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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

at certain hours, ____________ force of habit.

 

A) tough B) thought
C) though D) through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) through

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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.

If we can permit ourselves to _______________ movement fully, we permit ourselves to perceive, think ________ reflect. We allow ourselves the privilege of reimagining dance,music, and the way you and I talk, or think, or love. We move _____________ an incredible space of __________, primarily in thought, but perhaps more restrictively in defining____________, or maybe even doing away with it.

ourselves to _______________ movement fully

A) understood B) understandable
C) understandably D) understand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) understand

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

 

to shut a door, window, or lid forcefully and loudly

A) to clam B)  to strike
C) to shutter D) to slam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to slam

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

She has finished writing the article, ______

A) has she? B) isn't it?
C) hasn't she? D) is it?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) hasn't she?

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Cluster

A) Individual B) Assemblage
C) Specific D) Solitary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Assemblage

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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".

When in doubt check it up with a good dictionary.

A) check it up in B) check it in
C) check it with D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) check it in

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

A) Receeding B) Cemetery
C) Parallelogram D) Rehearsal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Receeding

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Naive

A) Sarcastic B) Artful
C) Skeptical D) Ingenuous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ingenuous

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