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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.

 

Mrs. Ramsay did not know whether Miss Jane knew ___________

A) swimming B) to swim
C) him to swim D) how to swimming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Swimming is a verb that needs no preposition. So, none of the other options are suitable. Swimming is an action we learn to do, so option-4 is correct.

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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.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

A) after B) later
C) before D) since
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) before

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In the following question, a sentence/ a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

To emend a piece of writing means to remove mistakes from it.

A) amend B) edit
C) rephrase D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Your father said to me,"I should not have given my daughter such a long rope."

 

A) Your father told me that he had not given his daughter such a long rope. B) Your father told me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.
C) Your father said that he could not have given his daughter such a long rope. D) Your father told to me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Your father told me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

No longer a child, but not yet an adult

A) Youngster B) Adolescent
C) Juvenile D) Yokel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adolescent

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In the following questions, 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.

Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this _____, the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our _____ and students is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____.

that of our _____ and students

A) friends B) ideals
C) parents D)  teachers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  teachers

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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.

 

This is the arresting and dominant fact about modern social discussion; that the quarrel is __________ merely about the difficulties, but about the aim. We agree about the evil; it is about the good that we should tear each ____________ eyes out. We all admit that a lazy aristocracy is a bad thing. We should not by ________ means all admit that an active aristocracy would be a good thing. We all feel angry with an irreligious priesthood; but some of us would _______ mad with disgust at a really religious one. Everyone is indignant if our army is weak, _____________ the people who would be even more indignant if it were strong.

 

our army is weak, _____________ the people who

 

 

A) include B) including
C) includes D) includable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) including

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

The 1980s saw the introduction

 

A-of the gas lighter that we

B-commonly use now, which has

C-almost destroyed the match industry

 

A) CBA B) ABC
C) CAB D) BCA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ABC

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