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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.

 

She said to him, "I can run faster than you."

A) She told him that she could run faster than him. B) She said to him that she can run faster than him.
C) She told him that she could be running faster than him. D) She has told him that she can run faster than him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She told him that she could run faster than him.

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

Either you're a mind reader or it's a __________________ that you called me just as I was keying your phone number.

A) coincidence B) correlation
C) union D) happening
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) coincidence

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

‘Have you come from Japan?' said the shopkeeper to the tourist.

A) The shopkeeper asked the tourist whether she had come from Japan. B) The shopkeeper asked the tourist that if she had come from Japan.
C) The shopkeeper asked the tourist that whether she had came from Japan. D) The shopkeeper asked the tourist if she came from Japan.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The shopkeeper asked the tourist if she came from Japan.

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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, sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The authorities would not ______ to the strikers' demands.

 

A) accept B) accede
C) accession D) access
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) accede

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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.

 

These terms imply two different distinct functions of the human mind. The active function _______________ the volitional, voluntary thinking. It is the conscious focusing of the mind _________ some mental problem. Banishing ________ the mind all thoughts and ideas _______ in harmony with your special subject of study implies Active Mentation. This function is used _________ the active, wide-awake man in his busy and energetic moments.

 

This function is used _________ the active, wide-awake

 

A) by B) with
C) plus D) around
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) by

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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.

 

A century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating

 

A) form B) of
C) for D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) from

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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 scene will now shift to obtaining __________________ instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force _________________ 2020, the first year of its________________ implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of ______________ 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ________________ at least 55 per cent of global emissions.


the first year of its________________ implementation.

A) proposal B) proposition
C) supposed D) proposed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) proposed

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