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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, 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.

I shall have written the full thesis by December.

A) By December I shall have wrote the full thesis. B) The full thesis will have been written by me by December.
C) The full Thesis will be wrote by me by December. D) By December the full thesis must have been wrote by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The full thesis will have been written by me by December.

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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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ____________ India's slow overall progress ____________ addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient __________ and over­weight. Our track _________ in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest at best, and _____________ what other countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.


India's slow overall progress ____________ addressing chronic malnutrition

A) of B) for
C) in D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) in

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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.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


a statue __________ inflexibly.

A) standing B) stands
C) stood D) always stands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) standing

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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.
Learn by heart

A) To memorize something B) Love something terribly
C) Learn a lesson by making a mistake D) Learn to control or hide your true feelings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To memorize something

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

Delusion of suffering from a disease

A) Lypemania B) Nosomania
C) Naruomania D) Phagomania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nosomania

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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.

 

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

 

A) Many times those who fight eventually become best of friends B) If one has to give up fighting with some group because one can't win, band together with them
C) Not to hurt others. Instead, be friends with them. D) To fight till you get acceptance to a group which does not initially accept you as a member
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) If one has to give up fighting with some group because one can't win, band together with them

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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.

 

While mother mixed the cake __________, Dipu stood at the table watching her.

 

A) batter B)  concoction
C) recipe D) mixture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) batter

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