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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".

 

A better example is a person who (has been assigned) the duty of planting trees and watering them along an expressway.

 

A) have been assigned   B) have been assign
C) has been assign   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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.

 

She ______ recovering in the hospital.

 

A) were B) were to
C) has D) has been
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) has been

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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.

 

India is a country that loves decentralisation and it covers almost every ________________. I will focus ________________ the subject of tyranny. For example, look _______________ our police stations. We ____________________ a Hobbesian sovereign ruling over us. In political ___________________, one has what is called the concept of sovereignty which is discussed in Hobbesian terms.

 

For example, look _______________ our police stations

 

A) into B) upon
C) at D) towards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) at

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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'.

 

Gita had been(A)/dancing at the party little(B)/more than usual.(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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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.

 

Preeti said to her friend, "I am like my mother."

 

A) Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother. B) Preeti told her friend that I was like her mother.
C) Preeti tells her friend that she is like her mother. D) Preeti tells her friend that that she was like her mother.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother.

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The doctor advised the patients to give up smoking.

 

A) The doctor said to the patients, "Why don't you give up smoking?" B) The doctor said to the patients, "You should give up smoking."
C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking." D) The doctor said to the patient, "I am advising you to give up smoking."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking."

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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.


To begin______, let us ask ___________ such an appellation, assuming it has only positive___________, was ever deserved in a city like Bengaluru. At the risk__________ earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans, let me explain that______ for a "peacefull" past apart, it would be difficult to assert that "Asia's Silicon Valley" had even a history of toleration of difference.


At the risk__________ earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans

A) for B) of
C) about D) over
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) of

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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.


And then, a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore. ____________ time, the strokes were more fluid, the movements more relaxed. I turned back one last time ____________ hello to a clown fish, the reason why I came to the Andamans. As I watched, it played hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away. Suddenly, I realised a kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.


hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away.

A) to B) for
C) from D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) with

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