GRE Questions

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Excogitate

A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The audience laughed at the comedian.

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

The author is in favour of drawing conclusions on the basis of

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

Halcyon

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.

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'.

Nothing fantastic there, (A)/nor anything Riya would find(B)/either threatening nor interesting.(C)/No error(D)

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.