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Select the correctly spelt word. Answer: A. Accommodation Answer: (A) Accommodation The correct spelling has double 'c' and double 'm': accommodation. Spelling correction 1 answer
The mean of 10 observations was found to be 20. Later it was noticed that one observation, 25, had been wrongly copied as 52. What is the correct mean? Answer: A. 17.3 Answer: (A) 17.3 Wrong sum = 10 × 20 = 200. Correct sum = 200 − 52 + 25 = 173. Correct mean = 173/10 = 17.3 . Statistics 1 answer
The table shows the production (in thousand units) of a company over five years.Year20212022202320242025Production120150135180165What is the average annual production over the five years? Answer: B. 150 thousand Answer: (B) 150 thousand Total = 120 + 150 + 135 + 180 + 165 = 750 . Average = 750/5 = 150 thousand units. Data interpretation 1 answer
The table shows the production (in thousand units) of a company over five years.Year20212022202320242025Production120150135180165By what percentage did production increase from 2023 to 2024? Answer: A. 331/3 % Answer: (A) 331/3 % Increase = 180 − 135 = 45. Percentage = 45/135 × 100 = 331/3% . (25% would wrongly use 180 as the bas... Data interpretation 1 answer
The table shows the production (in thousand units) of a company over five years.Year20212022202320242025Production120150135180165What is the ratio of the total production in 2021 and 2022 to the total production in 2024 and 2025? Answer: C. 18 : 23 Answer: (C) 18 : 23 2021 + 2022 = 270; 2024 + 2025 = 345. 270 : 345 ; divide by 15: 18 : 23. Data interpretation 1 answer
Read the passage and answer the question.For most of human history, boredom was simply part of life. People waited for crops to ripen, for letters to arrive, for the rain to stop. Today, a phone in the pocket promises that no moment need ever be empt… Answer: D. Short, ordinary spells of boredom can help thinking, though long-lasting boredom is harmful. Answer: (D) Short, ordinary spells o... Reading comprehension 1 answer
In the passage, some blanks are numbered. Choose the most appropriate option for the blank asked.Discipline is often (1)______ with punishment, but its real meaning is closer to training. An athlete who wakes before dawn is not being punished; she is… Answer: C. confused Answer: (C) confused The passive 'is often confused with' needs the past participle 'confused'. Cloze test 1 answer
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.(A) Neither the captain nor the players (B) was ready (C) to accept the umpire's decision. Answer: B. was ready Answer: (B) was ready With 'neither … nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject. 'Players' is plural, so 'was ready... Error spotting 1 answer
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.(A) He has been living (B) in this city (C) since five years. Answer: C. since five years. Answer: (C) since five years. 'Since' is used with a point of time (since 2021); 'for' is used with a period of... Error spotting 1 answer
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.The committee has decided to ______ the meeting till next Monday. Answer: A. postpone Answer: (A) postpone 'Till next Monday' shows the meeting is being moved to a later date, so 'postpone' (put off to a la... Fill in the blanks 1 answer
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom.To burn the midnight oil Answer: A. To work or study late into the night Answer: (A) To work or study late into the night To burn the midnight oil is to stay up late... Idioms and phrases 1 answer
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom.A blessing in disguise Answer: A. Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good Answer: (A) Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good... Idioms and phrases 1 answer
Select the word that can substitute the given group of words.A person who cannot be corrected or reformed Answer: A. Incorrigible Answer: (A) Incorrigible Incorrigible = not able to be corrected or improved. Invincible = cannot be defeated. One-word substitution 1 answer
Select the word that can substitute the given group of words.A person who knows many languages Answer: D. Polyglot Answer: (D) Polyglot A polyglot knows and uses several languages. A linguist studies language; bilingual means two langu... One-word substitution 1 answer
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.The police arrested the thief. Answer: B. The thief was arrested by the police. Answer: (B) The thief was arrested by the police. Simple past active → was/were + past part... Active and passive voice 1 answer
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.He said to me, "I am going to Delhi tomorrow." Answer: A. He told me that he was going to Delhi the next day. Answer: (A) He told me that he was going to Delhi the next day. Reporting ver... Direct and indirect speech 1 answer
What is the SI unit of electrical resistance? Answer: A. Ohm Answer: (A) Ohm Resistance is measured in ohms (Ω). By Ohm's law, R = V/I. Electricity and magnetism 1 answer
What is the chemical formula of baking soda? Answer: D. NaHCO3 Answer: (D) NaHCO₃ Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO₃. Na₂CO₃ is washing soda (in its hydrated form). Acids, bases and salts 1 answer
Which gas is commonly known as 'laughing gas'? Answer: A. Nitrous oxide Answer: (A) Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is called laughing gas and is used as a mild anaesthetic. Atoms and the periodic table 1 answer
Which strait separates India from Sri Lanka? Answer: A. Palk Strait Answer: (A) Palk Strait The Palk Strait lies between Tamil Nadu and the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka. Malacca separat... World geography 1 answer
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given for outstanding contribution to: Answer: B. Indian cinema Answer: (B) Indian cinema It is India's highest award in cinema, named after Dadasaheb Phalke, who made Raja Harish... Books, awards and important days 1 answer
Kaziranga National Park, famous for the one-horned rhinoceros, is in which state? Answer: D. Assam Answer: (D) Assam Kaziranga in Assam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and holds most of the world's greater one-horned rhino... Environment and ecology 1 answer
Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice? Answer: D. The Hague Answer: (D) The Hague The ICJ, the main judicial organ of the UN, sits in the Peace Palace at The Hague, Netherlands. Static GK 1 answer
Which of the following pairs of trophy and sport is INCORRECTLY matched? Answer: C. Thomas Cup – Table Tennis Answer: (C) Thomas Cup – Table Tennis The Thomas Cup is the men's world team championship in badminton,... Sports 1 answer

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