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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 scene will now shift to obtaining __________________ instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force _________________ 2020, the first year of its________________ implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of ______________ 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ________________ at least 55 per cent of global emissions.


the first year of its________________ implementation.

A) proposal B) proposition
C) supposed D) proposed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) proposed

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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.

 

My brother said, "I was not making a noise thus I did not disturb the neighbours."

A) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he has not been disturbing the neighbours. B) My brother said that he was not making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.
C) My brother said that was not making a noise so he has not disturbed the neighbours. D) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My brother said that he had not been making a noise so he had not disturbed the neighbours.

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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.

 

Starting late-2014, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) working _______ satellite data tracking the rift found that the defect in the Larsen C was growing _________. By 2016 the crack became 70 miles long and 300 feet ________. By January 2017 it measured 109 miles in length and 1,500metres in breadth. On July 12, it broke. The broken shelf, now __________ official iceberg, was massive, indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg, weighing 1.1trillion tons and measuring 2,200 square miles.

 

indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg,

 

A) big   B) bigger  
C) biggest   D) the big
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) biggest  

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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.

 

Living as _________ educated individual in a free society, I felt that we continue to unknowingly hold some biases that we develop _________ time. It requires many maturity updates to install in your psychological system, and at ___________ conscious efforts to develop a good sense of __________. I was small at that time, but with age and experience I absolutely _____________ and approved each and every word my uncle had said that day.

 

Living as _________ educated individual in a free society,

 

A) a B) the
C) an D) one of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an

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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.

 

No dice

 

A) A great gamble.   B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.  
C) Be confident of the outcome.   D) Make false assurances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.  

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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 result is that the impact of humanities and liberal arts on _____________ action and day-to-day activities seems to be distinctly on the wane. ______________ and conventional approaches of teaching coupled with stasis that makes them traverse the __________ beaten path of course curricula isn’t helping society see the relevance of humanities and social science ____________ a technology-driven, changing world. The approach inevitably will be nuanced and there will be a need to weak the course content and fine-tune it to come ____________ with newer products to stay relevant and act as a facilitator to business and industry.

 

them traverse the __________ beaten path of course

 

A) similarly B) as same as
C) same D) similarity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) same

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in
Indirect/Direct Speech.


He replied, “I cannot do so.”

 

A)  He said he could not do so. B)  He replied that he could not do so.
C)  He replied that he cannot did so. D)  He replied that he could never do so.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  He replied that he could not do so.

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) intellijent B) intelligent
C) inteligent D) intelijent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intelligent

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