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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.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.


the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

A) whose B) this
C) those D) whom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) those

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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.

 

He was a hopeless doctor if ever I saw one.

 

A) if I ever saw B)  if I saw
C) if I see D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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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.

 

Calamity

 

A) Happiness B) Failure  
C) Suffering   D) Tragedy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Happiness

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

 

Taste good food or drink and enjoy it to the full

 

A) Acrid B) Savouring
C) Acerb D) Caustic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Savouring

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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.

 

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing

 

A) once B) only
C) every D) each
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) each

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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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The least number, which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3 in each case, but when divided by 9 leaves no remainder, is:

A) 1677 B) 1683
C) 2523 D) 3363
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1683

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