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3851.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He was a hopeless doctor if ever I saw one._x005F_x000D_

A. if I ever saw
B. if I saw
C. if I see
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3852.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_ We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend.

A. through a mutual friend.
B. by a common friend.
C. by mutual friends.
D. No improvement
Answer» C. by mutual friends.
Discussion
3853.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Teachers are exemplary to the virtues of middle class.

A. exemplify
B. are examples to
C. exemplificate
D. No improvement
Answer» B. are examples to
Discussion
3854.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Nida was too clever to see through his tricks.

A. see his tricks.
B. see into his tricks.
C. see over his tricks.
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3855.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The revolt of 1857 happened during the rein of Bahadur Shah Zafar.

A. in the rein off
B. in the reign of
C. during the reign of
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
3856.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve thesentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ I think so she will come to the party.

A. So I think she will come to the party.
B. I am thinking she will come to the party.
C. I think she will come to the party.
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
3857.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Old habit die hardly.

A. Old habits die hardly.
B. Old habits die hard.
C. Older habits die too hard.
D. No improvement
Answer» C. Older habits die too hard.
Discussion
3858.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Herself saw the thief.

A. Herself she saw the thief.
B. She herself saw the thief.
C. Herself she see the thief.
D. No improvement
Answer» C. Herself she see the thief.
Discussion
3859.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ My parents will reach Delhi by Monday next.

A. are reaching
B. will have reached
C. were reaching
D. No improvement
Answer» C. were reaching
Discussion
3860.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The burglar broke in the shop last night.

A. broke
B. broke through
C. broke into
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
3861.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Woe betide the youngster who is less than respectful.

A. Woes beside
B. Woe beside
C. Woes betide
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3862.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ All the family members of his are in Ernakulam.

A. All the members of his family.
B. All his family members
C. All of his family members
D. No improvement
Answer» B. All his family members
Discussion
3863.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ He spoke as though his throat had had suffered an injury.

A. has had
B. had
C. would have
D. No improvement
Answer» C. would have
Discussion
3864.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ My office is within a stone's throw from the university.

A. in a stone's throw
B. within a stone throw
C. at a stone's throw
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3865.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ We are withnessing not triumph but the breakdown of democracy.

A. not the triumph but breakdown
B. not the triumph but the breakdown
C. note triumph but breakdown
D. No improvement
Answer» C. note triumph but breakdown
Discussion
3866.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Forewarned is forearmed.

A. For warned is forearmed.
B. Before warned is forearmed.
C. Forewarned is for armed.
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3867.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Usain Bolt is second to one as an athlete.

A. second to no one
B. second to none
C. none of second
D. No improvement
Answer» C. none of second
Discussion
3868.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Whether we realise or not we are continuously making choices every moment of our lives.

A. comprehensively
B. comparatively
C. constantly
D. No improvement
Answer» D. No improvement
Discussion
3869.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Having run here and there in rage, he stood defeated, his cries suppressed into sobs.

A. to and fro
B. helter-skelter
C. far and wide
D. No improvement
Answer» C. far and wide
Discussion
3870.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ One night they sank through the shiny water, and for the first time since he has known them, began to quickly swim.

A. he had known them, began to swim quickly.
B. he have known them, begin to quickly swim
C. he knew them, began to swim quickly
D. No improvement
Answer» B. he have known them, begin to quickly swim
Discussion
3871.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Ram cooked a conspiracy to cheat Abdul.

A. cultivated
B. hatched
C. fabricated
D. no improvement
Answer» C. fabricated
Discussion
3872.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Raja is a bad singer, he is tone-deaf.

A. stone-deaf
B. deaf
C. tune-deaf
D. No improvement
Answer» E.
Discussion
3873.

In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains thelist of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer._x005F_x000D_ On the occasion of his golden jubilee, the generous king Maharaja of Bikaner Ganga Singh, participated in the ancient Hindu TulaDaan ceremony whereby he sat on a large set of scales and was measured against gold bars, whose cash equivalent was then donated to the charitable Golden Jubilee Fund._x005F_x000D_

A. Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8)
B. (4)-(8)
C. (1)-(5)
D. (3)-(7)
Answer» E.
Discussion
3874.

In the following question, a short passage with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).There is a fairly universal sentiment that the use of nuclear weapons is clearly contrary to mortality and that its production probably so, does not go far enough. These activities are not only opposed to mortality but also to the law. If the legal objection can be added to the moral, the argument against the use and manufacture of these weapons will considerably be reinforced. Now the time is ripe to evaluate the responsibility of scientists who knowingly use their expertise for the construction of such weapons, which has a deleterious effect on mankind.How appropriate it is that all this valuable skill should be devoted to the manufacture of weapons of death in a world of poverty is a question that must touch the scientific conscience.

A. Almost 50% of the skilled scientific manpower in the world is now engaged in the armaments industry.
B. To think that majority of the scientists are promoting the manufacturing of the armaments is hurtful.
C. Scientists should use their conscience before taking up these contracts to manufacture the weapons of mass destruction.
D. Scientific manpower is used to the interests of some selfish and careless people who want to threaten the existence of homo-sapiens.
Answer» B. To think that majority of the scientists are promoting the manufacturing of the armaments is hurtful.
Discussion
3875.

In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The student told her teacher to explain the passage.

A. asked her teacher
B. said to her teacher
C. conveyed to her teacher
D. No improvement
Answer» B. said to her teacher
Discussion
3876.

In the following question, a passage is given which describes a situation. From the given options, mark the correct inference that can be drawn from the passage. If none of the inferences follow, mark option 5, “None of these” as the answer.The philosophy of pragmatism goes something like this. The mind is such that it deals only with ideas. It is not possible for the mind to relate to anything other than ideas. Therefore, it is not correct to think that the mind actually can ponder reality. All that the mind can ponder is its ideas about reality. (Whether or not that is the way reality actually is, is a metaphysicalissue). Therefore, whether or not something is true is not a matter of how closely it corresponds to the absolute truth, but of how consistent it is with our experience.

A. Our experiences define our concept of reality.
B. Reality is a metaphysical issue.
C. Pragmatism and reality are two sides of the same coin.
D. Our experiences enable us to determine the truth.
Answer» B. Reality is a metaphysical issue.
Discussion
3877.

In the following question, a passage is given which describes a situation. From the given options, mark the correct inference that can be drawn from the passage. If none of the inferences follow, mark option 5, “None of these” as the answer.In nearly all human populations a majority of individuals can taste the artificially synthesized chemical phenylthiocarbonide (PTC). However, the percentage varies dramatically-- from as low as 60% in India to as high as 95% in Africa. That this polymorphism is observed in non- human primates as well indicates a long evolutionary history which, although obviously not acting on PTC, might reflect evolutionary selection for taste discrimination of other, more significant bitter substances, such as certain toxic plants.

A. Human beings show the same taste profile as primates.
B. Humans prefers substances that are naturally sweet.
C. Only a minority of the human population have an indeterminant taste profile.
D. A majority of the human population have an indeterminant taste profile.
Answer» D. A majority of the human population have an indeterminant taste profile.
Discussion
3878.

In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains the list of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer.A warm story of humility and forgiveness comes from the US city of Fort Smith where a Masjid not only forgave the young man who vandalised the mosque but also helped pay his fine so that he doesn't get charged to jail and his future is saved._x005F_x000D_

A. Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8)
B. (2)-(6)
C. (1)-(5)
D. (4)-(8)
Answer» B. (2)-(6)
Discussion
3879.

In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains the list of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer.The condition of the hospital and its services reflecting on the inadequacy of Bihar's healthcare system, with patients usually increasing the number of beds available being treated on the floor, insipid food and long bill of medication and services._x005F_x000D_

A. Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8)
B. (2)-(6)
C. (1)-(5)
D. Both (4)-(8) and (1)-(5)
Answer» C. (1)-(5)
Discussion
3880.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank._x005F_x000D_ When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 3._x005F_x000D_

A. cleaner
B. waiter
C. manager
D. friend
Answer» C. manager
Discussion
3881.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank._x005F_x000D_ When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 1._x005F_x000D_

A. seat
B. stage
C. counter
D. plate
Answer» B. stage
Discussion
3882.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank._x005F_x000D_ When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 5._x005F_x000D_

A. a
B. the
C. an
D. this
Answer» C. an
Discussion
3883.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank._x005F_x000D_ When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 2._x005F_x000D_

A. place
B. wallet
C. pen
D. time
Answer» E.
Discussion
3884.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank._x005F_x000D_ When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 4._x005F_x000D_

A. When
B. What
C. How
D. Why
Answer» C. How
Discussion
3885.

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 blank. _x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5)_x005F_x000D_

A. the
B. an_x005F_x000D_
C. each_x005F_x000D_
D. a
Answer» E.
Discussion
3886.

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 blank. _x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4)_x005F_x000D_

A. neither
B. every_x005F_x000D_
C. some_x005F_x000D_
D. either
Answer» E.
Discussion
3887.

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 blank. _x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3)_x005F_x000D_

A. is made_x005F_x000D_
B. made_x005F_x000D_
C. has been made_x005F_x000D_
D. was made
Answer» E.
Discussion
3888.

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 blank. _x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2)_x005F_x000D_

A. occupied_x005F_x000D_
B. placed_x005F_x000D_
C. situated
D. located
Answer» C. situated
Discussion
3889.

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 blank. _x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1)_x005F_x000D_

A. for
B. of
C. in_x005F_x000D_
D. by
Answer» C. in_x005F_x000D_
Discussion
3890.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_ Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)_____ damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, (2)_____ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)_____ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)_____ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)_____ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists._x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number(5)._x005F_x000D_

A. and
B. but
C. also
D. as
Answer» B. but
Discussion
3891.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_ Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)_____ damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, (2)_____ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)_____ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)_____ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)_____ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number(4)._x005F_x000D_

A. destroyed
B. distracted
C. dismayed
D. displayed
Answer» B. distracted
Discussion
3892.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_ Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)_____ damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, (2)_____ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)_____ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)_____ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)_____ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number(3)._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_

A. none
B. no
C. nor
D. or
Answer» D. or
Discussion
3893.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_ Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)_____ damage to environment. In order to  attract more tourists, (2)_____ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)_____ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)_____ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)_____ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number(1)._x005F_x000D_

A. an
B. one
C. a
D. the
Answer» E.
Discussion
3894.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_ Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)_____ damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, (2)_____ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)_____ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)_____ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)_____ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number(2)._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_

A. sprawling
B. scheming
C. spreading
D. stretching
Answer» B. scheming
Discussion
3895.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ In a way, adult education is an educational movement through the medium (1)______ village schools. In the beginning, the (2)______ were suspicious. It was hard to persuade (3)______ to realise that they were really getting something (4)______ the schools. They were not at all sure that they wanted their (5)______ to leave their homes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 5._x005F_x000D_

A. teachers
B. villagers
C. parents
D. children
Answer» E.
Discussion
3896.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ In a way, adult education is an educational movement through the medium (1)______ village schools. In the beginning, the (2)______ were suspicious. It was hard to persuade (3)______ to realise that they were really getting something (4)______ the schools. They were not at all sure that they wanted their (5)______ to leave their homes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 4_x005F_x000D_

A. from
B. to
C. for
D. by
Answer» B. to
Discussion
3897.

_x005F_x000D_ 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 blank._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ In a way, adult education is an educational movement through the medium (1)______ village schools. In the beginning, the (2)______ were suspicious. It was hard to persuade (3)______ to realise that they were really getting something (4)______ the schools. They were not at all sure that they wanted their (5)______ to leave their homes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 3._x005F_x000D_

A. they
B. him
C. them
D. us
Answer» D. us
Discussion
3898.

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 blank._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ In a way, adult education is an educational movement through the medium (1)______ village schools. In the beginning, the (2)______ were suspicious. It was hard to persuade (3)______ to realise that they were really getting something (4)______ the schools. They were not at all sure that they wanted their (5)______ to leave their homes._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 1._x005F_x000D_

A. by
B. of
C. from
D. in
Answer» C. from
Discussion
3899.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ We also need to work towards a re-engineering of procedures. It __________________ that fear of being scrutinised by the office of the Central Vigilance Commissioner has _________________ loan officers in the public sector into inaction. It is _______________ no use having a publicly-owned banking ___________ that does not extend credit to sound projects on grounds of __________________ scrutiny._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ sound projects on grounds of __________________ scrutiny._x005F_x000D_

A. pensive
B. retrospective
C. reflective
D. contemplative
Answer» C. reflective
Discussion
3900.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ We also need to work towards a re-engineering of procedures. It __________________ that fear of being scrutinised by the office of the Central Vigilance Commissioner has _________________ loan officers in the public sector into inaction. It is _______________ no use having a publicly-owned banking ___________ that does not extend credit to sound projects on grounds of __________________ scrutiny._x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ It is _______________ no use having a publicly-owned banking _x005F_x000D_

A. for
B. of
C. as
D. to
Answer» C. as
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