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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.

 

To bite the bullet

A) Hatred should be nipped in the bud B) To do something difficult that one has been hesitating over
C) To punish someone who was later found to be not guilty D) To prevent someone form getting killed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To do something difficult that one has been hesitating over

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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.

 

time machine ever ____________, one that transports

A) build B) built
C) building D) builds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) built

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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.

 

My father said, "We have been living here since the day this house was built."

A) My father said that they had been living here since the day that house was built. B) My father said that they had been living there since the day that house had been built.
C) My father said that they have been living there since the day that house were built. D) My father said that they have been living here since the day this house were being built.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) My father said that they had been living there since the day that house had been built.

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What is commonly known as 'white plague'?

A) Typhoid B) Malaria
C) Tuberculosis D) Plague
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tuberculosis

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Who discovered Photon?

A) George Crum B) Albert Einstein
C) Henry Cavendish D) Humphry Davy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Albert Einstein

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There are total _________ parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Maharashtra.

A) 11 B) 19
C) 10 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Every student B) should be asked to give
C) their ideas on the subject. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) their ideas on the subject.

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Error is in third part. Every, each, either, neither are adjectives that are always followed by a singular pronoun. Every being singular takes singular subject. Therefore ‘their ideas’ should be replaced with’ his/her idea’.

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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. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
No sooner had he finished (1)/ his morning walk (2)/ when it began to rain. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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