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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'.
I am vexed at him (1)/ for what all he has (2)/ done for him till date. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


spending to _________________ people's material distress

A) cool off B) cut
C) less D) mitigate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mitigate

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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.
The theatre was keeping a seat for you.

A) A seat was being kept for you by the theatre. B) Keeping of a seat for you has been done by the theatre.
C) The theatre has kept a seat for you. D) A seat would be kept for you by the theatre.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A seat was being kept for you by the theatre.

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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.

The quest for a _____ life engrosses every human being on this earth. Everyman tends to define a happy life in a _____ individualistic fashion. _____have attempted to define a happy life in various terms. Hedonists have a _____ notion that happiness lies in the _____ of physical appetites.

_____have attempted to define a happy life

A) Professors B) Thinkers
C) Researchers D) Scientists
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Thinkers

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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.


The "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ____________ India's slow overall progress ____________ addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient __________ and over­weight. Our track _________ in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest at best, and _____________ what other countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.


The "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ____________

A) demonstrates B) demonstrated
C) demonstrated that D) had demonstrated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) demonstrates

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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.

 

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

 

from time _________ time, one

 

A) to B) at
C) so D) is
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to

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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.

Galileo was the first scientist to recognize clearly that the only way to further our understanding of the physical world was to______ to experiment.

A) annihilate B) resort
C) emerge D) suspect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) resort

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Acquittied B) Acquitted  
C) Ecquited D) Acqiuteed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Acquitted  

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