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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.

 

In the entire

 

A : process of discoveries

B : and development, ethics

C : was exiled

 

A) CBA   B) ABC  
C) CAB   D) BCA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ABC  

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 


We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


just like a tree, ______ to external

 

A) welcome B) eager
C) open D) agreeable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) open

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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.

 

Get on somebody's nerves

 

A) To calm an anxious person. B) To be an irritant.
C) To crack jokes at somebody's expense. D) Be angry with yourself but take out the anger on somebody else.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be an irritant.

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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) Archaeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. B) More than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people have been documented in the archaeological research in Sarasota.
C) Sarasota’s archaeological research has recorded more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people. D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

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‘Documentation of the seasonality in native people’ doesn’t make sense.

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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.

 

A) Misterous   B) Misterius  
C) Mysterous D) Mysterious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mysterious

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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".

 

People from all walks of life (to enjoy) the rather popular spot.

 

A) enjoying B) is enjoy  
C) enjoy D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) enjoy

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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.

 

One of them said my

A-teacher was being very

B-strict as she was

C-strict; not all French were as

 

A) ABC B) CBA
C) ACB D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ACB

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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.

 

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

each getting its _______________ by its union with

 

A) significant B) significance
C) significantly D) significances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) significance

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