Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.

Suraj as well as his friends 'was' arrested.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The entry of foreign media has to be ______ by strict rules. Any intention to ______ the country politically or economically or any attempt at cultural ______ in order to make the country a slave to the designs of international powers would not be ______. If the foreign media is keen on making a presence on the Indian soil, respect for the country’s unity and ______ is essential.

cultural ______ in order to make the country.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. I invested some money in savings_______
 II. The aim was to_____the group into a closely-knit teams.

Directions: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

APATHY

Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.

Are you not revising your lessons?

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.

It was a Catch 22 situation for the manager.

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

Anshul told me that his mother was not at home and that she would be back the following day.

Direction: Below in each questions some sentences are given, find the sentence which is not really contributing to the main theme and the of the passage or find the odd sentence out and rearrange the remaining sentences to make a coherent paragraph. If the given sentence is correct as it is then choose option (e). If the sequence is the one which is not given then choose option (d) as your choice.

(A) keep their inner life (B)/ Tightly under control (C)/ Educational institutions seldom serve as precise mirrors (D)/Of historical change because pedagogic and administrative rituals (E)/ That have nicely preserved an empty shell of a special inherited identity