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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 scenario _________________ dramatically today. We have the ___________________ of powerful Internet monopolies that are much bigger ________________ the telcos. Not surprisingly, these companies now see the _______________ of monopoly. They would like to combine with telcos to create monopolies for their platforms, ensuring that they control the future of the Internet and freeze their competition ____________.


The scenario _________________ dramatically today.

A) change B) had changed
C) has changed D) changing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) has changed

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

200 th anniversary.

A) Quadriennial B) Bicentennial
C) Quinquennial D) Bimillennial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bicentennial

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The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) You’d think the Indian economy had returned to rosy health.

A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision just over a year ago to withdraw 86 per cent of the currency in circulation, and the poorly- planned rollout in the middle of 2017 of a new goods-and-services tax.

B) The Purchasing Managers’ Index expanded the fastest it has in five years. At least one international rating agency has upgraded India’s credit rating.

C) It seems to have recovered from two enormous disruptions.

D) Exports are no longer declining, as they had for several quarters; indeed, for the last month that data is available, they rose 30 per cent.

A) ABDC B) ACBD
C) CADB D) BCDA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) CADB

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The correct sequence is CADB.

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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.


Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.


and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights

A) appropriate B) appropriately
C) appropriating D) appropriated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) appropriate

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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.

Leaps and bounds

A) Slowly B) Rapidly
C) Jumping D) Stationary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rapidly

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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 employees are hell bent at getting what is due to them.

A) hell bent on getting B) hell bent for getting
C) hell bent about getting D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hell bent on getting

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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.

A record of one's own life written by oneself

A) History B) Biography
C) Bibliography D) Autobiography
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Autobiography

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

I took the shortest (1)/ way through the (2)/ little park close the palace. (3)/No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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