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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.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

large vocabulary has __________ been confined

 

A) usual B) usuals
C) usually D) usualness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) usually

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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.

 

Anita said, "I bought a phone yesterday".

 

A) Anita said she had bought a phone the day before. B) Anita said that she had bought a phone the day before.
C) Anita said she has bought a phone the day before. D) Anita said she has bought a phone yesterday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anita said that she had bought a phone the day before.

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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.

_____ you live long!

A) Might B) May
C) Shall D) Should
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May

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Dishwasher was invented by ________.

A) John Barber B) Sir Henry Cole
C) Josephine Cochrane D) Bartolomeo Cristofori
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Josephine Cochrane

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

Hazardous

A) Perilous B) Precarious
C) Dicey D) Secure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Secure

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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.

National integration means _____ all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a _____ that bends together all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history may be. It is a _____ cementing force whereby all kinds of people live _____ peacefully and can identify themselves as a part and parcel of a nation.

all people in one _____ bond no matter what their religion, caste, language or history

A) real B) common
C) nominal D) similar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) common

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

Obliterate

A) Construct B) Annihilate
C) Revive D) Initiate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Annihilate

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

Abeyance

A) Dormancy B) Quiescence
C) Latency D) Continuation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Continuation

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