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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Perspicacious

 

A) Foolish   B) Obscure  
C) Shrewd   D) Indistinct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shrewd  

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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 saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________

A) pedestal B) platform
C) plinth D) podium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pedestal

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

On being called, (A) / all of us (B) / entered into the room. (C) / No Error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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.

The maid vacuums and dusts the house every day.

A) Every day the house is vacuumed and dusted by the maid. B) Every day the house were vacuumed and dusted by the maid.
C) Dusting and Vacuuming of the house every day is being done by the maid. D) Dusting and Vacuuming of the house every day was being done by the maid.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Every day the house is vacuumed and dusted by the maid.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

Rip up old sores

A) To be defeated B) To punish
C) To revive forgotten quarrel D) To deal with a person strictly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To revive forgotten quarrel

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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.

Consensus

A) Accord B) Discord
C) Consent D) Unity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Discord

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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.

My friends are going to watch a movie tonight.

A) A movie is going to be watched by my friends tonight. B) My friends will have watch a movie by tonight.
C) A movie was going to be watched by my friends tonight. D) My friends will have to watch a movie by tonight.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A movie is going to be watched by my friends tonight.

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

everything exists ________ you choose to

A) so B) to
C) at D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) at

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