Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Despite their _________, impersonal rules that apply to all are essential in large systems.
benefits
support
limitations
advantages
limitations
Support: To help somebody by saying that you agree with him/her/it, and sometimes giving help such as money.
Advantages: something that may help you to do better than other people
Benefits: an advantage or useful effect that something has
Limitations: the act of limiting or controlling something; a condition that puts a limit on something
Clearly, the word that we are looking for is limitations.
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
The incident was narrated by somebody to Naresh.
Somebody will narrate the incident to Naresh.
Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh.
Somebody was about to narrate the incident to Naresh.
Somebody was narrating the incident to Naresh.
Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh. (Correct)
(a) Somebody was narrating the incident to Naresh. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) Somebody was about to narrate the incident to Naresh. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)
(d) Somebody will narrate the incident to Naresh. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 4:
Direction :-Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,
The state of being full or complete
Plenitude
Plunder
Pliability
Plebiscite
Plenitude - the state of being full or complete
Plunder- the action of stealing from people or places, especially during war or fighting
Plebiscite -a vote by the people of a country or a region on a question that is very important
Pliability- the quality of being easily bent
Question 5:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
A probe has been ordered by the incident that occurred at the celebrations.
No error
by the incident
that occurred at the celebrations
A probe has been ordered
'Probe into' a correct phrase meaning (To begin inquiring into or investigating something)
The correct sentence will be as follows: A probe has been ordered into the incident that occurred at the celebrations.
Question 6:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of (1) _________ unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tonnes of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment. But supermarkets and grocers are (2) ____________ to sit up and take notice. In response to (3) ______________ consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have (4) __________ up a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take (5) ____________ responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.
1.
much
same
various
most
'Various' means several different. The given passage states that many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of various unethical acts over the past decade.
Hence, 'various' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Despite their _________, impersonal rules that apply to all are essential in large systems.
support
advantages
limitations
benefits
limitations
Support: To help somebody by saying that you agree with him/her/it, and sometimes giving help such as money.
Advantages: something that may help you to do better than other people
Benefits: an advantage or useful effect that something has
Limitations: the act of limiting or controlling something; a condition that puts a limit on something
Clearly, the word that we are looking for is limitations.
Question 8:
Direction :-Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Acomplishment
Enthusiasm
Convenience
Auxiliary
Accomplishment is the correct spelling.
Question 9:
Direction:- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Salubrious
Beneficial
Vicarious
Septic
Insidious
Salubrious- clean and pleasant to live in
Beneficial- having a good or useful effect
Vicarious- felt or experienced by watching or reading about somebody else doing something
Insidious- spreading gradually or without being noticed, but causing serious harm
Septic-infected with poisonous bacteria
Question 10:
Direction:- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
I was forbidden to take any drink.
prohibited from receiving
prohibited from snubbing
prohibited from rejecting
prohibited from rebuffing
'Receiving' means to get or accept something that somebody sends or gives to you. The given sentence states that the narrator was forbidden to accept any drink. However, we generally use the preposition 'from' after the verb 'prohibit'. Hence, 'prohibited from receiving' is the most appropriate answer.