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- Question
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part For young Donald(a), peace in Vietnam(b) was almost terrible as war(c). No error.(d)
Options- A. a
- B. b
- C. c
- D. d
- Correct Answer
- c
ExplanationThe phrase ?almost terrible as? needs to be replaced with ?almost as terrible as? to make the sentence correct. This is because, ?As...As? is the pair of words that needs to be used together. Thus, the correct sentence would be, ?For young Donald, peace in Vietnam was almost as terrible as war?.
- 1. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. Due to heavy monsoon showers, the water in the dam (rose another foot).
Options- A. raised another foot
- B. raised by a feet.
- C. had risen a foot
- D. no improvement Discuss
- 2. 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 voice. I saw the master conducting the orchestra.
Options- A. I saw that the orchestra was being conducted by the master.
- B. I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.
- C. The master was seen conducting the orchestra by me.
- D. The master was conducting the orchestra and I saw that. Discuss
- 3. 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 holy prophet said, " God helps those who help others."
Options- A. The holy prophet said that God helped those who helped others.
- B. The holy prophet said that God helps those who help others.
- C. The holy prophet said that God helps people who help others.
- D. The holy prophet said that God helps those people who help others. Discuss
- 4. 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. The bullet hit the soldier in the arm.
Options- A. Hitting in the arm of the soldier has been done by the bullet.
- B. The soldier was hit in the arm by the bullet.
- C. The bullet has hit it in the arm of the soldier.
- D. The arm of the soldier is being hit by a bullet. Discuss
- 5. In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. To fall flat
Options- A. To flatter
- B. To fall in love with someone
- C. To have no effect
- D. To give bad news Discuss
- 6. Select the synonym of troll
Options- A. spruce
- B. suave
- C. gnome
- D. dapper Discuss
- 7. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase. Make something seem less important, significant, or trifling.
Options- A. superintend
- B. optimality
- C. trivialize
- D. dumb down Discuss
- 8. In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence. The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.
Options- A. soporific
- B. merciful
- C. vivid
- D. hardened Discuss
- 9. 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. Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______. But almost always it can be justified as a moral principle on the basis of ______. When we talk about speaking the truth in order not to hide what, if hidden, will only prove damaging to others, we are emphasizing the ability to ?feel? for others. Again, often we purposely keep ourselves from communicating the truth as, once ______, it may hurt someone?s feelings and sentiments. But keeping a person in the dark or denying him or her knowledge which he or she ought to have amounts to ______ another soul of its right to know that with which it has a ______. once ______, it may hurt someone?s
Options- A. principled
- B. disheveled
- C. revealed
- D. spectacled Discuss
- 10. What is the opposite of opposite?
Options- A. Identical
- B. Not alike
- C. Not same
- D. Contrast Discuss
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Correct Answer: no improvement
Correct Answer: I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.
Correct Answer: The holy prophet said that God helps those who help others.
Correct Answer: The soldier was hit in the arm by the bullet.
Correct Answer: To have no effect
Correct Answer: gnome
Correct Answer: trivialize
Correct Answer: vivid
Correct Answer: revealed
Correct Answer: Identical
Explanation:
Opposite means not identical, not same, not alike, contrast...
Here in the question, the opposite of the word opposite is asked and is opposite of not same , not identical or not alike is same, like, identical,...
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