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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
A. The trek is difficult
B. but it is far worth
C. the endeavour
D. No Error

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B

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'Lavani' is a dance form of which state in India?

A) Maharashtra B) Gujarat
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Maharashtra

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When did India celebrated its first Labor Day?

A) 1912 B) 1923
C) 1949 D) 1953
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1923

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May Day or Labor Day is celebrated across the world on 1st May every year to mark the eight-hour day labor movement advocated 8 hrs of work, 8 hrs for recreation and 8 hrs for rest. In India, labor day was celebrated on Chennai's Marina Beach in 1923 by Labour Kisan P:arty of Hindustan.

 

It is a public holiday where no one goes to work.

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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.

 

Tongue in cheek

 

A) In an ironic or insincere way. B) Being practical.
C) Stop yourself from saying something hurtful. D) Be gutsy and speak the unpleasant truth.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) In an ironic or insincere way.

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A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

 

The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.

 

Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so.

 

Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.

 

What according to the passage is success?

 

A) Success cannot be pursued. B) Success is an unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of others..
C) Success is true fulfillment. D) Success is incremental act of decency.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Success is an unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of others..

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

 

Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.

A) a proud gathering B) an inefficient situation
C) an anti-national meeting D) a top-level meeting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an inefficient situation

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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.

Beyond the pale

A) Unreasonable or unacceptable B) Beyond redemption
C) Full of rhetoric D) Distasteful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Unreasonable or unacceptable

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

A) Belittle B) Courteous
C) Fervent D) Uncouth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Courteous

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