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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 formal agreement between individuals or parties.

 

A) protocol B) norm
C) league D) pact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) pact

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"What is your name?" she asked him.

A) She asked him what his name is. B) She asked him what his name has been.
C) She asked him what is his name. D) She asked him what his name was.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She asked him what his name was.

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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 ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

 

years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple

 

A) humanity   B) humanly  
C) humanely   D) human
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) human

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Evince

 

A) Manifest B) Comply
C) Declare D) Prove
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Comply

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


the government is apparently unable ____________________

A) hence B) but
C) or D) nor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) or

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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 course of the development of different life-forms heredity—which, in plain English, is unconscious memory generated in the first life-form and ______________ through all the different species—is the sole factor in the ____________ of the parent properties; while adaptation to surrounding conditions and circumstances, natural selection in the struggle _____________ existence, and partner selection in the struggle of the males for ____________ are the principal factors in the differentiation of species.

 

in the first life-form and ______________ through all the

 

A) transmit B) transmitting
C) to transmit D) transmitted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) transmitted

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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.

The Marathas surrendered their fort to the Mughals after the war.

A) After the war the Marathas had to surrender their fort to the Mughals. B) The Mughals after the war took the fort surrendered by the Marathas.
C) Their fort was surrendered by the Marathas to the Mughals after the war. D) The Marathas after the war surrendered their fort to the Mughals.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Their fort was surrendered by the Marathas to the Mughals after the war.

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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.

 

My mother likes to ___________ me by showing everyone my baby pictures.

 

A) stun B) annoy
C) shame D) embarrass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) embarrass

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