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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.

A) Dark web transactions were initially carried out using legally state-issued currencies.	B) The initial dark web transactions were carried out by legal state-issues currencies.
C) The legal state-issued currencies were used to initially carry in the transactions between the dark webs.	D) Legal state-issued currencies were initially used to carrying out dark web transactions.

Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Ans. E.
Option A: ‘legally state-issued currencies’ is incorrect. The word describes the state-issued currencies; hence it should be an adjective and not an adverb. Option B: ‘state-issues’ is incorrect and should be replaced by ‘state-issued’. Option C: ‘carry-in’ is grammatically incorrect. Option D: ‘to carrying out’ is grammatically incorrect.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- According to various estimates, between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on some days reaching several thousands.

Q- A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities.

R- For example, on 19th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany – they had been caught in the massive round-ups all over Warsaw the previous two days.

S- The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

A) SQRP	B) SRPQ
C) QSPR	D) QPRS

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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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.

A) Many Japanese cities had extensive tram systems until the 1960s, when increased motorization started to make some lines disappear.	B) Increased motorization started to make some lines disappear after the1960s until when many Japanese cities had extensive tram systems.
C) When increased motorization started to make lines disappear, many Japanese cities have extensive tram systems until the 1960s.	D) Until the 1960s, when increased motorization started to make some lines disappear, many Japanese cities had extensive tram systems.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) When increased motorization started to make lines disappear, many Japanese cities have extensive tram systems until the 1960s.

Explanation:

‘has’ is incorrectly used since the sentence is in past tense. Moreover, the subject is cities, which is plural.

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In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

Recalcitrant

A) Peculiar, Convivial	B) Amenable, Docile
C) Taciturn, Withering	D) Voluble, Turgid

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Amenable, Docile

Explanation:

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Recalcitrant: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
Peculiar: different to what is normal or
expected; strange Convivial: (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable
Amenable: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
Docile: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
Withering: intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful
Voluble: (of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly
Turgid: swollen and distended or congested
Pendulous: hanging down loosely
Jocular: fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful
Therefore, it can be observed that option B i.e. ‘amenable, docile’ forms an antonym- antonym pair of ‘recalcitrant’.

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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".

In fact, (be) among so many happy people can automatically cheer you up.

A) to be	B) been
C) being	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) being

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

The beggar exclaimed, “will none of you help me?”

A) The beggar asked to help him.	B) The beggar exclaimed whether none of them would help him.
C) The beggar exclaimed would none of them helped him.	D) The beggar exclaimed whether they would help him.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The beggar exclaimed whether none of them would help him.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

He said to me, “I have often told you not to play in dark.”

A) He said to him that he shouldn’t play in dark.	B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.
C) He asked him to not play in dark.	D) He asked me that he had told me to not play in dark.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

On the speech front, we

A-can all do something individually

B-idiom of communication

C-if we change our

A) ABC	B) CBA
C) ACB	D) CAB

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