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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 argument is completely ______________ and shows very little understanding ____________ education. The costs quoted for private schools, one, have no reliable source of data and, ______________, they discount two kinds of hidden costs — to the family and _____________ the nation. Often the cost of education in private schools is _________________ with the fee per child.

 

to the family and _____________ the nation.

 

A) to B) of
C)  for D) about
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to

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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 way criminal justice is designed and administered today _______________ serves any of the purposes for which it is set up: towards securing life and property. It does not ________________ criminals because of the delay and uncertainties involved in its processes and ridiculously ineffective punishments it imposes ____________________ those few who get convicted. It provides wide discretion to the police and the prosecution, __________________ the system vulnerable to corruption and manipulation and endangering basic ____________________ of innocent citizens.


It does not ________________ criminals because of the delay and uncertainties involved in its processes

 

A) deter B) divert
C) ban D) prohibit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) deter

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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.

 

So, in asking you to consider the processes of reasoning we are ________ assuming that you never have reasoned--_________ the contrary we are fully aware that you in connection __________ every other person, have reasoned all your mature life. That is not the question. While everyone reasons, the fact is __________ true that the majority of persons reason incorrectly. Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct and scientific, and suffer therefor and thereby.

 

Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct

 

A) along B) long
C) besides D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) along

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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.

 

Students who

 

A : intricacies of learning it

B : subject know the

C : study logic as a

 

A) CAB   B) BCA  
C) BAC   D) CBA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) CBA

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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.

 

Arraign

 

A) Accuse   B) Charge  
C) Indict   D) Free
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Free

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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.

 

Choose a soft option

 

A) Choose a comfortable place to spend the night B) Target the weaker players to win the match
C) Do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation D) Always choose comfort over hardship
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation

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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.

 

Despite the bank's security staff ____________ a vigil over the treasury boxes, the cash was stolen.

 

A) putting B) placing
C) keeping D) taking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) keeping

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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.

 

The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

A) congratulates B) applaud
C) celebrated D) recommended
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) celebrated

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