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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) wherefor B) wharefore
C) wharefor D) wherefore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) wherefore

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

The plane landed and shot towards the airport

A)  taxied  B)  drove 
C)  wheeled  D) No improvement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  taxied 

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. I may spend

A) / this summer vacations B) / with one of my friends
C) / in the back water of Kerala D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) / this summer vacations

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Here ‘vacations’ should be singular as ‘vacation’.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

CAPTIVITY

A) SLAVERY B) PERMISSION
C) FREEDOM D) LIMITATION
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) FREEDOM

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Belong to the same period

A) Comrades B) Contemporaries
C) Compromises D) Renegades
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Contemporaries

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

The lecturer praised her.

 

A) Her was praised by the lecturer. B) She felt praised by the lecturer.
C) She was praised by the lecturer. D) She is praised by the lecturer.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) She was praised by the lecturer.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

To Confront

A) To Avoid B) To Dodge
C) To Yield D) To Accost
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To Accost

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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.

 

People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

 


we see does not ____________ our lives.

 

A) reflects B) reflective
C)  reflection D)  reflect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  reflect

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