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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.


Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.


the British government took to more ____________ measures.

A) drastic B) angrier
C) repressive D) damaging
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) repressive

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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.


In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________ a promise from his ____________, assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an _______________ journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus _____________. Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern­day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India's constitutional context, an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

A) timely B) aptly
C) opportunely D) pertinently
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) aptly

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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".

Shall I sit between you at the concert?

A) beside B) besides
C) next D) No Improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) beside

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INTERIM

A) PROVISIONAL B) TENTATIVE
C) PERMANENT D) INTERVAL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) PERMANENT

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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.

Animals without a backbone.

A) Marsupials B) Mammals
C) Vertebrate D) Invertebrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Invertebrates

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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.

 

Irony. __________________word captures our response to the ongoing nationwide drought in more ways than one. We have woken _________ the reality of drought a full six months after the end of monsoon. After waking up, we focus ____________ the drinking water __________ in urban centres and not the multidimensional crisis of life and livelihood in _______________ hinterland.

 

We have woken _________ the reality of drought

 

A) up B) up to
C) to D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) up to

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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, on the other hand, (is amused) by the number of channels it had to offer.

 

A) was amused B) were amused
C) were amusing D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were amused

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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.

 

Exhume

 

A) Dig B) Reveal
C) Hide D) Resurrect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hide

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