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  • Question 1
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    For the word given at the top of table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.

    Word: Exceed

    Solution

    A-H – Flowing Beyond

    B-F – Greater than or superior to

    C- E – Beyond the Comprehension

    D-G – Crossing Limits

  • Question 2
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    In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

    Since her face was free of ______ there was no way to ______ if she appreciated what had happened.

    Solution

    Something happened. And this can be ascertained by the look on her face. Hence Option b is correct. Option a is incorrect as makeup does not help you understand if someone liked something or not. Similarly option d is not correct either. Option c might appear like a fit but a person’s response to something is adjudged by expression and not by emotions or joy.

  • Question 3
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    In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

    In this context, the ______ of the British labor movement is particularly ______.

    Solution

    Significant is formal usage as it is about the British Labor movement. Hence Option c is correct. In option a & d, the words affair and atmosphere do not fit the context of the sentence. Comparing b & c, significant fits the second blank along with the first word.

  • Question 4
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    For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.

    Obviate: The new metro rail system may obviate the need for the use of personal vehicles.

    Solution

    Bolster strengthens the cause of driving personal cars and hence is inappropriate in this context. Forestall and Preclude mean Prevent.

  • Question 5
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    Choose the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given for each question.

    Solution

    This is question on subject-verb agreement. We are talking about each individual student among a group of students, so the verb should be singular.

  • Question 6
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    The mechanism which enables birds to wing their course through the air, is both singular and instructive. Their bodies are covered with feathers, which are much lighter than coverings of hair, with which quadrupeds are usually clothed. The feathers are so placed as to overlap each other, like the slates or the tiles on the roof of a house. They are also arranged from the fore-part backwards; by which the animals are enabled the more conveniently to cut their way through the air. Their bones are tubular or hollow, and extremely light compared with those of terrestrial animals. This greatly facilitates their rising from the earth, whilst their heads, being comparatively small, their bills shaped like a wedge, their bodies slender, sharp below, and round above,—all these present a union of conditions, favourable, in the last degree, to cutting their way through the aerial element to which they are considered as more peculiarly to belong. With all these conditions, however, birds could not fly without wings. These, therefore, are the instruments by which they have the power of rapid locomotion, and are constructed in such a manner as to be capable of great expansion when struck in a downward direction.

    The primary purpose of the passage is:

    Solution

    The purpose of the passage in this case is a simple one: to show how and why birds can fly. The author is not proving that birds can fly, he is highlighting why how and why they can do so. Option 2 incorrectly changes the subject of the passage, and option 4 talks about flying habits, whereas we are concerned with the basic element of flying here.

  • Question 7
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    The mechanism which enables birds to wing their course through the air, is both singular and instructive. Their bodies are covered with feathers, which are much lighter than coverings of hair, with which quadrupeds are usually clothed. The feathers are so placed as to overlap each other, like the slates or the tiles on the roof of a house. They are also arranged from the fore-part backwards; by which the animals are enabled the more conveniently to cut their way through the air. Their bones are tubular or hollow, and extremely light compared with those of terrestrial animals. This greatly facilitates their rising from the earth, whilst their heads, being comparatively small, their bills shaped like a wedge, their bodies slender, sharp below, and round above,—all these present a union of conditions, favourable, in the last degree, to cutting their way through the aerial element to which they are considered as more peculiarly to belong. With all these conditions, however, birds could not fly without wings. These, therefore, are the instruments by which they have the power of rapid locomotion, and are constructed in such a manner as to be capable of great expansion when struck in a downward direction.

    It can be inferred from the passage that:

    Solution

    This is question based on language skills and how you interpret sentences. The clear cut answer here is option 4, an essential paraphrase of the central idea of the passage. Options 1, 2 and 3 are illogical extrapolations that actually do not make sense.

  • Question 8
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    The mechanism which enables birds to wing their course through the air, is both singular and instructive. Their bodies are covered with feathers, which are much lighter than coverings of hair, with which quadrupeds are usually clothed. The feathers are so placed as to overlap each other, like the slates or the tiles on the roof of a house. They are also arranged from the fore-part backwards; by which the animals are enabled the more conveniently to cut their way through the air. Their bones are tubular or hollow, and extremely light compared with those of terrestrial animals. This greatly facilitates their rising from the earth, whilst their heads, being comparatively small, their bills shaped like a wedge, their bodies slender, sharp below, and round above,—all these present a union of conditions, favourable, in the last degree, to cutting their way through the aerial element to which they are considered as more peculiarly to belong. With all these conditions, however, birds could not fly without wings. These, therefore, are the instruments by which they have the power of rapid locomotion, and are constructed in such a manner as to be capable of great expansion when struck in a downward direction.

    Which, out of the following, is not an assumption of the author of the passage?

    Solution

    Option 1 can be derived from: They are also arranged from the fore-part backwards; by which the animals are enabled the more conveniently to cut their way through the air.

    Option 2 can be derived from: Their bones are tubular or hollow, and extremely light compared with those of terrestrial animals.

    Option 4 can be derived from: This greatly facilitates their rising from the earth, whilst their heads, being comparatively small, their bills shaped like a wedge, their bodies slender, sharp below, and round above,—all these present a union of conditions, favourable, in the last degree, to cutting their way through the aerial element to which they are considered as more peculiarly to belong

    Option 3 is an incorrect derivation from the line: With all these conditions, however, birds could not fly without wings.

    Yes, wings have an important role but they do not solely enable a bird to fly, rather they solely disable an animal from possessing the ability to fly

  • Question 9
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    The Mallard, or Wild Duck, from which is derived the domestic species, is prevalent throughout Europe, Asia, and America. The mallard's most remarkable characteristic is one which sets at defiance the speculations of the most profound ornithologist. The female bird is extremely plain, but the male's plumage is a splendour of greens and browns, and browns and blues. In the spring, however, the plumage of the male begins to fade, and in two months, every vestige of his finery has departed, and he is not to be distinguished from his soberly-garbed wife. Then the greens, and the blues, and the browns begin to bud out again, and by October he is once more a gorgeous drake. It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is a faithful husband, desiring but one wife, and devoting himself to her; but no sooner is he domesticated than he becomes polygamous, and makes nothing of owning ten or a dozen wives at a time. As regards the females, they are much more solicitous for the welfare of their progeny in a wild state than a tame. Should a tame duck's duckling get into mortal trouble, its mother will just signify her sorrow by an extra "quack," or so, and a flapping of her wings; but touch a wild duck's little one if you dare! She will buffet you with her broad wings, and dash boldly at your face with her stout beak. If you search for her nest amongst the long grass, she will try no end of manoeuvres to lure you from it, her favourite ruse being to pretend lameness, to delude you into the notion that you have only to pursue her vigorously, and her capture is certain; so you persevere for half a mile or so, and then she is up and away, leaving you to find your way back to the nest if you can.

    Which of the following options best describes the passage:

    Solution

    In the given passage, we are provided with a lot of information on Mallards and their behavior. The passage illustrates the way they operate, how the male one is different from the female one, and their behavior in different settings. This makes option 4 the best summary of the passage as it takes care of every aspect of the passage.

  • Question 10
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    The Mallard, or Wild Duck, from which is derived the domestic species, is prevalent throughout Europe, Asia, and America. The mallard's most remarkable characteristic is one which sets at defiance the speculations of the most profound ornithologist. The female bird is extremely plain, but the male's plumage is a splendour of greens and browns, and browns and blues. In the spring, however, the plumage of the male begins to fade, and in two months, every vestige of his finery has departed, and he is not to be distinguished from his soberly-garbed wife. Then the greens, and the blues, and the browns begin to bud out again, and by October he is once more a gorgeous drake. It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is a faithful husband, desiring but one wife, and devoting himself to her; but no sooner is he domesticated than he becomes polygamous, and makes nothing of owning ten or a dozen wives at a time. As regards the females, they are much more solicitous for the welfare of their progeny in a wild state than a tame. Should a tame duck's duckling get into mortal trouble, its mother will just signify her sorrow by an extra "quack," or so, and a flapping of her wings; but touch a wild duck's little one if you dare! She will buffet you with her broad wings, and dash boldly at your face with her stout beak. If you search for her nest amongst the long grass, she will try no end of manoeuvres to lure you from it, her favourite ruse being to pretend lameness, to delude you into the notion that you have only to pursue her vigorously, and her capture is certain; so you persevere for half a mile or so, and then she is up and away, leaving you to find your way back to the nest if you can.

    It can be inferred from the passage that:

    Solution

    In the given context, it can be suitably inferred from the passage than taming has definite effects on Mallards, both male and female, and these can be regarded as negative in nature. Whether these are more harmful for the male or the female is something we cannot infer from the given context. This makes option 2 the best answer in the given case.

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