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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.

 

Cut corners

 

 

A) Remove the sharp edges now if you don’t want to get hurt later   B) One has to sacrifice to achieve one's goals
C) Even a coward when cornered musters strength to fight back D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money

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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.

A picture paints a thousand words

 

A) An image of a subject conveys its meaning more effectively than a description does. B) No words can do justice to a masterpiece.
C) A great poem or script recreates a complete imagery. D) Your mind will create fanciful images based on the information that it gets.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) An image of a subject conveys its meaning more effectively than a description does.

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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. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Swami Vivekananda died very young in his early thirties, (1)/ but the phenomenal achievements he is credit with (2)/ are for generations to remember. (3)/ No error(4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

"The taxi is here," said the watchman.

 

A) The watchman said that the taxi is there. B) The watchman said that the taxi was here.
C) The watchman said that the taxi is here. D) The watchman said that the taxi was there.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The watchman said that the taxi was there.

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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.

 

"I don't know the way. Do you?" Vipul asked.

 

A) Vipul said he didn't know the way and asked her if she did. B) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her if she did.
C) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her whether she did. D) Vipul said that he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vipul said he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.

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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) Promounciation B)  Prononciation
C)  Pronunciation D) Pronuncieation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  Prononciation

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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 century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating

 

A) form B) of
C) for D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) from

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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.

 

If there is a subject of really ______________ interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language ___________. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more _________ that, it is the basis of business. ___________ salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective language, or can write ___________ advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter.

 

can write ___________ advertisement equally

 

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

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