English Questions

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.

But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________? One popular theory ____________ that poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so. Intimidation occurs for sure but why then, voters in places where there is no intimidation do so? Another theory is that people vote in return for _____________. But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections and voters do not feel any obligation to vote for those handing out freebies. In fact, they often accept the goodies from allparties but vote for only one.

One popular theory ____________

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

Pragmatic

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

A government by the military class

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

That which cannot be corrected

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Select the word with the correct spelling.

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 brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

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.