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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Foreign B) Forien
C) Foriegn D) Foreing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Foreign

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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.

 

The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.

A) soporific B) merciful
C) vivid D) hardened
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) vivid

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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 family said, "We were watching TV when we heard the news."

A) The family said that they had been watching TV when they had heard the news. B) The family said that they had been watching TV when they have had heard the news.
C) The family said that they have been watching TV when they had heard the news. D) The family said that they have been watching TV when they have had heard the news.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The family said that they had been watching TV when they had heard the news.

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

Purush wandered _______________ through life, with no clear ideas of where he was heading and what he wanted to accomplish.

A) madly B) excitedly
C) crazily D) aimlessly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) aimlessly

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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.

The students refused (A) / to accept responsibility (B) / for their acts (C) / No Error (D)

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

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Get the sack

A) Look for a sack B) Find a sack
C) Get a call back D) Be dismissed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Be dismissed

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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".

He (to be) positively rude.

A) was being B) were being
C) being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was being

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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 let someone off

A) To let someone fall B) To leave someone in his present state
C) To release someone from blame D) To refuse to answer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To leave someone in his present state

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