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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Scemitars B) Scimitars
C) Scimetars D) Scemetars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scimitars

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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.
Of a disease or poison extremely severe or harmful in its effects

A) Innocuous B) Virulent
C) Naive D) Inoffensive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Virulent

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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.


The Principal said to us, "Today you will get your diplomas."

A) The Principal told us that on that day we would be getting our diplomas. B) The Principal told us this on that day we would be getting our diplomas.
C) The Principal told us that on this day we would be getting our diplomas. D) The Principal told us this on that day we will be getting our diplomas.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Principal told us that on that day we would be getting our diplomas.

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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.

 

A person or thing that brings bad luck

 

A) Felicitous B) Adventitious
C) Jinx D) Providential
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jinx

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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.


________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production

A) As B) Despite
C) So D) Because
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Despite

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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 scene will now shift to obtaining __________________ instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force _________________ 2020, the first year of its________________ implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of ______________ 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ________________ at least 55 per cent of global emissions.


The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of ______________ 55 countries

A) partially B) at least
C) slightly D) somewhat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) at least

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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 thefour alternatives.


One who has witnessed a debate ______ argument between two men _____________ strong intellectually, one of whom is a trained logician and the other lacking this advantage, will never forget the impression produced _________ him by the unequal struggle. The conflict is like that of a ____________ wrestler, untrained in the little tricks and turns of the science, in the various principles of applying force in a certain way at a certain time, at a certain place, with a __________ and experienced wrestler.


like that of a ____________ wrestler, untrained

 

A) powerful B) power
C) powerfully D) powering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) powerful

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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.


To begin______, let us ask ___________ such an appellation, assuming it has only positive___________, was ever deserved in a city like Bengaluru. At the risk__________ earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans, let me explain that______ for a "peacefull" past apart, it would be difficult to assert that "Asia's Silicon Valley" had even a history of toleration of difference.


assuming it has only positive___________,

A) nuances B) hints
C) suggestions D) connotations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) connotations

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