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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.

 

Our reputation and image is most definitely determined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

 

Also our ______ tend to be habit.

 

A) actings B) avocations
C) bisections D) predispositions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) predispositions

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and

A) your B) you
C) yourself D) yourselves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) yourself

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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.


_____________ who argue in this way support their case by pointing to the lack of a general consensus of opinion which obtains in many parts of the field which the philosopher regards as his own; and also by ____________ out that, even within this field, there is a growing tendency ___________ the part of certain sciences to separate themselves from philosophy and _____________ independent. Thus the psychologist and the logician are sometimes very anxious to have it understood that they belong among the scientists and ___________ among the philosophers.


own; and also by ____________ out that, even within this field.

A) point B) pointed
C) pointing D) to point
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pointing

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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 driver said, "I have been waiting here at the airport since two hours for my master."

A) The driver said that he had been waiting there at the airport since two hours for his master. B) The driver said that he had been waiting here at the airport since two hours for his master.
C) The driver said that he has been waiting there at the airport since two hours for his master. D) The driver said that he has been waiting here at the airport since two hours for his master.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The driver said that he had been waiting there at the airport since two hours for his master.

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On 10 April 2017, Lok Sabha Passed the Motor Vehicles Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Under the new provisions, government will develop a scheme forcashless treatment of road accident victims during ______.

A) Silver hour B) Platinum hour
C) Diamond hour D) Golden hour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Golden hour

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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.
If your child has not met the ______________ vaccination requirements, he or she will not be allowed to attend public school.

A) optional B) referral
C) compulsory D) guideline
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) compulsory

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BREXIT  refers  to  the  Great  Britain  leaving which one of the following?

A) International Monetary Fund B) Common wealth
C) World Trade Organization D) European Union
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) European Union

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Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In a referendum  on  23  June  2016, 51.9%    of    the    participating UK electorate voted  to  leave  the  EU, out of a turnout of 72.2%.

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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.
"I don't know the answer. Do you"? She asked.

A) She asked me if I knew the answer which she didn't. B) She said that she didn't know the answer and did I know it.
C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did. D) She told that she was not knowing the answer but wondered if I know.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did.

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