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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.

 

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

 

This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze

 

A) juxtaposition B) nearness
C) contact D) proximity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) juxtaposition

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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.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.

 

All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work

 

A) preferring B) preferred
C) having preferred D) had preferred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) preferred

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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.

 

Without habit, personality could not exist; for we could never do a thing twice alike, and ___________ would be a new person each succeeding moment. The acts which give us our own peculiar _____________ are our habitual acts--the little things that do themselves moment by moment without care or attention, and are the truest and best expression of our real selves. Probably _______ one of us could be very sure which arm he puts ________ the sleeve, or which foot he puts into the shoe, first; and yet each of us ____________ formed the habit long ago of doing these things in a certain way.

 

Probably _______ one of us could

 

A) negative B) never
C) no D) nor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) no

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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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Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from ______________ in January 1915.

A) South Africa B) England
C) USA D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) South Africa

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Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for?

A) Literature B) Physics
C) Peace D) Economic Sciences
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Economic Sciences

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For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi's volunteers of the Salt satyagrah walked?

A) 24 B) 36
C) 12 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 24

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What are isobars?

A) Elements with same atomic number but different mass number B) Elements with different atomic number but same mass number
C) Elements with different atomic number and different mass number D) Elements with same atomic number and same mass number
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Elements with different atomic number but same mass number

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