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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

A case in point is Sydney, Australia, where last year more than 8,000 pedestrians (is fined) for illegally crossing city streets.

 

 

A) was fined B) were fined
C) were being fine D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were fined

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

 

Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay.

 

A) Disintegrate B) Juxtapose
C) Conjugate D) Entwine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Disintegrate

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

 

What will the man who sticks to his resolve and executes it advance to?

A) Wisdom B) Progress
C) Eminence D) Resolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Eminence

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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.

to bite your tongue

 

A) to cause self­inflicting harm B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
C) harsh words once spoken can never come back D) to be astonished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something

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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.

 

My sister will bake a dozen cakes for the fair.

 

A) For the fair, a dozen cakes would be baked by my sister. B) For the fair, a dozen cakes would have been baked by my sister.
C) For the fair, a dozen cakes will be baked by my sister. D) For the fair, a dozen cakes will have been baked by my sister.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) For the fair, a dozen cakes will be baked by my sister.

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Feather in one's cap

A) Discrimination B) A new and additional distinction
C) Hunting D) Bird watching
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A new and additional distinction

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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.
P- They never desert us even when all fair weather friends have deserted us.
Q- Books are never failing friends.
R- They dispel the dark clouds of gloom from our minds and increase our happiness if we are already happy.
S- Through the ages, the scriptures and other great books have provided, immeasurable solace to the wounded and strife torn humanity.

A) QRSP B) PRSQ
C) RSPQ D) QPRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QPRS

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

 

Where were they playing the cricket match?

A) Where was the cricket match played? B) Where has the cricket match been played?
C) Where will the cricket match be played? D) Where was the cricket match being played?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Where was the cricket match being played?

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