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SECTION
Select the most appropriate homonym of the Bold word to fill in the blank.
He was complimented for his appearance. His shirt, _______ his trousers perfectly.
Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No imquovement as an answer if the sentence is groummatically correct.
In the sumuner, the weathenag can he very hot around here.
Comprehension:
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Planking is free and (1)_____ only a couple of minutes -no gym membership or special equipment (2)_____Squatting, dead-lifting and pressing overhead without injury is hard to do without a strong (3)_____We need to keep our spine straight to do these (4)_____. Planking provides you with better core strength to be able to brace during these (5)______ "Lawton says.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
She is not as cleverest as John.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The tiger was killed on an unfortunate day by a hostile hunter.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The Governor of the state inaugurated the exhibition in a grand way
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select No error.
The kids there were so notorious, the / more I asked them to quiet down the more loud they would scream.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bad iron
Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Such examples of commercial success, of innovation, drive, vision, determination, adaptability, and adventure are anchored in the basic Indian openness to, and talent for, acquiring material wealth. For every success story there are, of course, dozens of failures. Traditional Indian firms have their strengths, but also their weaknesses, and of these perhaps the most debilitating are a lack of team work and a weakness for quick profit. These reflect ingrained ways of thinking and planning, as does the distrust of anyone outside the family. which inhibits the adoption of modern practices of management. But such weaknesses are more than compensated for by the desire to succeed, which is probably more intense in India, given the omnipresent fear of poverty, the cut-throat competition for each opportunity, and the asphyxiating hold of hierarchy.
Why is the desire to succeed more intense in India?
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five options are given. Find out the appropriate word which fits the blank appropriately to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence.
Two decades have passed since the mid-day meal became a part of the daily routine in government schools nationwide. In this long passage of time, procedures have ______ (79) but accidents continue to occur. Funds from the Centre flow smoothly though procurement of food items faces hurdles of different kinds. The latest _______ (80) in mid-meal stories concerns milk. Government norms entitle every child to receive 150 ml of milk as part of the mid-day meal. However, a video revealed recently how one litre of milk was mixed in a bucketful of water so that it would ________ (81) for the more than 80 children present that day in a school in rural Uttar Pradesh (U.P.). This was somewhat similar to the one reported from U.P. a couple of months ago. In the earlier incident, a video showed plain chapatis being served with salt. The two videos made it to the national media; they also proved useful for the officers who __________ (82) the mid-day meal scheme since they also depend on unauthorised videographers to learn about the reality in schools. Each such revelation leads to the same _________ (83) official statement: punish the guilty, locate the video-maker and deal with him/her. In the latest mid-meal story narrated above, authorities in U.P. have reportedly done the ________ (84) needful, i.e. they have fired the apparent culprit who is a para-teacher.
81.
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
God is great / and we could / be grateful to him for all the gifts / he has bestowed on us.
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A long time ago, Anansi the spider, had all the wisdom in the world (96) in a huge pot. Nyame, the sky god, had given it to him. Anansi had been instructed to share it with everyone. Anansi greedily thought, "I will not share the treasure of knowledge with everyone. I will keep all the wisdom for myself." So, Anansi decided to (97) the wisdom on top of fa tall tree. He then tied the loose end around his waist so that the pot hung in front of him. He then started to climb the tree. Anansi's son watched in fascination as his father (98) up the tree. Finally, Anansi's son told him "If you tie the pot to your back, it will be easier to cling to the tree and climb." Anansi tied the pot to his back (99), and continued to climb the tree, with much more ease than before. When Anansi got to the top of the tree, he became angry. "A young one with some common sense knows more than 1, and I have the pot of wisdom!" In anger, Anansi (100) down the e pot of wisdom. The pot broke, and pieces of wisdom flew in every direction.
1.) inspite
2.) beside
3.) side
4.) rear
5.) instead.
For years, world-wide organisations have become increasingly excited about the prospect of a cloud-based future. As the dream becomes an ever closer reality for many kinds of business and, Forrester predicted that enterprise spending on cloud services is set to surge. IDC also predicted that global spending on public cloud services and infrastructure would reach $210bn in 2019, an increase of 24% from 2018. But one obstacle stands create friction and introduce risk: the process of migration. As all indications point to a massive shift in data deployments to the cloud, it is more important than ever that the transition from on-premises to Cloud is as risk free as possible. In today's climate any loss or disruption to data can have a huge business impact. It’s a complex process, is frequently underestimated and many organisations have found there’s lots that can go wrong that can impact the business. Organisations across the globe have found the cloud to be an ideal place to run modern data applications due to big data’s elastic resource requirements. Furthermore, with the lack of data talent an ever-looming issue for most companies today they have been determined to adopt a cloud-first strategy to ensure business operations are accessible for a range of employees. The cloud offers great promise for developers especially, as it can increase the speed at which they develop software features and increase the resilience of applications once they are deployed - along with enhanced security through the use of multiple server locations. With all this considered, it is no surprise that 42% of UK businesses leverage some kind of cloud service, according to Eurostat. However, all the perceived benefits of leveraging the cloud are redundant if organisations come up against barriers to accessing cloud services. Cloud-based data pipelines still suffer from complexity challenges at the moment, along with the lack of visibility into cost and resource usage at the application and user level. The answer to this is automation fueled by robust Machine learning training models and artificial intelligence. These concepts and the tools that enable them can determine the prerequisites of cloud infrastructure, application dependencies,the appropriate target cloud instance profiles, and provide troubleshooting in real-time. To summarise, the promise of the cloud has created a sense of excitement amongst enterprises, however, they have proceeded to go full steam ahead into adopting a cloud service, without sufficient data to ensure performance service level agreements (SLAs).
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Peter said / then / he was / feeling unwell.
Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Leadership does not exist without followership. A leader has to be accepted by the group which the former is supposed to lead. To gain acceptability, the leader should cause an emotive impact on the group members. The strength of character exhibited by leaders makes them dear to their followers. A leader is one who effectively inspires followers to achieve worthwhile things. What character of the leader motivates the followers? It is not pomp and show, neither flattery nor sanctioning more incentives. Pomp and show creates a sense of awe and the leader is deified rather as emulated. Flattery is unrealistic and cannot serve as a long-term motivational tool. A leader’s style should be one that can be emulated by all irrespective of cadre, class and calibre. Simplicity in one’s day- to- day conduct is the only thing that can be adopted by all.
Select the best summary of the passage?
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Harry said that he would not be in town on Friday.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Call the shots
Select the most appropriate synonym of the word 'Scrutiny' from the given sentence.
The company's strategic plan included a comprehensive analysis of market trends and consumer behaviour.
The following questions consist of a sentence with a highlighted phrase which may or may not be grammatically or contextually correct. Choose the most suitable option that will replace the incorrect highlighted phrase to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence. If the given highlighted phrase is correct, choose option (e) i.e. "no replacement required" as your answer choice.
Any step that the Prime Minister takes to remove violence in the country will be appreciate.
Comprehension:
Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blanks out of the four alternatives.
Government of India stands commitmed to (1) _____ climate change. The Government is implementing several programmes and (2) _____ including the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which (3) _____ missions in specific areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water, sustainable agriculture. Himalayan ecosystem. mustainable habitat, health, green India and (4) ______ knowledge for climate change. The NAPCC provides an overarching (5) _____ for all climate sctions.
Select the most appropriate option for blank(4)
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
We / has seen / that movie / before.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in bold in the following sentence.
Her father was quick to detect her concealed emotion.
Parts of the given sentence have been underlined. One of them contains an error.
The underlined parts are given as options with some changes. Select the option that correctly rectifies the error.He is good at playing the guitar than his brother.
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the Bold segment in the given sentence.
His older brothers were quite willing that he should went to sea.
Comprehension:
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 mumber.
His speech had begun to (1) _____ and he passed abruptly from one subject to (2) ______Konstantin with the help of Masha (3) _____ him not to go out anywhere, and got him to bed (4) _______ drunk. Masha promised to write to Konstantin in case of need, and to persuade Nikolay Levin to go and (5) _____ with his brother.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.
A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.
She kept pictures of her parents all_____ the house.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To bite the bullet
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.
After having invested so much time and energy into the project, we are now back to square one.
Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
Notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by COVID19 pandemic, India continues to expand its rice exports footprint in the African, Asian and European Union markets, thus having the largest share in global rice trade. The robust global demand also helped India's growth in rice exports.
In 2020-21, India's rice exports (Basmati and Non-Basmati) rose by a huge 87 per cent to 17.72 Million Tonne (MT) from 9.49 MT achieved in 2019-20.
In terms of value realisation, India's rice exports rose by 38 per cent to USD 8815 million in 2020-21 from USD 6397 million reported in 2019-20. In terms of Rupees, India's rice export grew by 44 per cent to Rs 65298 crore in 2020-21 from Rs 45379 crore in the previous year. In the first seven months of the current financial year (2021-22), India's rice exports rose by more than 33 per cent to 11.79 MT from 8.91 MT achieved during April-October, 2020-21. It is anticipated that India's rice exports in 2021-22 would likely surpass the record feet of 17.72 MT achieved in 2020-21.
In 2020-21, India shipped non-basmati rice to nine countries Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Eswatini, Myanmar and Nicaragua, where exports were carried out for the first time or earlier the shipment was smaller in volume. India's Non-Basmati rice exports was valued at USD 4796 million (Rs 35448crore) in 2020- 21, with Basmati Rice exports a close second at USD 4018 million (Rs 29,849 crore). In terms of volume of Basmati rice exports in 2020-21, top ten countries - Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Qatar and Oman have a share of close to 80 per cent in total shipments of aromatic long grained rice from India.
Top ten countries - Nepal, Benin, Bangladesh, Senegal, Togo, Cote D Ivoire, Guinea, Malaysia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates - have a share of 57 per cent in India's total exports of non-Basmati rice in 2020-21 in terms of volume.
Which of the following countries imports Basmati rice from India?
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Reckless
In the following questions a statement has been given with highlighted text. Select the options that can replace the text with correct idiom or phrase.
The attitude of the culprit made the judge extemely angry.
Comprehension:
Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blanks out of the four alternatives.
We are seeing other worrying trends. (1) ____the 1970s, the rate of plastic production has grown (2)____than that of any other material. If historic growth trends continue, global (3)_____of primary plastic is forecasted to reach 1,100 million tonnes by 2050. We have also seen a (4)____shift towards single-use plastic products, items that are meant to be thrown (5) _____after a single short use.
Select the most appropriate option for blank (5)
In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom Phrase.
To poke one's nose into
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required".
Delhi is a most affected city by the virus nowadays.
Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
The number of Indian students going abroad for higher studies has increased by 68.79 per cent in the past year, according to data provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Subhas Sarkar. As per the data provided by him in the Lok Sabha, the number of Indians enrolled in foreign varsities increased from 4.44 lakh in 2021 to 7.5 lakh in 2022. He clarified that while the Bureau of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs maintain departure and arrival data of Indians, there is no index for capturing the category of Indians going abroad for higher education.
Purpose of Indians going abroad for higher education is captured manually based either on their verbal disclosure or the type of visa of the destination country produced by them at the time of immigration clearance, Sarkar said.
According to the data provided by the ministry, the number of Indian nationals increased from 4.54 lakh in 2017 to 5.17 lakh in 2018. There was a significant increase in 2019 as well, with 5.86 lakh students flying out of the country. However, during the Covid pandemic, the number of Indian nationals in foreign varsities saw a drastic dip as only 2.59 lakh students were registered. While the number continued to remain low, it saw a slight increase in 2021 with 4.44 lakh registrations. However, the number has significantly jumped to 7.5 lakh in 2022. The increase in the number of Indian nationals abroad corresponds with the latest immigration reports from some of the popular study-abroad destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. For the UK, the Immigration Statistics Report states that 127,731 visas were granted to Indian students in September 2022, an increase of 93,470 (+273 per cent) against 34,261 in 2019. Similarly, in the US, the number of Indian students has more than doubled, and the Open Doors Report 2022 has predicted that the number of Indian students heading to America is likely to surpass those from China in 2022-23.
The passage is mainly about
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the Bold word.
Ranen feels that the notion of democracy is a farce.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Abrogate
Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Spread
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Once, there was a boy who became bored when he watched over the village sheep (1)_______on the hillside. To entertain himself, he sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" When the villagers heard the cry, they came (2)_______the hill to drive the wolf away. But, when they arrived, they saw no wolf. The boy was amused when seeing their angry faces. "Don't scream wolf, boy," warned the villagers, "when there is no wolf!" They angrily went back down the hill. Later, the shepherd boy cried out once again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" When the villagers came, they saw there was no wolf, they said strictly, "Save your (3) _______cry for when there is really a wolf! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is no wolf!" Later, the boy saw a real wolf sneaking around his flock. Alarmed, he jumped on his feet and cried out as loud as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!" But the villagers thought he was (4)_____ them again, and so they didn't come to help. At sunset, the villagers went looking for the boy who hadn't returned with their sheep. When they went up the hill, they found him (5) ________as all the sheep were dead.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
Every year, around one million people die of mosquitoborne diseases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This is why mosquitoes are considered one of the deadliest living creatures on the planet — not because they are lethal themselves, but because many of the viruses and parasites they transmit are. In the absence of an effective vaccine for dengue fever, Zika fever, chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases, researchers have developed genetic strategies to reduce mosquito populations. One such strategy involves the release into the wild of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes that express a lethal gene — a strategy believed to have little impact on the overall DNA of wild populations of mosquitoes. The transfer of new genes from GM organisms to wild or domesticated non-GM populations is a key criticism of GM crops like soybean and corn. There are concerns that the introduction of GM genes into non-target species could have negative consequences for both human and environmental health. Oxitec, a company that spun out of research at Oxford University in the early 2000s, developed and trademarked GM Friendly™ mosquitoes (also known as strain OX513A of Aedes aegypti). These male GM mosquitoes have what the company describes as a “self-limiting” gene, which means that when these so-called friendly mosquitoes’ mate, their offspring inherit the self-limiting gene which is supposed to prevent them surviving into adulthood. In theory, when these mosquitoes are released in high numbers, a dramatic reduction in the mosquito population should follow. According to research published by Oxitec researchers in 2015, field trials involving recurring releases of Friendly™ mosquitoes demonstrated a reduction of nearly 95 per cent of target populations in Brazil. In these field trials, experiments were not performed to assess whether GM mosquitoes might persist in the wild. A recent study from the Powell lab at Yale University has since confirmed that some of the offspring of the GM mosquitoes didn’t succumb to the self-limiting lethal gene and survived to adulthood. They were able to breed with native mosquitoes and thereby introduce some of their genes into the wild population.
Meanwhile, the impact of mosquitoes carrying these new genes remains largely unknown. One significant worry is that a new breed of mosquito might emerge that is more difficult to control. These new genes could also potentially alter evolutionary pressures on viruses carried by mosquitoes, like dengue fever, in unpredictable ways. This includes potentially increasing their virulence or changing their host-insect interactions. These are hypothetical risks that have been raised by scientists, and reflect the need for further study.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
Direction: In the following question a sentence is given with five words marked as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). These words may not be placed in their correct order, five options with different arrangements of these words are provided. Mark the option with the correct arrangement as the answer. If no rearrangement is required, mark option (E) as your answer.
ThisThree Australian players have opted out(A) of the home(B), worried(C) that they might not be able to return League(D) if the surge worsens in India.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the Bold word. Caves like Ajanta lie in perpetual darkness.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Maleficent
In the following sentence, four words are given in bold out of which one word is misspelled. Find the misspelled word
Oil pools are valuable underground accumulations(A) of oil, and oil fields(B) are regions underlein(C) by one or more oil pools originating(D) from organic matter.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Ours is _______ house of all the houses in our area.
Comprehension:
In the givem passage, four options are given for each blank. Select the most appropriate option to complete the given passage, which also fits contextually as per the word given in the bracket .
Education is a powerful tool for (1. growth) _____ and personal growth. It equips individuals with knowledge and skills, enabling them to (2. capture) _____ opportunities and contribute to society. A well-rounded education not only fosters academic excellence but also encourages (3. out-of-the box) ______ thinking and creativity. Moreover education instils (4. virtuous) ______ values and ethical principles in individuals, promoting social harmony and responsible citizenship. To ensure the benefits of education are accessible to all, it is essential to eliminate barriers, such as (5. isolation) _____ and discrimination, that hinder equal access to quality learning opportunities.
Fill in the blank (1) with the appropriate word from the options below:
Find out the error, if any. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
Most of the travellers experienced (a)/ a shock when they arrived (b)/ at the museum only to find (c)/ that it had been burgled. (d)/ No error (e).
Identify the most appropriate meaning of the given word.
Ancient
The given sentence contains an error. Select the option that correctly rectifies the error.
He was carefullest while stealing the crown jewels.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Don’t take the wind out of my _______ and tell me I’m going nowhere with my life.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The test was passed by only a few students.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
He looks out of the window at the (1)________ snow, then turns and takes his wife in his arms, feeling grateful to be here even as he wonders what he is going to do with his life in strictly practical terms. For years, he had (2)________ himself to do one thing, and he did it well, but he doesn't know whether he wants to keep doing it for the rest of his life, for that matter, whether anyone will let him. He is still worrying when they go to bed.
They've been learning to get by with less, and they'll keep learning. It seems to him as if they're taking a course in loss lately. And as he feels himself falling asleep he has an (3)________ he believes is important, which he hopes he will remember in the morning, although it is one of those thoughts that seldom (4)________ translation to the language of daylight hours.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Brexit has evoked a spate of comments. These comments fall into broadly two categories. The first set of comments focusses on the short-term and medium- term impact of Brexit on the U.K., Europe and the rest of the world including India. The second goes into the reasons behind this decision of the British. Globalisation has been interpreted in many ways. In broad terms, globalisation denotes the free movement of goods,services, capital, funds, Ideas, technology and people across countries. Many people think globalisation is a recent phenomenon. This is not true. This has been going on for centuries. What has made it unique in recent times is the speed of the movement. Great Britain and many other countries in Europe have reached the present level of economic development only because of this free movement. In both demographic and geographic terms, Britain is a small country. It is not the size of the domestic market that determined its growth.. London could not have emerged as the financial centre. of the world but for the free flow of capital.
The gamut of financial services offered by
London is geared to meet world demand and not that of Britain alone. Even after the exit from the EU, Britain cannot remain as an isolated island. It has to be part of an international trade regime which allows for free trade. What then could have motivated a little more. than 50 per cent of the population to come out of the EU? It has something to do with the nature of the relationship within the EU. The EU has evolved over the last seven decades. From a loose arrangement, it has become a light bureaucratic organisation with its Jurisdiction extending to multifarious activities. When
the euro was created as a common currency, Britain opted out of it. The European Central Bank sets a common monetary policy stance for all member countries. This itself has been a source of irritation to many member countries. This came out prominently at the time of the Greek crisis, With the loss of one Instrument of control namely, the exchange rate variation the entire burden of adjustment had to be through employment and output changes. As one commentator put it, the EU has moved up its aspiration from the idea of 'common' market to 'single market. It is this transition which half of Britain has resented. The complex set of regulations emanating from Brussels has made at least a section of the British people feel that they have lost 'independence'. Some of the elite of Britain who voted to 'leave' feel this way. They think that control has moved to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. What has Induced the 'non-elite' to vote for Brexit was the EU's migration policy. The free movement of people has been the last straw that broke the camel's back. The low-paid Jobs in the U.K. have been taken over by migrants predominantly from Eastern Europe. In an economy which has been growing slowly (even though the U.K. is a better performer than other European countries in recent years), this has come as a shock. The spirit of 'nationalism still runs high. The poor in Britain feel that they have been cheated by the migrants. Absorbing migrants is not new for Britain. The Asian and African migrants constitute significant proportion of the population. All this happened when the economy was strong and growin But this is not the situation now, and the resentment in one sense natural. However, looked at globally, the poor in the countries from which people migrate hav benefited. The British have also gained to the extent that the free movement of people has enabled highly skilled professionals to find positions all over Europe. The 'leave vote thus was motivated by two considerations: one, the degree of integration that the FU was trying to impose, and two, the migration policy which allowed a free movement of people across countries. Globalisation is not really the devil. If the EU arrangement had been restricted only to free movement of goods, services, capital and funds, it could not have led to any deep resentment. It is the attempt at greater economic integration that has been interpreted as a loss of sovereignty and resented. Globalisation, with its emphasis on efficiency (since goods and services will get produced at the least cost centres), can lead to greater inequality theoretically. Within a country also, the more efficient including professionals gain disproportionately. This situation. gets worse if economies are growing slowly. The U.S. has always prided itself on saying that the system they have is 'people's capitalism. Inequalities do not matter much when economies are growing strongly and when new entrants to the labour force find employment easily. Countervalling measures are needed to take care of the adverse impact of globalisation. For this reason, we cannot throw the baby out with the bathwater. The developed countries face a serious dilemma. They have reached a stage in their development when further growth will be slow. This will have implications for absorbing the labour that gets added to the market. Complicating the situation is technological development which is increasingly labour-saving. New technologies have a twofold impact. First, they reduce the demand for labour in general. Second, in particular they make unskilled and semi-skilled work redundant. They demand new skills for which retraining may be needed. Distribution of Income has thus become an issue which needs to be dealt with directly. Brexit is not a blow against globalisation per se. Labour does not stand the same category as capital, even though both are factors of production. Migration hurts when the economy is at a low ebb. Britain, along with other developed countries, faces a basic problem of coping with a growth potential which is far lower than the growth rate they had seen before 2008.
To what aspect this article is devoted by the author?
Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
A. before the movie starts
B. should be there
C. at least fifteen minutes
D. the theater management recommends
E. the audience
In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it then select option (e) as your choice.
With power (A) growth, the demand(B) for economic (C) in India is only going to increase(D) further.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the Bold word in the given sentence.
Henry is so servile that other people take advantage of him.
Comprehension:
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Red kites were considered vermin across Britain and Ireland (1)______the 16th century and their numbers were rigorously (2)_____While public perceptions have changed, gamekeepers and farmers still (3)_____shoot, poison and trap red kites for the (4)_____harm they cause to livestock and game. In 2020 alone, 20 red kites were confirmed to have been (5)____this way in the UK.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Joseph opened the Bible.
The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.
The German sports brand Puma ________ that it has signed a long-term partnership deal with two upcoming players, Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Comic
Select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.
Her son came from Europe to meet her _________ after 20 years.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A.Through a subtle analysis, Woolf raises certain concerns regarding discrimination against women in a male-dominated society.
B.It's also against the need for freedom of expression in women, and the right to human dignity and equality.
C.In 'Shakespeare's Sister', Virginia Woolf explores the plight of women in society in England during the 15th and 16th centuries.
D.It is against the denial of education to the girl-child and violence against women.
Read the passage and answer the following questions. Mike and Morris lived in the same village.
While Morris owned the largest jewelry shop in the village, Mike was a poor farmer. Both had large families with many sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. One fine day, Mike, tired of not being able to feed his family, decided to leave the village and move to the city where he was certain to earn enough to feed everyone. Along with his family, he left the village for the city. At night, they stopped under a large tree. There was a stream running nearby where they could freshen up themselves. He told his sons to clear the area below the tree. They didn’t know that in the branches of the tree, there was a thief hiding. He watched as Mike’s family worked together and also noticed that they had nothing to cook. Mike’s wife also thought the same and asked her husband ” Everything is ready but what shall we eat?”. Mike raised his hands to heaven and said ” Don’t worry. He is watching all of this from above. He will help us.”
The thief got worried as he had seen that the family was large and worked well together. Taking advantage of the fact that they did not know he was hiding in the branches, he decided to make a quick escape. But, he left behind the bundle of stolen jewels and money which dropped into Mike’s lap. Mike opened it and jumped with joy when he saw the contents. The family gathered all their belongings and returned to the village. There was great excitement when they told everyone how they got rich. Morris thought that the tree was miraculous and this was a nice and quick way to earn some money. He ordered his family to pack some clothes and they set off as if on a journey. They also stopped under the same tree and Morris started commanding everyone as Mike had done. Being a rich family, they were used to having servants all around. So, the one who went to the river to fetch water enjoyed a nice bath. The one who went to get wood for fire went off to sleep. Morris’s wife said ” Everything is ready but what shall we eat?” Morris raised his hands and said, ”Don’t worry. He is watching all of this from above. He will help us.”
As soon as he finished saying, the thief jumped down from the tree with a knife in hand. Seeing him, everyone started running around to save their lives. The thief stole everything they had and Morris and his family had to return to the village empty-handed, having lost all their valuables that they had taken with them.
What does 'belongings' mean in the context of the passage?
Comprehension:
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Planking is free and (1)_____ only a couple of minutes -no gym membership or special equipment (2)_____Squatting, dead-lifting and pressing overhead without injury is hard to do without a strong (3)_____We need to keep our spine straight to do these (4)_____. Planking provides you with better core strength to be able to brace during these (5)______ "Lawton says.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quintessential
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below them.
Animals of all sorts live together in various ecosystems. Within these natural communities, the animals eat specific diets that connect them together in a food chain. The three diets of animals include creatures that eat only plants, those that eat only meat, and animals that eat both plants and meat. Animals that eat plants exclusively are herbivores, and animals that eat only meat are carnivores. When animals eat both plants and meat, they are called omnivores. The balance of an ecosystem depends on the presence of every type of animal. If one type of animal becomes too numerous or scarce, the entire balance of the ecosystem will change.
Carnivores will feed on herbivores, omnivores, and other carnivores in an ecosystem. A natural community depends on the presence of carnivores to control the populations of other animals. Large carnivores include wolves and mountain lions. A large carnivore might hunt down large herbivores such as elk and deer. Medium-sized carnivores include hawks and snakes, and these animals typically feed on rodents, birds, eggs, frogs, and insects. Examples of small carnivores include some smaller birds and toads. These carnivores may eat insects and worms. Carnivorous animals have strong jaws and sharp teeth to enable them to tear and rip prey. These animals often have long, sharp claws that they also use to tear prey. Carnivores depend on sufficient prey in the food chain to give them the food they need. If the herbivore population or the population of other adda carnivores declines in an ecosystem, carnivores may not survive.
With a diet comprised of only plants, herbivores can be surprisingly large animals. Examples of large herbivores include cows, elk, and buffalo. These animals eat grass, tree bark, aquatic vegetation, and shrubby growth. Herbivores can also be medium-sized animals such as sheep and goats, which eat shrubby vegetation and grasses. Small herbivores include rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, and mice. These animals eat grass, shrubs, seeds, and nuts. An ecosystem must provide _______ (1) plants to sustain herbivores, and many of them spend the majority of their lives eating to stay alive. If plant availability declines, herbivores may not have enough to eat. This could cause a decline in herbivore numbers, which would also impact carnivores. Herbivores usually have special biological systems to digest a variety of different plants. Their teeth also have special designs that enable them to rip off the plants and then grind them up with flat molars.
Omnivores have an advantage in an ecosystem because their diet is the most diverse. These animals can vary their diet depending on the food that is most plentiful, sometimes eating plants and other times eating meat. Herbivores have different digestive systems than omnivores, so omnivores usually cannot eat all of the plants that an herbivore can. Generally, omnivores eat fruits and vegetables freely, but they can't eat grasses and some grains due to digestive limitations. Omnivores will also hunt both carnivores and herbivores for meat, including small mammals, reptiles, and insects. Large omnivores include bears and humans. Examples of medium-sized omnivores include raccoons and pigs. Small omnivores include some fish and insects such as flies. Omnivore teeth often resemble carnivore teeth because of the need for tearing meat. Omnivores also have flat molars for grinding up food.
Which is the following can fill the blank (1) as given in the passage, to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct?
Identify the sentence that correctly uses the indefinite article.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who always expects the worst possible outcome
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The olive tree grows slowly yet lives a long time.
B.The normal lifespan of an olive tree is 300-400 years, but olive trees as ancient as 3000 years have been discovered.
C.The olive is a well-known Mediterranean-native evergreen tree whose fruit and oil are used in cuisine and cooking.
D.As a result, the olive tree is known as the ‘immortal tree’ in mythology and botany.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
The rich man was known all throughout the country for his noble deeds, kindness and as one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare.
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Sun is the star at the center of (1) _______ Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of in (2) ____ around the world. It keeps our planet warm enough for living things to grow. It gives us light so we can see. It is by far the most important (3) ______ of energy for life on Earth. It is about a hundred times as wide (4) _______ the Earth. If there were no sun, many things wouldn't occur like photosynthesis or the presence of oxygen, which would have caused no existence of life.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the Bold word in the given sentence.
On the day of independence, a jubilant crowd from all over the country cheered and wept.
Comprehension:
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Intriguingly, those who (1)_____ the psychobiotic diet reported they felt less stressed compared (2)_____those who followed the control diet. There was also a direct correlation between how strictly (3)____followed the diet and their perceived stress levels, with those who (4)_____more psychobiotic foods during the four-week period reporting the (5)_____ reduction in perceived stress levels.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
Direction: There are two blanks in the sentence given below. From the pair of words given in the options, choose the one that fits into the blanks most appropriately.
______ of education holds the key for development, for with it will come better governance, lesser inequality and a better ______ of life.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A lover of books
Select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.
When I was in Italy for a tour, the tourist guide provided by Azim was______Because of him, the whole tour was successful.
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_____his heart's desire. And while that is as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)____even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_____for six hundred years, on a high (4)____of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)____with rocks and small stones.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
There is a global growing demand and supply for organic foods. This has resulted from increased health awareness and food safety, a growing demand to protect the environment and animal welfare. The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) defines organic production as a process “that relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects” (IFOAM, 2010). Marketing the product will provide the link that will satisfy both the demand and the supply. Thus marketing the products will provide the link between the producers and the consumers. While the marketing of these products is developed in the U.S.A, the Asian marketing is just developing.
In most Asian countries, organic production is mainly for small farmers in order to assist them to be selfsufficient and improve the quality of the soil. It is mainly done for export. Organic food production in Asia is yet to develop. Though the Asian countries form 25 per cent of the members of (IFOAM) the area engaged in organic farming is still very small as by 2003 all the Asian countries had only utilised less than 1 per cent of all agricultural land in organic farming with the exception of China IFOAM, 2004). The local markets in Asia are not established and are only emerging. Marketing initiatives are in the process of being launched.
There are National Initiatives to develop the organic sector. There are initiatives by NGOs supporting to practice organic agriculture and training them on how to market organic food products. Most of the organic farming has support from the grassroots level. In most Asian countries there is a very rare national scale of organic production and only India has a government initiative. The Indian government (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APFPEDA)) initiative is only meant to assist in exporting of the organic food and not to develop the domestic market. APFPEDA offers training to producers and certification agencies, research and development services: promoting certification programs, developing policies, improving the quality of services, promoting Indian organic foods.
The main challenges facing organic food marketing are the pricing competition and logistics arrangements. The organic foods have to compete with other non-organic foods in terms of pricing, varieties and the frequency of production. The organic food products are expensive to produce. Their infrastructure is yet to be developed and thus it is hard for marketing organisations to sell them at a competitive price. The organic food products are expensive both in the Asian countries and in the US. In US organic foods are 10 to 30 per cent more expensive than the conventional food products (Dimitri & Oberholtzer, 209).
There are ways to develop and help support marketing organisations for organic food products in Asia. The local initiatives should provide those strategies that eliminate intermediaries, thus reducing the prices of the products and thus encouraging more buyers, while at the same time promoting the producers. Any non-commercial external funding should be accompanied by organisations own increase in capital investment. This assures continuity after the external funding is pulled out. Most of the marketing organisations start small whereby some do not even have an office and operate from home. This may be satisfactory to start with, but as the company grows, it should have an official location of operation.
What is the synonym of the given word?
Adverse
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Laisha should holding / a meeting in the / Prem Auditorium / tomorrow evening.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
When Hurricane Harvey loomed off the coast of my home state of Texas, it seemed to fill the entire Gulf of Mexico. When it roared on land, it pummeled the towns of Rockport and Port Aransas, whose tawny beaches I've walked with my kids, pointing out the indigo sails of Portuguese man o' war jellyfish. Harvey's eye took direct aim at the University of Texas' Marine Science Institute, flattening not just the facility itself, but priceless samples awaiting analysis. After Harvey left Port Aransas, it spun back into the Gulf of Mexico over record sea temperatures as great as 4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Thermodynamic laws require that warmer air holds more water vapor. The heat armed the storm with a mighty arsenal of water vapor. Then Harvey returned to land, dumping a catastrophic amount of rain on Houston. My Facebook feed filled with pleas for rescue from the rising waters. Friends' houses flooded houses that had always been on dry land before. A chemical plant blew up, twice. Toxic chemicals oozed from Superfund sites. Dozens died in the deluge, mostly by drowning. And all the while, alongside the heartbreak and horror, I kept thinking about a strange harbinger: jellyfish. Play Video Diaphanous in form yet menacing in sting, jellyfish have a powerful capacity to capture our imagination. They undulate in a primal rhythm, blinking open and closed like eyes that can peer into the soul of the sea. And what they are seeing are changes produced by us here on land. Because we burn fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gasses, not just the atmosphere but ocean waters are warming. At the same time, our ship traffic transports animals to new places, and sometimes these exotics find home-like conditions where in the past those conditions would have been unsuitable.
That's what happened in the eastern Mediterranean, where a jellyfish from the tropical Indian Ocean has found warm, homey waters and now forms huge aggregations called blooms that stretch for tens of miles every summer. The fierce stings of these animals chase beach-goers out of the water. Their gooey bodies clog machinery at power plants, halting operations. Rampant coastal development provides new habitat for a jellyfish stage called a polyp that looks like a sea anemone. When it finds a hard surface like a dock or a jetty to grow on, a single polyp can proliferate into a dozen or even more medusae. And fields of polyps grow on those hard structures. That's likely what happened off the coast of Italy, where gas platforms are thought to be the home for a new invasion of jellyfish. In the twentieth century in the Adriatic Sea, moon jellies, pinkish with their characteristic four-leafed clover on top, were a rarity. Now they are ubiquitous. And as we wash pollution into our waters, we create low- oxygen environments. Some jellyfish, with their low metabolic rate due to their a-cellular jelly insides, can survive more easily there than fish, with their oxygen-guzzling muscled tissues. That is part of what happened in the Yellow Sea, where pollution is unchecked. It is the birthplace of a maroon jellyfish that reaches a weight of 500 pounds. Blooms of the creature were a once-a-generation event before 2000 the kind of thing fishermen mentioned to their sons. But jellyzillas swept from China in the Tsushima Current, have plagued Japan's coast almost every year of the 21st century. In 2009, a fishing boat caught so many that their weight capsized the vessel. (Fortunately, the crewmembers were rescued.) And our lack of oversight of the fishing industry, which has removed more than 90% of the large fish from the seas, has depleted the predators of jellyfish as well as their competitors. Jellyfish are eaten by some fish, and jellyfish eat the same small zooplankton that fish do. The ecological vacuum left by unrestrained fishing can allow jellyfish to expand their influence in marine ecosystems. That's what happened off the coast of Namibia, once one of the world.
Which of the following statement t(s) is/ are true in context of the given passage?
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She is building a new house.
Select the sentence that has the correct use of words and spellings.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required".
No, they are normal people, (although they perceive the world different).
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