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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.

Mother said to you, "When will you start from Pune?"

A) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune. B) Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.
C) Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune. D) Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.

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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.

 

Veer said, "I was playing football".

A) Veer said he had been playing football. B) Veer said he was playing football.
C) Veer said that, that he was playing football. D) Veer said that he had been playing football.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Veer said that he had been playing football.

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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.


Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.


_______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.

A) whom B) which
C) who D) those
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) who

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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.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

 

until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment.

A) became B) becomes
C) to be D) become
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) become

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Which famous film actress and celebrity won the PETA 'Person of the Year' award in 2017?

A) Anushka Sharma B) Priyanka Chopra
C) Alia Bhatt D) Deepika Padukone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Anushka Sharma

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From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word :

ORGANISATION

A) GRANT B) NATION
C) GIANTS D) ORANGE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ORANGE

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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.

 

It is basic to a democracy that its citizens remain in harmony _______ one another. At the very least, they should _______ treat each other as enemies. Enmity is spreadonly by vested interests that hope to thrive _________ polarising citizens. The ______________ between professed love for the country and infecting the people with hatred remains ignored. There is no instance in history of the policy of ‘divide and rule’ _____________ people’s welfare.

 

they should _______ treat each other

 

A) no B) neither
C) not D) nor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) not

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvementis needed, select "no improvement".

 

Certainly she (had been) under a lot of stress.

 

A) was been B) have been
C) had being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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