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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.
dead ringer

A) a competition whose outcome is already decided (by unfair means) B) a candidate fraudulently substituted for another in a competition
C) a person who was in a situation to warn others is now missing D) a warning which comes too late, after the damage is done
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a candidate fraudulently substituted for another in a competition

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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.

 

He explained that he knew the place well because he used to live there.

A) "I know the place well because I use to live here,"he explained. B) "I know the place well because I used to live here,"he explained.
C) "I knew the place because I used to live here,"he explained. D) "I have known the place well because I used to live here,"he explained.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) "I know the place well because I used to live here,"he explained.

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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.

She said,"We were thinking of selling the house but we had decided not to"

A) She said that they were thinking of selling the house but they decided not to. B) She said that they thought of selling the house but decided not to.
C) She said that they have been thinking of selling the house but decided not to. D) She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She said that they were thinking of selling the house but they decided not to.

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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.

 

They said to me, "We will help your team if you sign on this document."

A) They said to me that they would help my team if I signed on that document. B) They said to me that they will help my team if I signed on this document.
C) They said to me that they would be helping my team if I signed on that document. D) They said to me that they will help my team if I sign on this document.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They said to me that they would help my team if I signed on that document.

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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.

 

We said to her, "Don’t give up. You are almost there."

A) We told her not to give up and that she is almost here. B) We encouraged her not to have given up and that she would almost be there.
C) We encouraged her not to give up and that she was almost there. D) We told her not to have had given up and that she was almost here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) We encouraged her not to give up and that she was almost there.

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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.

Kabir said to me, "I was waiting for you for a long time."

A) Kabir told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time. B) Kabir had told that me had been waiting for me for a long time.
C) Kabir told me he had been waiting for me for a long time. D) Kabir told that me he was waiting for me for a long time.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kabir told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time.

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Mount Everest has earned the _____ distinction of being the world's highest garbage dump.

A) marked B) disgusting
C) dubious D) dismal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dubious

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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.

In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health : he should be using health for work.


The passage suggests that

A) health is an end in itself B) health is a blessing
C) health is only a means to an end D) we should not talk about health
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) health is only a means to an end

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