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Answer : 4. "d"

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The CANNY

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    Obstinate
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    Handsome
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    Clever
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    Stout
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Answer : 3. "Clever"

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
 Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.

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    The airport security is refusing him admittance.
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    The airport security has refused him admittance.
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    The airport security had refused him admittance.
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    The airport security refused him admittance.
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Answer : 4. "The airport security refused him admittance."
Explanation :

The given sentence is in Simple Past tense.
The structure of active and passive forms in Simple Past tense is as follows:
Active: Subject + V2 + Object
Passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + Subject
Example:
Active: Our teacher taught this chapter in the last class.
Passive: This chapter was taught by our teacher in the last class.
Hence, the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is The airport security refused him admittance.

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Directions : You have a passage with 10 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Long ago men spent most of their time looking for food. They ate anything they could find. Some lived mostly on plants. They ate the fruit, stems, and leaves of some plants and the roots of others. When food was scarce, they ate the bark of trees. If they were lucky, they would find a bird’s nest with eggs. People who lived near the water ate fish or anything that washed ashore, even rotten whales. Some people also ate insects and small animals like lizards that were easy to kill.

Later, men learned to make weapons. With weapons, they could kill larger animals for meat. These early people had big appetites. If they killed an animal, they would drink the blood, eat the meat, and chew the bones. When they finished the meal, there was nothing left.

At first men wandered from place to place to find their food. But when they began to grow plants, they stayed in one place and ate what they could grow. They tamed animals, trained them to work, and killed them for meat. Life was a little better then, but there was still not much variety in their meals. Day after day people ate the same food.

Gradually men began to travel greater distances. The explorers who sailed unknown seas found new lands. And in these lands they found new food and spices and took them back home.

The Portuguese who sailed around the stormy Cape of Good Hope to reach China took back “Chinese apples”, the fruit we call oranges today. Later, Portuguese colonists carried orange seeds to Brazil. From Brazil oranges were brought to California, the first place to grow oranges in the United States. Peaches and melons also came from China. So did a new drink, tea.

At first men wandered from place to place to find their food. Then some of them began to stay in one place. Why?

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    Because they began to grow plants, and ate what they could grow.
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    Because they tamed animals and birds, and killed them for meat.
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    Because they trained wild animals and killed them for meat.
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    Because they began to grow plants and fruits, and ate what they could grow.
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Answer : 1. "Because they began to grow plants, and ate what they could grow. "

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
 A wise king’s wisdom _____________the land like the sun.

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    illuminates
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    darkens
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    dims
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    spreads
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Answer : 1. "illuminates"
Explanation :

(A) illuminates - The phrase "wisdom illuminates the land like the sun" implies that the king's wisdom brightens and enlightens the land, making "illuminates" the most appropriate choice.

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Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
 By this time next week, we ______ Shimla.

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    will have reached
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    would have reached
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    would reach
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    shall reach
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Answer : 1. "will have reached "
Explanation :

(A) will have reached

  • "Will have reached" is the correct future perfect tense for the sentence.

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain parts are given in bold to answer some of the questions based on the passage.
 Sometimes to upend entrenched power structures, a revolution is required. Naming and shaming powerful men in the #Metoo campaign is in many ways a revolutionary act. The truth about most was known, spoken in whispers, but not to their face. But now that omerta has been broken by some intrepid women , there’s a palpable sense of power and possibility. 

Revolutions are by definition anarchic, as they are aimed against those who make and enforce the rules. So it has been with #MeToo. Men are named, sometimes anonymously, and the naming itself requires punitive action to be taken against them. There isn’t really any room for discussion on context or degree of culpability. Some have raised questions about due process, and the response has been, somewhat reasonably, that due process has failed. And it is true, arguing for due process when due process has failed feels a bit like batting for status quo. So let it be said, #MeToo despite its limitations is unreservedly a good development. However, the question is, what next? The #MeToo movement is more than just outing powerful men, it is about shifting the balance of power between men and women, transferring the punitive aspects — shame, denial of work opportunities — from the victim to the perpetrator. It is about ending impunity embedded in our social construct by shaping new social mores. This is and has to be a collective effort, and it is important for the #MeToo movement to have these discussions.

Let the burden of shame now be shifted to where it is supposed to- the perpetrators and not the women; the victims. It’s the woman who has to hide from the world. And by and large, due to this very fact prevailing in Indian society that many women ultimately choose to leave their jobs, or seek employment elsewhere, when they confront inappropriate behaviour from their colleagues.

Another very important aspect which should be taken care of is that of equality, where there’s no inhibitions, no sense of caution. Women need healthy camaraderie in place of needless caution. Respect, not condescension. They would like colleagues to engage with them, not be patronising. And the fact that they are still having to demand these is telling.

In the context of the passage what do you infer from the word ‘CAMARADERIE’

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    equal sense of responsibility
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    mutual trust and companionship
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    increased intimacy
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    treating with dignity
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    Both 1 and 4
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Answer : 2. "mutual trust and companionship"

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