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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The girl said to her partner, "You will have to dance better than this tomorrow."

A) The girl said to her partner that he will have to dance better than that the day after. B) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than this the day after.
C) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than that the day after. D) The girl said to her partner that he will have to dance better than this the day after.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than that the day after.

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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.

fuddy-duddy

A) An ill mannered person that one accepts willingly because he/she is a very dear friend B) a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous
C) a shoddy work D) a very confusing situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous

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

Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are ofparticular importance in literature.They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.

 

conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms

A) against B) for
C) in D) off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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

It does not suit you to cast ____________ on the character of such a pure woman.

A) praise B) abuses
C) vituperations D) aspersions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) aspersions

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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".

it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________

A) elicited B) derived
C) evinced D) attested
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) elicited

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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.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

 

magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker.

A) what B) it
C) that D) there
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) that

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

 

1. After the firing that evening the street that used to be full of people was completely deserted.
P. Nor were any windows open.
Q. Suddenly, I detected a movement to my left.
R. There was no trace of any human beings, and all doors were firmly closed.
S. Surprisingly, even the stray dogs had disappeared.
6. I was so frightened that I ran for my life.

 

A) PSQR B) PQRS
C) RPSQ D) RSPQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) RPSQ

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Wall Street collapse led to_____________

A) World War II B) Recession
C) U.S. attack on Iraq D) Great Depression
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Great Depression

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