream B) dreams
C) dreaming D) dreamer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) dream

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Three times this was

X-only be compared to the deepest notes of thunder
Y-shook with the noise, that can
Z-repeated, and each time the earth

A) ZXY B) YZX
C) ZYX D) YXZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ZYX

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