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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.


The passage suggests that a learned man

A) understands his neighbours B) does not know his old acquaintances
C) is not concerned about names and dates D)  is interested in travelling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) does not know his old acquaintances

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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".

At the micro level, the dialectical process of development in India (has now heading) towards another direction.

A) had now heading B) now heading
C) is now heading D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) is now heading

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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.

 

Egoism is ______ or negative pride-the mentality of showing and acting superior to others.

 

A) surfict B) conceit
C) forfeit D) resceit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) conceit

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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 coherent paragraph.

 

The need

 

A : the highways has

B : been felt over the years

C : to curb drunken driving on

 

A) BCA   B) CAB  
C) BAC   D) ACB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CAB  

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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'

 

She has a (1)/ kind eyes (2)/ with a beautiful face. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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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 think so (A)/ you have taken (B) / the right decision. (C) / No Error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A

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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’.

Judaism says spirituality is a process of personal (1)/ transformation, involving values and beliefs that (2)/ provides purpose and guidance for our living. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
“I‘m going to the gym now,” said Param.

A) Param said that he is going to the gym then. B) Param said that he has gone to the gym then.
C) Param said that he had gone to the gym then. D) Param said that he was going to the gym then.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Param said that he was going to the gym then.

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