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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.

 

My mother said, "We went to a market that is five kilometers from here."

A) My mother said that they had gone to a market that was five kilometers from here. B) My mother said that they have gone to a market that was five kilometers from there.
C) My mother said that they had gone to a market that was five kilometers from there. D) My mother said that they have gone to a market that was five kilometers from here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My mother said that they had gone to a market that was five kilometers from there.

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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 puppy spilled the milk as it drank.

A) Spilling of the milk has been done by the puppy while drinking it. B) The milk was spilt by the puppy as it drank.
C) While drinking it the puppy has spilt the milk. D) The milk was being drunk by the puppy when it was spilled.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The milk was spilt by the puppy as it drank.

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The common name of hydrogen peroxide is

A) borax B) bleach (liquid)
C) baking soda D) gypsum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) bleach (liquid)

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

A) Entrepreneur B) Remuneration
C) Apprentice D) Soveriegnity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Soveriegnity

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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.


I took the grinder yesterday.

A) The grinder was took by me yesterday. B) The grinder was took by me the day before.
C) The grinder had been took by me the day before. D) The grinder was taken by me yesterday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The grinder was taken by me yesterday.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

The news (had appeared) irrelevant at that time, but now it directly affects us.

 

A) have appeared B) is appeared
C) had appears D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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.

to chew someone out

 

A) to bore someone by talking ceaselessly B) to discourage someone who is going to start a new venture
C) reprimand someone severely D) to save someone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) reprimand someone severely

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

War and Peace is _____ concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families,

A) importantly B) primarily
C) heavily D) connectively
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) primarily

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