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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and has done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope.

 

When is a man relieved and gay?

A) When he has untapped potential B) When he has put his heart into his work and has done his best
C) When destiny smiles at him D) When he achieves his goal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) When he has put his heart into his work and has done his best

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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.

Make room

A) Clean the room B) Make space
C) Attain the room D) Make a clean sweep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Make space

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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 teacher said, "Nobody can solve the problem."

A) The teacher said that nobody can solve the problem. B) The teacher said that nobody should solve the problem.
C) The teacher said that somebody can solve the problem. D) The teacher said that nobody could solve the problem.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The teacher said that nobody could solve the problem.

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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.

The government allocated Rs 1,000 Cr for __________________ of historical monuments.

A) resurrection B) revival
C) resumption D) restoration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) restoration

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Rita promised to come but she never turned ________ .

A) in B) out
C) down D) up
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) up

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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.

 

To pass, the candidate has to answer atleast 3 questions correctly.

A) If the candidate answers three questions correctly then he will pass. B) Atleast three questions will be answered correctly by the candidate to pass.
C) Atleast three questions have to be answered correctly by the candidate to pass. D) Answering of three questions correctly by the candidate has to be done to pass.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atleast three questions have to be answered correctly by the candidate to pass.

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The man (is generally the one) P (who can work very hard) Q (when he must work who) R (can play most heartily when he has the chance of playing) S

The correct sequence should be

A) Q R S P B) P S Q R
C) S P Q R D) Q R P S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) S P Q R

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Since, the sentence starts with a subject, the next statement will carry a relative pronoun connecting the statements. S follows the opening statement. P will be the next statement which is mentioning the other feature of the man. Q will be the next statement as it describes another quality of man. Thus, R will be the concluding statement and thus form a coherent paragraph.

The correct formation would be, ‘The man who can play most heartily when he has the chance of playing is generally the one who can work very hard when he must work’.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Niggardly

A) Mingy B) Inefficient
C) Generous D) Sinful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Generous

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