Direction:- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
The airport security has refused him admittance
The airport security is refusing him admittance.
The airport security refused him admittance.
The airport security had refused him admittance.
(d) The airport security refused him admittance. (Correct)
(a) The airport security is refusing him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(b) The airport security has refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) The airport security had refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 2:
Direction:- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
The airport security had refused him admittance.
The airport security has refused him admittance
The airport security is refusing him admittance.
The airport security refused him admittance.
(d) The airport security refused him admittance. (Correct)
(a) The airport security is refusing him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(b) The airport security has refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) The airport security had refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 3:
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.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
3.
disconcerting
upsetting
dismissing
beckoning
'Beckoning' means to show somebody with a movement of your finger or hand that you want him/her to come closer. The given passage states that Grandmere started beckoning the narrator from the phone.
Hence, ‘beckoning' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 4:
Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
In exactly the same words as were used originally
Repetition
Duplication
Verbatim
Recurrence
Verbatim- in exactly the same words as were used originally
Repetition- doing something again, something that you do or that happens again
Duplication- the act or process of copying
Recurrence- a new occurrence of something that happened before
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Wise managers __________ opinions, get information, ask advice, act __________ and know the art of ____________ responsibilities to the subordinates.
solicit, transparently, delegating
entrust, transiently, accelerating
condemn, transnationally, elevating
coerce, translucently, relegating
Solicit means to ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
Transparently is in an honest and open manner. Delegating means to entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person. So option b is the most appropriate answer.
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.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
1.
grinning
clapping
sulking
smirking
'Sulking' means to refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are angry about something. The given passage states that the narrator was sitting there sulking over his failure.
Hence, 'sulking' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We're asking them to ____________ the deadline.
extend
broaden
increase
enlarge
The verb "extend the deadline" means "make a period last longer". A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished. Deadlines are not increased, enlarged or broadened but deadlines are extended. So option d is the most appropriate answer.
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
A good turn
A helpful act
A lucky chance
A great opportunity
A pleasant experience
A good turn- a helpful act
Example: Devender did a good turn by helping that poor.
Question 9:
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 have been wondering at taking skating as a hobby.
No improvement required
about taking up
to take up
on taking to
There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'at' must be replaced with 'about' as we generally use the preposition 'about' with 'wonder'.
Hence, 'about taking up' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Evidence
Hautily
Discussion
Resolute
haughtily (in an unfriendly way and seeming to consider yourself better than other people)