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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

My father says, "Prices are shooting up alarmingly."

A) My father says that prices shoot up alarmingly. B) My father says that the price was shooting up alarmingly.
C) My father says that prices shot up alarmingly. D) My father said that the prices were shooting up alarmingly.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My father said that the prices were shooting up alarmingly.

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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) conturtion B) contorsion
C) contortion D) contursion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) contortion

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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.

 

The vehicles involved in the accident were _______________ the flow of traffic.

A) obstructing B) stalling
C) interfering D) delaying
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) obstructing

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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.

 

War and Peace is _____ concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families,

A) importantly B) primarily
C) heavily D) connectively
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) primarily

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

All (was surprising) to find that he was not with them.

A) was surprised B) were surprised
C) is surprised D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were surprised

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated

A) illustration B) elucidation
C) implication D) explication
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) implication

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The average weather pattern taken over a long time, say 25 years, is called the ________________ of the place.

A) ecology B) environment
C) climate D) habitat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) climate

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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.

 

An axe to grind

 

A) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe. B) To have important jobs to do.
C) Have an ulterior motive. D) A weapon is useful only when it is sharp.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Have an ulterior motive.

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