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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The clerk said to the visitor,"Shall I ask these people to wait for you?"

 

A) The clerk asked the visitor if he should ask those people to wait for him. B) The clerk asked the visitor if he shall ask these people to said for him.
C) The clerk asked the visitor if he had asked those people to wait for him. D) The clerk told the visitor that he should ask these people to wait for him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The clerk asked the visitor if he should ask those people to wait for him.

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The doctor advised the patients to give up smoking.

 

A) The doctor said to the patients, "Why don't you give up smoking?" B) The doctor said to the patients, "You should give up smoking."
C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking." D) The doctor said to the patient, "I am advising you to give up smoking."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The doctor said to the patients, "Give up smoking."

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph

People used to preserve

A-companionship in absentia
B-letters for years as these humble pieces
C-of paper afforded

A) BAC B) BCA
C) ACB D) ABC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) BCA

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The demand curve _____.

A) shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will increase B) shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will decrease
C) has a positive gradient D) indicates that there is a direct relationship between quantity demanded and price
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will decrease

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

A hundred carefully-screened people were invited to dinner by the Prime Minister.

A) The Prime Minister invited a hundred people after screening them to dinner. B) The Prime Minister invited a hundred carefully screened people to have dinner with him.
C) The Prime Minister invited a hundred carefully-screened people to dinner. D) The Prime Minister invited to dinner a hundred persons who were carefully screened.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Prime Minister invited a hundred carefully-screened people to dinner.

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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.

 

They said, "This is the stadium where we had won the match."

A) They said that that was the stadium where they had won the match. B) They said that that was the stadium where they had won that match.
C) They said that that is the stadium where they had won the match. D) They said that that is the stadium where they had won that match.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They said that that was the stadium where they had won the match.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active.
The event manager is making all the reservations.

A) All the reservations would be made by the event manager. B) All the reservations are being made by the event manager.
C) All the reservations would have been made by the event manager. D) All the reservations will have been made by the event manager.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) All the reservations are being made by the event manager.

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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 often feel, in such an environment, that our social sphere _____________ around us. We can see, in quantitative values — the number of likes, re-posts, shares — the interest garnered by anything created by us. This makes social interaction slightly more ___________, when we start to think of it in number terms. It becomes easier to see it in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues. And _____________ that happens we are motivated to reveal only those parts of ____________ that we know will trigger a considerable quantitative response.

 

in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues

 

A) then B) that  
C) than D) which
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) than

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