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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

From the last five days it has been raining torrentially.

A) Since the last B) for the last 
C) Since last D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Since the last

Explanation:

From is used to denote a point of time. The preposition ‘since’ should be used here as five days is a period of time and the event started at the beginning of those five days.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Bequest

A) Accord B) Damage
C) Complex D) Withdraw
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Withdraw

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Tropical cyclone 'Pabuk' recently occurred in which country?

A) Thailand B) New Zealand
C) Singapore D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thailand

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Who among the following is known as the Father of Civil Services in India?

A) Lord Cornwallis B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Wellesley D) Lord William Bentinck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lord Cornwallis

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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.

 

Voluble

 

A) Reserved B) Talkative
C) Fluent D) Gabby
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Reserved

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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.

"Is anyone there?" Reema asked.

 

A) Reema asked if someone were there. B) Reema asked whether anyone was being there.
C) Reema asked if anyone was there. D) Reema asked if anyone was here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reema asked if anyone was there.

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

The writer says war is

 

A) bloodless B) partial
C) destructive D) unimportant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) destructive

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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 coherent paragraph.
P- In that frame of mind, we have little sense of identity, safety or security.
Q- Courage is required to explore our secret life because we must first withdraw from the social mirror, where we are fed positive and negative feedback
continuously.
S- As we get used to this social feedback, it becomes a comfort zone.
R- And we may opt to avoid self examination and idle away our time in a vacuum of reverie and rationalization.

A) QSRP B) QRSP
C) SQRP D) SRQP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) QSRP

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