Q. 21 Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any partSita(a) with all her sisters(b) were here(c). No error.(d)
A) b
B) a
C) d
D) c
✔ c
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Q. 22 Which action is the best example of a direct observation?
A) determining the seal population of an island by counting seals in 10 square meters of the island
B) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute
C) reading numbers on a heat sensor to conclude that there is a deer in the night woods
D) identifying which bird was present by the tracks that it leaves in the sand at a beach
✔ listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute
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Q. 23 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.Our destiny is always and only in our own hands – (inspite) all apparent evidence which may indicate otherwise.
A) despite of
B) despite in
C) No improvement
D) despite
✔ despite
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Q. 24 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.Even more astonishingly,P-he cast as "beautiful"Q-he went on toR-describe the vote
A) RPQ
B) RQP
C) QRP
D) PRQ
✔ QRP
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Q. 25 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.I wish I (was) a superman.
A) have been
B) am
C) No improvement
D) were
✔ were
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Q. 26 Select the synonym of:incisive
A) concise
B) daffy
C) tedious
D) stolid
✔ concise
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Q. 27 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system is the (much) efficient economic system.
A) many
B) most
C) No improvement
D) mere
✔ most
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Q. 28 Select the synonym ofrepentance
A) obdurate
B) intransigent
C) remorse
D) resolute
✔ remorse
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Q. 29 Select the antonym ofstupor
A) consciousness
B) swoon
C) apathy
D) trance
✔ consciousness
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Q. 30 Select the antonym ofsibilate
A) boo
B) whiz
C) rasp
D) exalt
✔ exalt
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Q. 31 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.This palace (has been belonging) to our family since generations.
A) has belonged
B) has belonging
C) no improvement
D) belonged
✔ has belonged
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Q. 32 Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.There's more than the 101-seater dining table at the Falaknuma Palace that is awe inspiring. The library done in rosewood and mahogany is a place that will force anyone to pause, if only to admire the fine original polish, the furniture and the walnut carved high roof. The last is supposedly an imitation of the one at Windsor Castle.The library is almost the size of a large banquet hall and acts as the passage to other parts of the palace including the dining area. For years the palace had no librarian because they couldn't find the right person to do justice to the treasure trove of books collected by the Nizam's family over several decades. That is until they found Asif Husain Arastu who belongs to the family that owned the famous A A Husain book store in Abids. So when his friend and historian Anuradha Naik pointed out the palace's requirement at the library, Husain was delighted. On his very first day as the librarian at the magnificent Taj Falaknuma palace, Asif Husain found a reference book on 'How to paint grass' by Alfred East.Which of the following is false about Mr Arastu?
A) He was the librarian at the Falaknuma Palace
B) He was a descendent of the Nizam's family
C) He was a friend of Anuradha Naik
D) He owned a book store
✔ He was a descendent of the Nizam's family
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Q. 33 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. Diversity typically provides fresh perspectives on issues, but it makes it more difficult (to unit) the team and reach agreements.
A) unity
B) unify
C) No improvement
D) to unify
✔ to unify
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Q. 34 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind, and prevent it (to perceiving) the truth.
A) upon perceiving
B) from perceiving
C) No improvement
D) to perceive
✔ from perceiving
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Q. 35 Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-Penchant
A) Eagerness
B) Liking
C) Keenness
D) Disability
✔ Liking
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Q. 36 Correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarationsof the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, thesummits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ nonnuclear weapon states.the summits narrowed their ______________
A) focus
B) view
C) vision
D) attention
✔ focus
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Q. 37 Correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarationsof the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, thesummits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ nonnuclear weapon states.civilian holdings __________________ non nuclear weapon states.
A) for
B) into
C) about
D) in
✔ in
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Q. 38 'One who possesses many talents'One word substitute for the given word is?
A) Wisdom
B) Exceptional
C) Nubile
D) Versatile
✔ Versatile
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Q. 39 Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A) Everyone has special skills; and, some people use them very well.
B) Everyone has special skills; some people use them very well.
C) Everyone has special skills and, some people use them very well.
D) Everyone has special skills some people use them very well.
✔ Everyone has special skills; some people use them very well.
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Q. 40 Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.i.Attributeii. Attenuationiii. Attainiv. Attention
A) iv, i, iii, ii
B) iii, iv, ii, i
C) i, ii, iii, iv
D) i, iii, ii, iv
✔ iii, iv, ii, i
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