In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

They said, “It was raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.

In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

Simran was reading a book _____ waiting for the bus.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Helping parents become savvier at picking care options and tossing retention bonuses to caregivers are others.

B. These fixes, importantly, can make child care more affordable for parents and offer life rafts to centres haemorrhaging workers.

C.The most proposed government solution for child care involves building on top of this flawed system is offering more vouchers to purchase private child care.

D.But they do little to address the structural needs: improved quality for kids, better wages and working conditions for workers, and more choices in the low-income neighbourhoods.

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

Attached to this application is an affidavit form and three sheets of blank paper.

Direction: Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

Many teachers_______ the lack of professional freedom as the_______ for leaving the job. 

In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

He……….himself a stiff drink before making his statement to the police officer.

Directions: Each sentence given below has two blanks. Each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

Realistically, however this disconnect cannot_____  itself very long, sooner rather than______  the whole will no doubt converge. 

Identify the pair of synonyms from the underlined words in the given sentence.

It was a fairly foul day , as omens could be seen in abundance from the threshold of his border town ever since the dawn struck.