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• question_answer1) 

  Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

  Our new office will become operational from a week time.

  A)
  No improvement
  done clear
  B)
  for a weeks time
  done clear
  C)
  by the week's time
  done clear
  D)
  in a week's time
  done clear
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• question_answer2) 

  Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

  You will not learn cycling unless you don't try.

  A)
  until you are not trying
  done clear
  B)
  until you don't try
  done clear
  C)
  unless you try
  done clear
  D)
  unless you didn't try
  done clear
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• question_answer3) 

  Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

  Solemn

  A)
  Serious
  done clear
  B)
  Ordinary
  done clear
  C)
  Ignorant
  done clear
  D)
  Furious
  done clear
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• question_answer4) 

  Select the most appropritate meaning of the given idiom.

  Kill two birds with one stone

  A)
  To achieve two results with a single effort
  done clear
  B)
  To try something impossible
  done clear
  C)
  To plan two murders simultaneously
  done clear
  D)
  To be an expert shooter
  done clear
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• question_answer5) 

  Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

  Fortunately, the fire did not cause much damage.

  A)
  Fortunately, not much damage is being caused by the fire.
  done clear
  B)
  Fortunately, not much damage was caused by the fire.
  done clear
  C)
  Fortunately, not much damage was being caused I by the fire.
  done clear
  D)
  Fortunately, not much damage is caused by the fire.
  done clear
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• question_answer6) 

  Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

  Rahul said to his mother, "Can I go out and play now ?"

  A)
  Rahul asked his mother if he could go out and play then.
  done clear
  B)
  Rahul asked his mother that could he go out and play then.
  done clear
  C)
  Rahul asked his mother if can he go out and play now.
  done clear
  D)
  Rahul asked to his mother could he go out and play now.
  done clear
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• question_answer7) 

  Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

  Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is ____(7) damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, ____(8) resorts are built which take neither the local architecture ____(9) the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get____(10) as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water ____(11) waste disposal faculties along with recreational arrangements to tourists.

  A)
  an
  done clear
  B)
  one
  done clear
  C)
  the
  done clear
  D)
  a
  done clear
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• question_answer8) 

  Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

  Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is ____(7) damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, ____(8) resorts are built which take neither the local architecture ____(9) the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get____(10) as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water ____(11) waste disposal faculties along with recreational arrangements to tourists.

  A)
  spreading
  done clear
  B)
  stretching
  done clear
  C)
  scheming
  done clear
  D)
  sprawling
  done clear
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• question_answer9) 

  Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

  Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is ____(7) damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, ____(8) resorts are built which take neither the local architecture ____(9) the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get____(10) as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water ____(11) waste disposal faculties along with recreational arrangements to tourists.

  A)
  none
  done clear
  B)
  no
  done clear
  C)
  or
  done clear
  D)
  nor
  done clear
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• question_answer10) 

  Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

  Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is ____(7) damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, ____(8) resorts are built which take neither the local architecture ____(9) the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get____(10) as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water ____(11) waste disposal faculties along with recreational arrangements to tourists.

  A)
  destroyed
  done clear
  B)
  distracted
  done clear
  C)
  dismayed
  done clear
  D)
  displayed
  done clear
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• question_answer11) 

  Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

  Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is ____(7) damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, ____(8) resorts are built which take neither the local architecture ____(9) the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get____(10) as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water ____(11) waste disposal faculties along with recreational arrangements to tourists.

  A)
  and
  done clear
  B)
  also
  done clear
  C)
  but
  done clear
  D)
  as
  done clear
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• question_answer12) 

  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

  Persuade

  A)
  Dissuade
  done clear
  B)
  Pervade
  done clear
  C)
  Induce
  done clear
  D)
  Impress
  done clear
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• question_answer13) 

  Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

  A. Their prestige and glory spread far and wide.

  B. The first Olympics were held at Olympia in Greece in 776 B.C.

  C. It was because the Christians believed that they encouraged pagan worship in temples.

  D. However, with the advent of Christianity, the games lost their importance.

  A)
  BADC
  done clear
  B)
  DCAB
  done clear
  C)
  BCDA
  done clear
  D)
  ACDB
  done clear
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• question_answer14) 

  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

  Rear

  A)
  Front
  done clear
  B)
  Lower
  done clear
  C)
  Hind
  done clear
  D)
  Back
  done clear
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• question_answer15) 

  Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

  Eradicate

  A)
  Approve
  done clear
  B)
  Magnify
  done clear
  C)
  Condense
  done clear
  D)
  Uproot
  done clear
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• question_answer16) 

  Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

  Make off with

  A)
  To discover
  done clear
  B)
  To transfer
  done clear
  C)
  To run away
  done clear
  D)
  To understand
  done clear
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• question_answer17) 

  Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

  Do you want to ______ to Reader's digest magazine?

  A)
  subscribe
  done clear
  B)
  transcribe
  done clear
  C)
  prescribe
  done clear
  D)
  describe
  done clear
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• question_answer18) 

  In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

  If a few drops of lemon are put in the milk, it has turned sour.

  A)
  drops of lemon
  done clear
  B)
  are put in the milk
  done clear
  C)
  If a few
  done clear
  D)
  it has turned sour
  done clear
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• question_answer19) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
  A)
  Joumy
  done clear
  B)
  Furious
  done clear
  C)
  Failure
  done clear
  D)
  Delicious
  done clear
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• question_answer20) 

  Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

  Person or animal living on another

  A)
  Parasite
  done clear
  B)
  Heir
  done clear
  C)
  Successor
  done clear
  D)
  Pupil
  done clear
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• question_answer21) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
  A)
  Potraite
  done clear
  B)
  Persevere
  done clear
  C)
  Pageant
  done clear
  D)
  Pamphlet
  done clear
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• question_answer22) Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Your demands are bound to lead to _____ in the family.
  A)
  discord
  done clear
  B)
  barrier
  done clear
  C)
  absence
  done clear
  D)
  decrease
  done clear
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• question_answer23) 

  In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

  Mohit did not went to school yesterday as he was unwell.

  A)
  went to school
  done clear
  B)
  was unwell
  done clear
  C)
  yesterday as he
  done clear
  D)
  Mohit did not
  done clear
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• question_answer24) 

  Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

  A. These baits were temptations that people couldn't resist.

  B. He evolved a theory that the world was a rat-trap.

  C. Once, a peddler sat looking at his rat-traps.

  D. Here, people lay baits for others.

  A)
  CBDA
  done clear
  B)
  BDAC
  done clear
  C)
  DACB
  done clear
  D)
  CADB
  done clear
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• question_answer25) 

  Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

  Central character in a story or play

  A)
  Hedonist
  done clear
  B)
  Cartoonist
  done clear
  C)
  Opportunist
  done clear
  D)
  Protagonist
  done clear
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