Below given is a report with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided in P, Q, R & S to make it a sensible one. |
TOI, Mumbai 24th September 2012: Consumers may __I__ downward due to falling international crude oil prices and a strengthening rupee. |
The Indian basket of crude oil fell to 106.74 on September 20 from 116 five days earlier, according to data published by the oil ministry. The rupee, __II___, is expected to strengthen further due to the reform measures the government announced last week. |
Usually, each dollar fall in crude oil makes petrol cheaper by 33 paise. Similarly, a ___III___ in the price of petrol. "Logically yes, petrol prices should fall. However, we have to wait for some more time before deciding to pass on the benefit to consumers," S. Varadarajan, director (finance) at BPCL, told TOI. According to him, __IV__, no loss. |
P: strengthening rupee would lead to a 77-paisa reduction |
Q: which hit a four-month-high of 53.47 on September 21 |
R: petrol is being sold at par - no profit |
S: get some relief as oil marketing companies (OMCs) plan to revise petrol prices |
Direction: Identify the synonyms for the word underlined in the given sentences: |
We were touched by the honesty of the beggar. |
Direction: Identify the synonyms for the word underlined in the given sentences: |
Raja decided to accost a big financier for his new scheme. |
Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: |
He grew tired of hard work and began to despair _____success. |
Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: |
The painter climbed ____the ladder to paint the high wall of the building. |
Direction: Read the following statements carefully and answer the questions that follow: |
I: Modern science has produced some good drugs for these ailments. |
II: Heart ailments are very common these days. |
III: So I always prefer taking milk these days as it contains no fat. |
IV: But this can also be prevented by taking fat less food. |
V: That is why people call this era as the age of heart troubles. |
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence? |
Direction: Read the following statements carefully and answer the questions that follow: |
I: Modern science has produced some good drugs for these ailments. |
II: Heart ailments are very common these days. |
III: So I always prefer taking milk these days as it contains no fat. |
IV: But this can also be prevented by taking fat less food. |
V: That is why people call this era as the age of heart troubles. |
Which of the following should be the LAST sentence? |
Direction: Find the option that best expresses the meaning of the phrases/idioms given below: |
To wrangle over an ass's shadow |
Direction: Find the option that best expresses the meaning of the phrases/idioms given below: |
To keep one's head over water |
In this question two statements are given. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. |
Statements: |
I. The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years. |
II. The district administration has conducted extensive training programme for the workers involved in the literacy drive. |
Direction: Fill in the blanks as per subject verb agreement: |
I wish I ____________taller. |
Direction: Fill in the blanks as per subject verb agreement: |
By this time next year, Richa ______ her final examination. |
Fill in the blanks with correct pronoun. |
The matter can be easily settled between you and _______. |
Find the analogy. |
Dog : Bark:: Goat: ? |
Fill in the blanks with correct determiners. |
___ works of reference are as valuable as the Encyclopedia Britannica. |
Direction: Below/given are sentences in four parts. One of the parts contains grammatical error. Find the part. |
People who are averse with (i)/hard work (ii)/ generally do not (iii) /succeed in life (iv). |
Direction: Below/given are sentences in four parts. One of the parts contains grammatical error. Find the part. |
Alok's habit of (i)/delaying his work (ii)/ put his colleagues (iii)/to lot of trouble (iv). |
Arrange P, Q, R, S to make a sensible story. |
P: One day, Annie didn't pluck the flowers. The flowers were upset. "If she doesn't pluck us, we'll die tomorrow without giving anyone any joy, or getting to look around the world," they sighed. |
Q: Annie hummed to herself, enjoying the cool breeze. Her daily morning job was always a pleasure. She plucked jasmine flowers from the roof and threaded them. Her mother sold them in the market. But Annie's mother sold a lot more than those. She used to buy the rest at the market and threaded them herself. |
R: A few of them dropped off the branches, because they wanted to fall outside Annie's bedroom window and find out what was wrong. |
S: Annie loved helping her mother with the flowers. The jasmine creeper grew outside her bedroom window and climbed up to the terrace from where most of the flowers could be plucked easily. The flowers started whispering as soon as they saw Annie coming towards them with her basket. They were all waiting to be plucked so that they could adorn some girl's head and let others enjoy them before they died. |
Change the voice. |
Women like men to flatter them. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate option. |
Many a____ came to attend the party. |
Arrange P, Q, R, S to make a meaningful sentence. |
P: the areca-palm has a perfectly straight slender trunk |
Q: egg-shaped nuts |
R: which produces yellow |
S: that hang in thick bunches under the leaves |
Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions: |
He started early ____ he can reach there on time. |
Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions: |
I do not know ______he was here. |
Given below is a sentence with a portion underlined. Select the option which best describes the underlined portion with correct English. |
The news of his passing the examination soon circulated round his small town. |
Fill in the blanks using correct option. |
__ is a vibrant democracy. |
Direction: Identify the antonyms of the words given in capital letters below: |
IMPULSIVE |
Direction: Identify the antonyms of the words given in capital letters below: |
SAGACIOUS |
Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence. |
We can deduce a lot from what people choose to buy. |
Select the indirect form of the given sentence from the options provided. |
"Bless his kind heart!" they cried. |
Fill in the gap with correct article. |
We must not shun _____disabled. |
Give the usage of the words underlined in the sentences below. |
Shamima is a better singer than Munni. |
Give one word substitution for the following. |
To slap with aflat object |
Give the type of clause of the underlined part of the sentence given below. |
In case you are interested, you can come. |
The sentence given below is an example of which one of the following options? |
Ten defence personnel, including three crew members, were injured when an IAF helicopter crushed. |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: |
The young liftman in a city office, who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence, was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of 'Please'. The passenger, on entering the lift, said, 'Top'. |
The liftman demanded. Top, please'/ and his demand being refused, the liftman hurled the passenger out of the lift. This was carrying a comment on manners too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to make laws against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognise as a legally punishable offence. And whatever our sympathy with the liftman, we must admitthat the lawis reasonable. |
It would never do if we were free to box peopled ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the city would run with blood all day. |
I may be as uncivil as I may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. I may be haughty but there is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being called an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel me to say 'Please' any more than it says that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair. |
The passenger was thrown out of the lift: |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: |
The young liftman in a city office, who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence, was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of 'Please'. The passenger, on entering the lift, said, 'Top'. |
The liftman demanded. Top, please'/ and his demand being refused, the liftman hurled the passenger out of the lift. This was carrying a comment on manners too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to make laws against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognise as a legally punishable offence. And whatever our sympathy with the liftman, we must admitthat the lawis reasonable. |
It would never do if we were free to box peopled ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the city would run with blood all day. |
I may be as uncivil as I may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. I may be haughty but there is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being called an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel me to say 'Please' any more than it says that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair. |
Which one of the following sentences is not true in context to the passage? |
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: |
The young liftman in a city office, who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence, was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of 'Please'. The passenger, on entering the lift, said, 'Top'. |
The liftman demanded. Top, please'/ and his demand being refused, the liftman hurled the passenger out of the lift. This was carrying a comment on manners too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to make laws against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognise as a legally punishable offence. And whatever our sympathy with the liftman, we must admitthat the lawis reasonable. |
It would never do if we were free to box peopled ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the city would run with blood all day. |
I may be as uncivil as I may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. I may be haughty but there is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being called an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel me to say 'Please' any more than it says that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair. |
The author wishes himself to be uncivil and haughty but sticks to the point that: |
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