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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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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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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.

 

He gathers the apples.

 

A) The apples gather by him. B) The apples are gathered by him.
C) The apples were gathered by him. D) The apples got gathered by him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The apples are gathered by him.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) snoping B) leniency
C) bivoacs D) kerbsid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) leniency

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Conscientious

A) Concentrated B) Honest
C) Scientific D) False
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Honest

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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.

The philosophy of putting another's welfare above one's own.

A) Agnosticism B) Polytheism
C) Altruism D) Iconoclasm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Altruism

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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.

At short notice

A) With little warning or time for preparation. B) To ignore something important at your own peril.
C) To notice a small leak which can sink a ship. D) Inform somebody that they are fired from a job.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) With little warning or time for preparation.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) guttered B) melower
C) cystetis D) mutered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) guttered

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