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In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

2, 5, 12, 27, ?

A) 53 B) 56
C) 57 D) 58
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 58

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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 told his mother that he was starting in two days' time.

A) "I am starting the day after tomorrow, mother,"he said. B) "I will start the next day, mother,"he said.
C) "I may start in two days time, mother,"he said. D) "I must start in two days time mother,"he said.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) "I am starting the day after tomorrow, mother,"he said.

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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.


My tooth-brush is a thing that haunts me when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a misery. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it, and wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it.


wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of

A) perspire B) perspiring
C) perspiration D) to perspire
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) perspiration

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

The sailors divided his (1)/ money around themselves and (2)/ the ship sailed on. (3)/No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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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.

 

magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker.

A) what B) it
C) that D) there
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) that

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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.


The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a ___________ Polish meadow to reject being a "____________" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. __________ his speech with ______________, the 79- year-old pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a ______________ that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.


who gathered in a ___________ Polish meadow

A) huge B) sprawling
C) very big D) gigantic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sprawling

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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 improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
Rahul went out without (saying) good bye.

A) say even B) even said
C) say D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The demand of self-esteem is that never stand _______ for what you have the power to earn

A) abetting B) begging
C) caging D) daring
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) begging

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