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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand

A) effects B) effect
C) affects D) affect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) effects

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

 

Senseless talk or writing

 

A) Astute   B) Balderdash  
C) Sagacious   D) Prudent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Balderdash  

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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 handed him a bag.

 

A) A bag was hand to him.   B) A bag is handed by her.  
C)  A bag handed to him by her. D) A bag was handed to him by her.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A bag was handed to him by her.

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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.

 

Aryabhatta was the first astronomer to state ______ that the earth is round and it rotates on its axis.

 

A) sympthatically   B) automatically
C) emphatically   D) accidentally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) emphatically  

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

 

Criticize unfairly

 

A) Complimentary   B) Obeisance  
C) Denigrate   D) Accolade
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Denigrate  

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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 course of the development of different life-forms heredity—which, in plain English, is unconscious memory generated in the first life-form and ______________ through all the different species—is the sole factor in the ____________ of the parent properties; while adaptation to surrounding conditions and circumstances, natural selection in the struggle _____________ existence, and partner selection in the struggle of the males for ____________ are the principal factors in the differentiation of species.

 

in the first life-form and ______________ through all the

 

A) transmit B) transmitting
C) to transmit D) transmitted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) transmitted

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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.

 

I ________ my black leather shoes till they shine.

 

A) scrub B) rub
C) brush D) polish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) polish

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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.
Don’t loiter _____ the corridor.

A) around B) off
C) of D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) around

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