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Note:

In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning . The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

1.

S1: The heart is pump of life.
P : They have even succeeded in heart transplants.
Q : Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patients heart and carry out complicated operations.
R : A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly.
S : If heart stops we die in about five minutes.
S6: All this was made possible by the invention of heart-lung machine.
The Proper sequence should be:

A.    SRQP Wrong Right

B.    SPRQ Wrong Right

C.    SQPR Wrong Right

D.    SRPQ Wrong Right

Answer : SRQP

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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2.

S1: Sun birds are among the smallest of Indian birds.
P : Though they are functionally similar to the humming birds of the New World, they are totally unrelated.
Q : They do eat insects too.
R : They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured birds.
S : sun birds feed on nectar mostly and helped in pollination.
S6: Our common sun birds are the purple sun bird, the glossy black species and purple rumped sun bird, the yellow and maroon species.
The Proper sequence should be:

A.    SQPR Wrong Right

B.    RPSQ Wrong Right

C.    QPRS Wrong Right

D.    PSRQ Wrong Right

Answer : SQPR

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3.

S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P : During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.
Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
S : In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.
The Proper sequence should be:

A.    PRQS Wrong Right

B.    QPRS Wrong Right

C.    QRPS Wrong Right

D.    SPQR Wrong Right

Answer : QPRS

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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4.

S1: Far away in a little street there is a poor house.
P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seam stress.
Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman.
R : He has a fever and asking for oranges.
S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill.
S6: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying.
The Proper sequence should be:

A.    SRQP Wrong Right

B.    PQSR Wrong Right

C.    QPSR Wrong Right

D.    RSPQ Wrong Right

Answer : QPSR

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Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

5.

The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers is

A.    pursuit of a commercialised material culture Wrong Right

B.    replacement of rural by urban interests Wrong Right

C.    complete removal of poverty Wrong Right

D.    absence of violence and corruption Wrong Right

Answer : complete removal of poverty

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6.

The basis of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' is

A.    rapid industrialisation of villages Wrong Right

B.    self sufficiency in food clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle Wrong Right

C.    bringing to the villages the glittering prizes of the 20th century Wrong Right

D.    supporting those holdings powerful political positions Wrong Right

Answer : self sufficiency in food clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle

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7.

Which one of the following best illustrates the relationship between the phrases:
(i) 'eschew the glittering prizes' and
(ii) 'idyllic and rural paradise'?

A.    unless you do (i), you cannot have (ii) Wrong Right

B.    (i) and (ii) are identical in meaning Wrong Right

C.    first of all you must have (ii) in order to do (i) Wrong Right

D.    the meaning of (i) is directly opposite to (ii) Wrong Right

Answer : the meaning of (i) is directly opposite to (ii)

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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8.

Mahatma Gandhi's views opposed industrialisation of villages because

A.    it would help the poor and not the rich Wrong Right

B.    it would take away the skill of the villagers Wrong Right

C.    it would affect the culture of the Indians Wrong Right

D.    it would undermine self-sufficiency and destroy the beauty of life of the villager Wrong Right

Answer : it would take away the skill of the villagers

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Note:

A phrase in the sentences below is underlined. Which one of the phrases given below a, b, c, or d should replace it to make it a grammatically correct sentence? If no change is required, choose ‘e’ as your answer. 

9.

Sale tax on gold isn’t high in Dubai, is it?

A.    isn’t it Wrong Right

B.    is it not Wrong Right

C.    doesn’t it Wrong Right

D.    does it Wrong Right

E.    no change required Wrong Right

Answer : no change required

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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10.

Had we started early, we would have reached on time. 

A.    Having Wrong Right

B.    If we might have Wrong Right

C.    If we have Wrong Right

D.    We could have Wrong Right

E.    No change required Wrong Right

Answer : No change required

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11.

He is a god man but his yesterday’s behaviour was unacceptable. 

A.    behaviour of yesterday Wrong Right

B.    behaviour yesterday Wrong Right

C.    yesterday behaviour Wrong Right

D.    behaviour on yesterday Wrong Right

E.    no change required Wrong Right

Answer : no change required

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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12.

My student is so lazy that he can not do anything in a hurry. 

A.    is so coy Wrong Right

B.    is so slow Wrong Right

C.    is so careful Wrong Right

D.    is so rigid Wrong Right

E.    no change required Wrong Right

Answer : is so careful

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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Note:

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom

13.

To pick holes

A.    To find some reason to quarrel Wrong Right

B.    To destroy something Wrong Right

C.    To criticise someone Wrong Right

D.    To cut some part of an item Wrong Right

E.    None of these Wrong Right

Answer : To criticise someone

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14.

To be above board

A.    To have a good height Wrong Right

B.    To be honest in any business deal Wrong Right

C.    They have no debts Wrong Right

D.    To try to be beautiful Wrong Right

E.    None of these Wrong Right

Answer : To be honest in any business deal

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15.

To keeps one's temper

A.    To become hungry Wrong Right

B.    To be in good mood Wrong Right

C.    To preserve ones energy Wrong Right

D.    To be aloof from Wrong Right

E.    None of these Wrong Right

Answer : To be in good mood

Explanation : There is no explanation...

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