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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.

 

Relating to the study of the nature of god and religious belief

 

A) Scepticism   B) Atheism  
C) Impiety   D) Theological
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Theological

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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) unattractiveness   B) unatrractiveness  
C) unattracttiveness   D) unatrracttiveness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) unattractiveness  

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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.

 

The wolf cried out to the hound, “A thought has just come into my head.”

 

A) The wolf cried out that a thought had just came into his head.   B) The wolf cried out to the hound that a thought had just come into his head.  
C) The wolf cried out about a thought into his head to the hound.   D) The wolf told hound about a thought into his head.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The wolf cried out to the hound that a thought had just come into his head.  

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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) Misterous   B) Misterius  
C) Mysterous D) Mysterious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mysterious

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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.

 

Repugnance

 

 

A) Esteem   B) Respect
C) Aversion   D) Sympathy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aversion  

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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.

 

Perpetual

 

A) Continual   B) Ceaseless  
C) Enduring   D) Transitory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Transitory

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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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

can be checked __________ diligent exercises

 

A) by B) to
C) at D) so
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) by

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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.

 


We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


to external ______

 

A) influences B) facts
C) modifications D) institutions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) influences

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