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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.


A learned man, as described in the passage,

A) cares about men and things B) does not care about men and things
C) cares about the shapes of objects. D) cares about his neighbours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) does not care about men and things

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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.

 

The guide suggested, "Let's rest here for a while."

A) The guide suggested that we should rest there for a while. B) The guide suggested that we rest there.
C) The guide suggested we should rest for a while. D) The guide suggested resting for a while there.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The guide suggested that we should rest there for a while.

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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. Distress

A) Concern B) Pleasure
C) Anxiety D) Discomfort
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pleasure

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Ignoring someone in pain is an ______ act

A) immortal B) aggravating
C) immoral D) fecund
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) immortal

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If x + (1/x) = (√3 + 1)/2, then what is the value of x4 + (1/x4)?

A) (4√3 – 1)/4 B) (4√3 + 1)/2
C) (–4√3 – 1)/4 D) (–4√3 – 1)/2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (–4√3 – 1)/4

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The galapagos finches are an excellent example of

A) Speciation B) Isolation
C) Mating D) None of the above
 
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Excessive desire to work

A) Ergomania B) Idolomania
C) Islomania D) Ethnomania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ergomania

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

A remedy for all diseases.

 

A) Tonic B) Nectar
C) Panacea D) Elixir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Panacea

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