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Tourists always enjoyed ____ the setting Sun in the Darjeeling Hills
watching
seeing
in seeing
to watch
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
watching
watching is the Direct Object of the Verb-enjoy
Here, watching is the right usage.
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The Chairman is ill and we’ll have to ……. the meeting for a few days.
because of
because off
put off
for
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
put off (Phr. V.) : postpone; to change something to a later time or date
Here, put off is the right usage.
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Shalini was not _____ by the criticism and paid no _____ even when her best friend t talked against her.
bothered, attention
troubled, mind
threatened, warning
deterred, heed
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
threatened, warning
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It is surprising to note that his latest publication has attracted very little public attention because generally his writings are prone to _____.
A and B
C and D
A and E
E and F
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
His writings attract attention as they are prone to ‘controversies’ or ‘disputations’.
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Being a strong adherent of _____ and modesty he resents any ostentatious display of wealth.
A and D
B and C
C and F
A and E
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
The word which can fit into the blank is linked to the word ‘modesty’ with the conjunction ‘and’, hence the word which goes into the blank should be similar to the word ‘modesty’. Hence ‘frugality’ and ‘thrift’ are most appropriate.
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Most adults think that children who have behavioural problems can be disciplined with _____ punishment.
B and E
D and F
A and C
A and B
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Punishment given children is usually in the form of physical (corporal) punishment.
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Many ecologists are concerned that the “greenhouse effect” is changing many of the Earth’s ______ weather patterns into _____ systems, unable to be accurately forecast by those who study them.
steady, growing
uncertain, uncanny
chaotic, unforeseeable
predictable, erratic
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
predictable, erratic
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The bank readily accepted to provide him assistance in the form of _____.
A and D
B and C
A and F
A and B
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
The bank can be of ‘assistance’ in the form of providing ‘subsidies’ or the wherewithal or the necessary requirements.
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The _____ utilization of human resources can not only help in economic development but can also help in reducing the rate of unemployment.
A and F
B and D
D and F
B and C
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
The ‘effective’ or ‘optimal’ utilization of the human resources can help in economic development. The use of ‘drastic'(extreme or severe) and ‘voracious’ (uncontrolled) are inappropriate in this context. As are ‘nominal’ are ‘minimal’. The rate of unemployment too can be reduced with effective utilization of human resources.
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