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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) Minoscole B) Minuscole
C) Minuscule D) Minucole
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Minuscule

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In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :Don’t you think that the housefly is a nuisance?
S6:When you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is just cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the material that has gathered there.
P:For ages that’s what man considered the fly to be –just a nuisance.
Q:It was discovered that these flies carried disease germs that cause the death of millions of people every year.
R:But now we know that the innocent-looking housefly is one of man’s worst enemies.
S:It makes an irritating buzzing sound; it annoys you when it crawls on your skin; and soon.

The proper sequence should be 

A) R Q P S B) P Q S R
C) Q P R S D) S P R Q
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) S P R Q

Explanation:

The starting statement talked about the housefly being a nuisance. The connecting statement would be talking about the irritating sound of the housefly making it a nuisance. Thus, next statement would be S. So, S being the first statement eliminates all other options. Thus, the correct sequence is SPRQ.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) thresonical B) numeracy
C) nepotesm D)  tolarate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) numeracy

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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 have a finger in every pie

A) To Fight with everybody B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
C) To make fun of everybody D) To leave every job unfinished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

I (am always wondered) what it would be like to be inside a chocolate factory.

A) have always wonder B) have always wondering
C) have always wondered D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) have always wondered

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

The flood destroyed the whole town.

 

A) The whole town was destroyed by the flood. B) The whole town had been destroyed by the flood.
C) The whole town has been destroyed by the flood. D) The whole town has had been destroyed by the flood.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The whole town was destroyed by the flood.

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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The shortest boy of the school/ didn't hesitate to join/ the basketball team which/ was full of tall boys.

A) The shortest boy of the school B) didn't hesitate to join
C) the basketball team which D) was full of tall boys
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The shortest boy of the school

Explanation:

The error lies in the first part of the sentence. After superlative adjectives, majorly two prepositions are used: of and in. We use in with a singular word referring to a place or group. Eg: I am the happiest woman in the world. We use of before plurals, before time periods such as year/month. Eg: Sunday is the best day of the week. Here, in this case, the subject is the 'school', thus, it should be 'in the school'.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience

A) Mundane B) Transcendent
C) Ribald D) Coarse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Transcendent

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