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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 a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Chilika is the (1)/ largest brackish water (2)/ lagoon in Asia. (3)/No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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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.

An outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

A) tracery B) contour
C) doodle D) pattern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) contour

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

When did Rohit return my bike?

A) When was my bike returned by Rohit? B) When was it that Rohit returned my bike?
C) Rohit returned my bike when? D) When did my bike come back from Rohit?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) When was my bike returned by Rohit?

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

After the votes were counted, the family _______________ was for a Hawaiian vacation.

 

A) together B) idea
C) unity D) consensus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) consensus

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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.

 

So, in asking you to consider the processes of reasoning we are ________ assuming that you never have reasoned--_________ the contrary we are fully aware that you in connection __________ every other person, have reasoned all your mature life. That is not the question. While everyone reasons, the fact is __________ true that the majority of persons reason incorrectly. Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct and scientific, and suffer therefor and thereby.

 

have reasoned--_________ the contrary we

 

 

A) in B) on
C) into D) onto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on

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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.

 

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

 

This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze

 

A) juxtaposition B) nearness
C) contact D) proximity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) juxtaposition

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

 

Why did he break the vase?

 

A) Why is the vase broken by him? B) Why was the vase broken by him?
C) Why had been the vase broken by him? D) Why has been the vase broken by him?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Why was the vase broken by him?

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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 committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

 

process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion

 

A) possible B) allowed
C) imaginable D) viable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) possible

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