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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

Accordingly to the author ___________ enables him to project a vision of the future

 

A) man's present experience B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past
C) man's sympathetic nature D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) man's accumulated consciousness of the past

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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.

 

It is a delight _______________ the illuminating thoughts which came to the minds of these men; and, on the other hand, it is amusing to see how ________________ they launched ________________ on boundless seas when they were unprovided with chart and compass. They were _________ brilliant children, who know little of the dangers of the great world, but are ready to undertake anything. These philosophers regarded all knowledge as their province, and did __________ despair of governing so great a realm.

 

It is a delight _______________ the illuminating thoughts

 

A) discover B) discovery
C) rediscover D)  to discover
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  to discover

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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.

 

Behoove

 

A) Behind B) Bet
C) Necessary D) Optional
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Necessary

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Procrastinate

 

A) Delay B) Defer  
C) Drag   D) Do
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Do

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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 make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

 

A) to pester B) to perturb
C) to bug D) to ruffle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to perturb

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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.

 

The painters painted the entire building.

 

A) The entire building had been painted by the painters. B) The painters had an entire building painted.
C) The entire building was painted by the painters. D) The entire building has been painted by the painters.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The entire building was painted by the painters.

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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.

 

So, in asking you to consider the processes of reasoning we are ________ assuming that you never have reasoned--_________ the contrary we are fully aware that you in connection __________ every other person, have reasoned all your mature life. That is not the question. While everyone reasons, the fact is __________ true that the majority of persons reason incorrectly. Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct and scientific, and suffer therefor and thereby.

 

Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct

 

A) along B) long
C) besides D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) along

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When was India's capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

A) 1911 B) 1905
C) 1910 D) 1912
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1911

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