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In the following questions, 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.

Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this _____, the _____ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our _____ and students is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____.

that of our _____ and students

A) friends B) ideals
C) parents D)  teachers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  teachers

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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".

 

We, all of us, (are compromise) the moment we’re living in.

 

A) compromise B) compromising
C) is compromised D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) compromise

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) gratifying B) gretifying
C) gratifyeing D) gretifyeing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gratifying

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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.
“Bring me my spectacles,” said grandfather to me.

A) Grandfather ordered me and brought him his spectacles. B) Grandfather ordered me to have brought to him his spectacles.
C) Grandfather ordered me to bring him his spectacles. D) Grandfather ordered myself to bring his spectacles to where he was.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Grandfather ordered me to bring him his spectacles.

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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.


Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.


a court to come along 66 years _________________,

A) late B) lately
C) later D) latest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) later

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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'.

 

It was like(A)/reading a(B)/open book.(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, 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.

 

While mother mixed the cake __________, Dipu stood at the table watching her.

 

A) batter B)  concoction
C) recipe D) mixture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) batter

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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 exclude from a society or group.

A) to ostracise B) to deport
C) to boycott D) to snub
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to ostracise

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