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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.

 

Anti­apartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hard­headed when he says, "In almost ____________ language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that ______________ reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. _____________ him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of ______________ relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to _____________ scrutiny deserve to be treasured.

 

"In almost ____________ language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry'."

 

A) each B) all
C) any D) every
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) every

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Maineveer   B)  Maneuver  
C)  Maneover   D) Manever
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  Maneuver  

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Insure payment of minimum wages for tea leave pickers

A) will improve quality of tea. B) will reduce unemployment of tea leave pickers.
C) decreases unemployment. D) will increase picking cost for all tea companies.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) will increase picking cost for all tea companies.

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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 became difficult to empirically prove that children __________ better in private schools, the attack __________ a new weapon: per unit cost of learning outcomes. Most of the learning outcome researches almost _______________ fail to understand the entire ______________ of education in any depth and reduces it to learning of so­called 3Rs for economic purposes.


Most of the learning outcome researches almost _______________ fail to understand

 

 

A) sometimes B) always
C) often D) rarely
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) always

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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.


An ideal policeman is a myth. You come __________ him only in crime fiction. ____________ elusive is 'good policing', an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found it difficult to define. This is why, in what is a chaotic world, we have to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman and ________ inadequate system.


____________ elusive is 'good policing',

A) Fairly B) Justly
C) Equally D) Uniformly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Equally

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Sunita will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.

A) For the bake sale, two dozen cookies will be baked by Sunita. B) For the bake sale, two dozen cookies is baked by Sunita.
C) Baking of two dozen cookies by Sunita will be done for the bake sale. D) Baking of two dozen cookies by Sunita is done for the bake sale.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) For the bake sale, two dozen cookies will be baked by Sunita.

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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.


This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."


to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece

A) if B) that
C) hence D) this
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) hence

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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 said that when he was a boy he could stay up as long as he liked.

A) He said,"When I had been a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." B) He told,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."
C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked." D) He said,"When I am a boy I can stay up as long as I like."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

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