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Q:

A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
An __________ is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Participants bid openly against one another, with each subsequent bid required to be higher than the previous bid. An auctioneer may announce prices, bidders may call out their bids themselves (or have a proxy call out a bid on their behalf), or bids may be submitted electronically with the highest current bid publicly displayed. In a Dutch ____________, the auctioneer begins with a high asking price for some quantity of like items; the price is lowered until a participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price for some quantity of the goods in the lot or until the seller's reserve price is met. In economic theory, an ____________ may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

A) Assets B) Auction
C) Autarky D) Arbitrage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Auction

Explanation:

‘Assets’ mean things that have earning power or some other value to their owner. ‘Auction’ means a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ‘Autarky’ refers to the idea that a country should be self-sufficient and not take part in international trade. ‘Arbitrage’ means the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset. ‘Amortisation’ means the running down or payment of a loan by instalments. The given passage includes the presence of an ‘auctioneer’ who is defined as a person who conducts auctions by accepting bids and declaring goods sold. Thus, option 2 is the correct fit for all three blanks.

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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.
"I don't know the answer. Do you"? She asked.

A) She asked me if I knew the answer which she didn't. B) She said that she didn't know the answer and did I know it.
C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did. D) She told that she was not knowing the answer but wondered if I know.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did.

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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.

1. Every conceivable race and nationality

2. had its shared of suffering

3. in the world wars

4. No Error.

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

My parents will ____________ my car if I get another speeding ticket.

 

A) capture B) grab
C) confiscate D) mob
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) confiscate

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A person who lives outside his native country

A) Indigenous B) Natal
C) Expatriate D) Intrinsic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Expatriate

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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".

 

The footpath (had been hijacked) by gigantic blue-and-green barricades.

 

A) have been hijacked B) have being hijacked  
C) had been hijacking D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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

 

Ineffable

A) unintelligible B) illegible
C) inexplicable D) inexpressible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inexpressible

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

One night they sank through the shiny water, and for the first time since he has known them, began to quickly swim.

A) he had known them, began to swim quickly. B) he have known them, begin to quickly swim
C) he knew them, began to swim quickly D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) he had known them, began to swim quickly.

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