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Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"?

A) Aparna Sinha B) Bapsi Sidhwa
C) R. K. Narayan D) Indu Sundaresan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indu Sundaresan

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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 amusing to see how ________________ they launched

 

A) reckless B) recklessness
C) recklessly D) reckful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) recklessly

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

 

The big tree was ______ the lake.

 

A) in B) within
C) across D) off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) across

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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.

 

Cut corners

 

 

A) Remove the sharp edges now if you don’t want to get hurt later   B) One has to sacrifice to achieve one's goals
C) Even a coward when cornered musters strength to fight back D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherentparagraph.

 

There were too


A : many doubts that cropped up every


B : seniors for clarity and resolution


C : now and then and I would run to my

 

A) ACB   B) ABC  
C) CBA   D) CAB  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ACB  

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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.

 

Levity

 

A) Gravity B) Funniness
C)  Beloved D) Baleful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Funniness

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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.

 

All this suggests the intimate relations which exist between history, politics, and sociology. The ____________ thing, however, is not the identities but the distinctions.For, however much the _____________ disciplines may, in practice, overlap, it is necessary ________ the sake of clear thinking to have their limits defined. As far _______sociology and history are concerned the differences may be summed up in a word. __________ history and sociology are concerned with the life of man as man.

 

As far _______ sociology and history are concerned

 

A) as B) like
C) same D) such
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) as

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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 new civilisation of Righteousness and __________, and therefore of Brotherhood, of ordered Liberty, of Peace, of __________, cannot be built up until the elements are removed ______________ have brought the old civilisation crashing about our ears. _________________ is it necessary that the War shall be fought out to its appointed end, and that _______________ premature peace shall leave its object unattained.

 

elements are removed ______________ have brought

 

A) what B) when
C) which D) where
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) which

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