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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 Direct/Indirect speech. "Please don't cry" he said.


  • Options
  • A. He begged that I should not cry.
  • B. He begged me not to cry.
  • C. He said to please him and not cry.
  • D. He told me to not to cry.

  • Correct Answer
  • He begged me not to cry. 

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    • 1. Select the word with the correct spelling.

    • Options
    • A. pillages
    • B. spliter
    • C. palenes
    • D. bloting
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    • 2. Select the antonym of horrify

    • Options
    • A. affright
    • B. petrify
    • C. appall
    • D. soothe
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    • 3. 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. Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.

    • Options
    • A. By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast.
    • B. The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
    • C. Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky.
    • D. The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.
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    • 4. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. When it rains, it pours

    • Options
    • A. one getting much less than what one expected
    • B. calamity always occurs in bad times
    • C. you always fall into trouble when you are least prepared
    • D. When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
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    • 5. 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. The Directors failed to understand the ______________ behind the decision to suspend the manager.

    • Options
    • A. belief
    • B. politics
    • C. ideology
    • D. rationale
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    • 6. 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. An elephant may be helped even by an ant.

    • Options
    • A. An ant can even help a elephant.
    • B. An ant may even help a elephant.
    • C. Even an ant may help an elephant.
    • D. Even an ant ought to help an elephant.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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. P- According to various estimates, between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on some days reaching several thousands. Q- A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities. R- For example, on 19th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany ? they had been caught in the massive round-ups all over Warsaw the previous two days. S- The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

    • Options
    • A. SQRP
    • B. SRPQ
    • C. QSPR
    • D. QPRS
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    • 8. 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. P- It had been umpteen years since we had seen each other. Q- One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on horseback through a dreary stretch of countryside. R- This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had been my childhood pal. S- At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher.

    • Options
    • A. PQSR
    • B. PSQR
    • C. QSRP
    • D. QRSP
    • Discuss
    • 9. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

    • Options
    • A. Dictionory
    • B. Irrelevant
    • C. Perishable
    • D. Tangible
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    • 10. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word

    • Options
    • A. Conceive
    • B. Leisure
    • C. Neice
    • D. Reign
    • Discuss


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