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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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

after all, ___________ in the use of words

 

A) accurate B) accuracy
C) accurately D) accuratenesses
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) accuracy

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

“German is easy to teach”, she said.

 

A) She says German is easy. B) She told us that German was easy to teach.
C) She informed German was easy to teach. D) She said that German was easy to teach.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She said that German was easy to teach.  

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) anotate   B) annotate  
C) annottate D) anottate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) annotate  

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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.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time.

A)  close B) closest
C) closeness D) closely
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) closest

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Q:

The Non Co-operation Movement started in which year?

A) 1900 B) 1920
C) 1940 D) 1935
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1920

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Non-cooperation movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 to drive the British out of the country.

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According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___________ was known as the land gifted to temples?

A) Vellanvagai B) Brahmadeya
C) Shalabhoga D) Devadana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Devadana

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Mohammed Shahid, who recently passed away, was associated with which sport?

A) Badminton B) Hockey
C) Football D) Cricket
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hockey

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A profit maximizing firm will

A) Use less of an input B) Operates where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
C) Increase in production D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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A firm maximizes profit by operating where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. They use less of an input in producing more products to increse their profits.

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