Select the option that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.

He spent many an hours playing the chess across the city.

Select the word with the correct spelling.

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Ponderous

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 was physically strong and became a _______ climber of high rocky cliffs.

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

Doing something according to one’s own free will-

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The beauty of the Japanese landscape is that it conveys philosophical messages through each feature. The use of curving pathways rather than straight lines, for instance. This feature springs from the belief that only evil travels in straight lines, good forces tend to wander. Then, odd numbers of plants and trees are used in these gardens because these numbers are considered auspicious. Even the plants used are symbolic. For example, the Cyprus represents longevity and the bamboo symbolises abundance,’ says Sadhana Roy Choudhary.
The Japan, nature is said to be so closely intertwined with human life that parents actually plant a sapling in their garden when a child is born in the family, letting the growth of the child coincide with the growth of the plants.

'Abundance' means ____

Direction : Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

The strategy of human lockdown is being unprecedented in human history and the World Health Organisation has called it the most “aggressive disease containment effort in history”.
i. Was unprecedented in human history.
ii. Was unprecedented during human history.
iii. Was unprecedented in the history of human beings.

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