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

A) benefecial B) baneficial
C) banefecial D) beneficial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) beneficial

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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 drive someone up the wall

 

A) to make someone very irritated B) to break the barriers of misunderstanding between two persons
C) to encourage someone D) to be the cause of someone's success
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to make someone very irritated

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

“Don’t you know the way to home?” asked the lady.

 

A) The lady asked why he didn’t know the way to home. B) The lady asked whether he didn’t knew the way to home.
C) The lady asked about the way to home. D) The lady asked why he doesn’t know the way to home.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The lady asked whether he didn’t knew the way to home.

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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".

 

They (has rented) the premises for fifteen rupees a month, a princely sum, considering that milk was fifty paisa a litre.

 

A) had rented B) had rent
C) had renting D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had rented

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

 


The author portrays mankind as

 

A) superhuman B) by and large ignorant
C) intelligent D) ancient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) by and large ignorant

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Place or insert between one thing and another

 

A) Oust B) Efface
C) Purge D) Interpose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Interpose

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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The government cannot realize good price from certain assets but their disposal will helped in stop the drain.
i. Help in stoppage in the drain
ii. Help stop the drain
iii. Be helping in draining

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. i and iii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B. Only ii

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Ans. B.
The correct form of verb to be used after 'will' is 'help.' Verbs are not needed in infinitive or participle form here since the effect of the disposal of assets will be seen in the future. So option B is the correct answer.

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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.

 

Reprimand

 

A) Forgiveness B) Punishment  
C) Lecture   D) Blame
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Forgiveness

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