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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.


An ideal policeman is a myth. You come __________ him only in crime fiction. ____________ elusive is 'good policing', an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found it difficult to define. This is why, in what is a chaotic world, we have to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman and ________ inadequate system.


You come __________ him only in crime fiction.

A) over B) cross
C) across D) to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) across

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

 

to use for the first time

 

A) paten B) smitten
C) begotten D) christen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) christen

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

in other _____________ it is like the skin

A) respectful B) respectfully
C) respected D) respects
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) respects

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) All the boys B) returned back home
C) well in time for lunch. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) returned back home

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Error is in second part. Returning means coming back to place from where you began. So, the use of back after returned becomes redundant. Without using back, the meaning remains the same. We can omit ‘back’ in part b, and use ‘returned home.’

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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.

 

He said that when he was a boy he could stay up as long as he liked.

A) He said,"When I had been a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." B) He told,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."
C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." D) He said,"When I am a boy I can stay up as long as I like."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

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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.


We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.


the modern world is the______ development of science and technology.

A) magnanimous B) erratic
C) rapid D) inconsistent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rapid

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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.

 

Winsome

 

A) Repulsive   B) Charming
C) Ugly D) Repellent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Charming

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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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind.

A) and B) but
C) so D) then
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) and

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