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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 fire will burn this house.

A) Burning of this house will be done by the fire. B) The firing would be burning this house.
C) This house will be burnt by the fire. D) This is the house that the fire will be burning.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) This house will be burnt by the fire.

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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".

 

Husband (have retired) from service and the daughters had left home to pursue their dreams.

 

A) had retired B) had retire
C) had retiring D) no improvement  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had retired

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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.

Vinod said to me, "Has your brother returned from Dubai?"

A) Vinod said to me if my brother has returned from Dubai. B) Vinod asked me if my brother had returned from Dubai.
C) Vinod enquire to me if my brother had returned from Dubai. D) Vinod asks me whether my brother had returned from Dubai.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vinod asked me if my brother had returned from Dubai.

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Fuel suppliers will ______________ the national oil shortage by raising prices to increase their bottom lines.

A) use B) misuse
C) venture D) exploit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) misuse

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

everything exists ________ you choose to

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

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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) svivelling B) swiveling
C) swivelling D) sviveling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) swivelling

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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.


Capacious

 

A) Cramped B) Broad
C) Comfortable D) Generous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cramped

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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'.

 

Tanish has(A)/changed a lot(B)/since then.(C)/No error(D)

 

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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