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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.

 

Ease somebody's mind

 

A) Alleviate someone's anxiety. B) Listen to somebody's grievances.
C) Have the capacity to understand the other person's thoughts. D) Keep thinking about some person.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alleviate someone's anxiety.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

If I had cared, (1)/ I will buy (2)/ it again. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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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".

 

No two individuals (arriving) at the same conclusions and associations.

 

A) will arrive B) to arrive
C) been arrived D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will arrive

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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.


Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.


The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term

A) Constitutions' B) Constitution's
C) Constitutions D) Constitution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Constitution's

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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.

 

The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

 

A) Buoy B) Spur
C) Deterrence D) Exhilarate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deterrence

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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) orientasion   B) oriantasion  
C) oriantation   D) orientation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) orientation

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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.

 

You have to take these medicines.

A) These medicines you have to take. B) You have took these medicines.
C) These medicines have to be taken by you. D) Taking of these medicines has to be done by you.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) These medicines have to be taken by you.

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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 trees shed his leaves every time autumn approaches but a healthy tree always gets its leaves back in the spring, which explains the point that fighting spirit is enough to keep one afloat.
i. Has shed their leaves every time autumn approaches
ii. shed their leaves every time autumn approaches
iii. shed its leaves every time autumn approaches

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.
A- The subject is ‘trees’, which is plural, so the use of ‘has’ is incorrect as a helping verb.
B- The fragment makes the sentence structurally and grammatically correct.
D- The subject is plural and therefore ‘its’ can’t be used to address the subject.

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