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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion

 

 

A) than B) there
C) then D) that
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) then

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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.

 

"I don't know the way. Do you?" Vipul asked.

 

A) Vipul said he didn't know the way and asked her if she did. B) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her if she did.
C) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her whether she did. D) Vipul said that he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vipul said he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.

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Which Indian origin actor was honoured with the 'Asian Game Changer Award-2017' by the Asia Society?

A) Aziz Ansari B) Dev Patel
C) John Browne D) Nemko Katyal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dev Patel

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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 noimprovement is needed, select "no improvement".

Opening the door to her each morning is like (lets) a breath of fresh air into my world.

A) let B) to let
C) letting D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) letting

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In the given question, an idiom/phrase highlighted in bold is given in a sentence. Choose the most suitable meaning of the idiom/phrase.


You must not waste your leisure time doing nothing, rather you should engage yourself in such activities that will blow off steam and recharge you for the future endeavours.

A) Release surplus energy B) Take steam bath
C) To make someone fidgety D) To exercise the brain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Release surplus energy

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The idiom “blow off steam” means to express one’s anger, usually noisily and harmlessly, thereby relieving one’s tension. The above sentence states that one should not waste one’s time and utilise it in releasing negative energies to get charged up. Only option 1 goes with this meaning, hence option 1 is correct.

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HDI is an aggregate measure of progress in which of the three dimensions?

A) Health, Education, Income B) Food Security, Employment, Income
C) Agriculture, Industry, Services D) Height, Weight, Colour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Health, Education, Income

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__________ is defined as the output per unit of variable input

A) Marginal product B) Production function
C) Total product D) Average product
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Average product

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Which would most likely increase aggregate supply?

A) A decrease in net exports B) A decrease in business subsidies
C) An increase in productivity D) An increase in the prices of imported products
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) An increase in the prices of imported products

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