Questions

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.

The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

write good English _____________ bad English.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Ingratiating

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Abutting

A router is a networking device that forwards data packetsand is connected to two or more data lines from differentnetworks. Which among the following was the earliestdevice which had almost the same functionality as that of a router?

A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person

1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder

2. is an undischarged insolvent

3. is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India

4. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Find the potential energy gained by a body of mass 25 kg, if it is raised by 5 m. (use g = 10 m/s2)

Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is not correct?

The right to form associations and unions is a right