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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

Mahatma Gandhi is called as the Father of the Nation.

A) called Father of the Nation B) called the Father of the Nation
C) Father of the Nation D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

No improvement required. Sentence is idiomatically correct.

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Choose the correctly spelt word:-

A) Sepulchral B) Sepalchrle
C) Sepalchral D) Sepulchrle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sepulchral

Explanation:

Sepulchral is spelt correctly which means joyless

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches - with bushy hair and a large moustache stepped out from the train. Cameras flashed. City officials approached him with hands outstretched. Various people began telling him how honoured they were to meet him.

The man politely thanked them and then, looking over their heads, asked if he could be excused for a moment. He quickly walked through the crowd until he reached the side of an elderly black woman who was struggling with two large suitcases. He picked up the bags with a smile, escorted the woman to a bus. After helping her aboard, he wished her a safe journey. As he returned to the greeting party he apologized, "Sorry to have kept you waiting." Not many whites would have done what he did.

The man was Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the famous missionary doctor who had spent his life helping the poor in Africa. In response to Dr. Schweitzer's action, one member of the reception committee said with great admiration to the reporter standing next to him, "That's the first time I ever saw a sermon walking."


Dr. Albert Schweitzer _____ .

A) was not prejudiced against Whites B) was not prejudiced against Blacks
C) was prejudiced against Whites D) was prejudiced against Blacks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) was not prejudiced against Blacks

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The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) In Hindu mythology, when Shiva opens his third eye, it is considered a terrible warning for the cosmos.

A) In somewhat similar fashion, in 2017, women across the world seemed to declare war — on harassment, abuse, rape, inequality and every form of injustice.

B) Anger, however, is only one facet of the fight for empowerment. Concomitantly, the year saw women stack up achievements on an unprecedented scale.

C) It means he is angry enough to incinerate anything that comes in his way.

D) Across the world, there was a furious outpouring of rage against men in power, men on the street, men at home, and in families.

A) ABCD B) CBDA
C) DBAC D) DACB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

The correct sequence is CADB.

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Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

The villagers ______ the murder of their leader by burning the police van.

A) Protested B) Avenged
C) Mourned D) Consoled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Protested

Explanation:

Protested is used because here the villagers express their feeling by making an objection to what has been done.

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
 
The teacher should check the homework

A)

The homework should be checked by the teacher

B)

The homework is checked by the teacher

C)

The teacher is responsible for checking homework

D)

The homework will be checked by the teacher

 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)

The homework should be checked by the teacher



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Select the synonym of
to preside

A) to acquiesce B)  to concur
C) to officiate D) to accord
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to officiate

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

We set out for the gallows. Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope; two others marched close against him, gripping him by his arm and shoulder, as though, at once pushing and supporting him. The rest of us, magistrates and the like, followed behind. Suddenly, when we had gone ten yards, the procession stopped short without any order or warning. A dreadful thing had happened ­ a dog, come goodness knows whence, had appeared in the yard. It came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and leapt round us wagging its whole body, wild with glee at finding so many human beings together. It was a large woolly dog, half Airedale, half Pariah. For a moment, it pranced round us, and then, before anyone could stop it, it had made a dash for the prisoner, and jumping up tried to lick his face. Everyone stood aghast, too taken aback even to grab at the dog.

What was the emotion displayed by the dog?

A) Fear B) Joy
C) Anger D) Alarm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Joy

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