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Who wrote the book -"The Argumentative Indian"?

A) Amartya Sen B) Anita Desai
C) Arun Shourie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amartya Sen

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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.

 

They found him lying dead on the roadside.

 

A) The roadside found him lying dead. B) He was lying dead found by the roadside.
C) Lying by the roadside, he was found dead. D) He was found lying dead by the roadside.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He was found lying dead by the roadside.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.


the knowledge related to the businesses of men

A) knows about all the principal characters in history B) sees not with the eyes of others
C) is acquainted with the streets of Constantinople and Peking D) knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation.

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Awareness means the capacity to see a coffee pot and hear the birds sing in one's own way, and not the way one was taught. It may be assumed on good grounds that seeing and hearing have a different quality for infants than for grownups and that they are more aesthetic and less intellectual in the first years of life. A little boy sees and hears birds with delight. Then the 'good father' comes along and feels he should 'share' the experience and help his son 'develop'. He says, "That's a jay and this is a sparrow." The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. He has to see and hear them the way his father wants him to. Father has good reasons on his side: since few people can afford to go through life listening to the birds sing, sooner the little boy starts his 'education' the better. Maybe he will be an ornithologist when he grows up.


The passage implies that when the boy starts his 'education' he will _____ .

A) have a more aesthetic outlook B) be able to identify a jay and a sparrow
C) see and hear the bird's song with delight D) have a more intellectual outlook
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) have a more intellectual outlook

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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.

 

Career ______ the kind of lifestyle one will lead and his/her position in the society.

 

A) determined B) determines
C) deter D) has been determine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) determines

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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 thefour alternatives.


One who has witnessed a debate ______ argument between two men _____________ strong intellectually, one of whom is a trained logician and the other lacking this advantage, will never forget the impression produced _________ him by the unequal struggle. The conflict is like that of a ____________ wrestler, untrained in the little tricks and turns of the science, in the various principles of applying force in a certain way at a certain time, at a certain place, with a __________ and experienced wrestler.


two men _____________ strong intellectually,

 

A) equal B) equality
C) equals D) equally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) equally

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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.

 

to make from scratch

 

A) The universe was created out of nothing B) To do something from the beginning
C) To build something out of nothing D) One scratch if neglected will destroy the structure eventually
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To do something from the beginning

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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'.

 

Some are born great.(A)/Some achieve greatness(B)/and some had greatness thrust on them.(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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