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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.

 

“Run away, children,” said their uncle.

 

A) The uncle asked them to run away. B) The uncle wanted them to run away
C) Their uncle told the children to run away D)  Their uncle say run away, children
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Their uncle told the children to run away

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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) symptommatically B) symptomaticaly
C) symptomatically D) symptommaticaly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) symptomatically

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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 arm and a leg

 

A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money B) a highly motivated person can succeed even with few resources
C) one loves a person so much that one is willing to sacrifice his most precious things for them D) all children are equal for a mother. She can't sacrifice anyone.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money

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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.

India’s motto has been Vasudeva Kutumbakam or that the whole world is _____ community. There are a _____ of pillars upon which India’s policy of living in peace with and _____ peace among nations of the world rests. Policies of non-alignment, peaceful co-existence, economic and cultural cooperation disarmament and peaceful _____ of nuclear energy, _____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features that give credence to India’s commitment to world peace.

_____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features

A) urge B)  requirement
C) settlement D) enactment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) settlement

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

A) Receeding B) Cemetery
C) Parallelogram D) Rehearsal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Receeding

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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.

In a strange ________________, the production and the consumption of the event become cause for concern. _______________ wonders whether newer forms of “non­caring” or violence are appearing. Somehow, silence, even __________________, quietly suppresses a meditation on such events. __________________ a professor, I can recollect the number of occasions when my students have cried as we discussed such events in class. _____________, society seems so indifferent.

__________________ a professor,

A) Like B) Alike
C) As D) Being
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) As

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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".

At the micro level, the dialectical process of development in India (has now heading) towards another direction.

A) had now heading B) now heading
C) is now heading D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) is now heading

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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.

 

Wild goose chase

A) A hopeless search for something unattainable B) An adventurous trip full of surprises
C) To waste a lot of time and effort for small returns D) To have fun doing a certain task
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A hopeless search for something unattainable

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