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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
One who eats two much

A) Impostor B) Glutton
C) Hypochondriac D) Intestate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Glutton

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

 

But for one witness the accused ought to have been sent to jail.

A) would have B) had
C) should have D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) would have

Explanation:

‘ought’ represents advice, ‘would’ represents strong possibility of an event here. ‘would have’ will be the correct grammatical expression here. The sentence expresses that the accused was not sent to jail because of one witness.

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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.
Hobson's choice

A) To choose first in row B) To make a careful choice
C) No real choice at all D) To seek all favourable alternatives to choose from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) No real choice at all

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Their innovative zeal has / touched the lives of 125 crore / Indians and make India/proud worldwide./ No error

A) Their innovative zeal has B) touched the lives of 125 crore
C) Indians and make India D) proud worldwide.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indians and make India

Explanation:

'and made India' should be used to make the sentence grammatically correct. You use 'made' when referring to things already done in the past.'Make' is present and its continuous its still been done unlike 'made' which refers to what has been done

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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The political masters of health care system have not listened to professional health planners because it has not been profitable for them to do so.

i. Has not been profitable for them to do that things.
ii. Has been unprofitable for the professionals to do so.
iii. Has been not profitable for them to do so.

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. ii and iii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Ans. E.
i- ‘that things’ is incorrect.
ii- This is wrong because it is not unprofitable for the professionals but the political masters of health care.
iii-It is structurally incorrect. It should be has not been.

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


My brother, David, was always close to our grandmother. Both of them shared a love of Mother Nature and of food that they had grown themselves. Whenever his schedule permitted, he would drop in for a short visit and a cup of coffee. One day, when he found no one home, he left a chunk of dirt on her porch. This started what was later to be known as his "calling card". Grandmother would come home occasionally and instantly know that Dave had been by when she spotted the chunk of dirt on her porch.

Although Grandmother had a poor upbringing in Italy, she managed to do well in the United States. She was always healthy and independent and enjoyed a fulfilling life. Recently she had a stroke and died. Everyone was saddened by her death. David was disconsolate. His life­long friend was now gone.

Grandmother used to be _____ .

A) rich in Italy but poor in the United States B) in the United States but is now in Italy
C) poor earlier but became rich later on D) rich earlier but now poor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) poor earlier but became rich later on

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

Rebuke

A) Admonition B) Censure
C) Scold D) Flattery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Flattery

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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 principal said, "Be quiet, girls."

A) The principal called the girls and ordered them to be quiet. B) The principal commanded the girls that they be quiet.
C) The principal urged the girls to be quiet. D) The principal said that the girls should be quiet.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The principal urged the girls to be quiet.

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