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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Do you know the time when the train departs?

A) which B) by
C) that D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech.  Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

Tina said to him, “Please wait here till I return.”

A) Tina asked him to stay there. B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.
C) Tina request him to wait until she comes. D) Tina says he should wait there till her returned.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

 

According to the author, unicorns and salamanders

 

A) have existed in the past B) are invisible
C) caused writers to write strange stories D) never really existed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) never really existed

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

 

Study of snakes

 

A) Philology B) Phrenology
C) Ophilogy D) Upology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ophilogy

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Carry the ball

A) Decorate the ball B) Be in charge
C) Take the decision D) Be the hostess
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Be in charge

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

 

1. Health and fitness have now become one of the major concerns.
P. This made life active and alert.
Q. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living.
R. Now, life has become more simple and easy.
S. Due to which their body had to undergo a lot of physical exercise.
6. Everything we need is just a phone call away.

A) RPSQ B) PQRS
C) QSPR D) SRQP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The boxer lands an upper cut to the chin of his opponent.

A) Landing of an upper cut was done by the boxer to the chin of his opponent. B) The chin of the opponent is where the upper cut of the boxer has landed.
C) Upper cutting of the chin of his opponent has been done by the boxer. D) An upper cut was landed to the chin of his opponent by the boxer.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) An upper cut was landed to the chin of his opponent by the boxer.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
After they (had finished) eating they went for a walk.

A) no improvement B) have finished
C) finish D) will finish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) no improvement

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