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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.

"Do you have anything to tell me, my angel?" said her mother.

A) Her mother asked if she has anything to tell her. B) Her mother asked if she had anything to tell me.
C) Her mother asked if she had anything to tell her. D) Her mother asked if she has anything to tell me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Her mother asked if she had anything to tell her.

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Who is the author of the book Coming Round the Mountain?

A) Anish Kapoor B) Ruskin Bond
C) P C Ghose D) Veer Das
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ruskin Bond

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7 1913
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What is the name of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography?

A) Playing It My Way B) The Nice Guy Who Finished First
C) The Test of My Life D) Straight From The Heart
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Playing It My Way

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Playing It My Way is the name of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography.

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5 1913
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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.

 

I have never solved ______ equation before.

 

A) so complicated B) as complicated
C) such a complicated D) no complicated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) such a complicated

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0 1912
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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.

 

He said to me, “I have often told you not to play in dark.”

 

A) He said to him that he shouldn’t play in dark. B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.
C) He asked him to not play in dark. D) He asked me that he had told me to not play in dark.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.

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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.

 

Indian corporates are _______________ influenced by the American style of management, including ______________ practices. The recent episodes in a couple of big and reputed corporates in India are prompting many to re-think the kind of compensation strategy that would be __________ for Indian corporates. Should it be more socialistic, as prevalent in Scandinavian, some European and Japanese companies? _______________ there be some law to govern the salary differentials? __________should different functions such as Finance be remunerated substantially higher for equivalent educational degree holders and similar efforts by individuals in other functions?

 

salary differentials? __________ should different

 

A) What B) Where
C) Why D) Whom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Why

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

Leaders usher

A-creates a natural tension

B-in organisational change, which

C-as the status quo fights back

 

A) ACB B) ABC
C) BAC D) CBA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) BAC

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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 cry wolf

 

A) to keep complaining over small issues B) to raise a false alarm
C) to act as if one feels sorry for the other person D) to report to a higher authority the mistakes committed by others
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to raise a false alarm

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