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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

Ramesh is working in this factory for the past three months.

A) has been working B) has been worked
C) had worked D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) has been working

Explanation:

If some action has started in the past and is still continuing, then present perfect continuous tense should be used instead of present continuous tense. So, the phrase ‘is working’ needs to be replaced with ‘has been working’ to make the sentence contextually correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘Ramesh has been working in this factory for the past three months’.

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Select the synonym of

 

swine

 

A) hog B) simple
C) immaculate D) shine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hog

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Select the synonym of:

 

to entrain

 

A) to alight B) to debark
C) to mount D) to disembark
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to mount

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Accepting that one form
P-of price discrimination is okay opens
Q-the door to all other forms
R-of discrimination as well

A) QRP B) RPQ
C) PRQ D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PQR

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


Prebiotics are the lesser-known gut-health promoters which serve as food for good bacteria inside the gut. "We found that dietary prebiotics can improve non-REM (random eye movement) sleep, as well as REM sleep after a stressful event," said Robert Thompson, a PhD researcher at University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S. Prebiotics are dietary fibres found naturally in foods like artichokes, raw garlic, leeks and onions.

When beneficial bacteria digest prebiotic fibre, they not only multiply, improving overall gut health, but they also release metabolic by-products. Researchers fed three-week-old male rats a diet of either standard chow or chow that included prebiotics. They then monitored the rats' body temperature, gut bacteria and sleep-wake cycles — using electroencephalogram (EEG), or brain activity testing over time. Findings revealed that the rats on the prebiotic diet spent more time in non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep, which is restful and restorative, than those on the non-prebiotic diet.


How are metabolic by-products released?

A) When good bacteria help sleep B) When good bacteria digest dietary fibres
C) When gut becomes rich in nutrients D) After recovery from stress due to sleep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) When good bacteria digest dietary fibres

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

I am senior(a) than him(b) by two years(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) b

Explanation:

With certain words like, be senior to, be junior to, be superior to, be inferior to, etc. is always followed by ‘to’. Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘I am senior to him by two years’.

 

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

The jug(a) is made(b) out of china clay(c).No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) c

Explanation:

‘Out of’ is the incorrect preposition used in the sentence. ‘Of’ needs to be used as the correct form of preposition is ‘made of something’. Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘The jug is made of clay’.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


In mid-2012 I completed my first massive online open course, or MOOC, the kind widely offered by Coursera, EdX, Udacity and so on in partnership with different educational institutions. It was on clinical trials and ethical practices, offered by Johns Hopkins, on Coursera. This was shortly before the MOOC sensation hit India, and when Coursera, which was founded by two Stanford professors, itself was just a few months old. The MOOC bug had bit me. The course I’d completed was mainly designed for health care professionals who would be involved in actual clinical trials, not college students who had no prior knowledge of that area. I decided to enroll in the course because it was the only biology related course open at the time. However, I did see hope in that sometime in the future I’d be able to get a glimpse of what classes are like in the hallowed halls of major educational institutions around the world. By early 2013, Coursera and EdX had partnered with so many educational institutions and expanded their course offerings to include everything from food and nutrition to Greek mythology to business, that I was spoilt for choice. I spent hours going through course catalogues and poring over course descriptions, almost delirious with excitement at the fact that I was actually going to be able to take classes offered by universities I had only dreamt of attending.


What aspect of MOOC excited the author?

A) The fact that the course was free as it was offered online B) That he could take a break in a course if he wanted to
C) The fact that he could take a course from the university he dreamt of D) That he could take any course from any university in the world
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The fact that he could take a course from the university he dreamt of

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