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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 claim that ______________ out of misplaced confidence that all that is in education can be ______________ is that the ‘per unit cost of outcome’ is lower in private schools. Meaning that even _________ the learning outcomes of private schools are not better _____________ the public schools, the cost _______________ running private schools is much lower.

 

better _____________ the public schools

 

A) then B) than
C) to D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) than

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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.

 

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

rose to deafening ____________ from April to May

 

A) level B) levels
C) height D) crescendos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) levels

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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.

 

I said to my wife, "These showpieces look nice."

 

A) I told my wife that these showpieces looked nice. B) I told my wife that those showpieces looked nice.
C)  I told my wife that those showpieces look nice. D) I told my wife that these showpieces look nice.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I told my wife that those showpieces looked nice.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

A case in point is Sydney, Australia, where last year more than 8,000 pedestrians (is fined) for illegally crossing city streets.

 

 

A) was fined B) were fined
C) were being fine D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were fined

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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.

 

This is the arresting and dominant fact about modern social discussion; that the quarrel is __________ merely about the difficulties, but about the aim. We agree about the evil; it is about the good that we should tear each ____________ eyes out. We all admit that a lazy aristocracy is a bad thing. We should not by ________ means all admit that an active aristocracy would be a good thing. We all feel angry with an irreligious priesthood; but some of us would _______ mad with disgust at a really religious one. Everyone is indignant if our army is weak, _____________ the people who would be even more indignant if it were strong.

 

our army is weak, _____________ the people who

 

 

A) include B) including
C) includes D) includable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) including

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

We could not afford (to paying) the entire sum.

 

A) paid B) pays  
C) to pay   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to pay  

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In the following questions, 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.

Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are ofparticular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.

Literature is a _____ through which a person

A) base B) medium
C) source D) subject
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) medium

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Macroeconomics can best be described as the

A) analysis of how a consumer tries to spend income. B) analysis of how firms attempt to maximize their profits.
C) study of how supply and demand determine prices in individual markets. D) study of the large aggregates of the economy or the economy as a whole.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) study of the large aggregates of the economy or the economy as a whole.

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