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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.

Geetal said, " I bought a Honda City yesterday."

A) Geetal said that I have bought a Honda City yesterday. B) Geetal told me that she had bought a Honda City yesterday.
C) Geetal said she had bought a Honda City the previous day. D) Geetal said that she had bought a Honda City the previous day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Geetal said that she had bought a Honda City the previous day.

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A remedy for all diseases

A) Antiseptic B) Antibiotic
C) Narcotics D) Panacea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Panacea

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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.
I have a feeling that you are keeping a secret.

A) I have a feeling that keeping of a secret is being done by you. B) I have a feeling that a secret is being kept by you.
C) Feeling has been had by me that a secret was kept by you. D) I myself had a feeling that a secret had been kept by you.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I have a feeling that a secret is being kept by you.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

The _____ of war, however, is

A) case B) prisoner
C) perperator D) theme
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) theme

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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.

A Man of letters

A) Letter - writer B) Proof - reader
C) Postman D) Scholar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Scholar

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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.

To nip in the bud

A) To stop something at the start B) To trim the flowers
C) to pluck the flowers D) to steal from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To stop something at the start

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

A black and white goat were grazing.

A) The white and the black goat B) A black and a white goat
C) A black and a white goat D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A black and a white goat

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Mandatory

A) Optional B) Voluntary
C) Essential D) Unnecessary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Essential

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