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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.

 

"We were living in Dehradun," they told me.

A) They told me that they had been living in Dehradun. B) They told me that they lived in Dehradun.
C) They told me this that they had been living in Dehradun. D) They told me this that they were living in Dehradun.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They told me that they had been living in Dehradun.

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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.

 

They found him lying dead on the roadside.

 

A) The roadside found him lying dead. B) He was lying dead found by the roadside.
C) Lying by the roadside, he was found dead. D) He was found lying dead by the roadside.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He was found lying dead by the roadside.

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Pious B) Pios
C) Pieos D) Piuos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pious

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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 travel agent is making all the reservations.

A) All the reservations is made by the travel agent. B) All the reserving will be made by the travel agent.
C) All the reservations are being made by the travel agent. D) All the reserving is made by the travel agent.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) All the reservations are being made by the travel agent.

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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) A creative person will always find a solution to any problem.   B) An artist will express his feelings by drawing.  
C) It is better to work on a fanciful idea bound to fail than have no ideas at all.   D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

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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.

 

Ennui

 

A) Continuation B) Boredom
C) Anger D) Strange
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Boredom

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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.

 

My father decorated the entire house.

A) The entire house was decorated by my father. B) The entire house was being decorated by my father.
C) The entire house has been decorated by my father. D) The entire house had been decorated by my father.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The entire house was decorated by my father.

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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 chasm ______________ the needs of the people who struggle ______________ survival, action and inaction by representatives, and lack of remedial justice has compromised representative democracy _________________. Defections from one party to another indicate _______________ of the basic obligations of representatives, even ___________ their own people starve.

 

even ___________ their own people starve.

 

A) like B) so
C) whereas D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) as

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