Question 8
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Question 8
8. ALACRITY
A. boredom
B. vexation
C. promptness
D. wit
E. cleverness
Answer
Option C
Alacrity means (brisk eagerness or enthusiasm) or promptness.
Question 9
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Question 9
9. Movement
A. move
B. movable
C. movingly
D. movably
Answer
Option A
Question 10
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Question 10
10. Success is achieved not by mere dreaming, anticipating and planning but by executing your plan of action.
A. achieved not merely by dreaming
B. attained not by merely dreaming
C. attained merely not by dreaming
D. attained not by dreaming merely
E. No correction required
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Option A
Choices (B), (C) and (D) are incorrect due to the inappropriate positioning of the adverbs.
Question 11
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Question 11
11. He stole a car recently
A. SVOA
B. SV
C. SVAA
D. SVA
Answer
Option A
Question 12
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Question 12
12. The watchman waved his cane. In the nick of time the barking dog ran away.
a) As soon as the barking ———–
b) Hardly was the watchman ———–
c) No sooner does the watchman ———–
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. A, B & D
E. None of these
Answer
Option E
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Question 13
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Question 13
13. Arunkumar can play on violin?
A. does he?
B. could he?
C. can he?
D. can’t he?
Answer
Option D
Question 14
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Question 14
14. We have warned you.
A. You have been warned.
B. We have you warned.
C. Warned you have been.
D. Have you been warned.
Answer
Option A
You have been warned.
Question 15
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Question 15
15. To be over weighed is not the same as being obese.
A. Being over weighed
B. To be over weight
C. Being over weight
D. Being over weight
Answer
Option D
The comparison is between ‘being overweight’ and ‘being obese’. As the second part of the sentence has ‘being obese’ parallelism demands that the first part also takes the same be-form. Hence, ‘being overweight’ is the correct way of expressing the idea.
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