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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.

Geetal said, " I bought a Honda City yesterday."

A) Geetal said that I have bought a Honda City yesterday. B) Geetal told me that she had bought a Honda City yesterday.
C) Geetal said she had bought a Honda City the previous day. D) Geetal said that she had bought a Honda City the previous day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Geetal said that she had bought a Honda City the previous day.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Mundane

 

A) Bounteous B) Heavenly
C) Exciting D) Everyday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Everyday

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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 drop in the ocean

 

A) Even a small gesture means a lot to a needy person. B) To lose someone in a huge crowd.
C) A scolding which has no effect on a stubborn person. D) A very small amount compared with what is needed or expected.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A very small amount compared with what is needed or expected.

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

My younger brother _____ my grandfather.

A) looks on B) looks after
C) looks to D) looks of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) looks after

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.


The given passage implies that

A) knowledge of the learned is exclusive to them B) a learned man cannot deliver lectures
C) a learned man is not interested in Calmuc Tartars D) a learned man is not aware of the optics and the rules of perspective
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) knowledge of the learned is exclusive to them

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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 upward force that a fluid exerts on a body floating in it

A) Upthrust B) Plunge
C) Submerge D) Capsize
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Upthrust

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A person who lays too much stress on bookish-learning

A) Pervert B) Pedant
C) Philosopher D) Scholar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pedant

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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.

Rise and shine

A) Work hard and succeed in life B) An expression used when waking someone up
C) Try harder to overcome life's problems D) Be of spotless character
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An expression used when waking someone up

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