Questions

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.

My brother said, "I will have finished my work by the time you leave from this place."

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The breakfast will have been finished by eight.

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

A hundred carefully-screened people were invited to dinner by the Prime Minister.

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

The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

What would happen if novel and pragmatic techniques are ignored?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to buy a lemon

Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam?

If cosecA - cotA = x, then the value of x is