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

 

Extant

 

A) Extinct   B) Present  
C) Immediate   D) Around
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Extinct  

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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".

 

As humans we (crossing) our line in disturbing the balance of nature.

 

A) has crossed   B) crossed  
C) have crossed   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) have crossed  

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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.

 

Starting late-2014, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) working _______ satellite data tracking the rift found that the defect in the Larsen C was growing _________. By 2016 the crack became 70 miles long and 300 feet ________. By January 2017 it measured 109 miles in length and 1,500metres in breadth. On July 12, it broke. The broken shelf, now __________ official iceberg, was massive, indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg, weighing 1.1trillion tons and measuring 2,200 square miles.

 

shelf, now __________ official iceberg

 

A) a   B) an  
C) the D) once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an  

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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.

 

Some writers have claimed that the ___________ of persons are incapable of even fairly correct reasoning, pointing to the absurd ideas entertained by the masses of people as a proof _______ the statement. These writers are probably a little radical _______ their views and statements, but one is often struck ______ wonder at the evidences of incapacity for interpreting __________ and impressions on the part of the general public.

 

little radical _______ their views

 

A) into B) to  
C) in   D) on
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) in  

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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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

can be checked __________ diligent exercises

 

A) by B) to
C) at D) so
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) by

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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.

 

The teacher said,"Tell me students, what have you learnt from the lectures this week?"

 

A) The teacher asked the students what they learnt from the lectures that week. B) The teacher asked the students to tell him what they learnt from the lectures that week.
C) The teacher wanted to know what the students learnt from the lectures that week. D) The teacher asked the students to tell him what they had learnt from the lectures that week.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The teacher asked the students to tell him what they had learnt from the lectures that week.

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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.

 

Many a travelogue I read nowadays are about how the traveller went on a road less travelled ___________ some off-the-track trek or to an unknown destination or simply into the wild. How no internet ________________ is what you need to reconnect with yourself! How leaving your watch and phone __________ and going into the world of no check-ins and no updates would bring you solitude! These write-ups are laced with adjectives describing the geography of the region and filled with__________ details of the author’s days in that remote place. And, ironically, they all end with a strange advice to travel, and tell no one. I beg to _________.

 

and filled with __________ details of the author’s

 

A) hour B) second
C) time D) minute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) minute

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Back seat driver

 

A) A passenger who gives unwanted and/or unneeded directions to the driver B) A person who gives unwanted advice is sometimes right
C) When too many people are controlling a project it is bound to fail D) A person who acts as a remote control taking orders from others
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A passenger who gives unwanted and/or unneeded directions to the driver

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