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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.

You need to water the plants daily.

A) You need to daily be watering the plants.	B) The plants need to be watered daily by you.
C) You water the plants, as it is their daily need.	D) Daily watering of the plants is need by you.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The plants need to be watered daily by you.

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D.C Series motor never operated on

A) Full Load	B) Half Load
C) No Load	D) At any Load

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) No Load

Explanation:

D.C series motor both armature and feild connected in series at noload condition current drawn by the motor is zero Ia=0 flux also zero. but very small amount of flux avalible because of residual magnetism

in series motor speed = N α Eb/Φ Eb almost conistant

= N α 1/Φ

At no load condition d.c series can be run as dangerously very high so d.c series motor
operated at load condition only

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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.

He refused them donation.

A) They was refused donation.	B) They refused donation by him.
C) They were refused donation by him.	D) They were refused donation.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were refused donation by him.

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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 warning bells __________several times before anyone realized the danger.

A) were ringing	B) had rung
C) had rang	D) would have rung

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had rung

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Making a loud and confused noise

A) Reticent	B) Clamorous
C) Laconic	D) Bashful

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Clamorous

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Q:

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

Debonair

A) Elegant	B) Awkward
C) Clumsy	D) Difficult

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elegant

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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.

Zealous

A) Droopy, Gigantic	B) Tenacity, Assiduity
C) Fervent, Apathetic	D) Conceited, Capacious

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fervent, Apathetic

Explanation:

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Zealous: having or showing zeal
Droopy: hanging down limply
Gigantic: of very great size or extent; huge or enormous
Tenacity: the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip
Assiduity: constant or close attention to what one is doing
Fervent: having or displaying a passionate intensity
Apathetic: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Conceited: excessively proud of oneself; vain
Capacious: having a lot of space inside; roomy
Hilarity: extreme amusement, especiallywhen expressed by laughter
Livid: furiously angry
Therefore, it can be observed that option C i.e. ‘fervent, apathetic’ forms a synonym- antonym pair of ‘zealous’.

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Q:

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 acoherent paragraph.

After dinner, my

A-the kitchen and offered to show

B-me what a dishwasher was

C-hostess followed me into

A) BCA	B) BAC
C) ACB	D) CAB

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