10 Questions with Answers & Explanations
Set 21 of 38
Context: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
was ringing
has rung
had rung
would ring
had rung
The past perfect tense 'had rung' is required here to describe an action that happened before another past action ('answered').
Context: Question No. (12-16) based on the following passage: Today perhaps your only association with the word 'polio' is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty five years ago this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain and spinal cord, causing stiffening and weakening of muscles, crippling and paralysis - which is Why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with huge 23 year gap between the first and last. I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.
a foreign child
a very healthy boy
tell and smart
fair and brown haired
fair and brown haired
The passage states, 'I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri.'
a boon
a credit
a blessing
an asset
an asset
In professional terms, a valuable person or thing that provides a benefit to a company or organization is called an 'asset'.
Expert
Intellectual
Snob
Literate
Intellectual
An intellectual is defined as a person possessing a highly developed objective thinking and reasoning capacity.
corroborate
avouch
verify
approve
corroborate
'Corroborate' means to confirm or support with evidence, which is the required action for statements in a court context.
31254
53124
23145
43125
31254
The correct grammatical order for the sentence is 'Jaswant (3) killed (1) a (2) wild (5) bear (4)', resulting in the sequence 31254.
Context: The highly developed nations of the world are not only the immediate beneficiaries of the good that technology can do, that are also the first victims of environmental diseases that technology breeds. In the past, the environmental effects which accompanied technological progress were restricted to a small ans relatively short time. the new hazards neither local nor brief. Modern air pollutions covers vast areas of continents: Radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion is worldwide. Radioactive pollutants now on the earth surface will be found there for generations, and in case of Carbon-14, for thousands of years.
widespread but short-lived
widespread and long-lasting
limited and long-lasting
severe but short-lived
widespread and long-lasting
The text states air pollution covers 'vast areas of continents' (widespread) and radioactive pollutants will stay for 'generations... thousands of years' (long-lasting).
Context: Pick out the best one which can complete incomplete stem correctly and meaningfully
if you fail you will work harder
you must at least plan well than you will not fail
hardly you will fail if you do not desire so
if you do not put more efforts, then you will fail
if you do not put more efforts, then you will fail
The conjunction 'unless' means 'if not'. Therefore, 'Unless you work harder' is equivalent to the conditional 'If you do not put more effort (work harder), you will fail'.
idealistic
generous
lazy
optimistic
lazy
The conjunction 'but' introduces a contrast; since 'intelligent' is positive, a negative trait like 'lazy' is required to complete the sentence.
As it seems at first sight
As it is made to seem at first sight
As it turns out to be at the end
As it seems to the court after a number of hearings
As it seems at first sight
'Prima facie' is a Latin term meaning 'at first sight' or 'based on first impression'.
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