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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. The stream gurgled (1)/ contentedly as it (2)/ slowed to rounding the bend. (3)/No Error (4)
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
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- 1. In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Several great battles (1)/ took place among (2)/ the British and the Americans. (3)/No Error (4)
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4 Discuss
- 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at secondhand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his nextdoor neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective. The passage suggests that a learned man
Options- A. understands his neighbours
- B. does not know his old acquaintances
- C. is not concerned about names and dates
- D. is interested in travelling Discuss
- 3. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at secondhand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his nextdoor neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective. A learned man, as described in the passage,
Options- A. cares about men and things
- B. does not care about men and things
- C. cares about the shapes of objects.
- D. cares about his neighbours Discuss
- 4. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at secondhand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his nextdoor neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective. Learning is defined as
Options- A. the knowledge of that which is before us
- B. the knowledge about us
- C. the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others
- D. the knowledge related to the businesses of men Discuss
- 5. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement". People ask me why I decide to start a new magazine.
Options- A. will decide
- B. am deciding
- C. have decided
- D. No improvement Discuss
- 6. 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 criminal changed his name to an ___________ in order to elude the police.
Options- A. alternative
- B. alias
- C. option
- D. untrue Discuss
- 7. 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 ___________ my husband and I had was so loud it woke our children.
Options- A. quarrel
- B. coral
- C. moral
- D. laurel Discuss
- 8. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given. Litter
Options- A. Trash
- B. Order
- C. Possess
- D. System Discuss
- 9. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given. Obliterate
Options- A. Construct
- B. Annihilate
- C. Revive
- D. Initiate Discuss
- 10. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given. Scrimp
Options- A. Skimp
- B. Conserve
- C. Squander
- D. Curtail Discuss
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Correct Answer: does not know his old acquaintances
Correct Answer: does not care about men and things
Correct Answer: the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others
Correct Answer: have decided
Correct Answer: alias
Correct Answer: quarrel
Correct Answer: Trash
Correct Answer: Annihilate
Correct Answer: Squander
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