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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 second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.


It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger

 

A) bought B) brought
C) caught D) sought
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) sought

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

A funeral poem

A) Elegy B) Pandemonium
C) Parody D) SonnetSonnet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elegy

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

A) Arsonphobia B) Astraphobia
C) Astrophobia D) Arrhenphobia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arsonphobia

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In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

 

The Governor will _______ the oath of office to the thirty-five new ministers at 9.30 p.m. tomorrow.

A) confer B) present
C) execute D) administer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) confer

Explanation:

Confermeans to bestow from a position of superiority. Present means a gift. Execute means to carry out fully. Administer means to manage or supervise the execution.

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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.
John as well as his friends always _____ the permission of his mother before going for a rugby match.

A) asks B) receives
C) seeks D) soughts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) seeks

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Sometimes, when you are used to/ see a player in the commentary/ box over a long period, you tend to/ forget what a great player he was

A) Sometimes, when you are used to B) See a player in the commentary
C) Box over a long period, you tend to D) Forget what a great player he was
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) See a player in the commentary

Explanation:

The error lies in the second part of the sentence. The form V + -ing is called a gerund if it serves as a noun. In the given sentence "to" has been used as a preposition (in a prepositional phrase) and not an infinitive, thus, the gerund form "seeing" is correct. E.G. I look forward to meeting my relatives. Thus, option 2 is correct. Here, 'used to' is used in the present tense to indicate that one has a habit of doing something.

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In the following questions a part of a sentence is given in bold, it is then followed by four sentences which try to explain the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. Choose the
alternative from the four given below each question which explains the meaning of the phrase correctly without altering the meaning of the sentence given as question. If none of the sentence explains the meaning of the highlighted phrase, choose option 5 i.e., “None of these” as your answer choice

At the start of his presentation, it seemed that he’s out of his mind, but when he finished, we saw that there’s method in his madness.

A) After the presentation, we realised that he deliberately chose to be vague and absurd. B) Though his presentation appeared a little absurd in the beginning, we ultimately found out that he had a rational purpose behind it
C) There was a stark difference between what he started with and how he concluded his presentation. D) Since he was not completely in his senses, he presented in an awkward manner.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Though his presentation appeared a little absurd in the beginning, we ultimately found out that he had a rational purpose behind it

Explanation:

The phrase refers to a specific, rational purpose in what one is doing or planning, even though it may appear crazy or absurd to another person.

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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.

A) Qustionnaire B) Qustionaire
C) Questionnaire D) Quetionnaire
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Questionnaire

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