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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.

Tina said to him, “Please wait here till I return.”

A) Tina asked him to stay there. B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.
C) Tina request him to wait until she comes. D) Tina says he should wait there till her returned.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tina requested him to wait there till she returned.

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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.

 

The beggar exclaimed, “will none of you help me?”

 

A) The beggar asked to help him. B) The beggar exclaimed whether none of them would help him.
C) The beggar exclaimed would none of them helped him. D) The beggar exclaimed whether they would help him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The beggar exclaimed whether none of them would help him.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Voluble

 

A) Reserved B) Talkative
C) Fluent D) Gabby
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Reserved

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Manoeuvre B) Manauvre
C) Maneauvre D) Meneauver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manoeuvre

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Working hard students always achieve good results

A) Energetic B) Industrious
C) Talented D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Industrious

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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.


Technical skill ____________ to the ability and knowledge to use the pedagogy, tools and techniques involved in the teaching and research of a specific subject. Ability in programming or software designing and operating a computer is, ___________ instance, a technical skill. There are two things a teacher should understand __________ transformational technical skills. In the first place, he must know __________ skill and what level of skill should be applied on a particular student. He should be ____________ enough with their potential to ask discerning questions. Secondly, a teacher must understand the role of each event organised and the transformational skill applied, and the inter-relationships between the events and skills.

 

a computer is, ___________ instance, a technical skill.

A) of B) from
C) at D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) for

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Hope against hope

A) Think wishfully from time to time B) Hoped with good reason
C) Nurture an impossible hope D) Pretend to hope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nurture an impossible hope

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

Raining cats and dogs

A) It is raining unusually hard B) To win a big lottery
C) To get wealth beyond what one deserves D) To become filthy rich by honest means
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is raining unusually hard

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