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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.

 

Rupa said to the driver, "Can you take me to the doctor now?"

 

A) Rupa asked the driver if he could take her to the doctor then. B) Rupa asked the driver that if he could take her to the doctor than.
C) Rupa asked the driver that if he would take her to the doctor at once. D) Rupa asked the driver that if he can take her to the doctor than at once.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rupa asked the driver if he could take her to the doctor then.

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

 

Incapacitate

 

A) Cripple B) Facilitate
C) Maim D) Immobilize
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Facilitate

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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.

 

Achilles' heel

 

A) A weakness which turns out to be a strength B) A weakness or vulnerable point
C) A strength which eventually becomes your weakness D) The point where you have converted your weakness into your strength
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A weakness or vulnerable point

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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.

 

Several countries ___________________ the world are now replacing the __________________ model of criminal justice partly _____________________ wholly with different models of restorative justice, _____________________ promising results in crime control. The process is more collaborative, consensual and inclusive, that is characteristic ____________________ indigenous systems of justice.

 

that is characteristic ____________________ indigenous systems of justice.

 

A) for B) as
C) of D)  like
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) of

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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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

made to happen ___________ not to happen. 

 

A) or B) but
C) so D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) or

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

She decided to go there, though her husband cautioned her on it

A) against B) for
C) about D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) against

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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.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber.

A) ingrained B) impacted
C) embedded D) deep­seated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) embedded

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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.

In bad taste

A) Not suitable or offensive B) To be a bad cook
C) To have a poor choice of fashion style D) To epress honest harsh opinion about someone or something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Not suitable or offensive

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