Question 1

People who are bald are generally of the intellectual type.Arun is bald.Therefore Arun is an intellectual

Accepted Answer

Probably true

Question 2

A race always has______

Accepted Answer

Rivals

Question 3

Detect an error part labelled (1), (2), (3) & (4) in the following question. whole northern states in(1)/india are reeling under the(2)/devastating(3)/of the drought(4)

Accepted Answer

Error is in the first part of the sentence. 'Whole' is used with singular nouns. The correct sentence is - 'All Northern states in India are reeling under the devastating of the drought.

Question 4

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought. Here except option A) other two options dependent. Hence, A) We can go see a movie, or we can get something to eat is a compound sentence.

Question 5

Find the errors in the below given A, B, C & D sentences. Former prime minister ruled himself out(A)/as an alternative rightwing candidate for his party colleague (B)/ whose campaign has been thrown into chaos(C)/by a fake jobs scandal(D)

Accepted Answer

A) As prime minister is an honorable person it must start with an Article 'The'. D) a fake jobs => a indicates it is singular, so job will come.

Question 6

Which sentence is written correctly?

Accepted Answer

They watch no movie during the working days, but in holidays they watch one movie. is correctly written among the given options.

Question 7

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. As much as i admire him for his talent(1) / and endeavor to achieve success(2)/ I …

Accepted Answer

The error lies in part (1). As the phrase 'as much as' needs to be replaced with 'much as I'. This is because we use 'as much as' for comparing two qualities or things. But here in the given sentence a contrast is given in the latter part of the sentence. So we need a conjunction like 'even though' 'although' etc... 'Much as I' also serves the same purpose.

Question 8

Standing on a platform, Rajan told Kumar that Varanasi was more than 20 km but less than 25 km from there. Kumar knew that it was more than 18 km but less than 22 km from there. If both of them are correct, then which of the following is the true di…

Accepted Answer

From both voices it can be conclude that, Varanasi is more than 20km but less than 22km away. That is it is 21 kms away.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

Here I am very happy to start this Program is correct statement. "Too" is not used with pleasant adjectives. It means 'more than required' and is usually used with unpleasant adjectives. So, 'too healthy', 'too happy', 'too glad' etc are wrong.

Question 10

Which sentence is Punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

The correct punctuated sentence is A The conference was only supposed to be an hour; however, it ran for nearly two and half hours.

Question 11

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. A part of Special development fund is(1) / expected to be released(2) / next month…

Accepted Answer

'provision' should replace 'provisional'. A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

Question 12

21st letter of the alphabet is a Consonant.

Accepted Answer

We know there are 26 alphabets in English. The 21st letter in the alphabet is 'U'. We have 5 vowels and 21 consonants. Vowels :: A, E, I, O, U. U is not consonant and is a vowel. Hence, the given statement that 21st letter in the alphabet i.e, U is consonant is a FALSE.

Question 13

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

Accepted Answer

On a cloudless night, I studied Pisces, a constellation in the North sky.

Question 14

On BBC World News channel last night they showed an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.

Accepted Answer

They is incorrect when talking of the television channel. New is redundant. And which must have a clear antecedent. Hence, Only Option A satisfies and clears all the flaws in the given sentence.

Question 15

Is Cube a polygon?

Accepted Answer

False. Cube is not a Polygon. Because polygon is a two dimensional figure and can be drawn on a flat surface whereas Cube is three dimensional figure and cannot be drawn on a flat surface.

Question 16

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

The second would employ a comma, or semi-colon, and not a colon so it is not properly punctuated. The third sentence would not be correct because it uses 'like', usually used for comparison. Since you are not comparing two questions, it would not be appropriate. The fourth sentence has 'is' before the colon, which is a implies declaration and not listing. So, again, it would not be appropriate. Hence, the first sentence, however, is punctuated correctly.

Question 17

Which of the following activities are examples of data gathering?

Accepted Answer

Option A) "Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor" is the only one where data gathering is done. In all other options, data is already collected and now analyzing of data is going on.

Question 18

Primary care physicians are responsible for diagnosis and treatment.

Accepted Answer

Primary care physicians or General practitioners (GP) are the one you go first to get a check up, and if they deem that your problem more severe than they can help you, they will send you to a secondary care physicians like specialists in Cardiologists, Neurologists, Dentists, ... Hence, the given statement, Primary care physicians are responsible for diagnosis and treatment is TRUE.

Question 19

Each of the following questions hasfour statements. Three are logically correct. Some of which may look factually absurd. Ignore this absurdity and look to the logical corrections. Choose the statement which is wrong or doubtful:

Accepted Answer

Since all liars are not thieves so all liars cannot be criminals.

Question 20

Each of the following questions has four statements. Three are logically correct. Some of which may look factually absurd. Ignore this absurdity and look to the logical corrections. Choose the statement which is wrong or doubtful:-

Accepted Answer

There is not any relation between boys and tall. So, we cannot say anything.

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