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    In the following item, the passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and choose the correct sequence from the options:

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    S1: It is very warm and sticky today.
    S6: A good rain would cool things off a little.
    P: That is a good idea.
    Q: I wonder what the weather is going to be like tomorrow.
    R: Let's listen to the weather report for tomorrow on the radio.
    S: The paper here says it's going to be fair and sunny.
    The proper sequence should be:
    Solution
    The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connects with S1. It should be a continuation or extension of S1.
    Q is first in the sequence: S1 says that it is very warm and sticky today. Q says that the subject wonders how the weather is going to be tomorrow. It is the only phrase that connects with S1.
    Q is followed by R: R suggests a solution to Q's query. In it the subjects suggests to listen to the weather report for tomorrow on the radio.
    R is followed by P: P is a response to R. It says listening to the weather report is a good idea.
    P is followed by S: S adds that the paper says it's going to be fair and sunny and S6 continues by saying that a nice rain would cool things off a little. Since S connects the best with S6, it has to be last.
    Thus, the correct sequence is Q R P S. Hence, C is the correct option.
  • Question 2
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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 

    The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then-this thought had come to her before-that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed she had never thanked him for the help he had given her father. 

    Her unpleasant feeling passed when ______. 
    Solution
    According to the last sentence, she felt ashamed because she realized she never thanked him for the help he gave to her father. So, C is incorrect.
    The second sentence tells us that he did not notice that she was looking at him. This made her lose the unpleasant feeling and glance at him. Hence, A is the correct answer.
    B and D are inconsistent with the contents of the passage. We reject them.
  • Question 3
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    Arrange the parts to form a meaningful sentence:

    P) no conclusive evidence
    Q) the enquiry committee found
    R) to the airplane
    S) of a thermal shock
    Solution
    The first statement in the sequence should be the one that Introduces a new topic. It must not be a continuation or extension of a topic.
    Q is first in the sequence: Q is the only phrase that can start the topic. It starts by telling us something that the enquiry committee found.
    Q is followed by P: P directly continues Q's point by telling us what the committee found. It says that the committee found no conclusive evidence.
    P is followed by S: S directly continues P's point by telling us what the evidence was of. It says that the committee found no conclusive evidence of a thermal shock.
    S is followed by R: R directly continues S' point by telling us what the shock was to. It says that no evidence was found of a thermal shock to the airplane.
    Finally, the correct sentence is 'The enquiry committee found no conclusive evidence of a thermal shock to the airplane'.
    Thus, the correct sequence is Q P S R. Hence, B is the correct option.
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    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

    Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. 

    What does the author mean by 'buck up'?
    Solution
    Buck up" is an expression for the word cheer up. Here, a certain 'he' is "plunged in despair" and the writer is telling him to "cheer up." So, the answer is option C.
  • Question 5
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    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

    Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting, our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday that was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. 

    What is the Continent in the context of the passage? 
    Solution
    Option D, Europe, is the correct answer. The speaker, being an Englishman, the Continent, to him, world mean the European mainland, And not any other place near or beyond that. The Options A and B are wrong because they refer to an island and the countryside, respectively, whereas the passage clearly refers to the Continent. Option C, Africa, is incorrect because the reference of the Continent in context of an Englishman means the European continent, which is linear to England, than Africa.
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    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

    Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. 

    What is the author's intention in the passage?
    Solution
    The given passage shows the Indian as sorrowful and gloomy. Thus option B is the correct answer. Options B,C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 7
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    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

    We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.

    What does the writer suggest?
    Solution
    The given answer, option B, is correct. The writer of the passage stresses on the fact that as humans, we have continuously destroyed nature for our betterment, urbanization and modernity. He laments over the fact that in doing so, we are endangering our future, reminding us that we need nature more than it needs us, and for that, we must be vigilant not to destroy nature. The statements of options A,C and D are incoherent with the passage and thus, are incorrect. 
  • Question 8
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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

    As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.

    What does the author suggest? 
    Solution
    The given option B is the correct answer. The author asserts his understanding of humans and concludes that man will continue with living in the same conditions without increasing his effort in limited hours. The statements of options A,C and D are incorrect because they are not supported by the passage. 
  • Question 9
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    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

    We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.

    What does "Nature" in the passage mean? 
    Solution
    The statement of option A, countryside covered with plants and trees, is correct. The passage suggests the destruction of landscape, trees and natural reserves being destroyed for the rampant urbanization that the humans have undertaken. This is the "nature" that the passage talks about. The statements of options B,C and D are irrelevant in this context, and thus, are incorrect. 
  • Question 10
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    Directions For Questions

    [passage-header]Read the passage and choose the correct answer which follow the question.[/passage-header]The word 'request' in Indian English is generally used in the sense of 'pray' and seldom in the sense of 'ask'-the usual meaning of the term in the Queen's English. If while addressing a vice-chancellor, a student writes: I ask you to grant me leave", or "Could I ask you to grant me leave, "instead of the usual form "I request you to grant me leave", he will be considered rude, and would even invite disciplinary action. Then there is an additional factor, the status which determines the syntactical structure in which the word is going to figure. A subordinate addressing his boss in an office in India writes, "I request you to look into the case", while the boss writing to a subordinate will normally write the passive, "You are requested to look into the case". If the latter form is used by a subordinate it may mean an insult. If bureaucratic usages in other forms of English are also found to be in favor of the passive one can safely endure a generalization that "the more secure in his position (and in his inferior's esteem) the senior person is, the more he can afford to relax his style". 

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    In Queen's English 'request' means ____.
    Solution
    As is given in first sentence of the passage, the word 'request' means ask in the Queen's English. Hence option B is the correct answer.
    Options A, C and D are incorrect because these answers are not supported by the information given in the passage. 
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