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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
The ability of humans to ___________ the landscape and recognize the consequences of doing so puts us in a peculiar position. There are several animals on earth that show this same kind of intelligence. Some animals have extensions to ___________ their environment and some do not. As a species we are assigned the duty to provide and proliferate. Our goal is to achieve stability for ourselves and our kin. However, we also have an obligation to maintain the environment, as we depend on the resources and services it provides. The question then becomes:
what is our role in nature? Do we have the right to _________ the land, factory farm animals, and pollute waterways? Or do we have an obligation to reduce our numbers and merely subsist? In order to answer these questions, we must rely on our knowledge of Earth, evolution, and our influence on the environment.

A) Aspects B) Pollutants
C) Employ D) Operate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

‘Aspects’ mean a particular part or feature of something. ‘Pollutants’ mean a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. ‘Employ’ means give work to (someone) and pay them for it. ‘Operate’ means (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system). ‘Manipulate’ means control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly or unscrupulously. The passage hints towards unscrupulous usage of the environment for our own betterment. Thus, option E is the best fit answer for the given blanks.

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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.

The ___________ my husband and I had was so loud it woke our children.

A) quarrel B) coral
C) moral D) laurel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) quarrel

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

You are ____ common sense

A) lacking of B) devoid in
C) devoid of D) dull on
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) devoid of

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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".

I am sorry but I will not believe the story you have told me

A) do not believe B) am not believed
C) have not believed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) do not believe

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Feather in one's cap

A) Discrimination B) A new and additional distinction
C) Hunting D) Bird watching
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A new and additional distinction

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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 two Prime Ministers are signing the accord.

A) The accord was being signed by the two Prime Ministers. B) The accord is being signed by the two Prime Ministers.
C) The accord has been signed by the two Prime Ministers. D) The accord had been signed by the two Prime Ministers.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The accord is being signed by the two Prime Ministers.

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

The student told her teacher to explain the passage.

A) asked her teacher B) said to her teacher
C) conveyed to her teacher D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) asked her teacher

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

Weather the storm

 

A) Be absolutely unwilling to cooperate B) Fall over in a sudden or dramatic way
C) Survive a period of difficulty D) Dispute a decision or choice already made
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Survive a period of difficulty

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