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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 news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

 

The news regales us ________ the highlights

 

A) at B) from
C) with D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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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.

 

Perpetual

 

A) Continual   B) Ceaseless  
C) Enduring   D) Transitory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Transitory

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

She expects good news.

 

A) Good news is expected by her B) News should be good by her
C) Good news was expected by her D) Good news expected
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Good news is expected by her

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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.


Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.


not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government

A) draw B) bring
C) get D) notice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) draw

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

When the stranger saw me, (A) / he seemed to recognise me (B) / and asked me what was my name. (C) / No Error (D)

A) B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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 long ago, virtually everyone seemed _____________ that a sizeable majority of British voters ____________ reaffirm their faith and confidence in a united Europe. Unfortunately, what was considered to be a remote possibility has actually become a very ____________ reality. A small majority of voters ____________ to take Britain out of the European Union (EU) in the referendum held on June 23.


virtually everyone seemed ____________

A) satisfied B) positive
C) presumptuous D) confident
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) confident

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World Wetland day is celebrated every year on ___ February.

A) 2nd B) 3rd
C) 4th D) 5th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2nd

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A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, APJ Abdul Kalam,?

A) Rajendra Prasad B) K.R.Narayanan
C) Shankar Dyal Sharma D) V.V.Giri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K.R.Narayanan

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