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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.

Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone does not lead to increased performance. Ability and technology moderates the relationship
between motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be. However, increasing motivation
beyond an ______ level tends to ______ a dysfunctional result because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.


Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone

A) affected B) effected
C) influenced D) measured
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) affected

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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) Obeisance B) Obeisanse
C) Obesance D) Obesanse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Obeisance

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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 thing no longer in use

A) Illusion B) Illegal
C) Obsolete D) Historic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Obsolete

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

“I have not seen him for years,” said his mother.

 

A) She has not seen him for years said his mother. B) His mother had not seen him for years.
C) His mother told him she had not saw him for years. D) His mother said that she had not seen him for years.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) His mother said that she had not seen him for years.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

There was an old study

A-of marathon runners which

B-heart muscle during post-mortem

C-showed significant fibrosis of the

 

 

A) ABC B) ACB
C) CBA D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ACB

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.


Go north-east across the mountains till you will reach an island.

A) reached B) reach
C) have reached D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reach

Explanation:

The use of will is redundant. The main verb is ‘Go’, till you reach is used to denote time. Further, the event will be completed in future but both other options are in past tense.

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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) Beneficial B) Benfical
C) Benaficial D) Beneficle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Beneficial

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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.

The act of killing a king

A) Regicide B) Regalcide
C) Genocide D) Homicide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Regicide

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