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

 


All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Aristotle's argument support the view that poetry shows

 

A) men not simply as they are B) what men ought to be
C) what men are capable of becoming D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The relocation of the car factory to our struggling town is an economic ___________.

A) boon B) good
C) donation D) present
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) boon

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In the following question, four words have been given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Contemptous B) Commemorate
C) Complaisant D) Conciliatory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Contemptous

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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.
dark horse

A) a candidate about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins B) a good person who has been unfairly maligned
C) a person despised by everybody wins D) a very unpredictable contestant, sometimes wins sometimes loses
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a candidate about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins

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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 answer to the third question is __________________ answered; State leaders ___________________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government, presumably for a price. ________________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies. But they fail to ________________ that history cannot be disremembered, it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

A) against B) for
C) to D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) depictted B) brisbaane
C) fiddling D) ponderred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) fiddling

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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.

Most __________________ of all to the rambler on avian lore intent is the fact that there are many species and genera that are peculiar to the West, and ______________ new to him, keeping him constantly on the 'qui vive'. _____________ Colorado you will look in vain for the common blue jay, so abundant in all parts of the East; but you will be more _______________ compensated by the presence of seven other species _____________ the jay household.


but you will be more _______________ compensated

A) then B) that
C) than D) this
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) than

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Drivel

A) Intelligent B) Blather
C) Judicious D) Sane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Blather

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