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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.

 

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

 

But aside __________ the mental trauma

 

A) form B) from
C) of D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) from

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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.

 

A century later, the philosophy community needs to take __________ the new challenge of moral deliberation on the most pressing issues of our difficult times. We have to revoke the suspension of ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating a dialogue on it. Foregrounding ethics, however, ___________ means undermining the epistemological or ontological questions that are inevitably there. One such beginning can be made by anchoring moral ________________ in fairness and justice —one founded on obligatory fairness towards the people and the planet, towards the earth and the environment, and above all justice towards one_________.

 

ethics and morality ____________ our lives by initiating

 

A) form B) of
C) for D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) from

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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.

For a minute, dispel all the mental images and stereotypes; ______________ the jargon of 'opening up,' 'flow,' 'nidra,' and 'balance'. Focus _______ what you need for your body. ___________ you aren't sure, begin here — with just one asana. It's one of the basic ones ___________ I lead every class with. You can do it as a stand-alone piece ____________ begin with it when you're at the gym.

Focus _______ what you need for your body.

A) of B) for
C) off D) on
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) on

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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.


Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences.


Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high

A) making B) made
C) for making D) to make
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to make

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In the following question, sentence given with blank is 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 professor _______________ over just one point for full two hours.

A) deliberated B) mentioned
C) conversed D) stated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) deliberated

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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.

 

Wrap or cover for warmth

 

A) Encourage B) Muffle  
C) Divulge D) Expose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Muffle  

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherentparagraph.

 

There were too


A : many doubts that cropped up every


B : seniors for clarity and resolution


C : now and then and I would run to my

 

A) ACB   B) ABC  
C) CBA   D) CAB  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ACB  

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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 itby selecting the appropriate option.

 

She kept thinking, “How lucky Serena ______!”

 

A) can B) could be
C) is D) supposedly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) is

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