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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.

 

Although it has been felt necessary to devote much space to ________ attempt to find principles that may be said to be at the basis ________ the art of all nations, the executive side of the question has not been neglected. And it is hoped that the __________ method for the study of drawing from the two opposite points of view ofline and mass here advocated may be useful, and help students to avoid some of the _____________ that results from attempting simultaneously the study of these______________ qualities of form expression.

 

avoid some of the _____________ that results

 

A) confuse B) confusing
C) confused D) confusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) confusion

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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.

 

Beguile

 

A) Deceive   B) Warn  
C) Deter   D) Repel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Deceive  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

In a way that is clear or obvious to the eye or mind

 

A) Abstruse   B) Clandestine  
C) Manifestly   D) Covertly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Manifestly  

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Abhay said, "I will go to Surat tomorrow".

 

A) Abhay said that he would go to Surat the next day. B) Abhay said he would go to Surat tomorrow.
C) Abhay said he will be going to Surat the next day. D) Abhay said that he would go to Surat tomorrow.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Abhay said that he would go to Surat the next day.

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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 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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Three words in bold letters are given in each question, which have something in common among themselves. Out of the four given alternatives, choose the most appropriate description about these three words.

Yeats: Ghalib: Kabir

A) They were social reformers. B) They were famous poets.
C) They were saints D) They were yoga instructors.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They were famous poets.

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They were famous poets.

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Mahabalipuram was founded by ______.

A) Rajaraja Chola B) Narasimha Varman
C) Chandragupta Maurya D) Vivasvan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Narasimha Varman

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