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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.

 

Aunt said to mother, "I will be in Surat on Friday."

 

A) Aunt told mother that she will be in Surat on Friday. B) Aunt told mother she would be in Surat on Friday.
C) Aunt told mother she will be in Surat on Friday. D) Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.

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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.

Sunny was driving the car so fast that it slipped at the turn.

A) Sunny slipped at the turn as he was driving the car so fast. B) So fast was Sunny driving the car that it slipped at the turn.
C) The car was being driven by Sunny so fast that it slipped at the turn. D) The car slipped at the turn as Sunny was driving it so fast.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The car was being driven by Sunny so fast that it slipped at the turn.

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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.

A picture paints a thousand words

A) An image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does B) It is impossible to describe a beautiful sight
C) A painter can express his feelings better than a writer D) A beautiful poem creates a mental picture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) An image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ___________________ to increase employment.


________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production

A) As B) Despite
C) So D) Because
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Despite

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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.

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

A) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate B) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
C) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

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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.

 

To impose costs on one of the parties at the end of a ________________ litigation is common; it is meant, among other things, to act as a ___________________ against litigants abusing the process and the system of the law. But to seek pre-deposits with a view to prioritising a certain kind of case over another, by __________________ early dates of hearing to those that are capable of paying huge ___________ of money, is simply staggering. It reinforces a scheme of classism that ought to have no place in any court of law, let ______________ the apex court of the land.

 

To impose costs on one of the parties at the end of a ________________ litigation is common

 

A) chronic B) protracted
C) perpetual D) infinite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) protracted

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Mother said,"Don't step out of the house in the summer season."

A) The mother requested the children not to step out in the summer season. B) The mother threatened the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.
C) The mother persuaded the children not to step out of the house in the summer season. D) The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

 

P: One’s language fluency is determined by the quality of reading.
Q: In all cultures and civilizations, much stress is laid on reading but, in the modern times, this activity is being ignored.
R: Reading is an essential basic skills building activity.
S: Besides, vocabulary enrichment, ideas collection, familiarization with different types of writing formats, speaking fluency, etc, all depend upon reading.

A) RSPQ B) QRPS
C) PQRS D) RPSQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RPSQ

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